Absolutely stunning continuation of Rose's journey through the world of darkness and vampires. The plot is well-paced and addicting, and the world-building is ironclad. The Shadow-Hero tension between her and Alana is magnificent. A special treat was that Jackson allowed every character to have good and bad traits, even our heroine Rose. For example, while we love Rose for her entertaining snark and her big, warm heart, those traits are connected to why she keeps risking her life and values herself so little. I was right beside Kallis in tearing my hair out over it.

I'm already reading the next book, The Assassins of Light. Jackson's Creatures of Darkness continues to be my favorite vampire book series, and I still recommend it to vampire fans everywhere!

Very cute novella with trans protagonist! The fluid inclusion of other fairy tales was a nerdy delight and I applaud that Harrison chose to go beyond the typical "marriage plot" to absolutely secure that happily ever after and ensure Wynn's continued gender euphoria.

Internment is necessary reading. While reading great dystopias like The Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, and 1984 can inform our current dystopian experience, I fully believe Internment is the dystopia of this post-2016 election USA time period.

While some dystopia novels push one aspect of society to an extreme in order to critique that aspect, Ahmed takes one step forward. Real events are drawn on and then five minutes added: one speech, one cluster of Congressmen, one rally is all that separates us from the events of the novel. Ahmed captures the exact feelings of what it's like to live in the USA right now. When or if children ever ask me what is was like to live in the late 2010s, I'm handing them this book.

Not to be dramatic but this is the best LGBTQ manga of all time. From the art and inking to the characters and story, Our Dreams at Dusk is a masterpiece of LGBTQ comic fiction.

Gakuen Polizi is a bit of a departure from Milk Morinaga's usual milieu. The main characters, Sasami Aoba and Sakuraba Midori, are actually junior police officers who masquerade as high school students to investigate a rash of crime that's been happening at the school.

While our two officers are falling in love with each other, the plot focuses on their buddy cop dynamics and, surprisingly, a critique of the limits of the law. Aoba joins the police to help people, but as the story progresses, she finds out that the law falls woefully short on providing people real support and healing after a crime is committed. This serious topic is discussed with a nuance, empathy, and humor only Morinaga could provide. Normally, I'm wary of stories involving the police, but I enjoyed myself thoroughly.

I recommend Gakuen Polizi to all Morinaga and yuri fans who want a unique twist to the typical high school romance. I'm still on the hunt for volume 2, but I'll be sure to read!

Another very fluffy and cute comic by Milk Morinaga! This story queered so many romance tropes that I squealed with delight. Fake dating, princely characters, and butch jock/femme good girl dynamics abound. I definitely recommend if you're in need of a sweet wlw love story.

I'm a fan of Hamlet. I've been a fan of Shakespeare in general and Hamlet in particular since high school. This has led me to reading the different versions of the play multiple times, seeing it live, and watching a buttload of movie and TV adaptations (can I get a hellz yeah for Slings & Arrows ya'll???). This has also led to lots of crying, but that's neither here nor there.

The main point, friends, is To Be or Not To Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure is the best, most rigorous, thorough, and feminist adaptation of Hamlet I have ever had the joy to read. If you're a fan of the Dane, you must read it.