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You know you want to read these books because:

It’s got Royalty. In an Arranged Marriage. And what does our leading lady do? FALL IN LOVE WITH HER INTENDED’S SISTER INSTEAD.

Not enough drama you say?

 How about some murder?

Political intrigue! LOTS of Court intrigue!

Forbidden magic!

Soft enemies to lovers!

Think the idea of climbing through a palace windows to see your beloved is PEAK ROMANCE? Well, this one’s got you covered there!

Total soft princessy Princess falls for tomboyish “I ignored being a princess to train my horse” Princess.

They met for horseback riding lessons and their bickering and tension slowly develops into love.

Did I mention magic? That our betrothed princess is trying to hide from the kingdom she’s marrying into because it’s kind of FORBIDDEN there

Lesbian Disaster Denna who’s booksmart but so fail at trying to navigate FEELINGS.

Bisexual Disaster Mare who’s absolutely not cut out for fancy dresses and princess duties but can handle any horse like a pro.

Wonderful supporting cast with characters you’ll love, characters you’ll hate and characters who will keep you guessing whose side they are on for half the book or more.

And there’s a SEQUEL. That’s coming out AUGUST 13th. THAT IS ALSO VERY AMAZING. SO PREORDER IT NOW!

and if you love powerful ladies and political drama and two girls in love defying the world- then damn does it deliver!

TLDR; booknerd x horsegirl wlw princesses with arranged marriage and forbidden romance and magic!

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Pride Month Rec post #2: let's hear it for the bisexuals!

Top 4 Picks

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Sassy Summary: Enemies to Friends to Lovers in the most wonderful setup of the First Son of the United States falling for the Prince of Wales. 

Rep: Main character is coming to terms with his bisexuality. Love interest is gay. A few side-characters are hinted to be queer. Lead character and a few side characters are biracial or POC.

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli Sassy Summary: Local cynic finally realizes the reason she started hating her female friend out of the blue might be because deep down she’s crushing on her hard. As she even puts it- she’s the cynic Slytherin that falls for the perky Gryffindor. (Sequel to Simon vs. the Homo-Sapiens Agenda)

Rep: Main character is bisexual and plus-sized. Love interest is African American. Side characters include multiple POC and a canon gay pairing.

Fake by Sanami Matoh Sassy Summary: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Queer Edition. This precinct of the NYPD gets into a lot of humorous trouble, but with a dash of serious plotlines, in this late 90s manga series.

Rep: Dee is on-the-page bisexual, which is pretty rare in BL (Boy's Love) titles, especially at the time it was published. There's also his love interest, who comes to realize he's interested in men and a few background characters that are gay/queer. Ryo and Bikky are both biracial (Ryo is part Japanese and Bikky part African-American)

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee Sassy Summary: Disaster Bi Monty has been crushing on his childhood friend for ages and all it takes is a a grand tour of Europe and lots of mutual pining before the two figure things out.

Rep: Monty is narratively depicted as bi (he doesn’t have the word to use because historical reasons, but it’s obvious), his love interest is biracial, gay, and disabled. And his sister Felicity is Aromantic Asexual (the sequel book is about her!)

Honorable Mentions:

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (Arranged Royal Marriage in which the leading lady falls in love with her intended's bisexual sister instead. Oh and there's magic.)

My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran (CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE CHEESY ROMANCE NOVEL.)

Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig (Drag Race meets Ocean’s 8)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (Snarky lead falls in love with lots of magical beings. Like mermaids and elves and halflings)

The Rest of the List:

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko

Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Passing Strange by Ellen Klages

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Why you need to read these two novellas now:

Srsly. Read the summary and tell me you aren’t hype:

In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge.

Cast is so diverse it has a token white guy. 

Leading gentleman is Winslow “could have been a hero had he been properly motivated” Houndstooth, a biracial bisexual Korean/British man who came to America to find his fortune in the hippo ranching business. Needless to say, things went a little south, and now he’s out for revenge.

Along with him on this caper operation are:

Regina “no one suspects the fat lady” Archambault a genderfluid conartist badass with a meteor hammer and a killer mustache when she feels like it. She’s also in love with a U.S. Marshal. 

Hero “I think I know how to create a bang” Shackleby. A black non-binary retired master poisoner and demolitions expert who charms their way into Winslow’s and everyone else’s in including mine heart.

Adelia “the best in the business” Reyes. A Latina assassin who manages to handle this whole ordeal while pregnant (or just post-pregnancy). She also insists her child will never have a father (but she’s open to her having a second mother).

Cal “I’m the token white guy with a bad mustache” Hotchkiss who is not as smooth as he thinks he is.

You will both love hippos and be utterly terrified of them by the time you are done reading this. (if you think feral hogs are bad, just wait until you read about feral HIPPOS)

Everyone in the main cast has blood on their hands, you have no idea who to trust and who not to trust (and even then, the twists will still manage to surprise you)

In addition to quality hippo chaos, you can also enjoy the wonderful tropes of starcrossed lovers, THERE’S ONLY ONE BED, FOREHEAD TOUCHES, epic reunions, surprising found family and big damn hero moments.

If you get the complete volume, American Hippo, you get two extra stories in case you needed more mayhem or hippos. 

(spoiler-not-spoiler: yes people get mauled to death by hippos. yes, it is glorious and chaotic and awesome.)

Book is #ownvoices for bisexuality and genderqueer. 

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Queer Book Corner’s Must Read List: Dates Anthology Series!

Why should you go order these anthologies immediately?:

the absolute queerest and happiest anthology series!

no really, there are no tragic endings here. NONE. ZERO. Happy queers everywhere!

It’s full of beautiful artwork, short comic stories and a few written stories AND...

It’s HISTORICAL. Everything is set before 1965. Queers! In History! Happy! It’s a downright miracle!

Several stories are based off archaeological finds and writings from real people in history!

IT’S SO DIVERSE. I CANNOT EVEN.

Like listen here, here’s a list of some of the stories inside the upcoming issue 3:

a love story between a Sumerian High Priestess and a female handmaiden.

a Welsh lesbian granny passing on her folklore stories to a transgirl.

an asexual aromantic Italian girl befriending a trans Egyptian man on a ship to Africa.

855 A.D. Viking girl falling in love with a Muslim girl that was part of the trade route North at the time.

Genderfluid Peking Opera performer uses acting to express themselves. 

British transgirl and Indian boy have a train adventure while hunting treasure (this involves said transgirl sword fighting with an umbrella on top of a moving train!)

In 1930s Paris a biracial genderfluid person visits the Le Monocle club and meets a lesbian American.

Mexican Gaucho boyfriends come home to the family ranch in 1861.

a Nomadic Bulgars Tribe non-binary demisexual finds their place in their community.

Two African women from different tribes share love and music in Timbuktu.

Polyamorous trio is married before heading to the Peony Pavilion to perform in the Red Boat Opera Troupe

YOU CAN ORDER ALL THREE ANTHOLOGIES IN PDF FOR $30. That’s $10 a piece!

There’s also an option for physical books and bonus tiers that have all the preorder bonuses kickstarter backers got!

Proceeds of the sales are shared with the creators of the content! All those talented artists and writers are getting paid for contributing to this! 

Book one includes the talents of 35 creators in a 176-page anthology

Book two includes 35 creators with a 268-page anthology

and BOOK THREE WENT ALL OUT.  50 Creators. 304 pages.

That’s over 100 creators with over 700 pages of content!

GO. Go order it now! You will not regret it!