Tai has just celebrated her 30th birthday with Brian, her boyfriend of five years. Then she finds a picture of a nude woman named Priscilla (who goes by Prissy), and realizes he has been cheating on her. She decides to confront Prissy and she learns that Prissy and her boyfriend are poly, and Brian lied about him and Tai being an open relationship. Tai, Prissy and her boyfriend Quintin end up having fun threesome sex. I enjoyed reading this story and I appreciate that it has a good example of how poly relationships work. Also Brian is the worst boyfriend. This is my first time reading something by Chencia C. Higgins and it certainly won't be the last.

This is a Frankenstein retelling in which all the important characters are queer, biracial, and nonbinary. The scientist in this novel is Z, who goes by Dr. Frank due to her being a fan of the book Frankenstein and her obsession with creating a child without sperm. She is just as ambitious, selfish, and reckless as Victor Frankenstein. Also in this book are some terrible and abusive parents, such as Z's dad. He's the worst, fuck that guy.

Anyway, occasionally there are quotes from the original Frankenstein in the text, which I found pretty cool. This is now one of my most favorite Frankenstein retellings. However this book really triggered my tokophobia, as there are very graphic descriptions of pregnancy and birth. Despite that I still like this book and would recommend it to readers who like horror, science fiction and the book Frankenstein.

I really enjoyed C.E. Hoffman's short story collection Sluts and Whores, so when I saw in a newsletter from Querencia Press that there would be a new short story collection by them, I knew I had to have it. The stories in this collection deal with heavy topics, but Hoffman puts in a little bit of humor and a lot of empathy. As the title points out, these stories are all about the people who are at the bottom of the ridiculous and stupid hierarchy and therefore considered worthless. Some stories are fantasy and/or scifi. All of them convey the message that people need kindness, care and compassion from other people. I'm excited to read more from C.E. Hoffman.

This book is an excellent resource and guide for aro and/or ace folks to navigate relationships, whether they're romantic, sexual or platonic. I really appreciate that Cody Daigle-Orians provides the nuances that exist in aspec identities. While this self-help book is primarily written for ace and aro readers, alloromantic (non-aromantic) and allosexual (non-asexual) people would also benefit from reading this.

Fuck this garbage book and fuck the author. This is nothing more than a shitty morality story about punishing unlikable, interesting women, and unnecessary descriptions of a teenage girl's breasts. I would not recommend this novella to anyone.