Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant (2017)
“That’s the trick of growing up. Nothing stays the same.” Hook sounded oddly sympathetic. “You see the faults in everything. Including yourself.” – Peter Darling, Austin Chant Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, fairy tale, romance Categories: M/M, trans, enemies to lovers, fairy tale retelling Content Warnings (highlight to read): Deals with societal & familial transphobia. Some […]
Review: Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (1987)
“Above him, the stars shone frosty and remote in the clear sky. They wouldn’t dare to twinkle at him, not in the position he was in.” – Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner Rating: ★★★★★ Genre: Fantasy, romantic (but not a romance) Categories: M/M, M/F, politics & intrigue, royalty and nobility, hidden identity, swords & swordplay Content Warnings (highlight to […]
Review: Peter Darling
5/5 stars. Buy it at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Less Than Three Press Austin Chant’s Peter Darling is a sequel to Peter Pan. After trying to force himself to fit into a life as “Wendy Darling”, a grown-up Peter can no longer reject his real identity, and flees his unaccepting parents in a […]
Review: Glove of Satin, Glove of Bone
4/5 Stars. Buy it at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Less Than Three Press In Glove of Satin, Glove of Bone by Rachel White, Muriel and Enne were terribly once passionate women of action—an ex-wicked witch, and one of the enforcers sent to stop people just like her—who have since somehow lost the spark of […]
Review: The Merro Tree
5/5 stars. Buy at: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | AbeBooks.com (Note: This book is out of print but is available used at the above links) I first read The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman when I was fifteen or thereabouts, which I know for sure only because of the publication date (1997); I stumbled […]