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Like Fire From Heaven by R. O. Riley This historical love story spans many years. The slower pace gives Brother René and Peter time to explore their individual arcs. While I was anxious for them to see them together, the slow burn adds weight to their trust in one another #arcreview 🌈📚💙

Pieties by @marcruvolo.bsky.social (Expanded edition from @slashichorrorpress.bsky.social ) It's been some time since I read the first edition so I can't compare them in detail (Was the milk drinking always this horrific??), but the expanded edition is just as devastating. #arcreview 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Trust Me by Emory Weste 🌈 Bless these dorks. I love how Dean goes from seeing Oliver as a weirdo to claiming him as HIS weirdo. They have comical opposites-attract energy while developing real chemistry. 🌈📚💙 #arcreview #mmromance #queerbooks

I caught up on the Southern Reach series by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social on my annual wildflower pilgrimage, which just so happens to include the preserve that inspired parts of Area X. (1/4) #bookart #southernreach #stmarkswildliferefuge #theforgottencoast

They're here! 🥰 Entropy is even prettier in person. Thank you so so so so so much to Ravven for trusting me to put your incredible interior art ideas to paper. And next to Billy Mitch's cover art?? That's a hell of an honor. Love you lots. 💖 📚💙 #bookmail #bookart #illustration

We don’t have any April Fool’s pranks for you—you’re welcome:) But we DO have a bunch of preorders & new releases—& a Weird AF back catalogue!—& it’s a great day to support independent artists, & that ain’t no joke🖤☠️ store.tenebrouspress.com

Happy pub day to Resonance by Lily James !! I knew I'd love these two, but I wasn't expecting THIS much emotional investment. Iggy and Bodhi had me tearing up throughout the book, from their heartwrenching struggle through recovery and their hard-won happiness. 🌈📚💙 #mmromance #arcreview

A Daddy for Cooper by Emory Winters Cooper and Patrick are swoonworthy. Their D/S dynamic is stupid hot and their chemistry feels genuine. 🌈📚💙 #arcreview #omegaverse #shifterromance

Happy pub day to Murder Twinks by Aiden E. Messer!! 🔪🩸📸 I love this book and these characters so much. Murder Twinks has the punchiness of a revenge story, the sweetness of a romance, and the thrill of an erotica.  🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸 #arcreview #queerhorror

This drunk guy practically shouting "WE FOLLOWED THE JELLYFISH WE KEPT FOLLOWING THEM"... is intriguing, but I am just not gonna ask.

Politics and Poly by MN Bennet This book was admittedly rough for me at first but so rewarding by the end. The story reeled me in once the guys start their relationship and the chemistry really kicks off. #arcreview 🌈📚💙

Releasing an acoustic edition of my short story collection. Courier 11pt and no adverbs or adjectives.

Happy pub day to Flesh and Flora! 🌱💦 If you know me, you know I LOVE some illicit botanical activities. Flesh and Flora's theme is my cup of tea. These stories features a wide range of characters and creatures but feel unified by this theme. #arcreview 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Finally got around to stacking the Authorcon VI haul. 📚 Is it a trophy shelf or a stack of shame? 🫣 Thanks again all you lovely weirdos for sharing your art. 💖 #authorconvi #scaresthatcare #bookshelf

More recent bookmail! Rev's ✨ presentation ✨ is everything. On Air With the Devil by @palestarsirius.bsky.social 📺 I love to hate to love Josiah, that horrible little man. 🌈📚💙 #thedreadsouth #queerhorror

Absolutely incredible bookmail from K.A. Knight to celebrate her recent release, Brawling Hearts! I love the growing Pine Valley College crew in all their messy beauty. Maybe I'll actually start using all that protein powder I've hoarded... 🌈📚💙

An Undead Glitch: A LitRPG Nightmare by @chrisphilbrook.bsky.social , narrated by @stevevansam.bsky.social Undead Glitch is on the mechanics-heavy end of LitRPG; there's no shortage of stats, bonuses, leveling, and flavor text. It took some getting used to as a reader new to the genre. 📚💙

Annihilation by @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social I can see why so many incredible eco-horror books found their roots in The Southern Reach. Annihilation felt like it was setting the groundwork for something big... 📚💙

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Gotten some new followers since I started on here, so hi y’all! I’m Connor and I write horror books! Allow me to share a little bit about my books! #booksky #authorsky

My first book Glimpsing Aberrations is a short story anthology. Patient No. 8 is a queer horror about conversion therapy. And Looney Lynda is a slasher that gender swaps its killer and survivor (fem slasher, final guy). If you’re looking for your next spooky read, come find something you like!

Wretch by Eric LaRocca Wretch shows grief at its most desperate and selfish. I wanted to shake Simeon out of denial only to recognize my own reflection in his ugliest moments. I knew I'd find the LaRocca book for me but didn't expect it would find me first! 💙📚😱 #NetGalley #griefhorror

You're Ours by D.C. Emerson You're Ours is a sweet and spicy polyam romance with an established couple and their work crush. I came for the lust to love and stayed for the relationship negotiations, emotional maturity, and self-discovery. #bookreview 🌈📚💙 #IndieInkAwards

Happy pub day to On Air With the Devil by Sirius!! While technically a standalone, this book functions best as a Part 2 for The Devil Owns Primetime. I walked through those church doors already feeling some kind of way about a certain terrible little man. #bookreview 🌈💙📚

Kayak by Kristal Stittle Stittle transforms what could be a comical premise into a sobering survival story. I picked this book up relatively blind and can't say I expected a teen processing grief for the first time while fleeing a dirt monster apocalypse and pining for an unrequited crush. 😱📚💙

The Third State: Project Lazarus by C.L. Ambrose Project Lazarus is an exciting departure from Ambrose's low-angst romances. I sense a slow-burn simmering, but this book is first and foremost a scifi survival story. #scifi #bookreview 📚💙

Döppelbanger by W.H. Lockwood What a fun ride! Döppelbanger is everything it promised: all the wildest what-ifs come to life when August meets August and interdimensional sparks fly. #bookreview 🌈📚💙

Momentary Aberrations by Tom Cardamone is beautifully written queer speculative fiction. Gold Elevator, the first piece, sets the tone perfectly: "Keep swallowing flesh and breathe out new languages." I adore this exploration of fear, filth, and fantasy. Onto the favorites shelf it goes. 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

♥️🪓🩸 Special edition of Lover, Thy Name is Pestilence by AL Davidson @maybemockingbird.bsky.social in all its gory. 😉 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

I'm going through it right now and really needed this spark of joy. ♥️ Lover, Thy Name is Pestilence by @maybemockingbird.bsky.social was my favorite book of 2024 and has a special place in my heart. It's queer love at its most desperate and bloody. I cannot recommend it enough. 🔪🩸 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

☃️💌🎃🎄 Look at these babessss! The complete Nights in New Eden series by @maybemockingbird.bsky.social 💖 Cozy holiday romance with a lil spice 🔥 🌈💙📚

There's a Monster in the Woods by Fae Quin Definitely check this one out if you want something short, sweet, and sexy. This book somehow managed to be, simultaneously, a slow burn and a quick read. The payoff was everything I was hoping for in a monster romance. 🌈📚💙 #bookreview

Solemn Vows by CJ Tuma and Quinn Cameron Solemn Vows carries the cozy elements of First Oaths while finally shaking Penny and Kit's false sense of security. This series has been a slow burn but the stakes are rising... #arcreview 🌈📚💙

I would love to make a fancy custom graphic but, alas, I am eepy. Have some story graphs. Some stats not entirely accurate due to unpublished or unlisted reads that I logged with a placeholder. My top author this year was AL Davidson which checks out, their books SLAP. #yearinreview #thestorygraph

I think we're close enough that I can safely call my favorite books of each month this year! Bracket at the end for funsies, but please don't take it too seriously because I STRUGGLED to pic a fav for each month, let alone between months. 🫣 #2025reads 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Discordant Cultivation by Gale Ian Tate Tate aptly calls this book "psychological horror masquerading as romance." I tend to go into books as blind as possible...but this piece warrants a more careful approach. #bookreview 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Beneath the Gaze of God by T. Rossmaur @cosmicfaedreams.bsky.social These two are a match made in (spite of) heaven. I was immediately invested in their dynamic. Illias reawakens the fire in Cantrell while Cantrell gives Illias the space to be vulnerable. 🌈📚💙 #bookreview

Merman's Delight by Skyler Nightshade @sky.nightengale Merman's Delight is, in fact, a delight. The content warnings are essentially my hot book shopping list. 🌈📚💙 #bookreview #fivestarbook #queerromance

Five Raging Hearts ed. Craig Brownlie This collection kept me on my toes. I especially liked Mathew L. Reyes' piece, We Sing Our Bodies Monstrotic. The satire made confronting a not-so-distant future a little easier, and I closed the story with a sense of triumph. 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸 #bookreview

Bruised by Ally Avery I loveeee a good heat to heart plot. Bruised has just enough angst to keep the pages turning while delivering all the forbidden romance hotness. Lane and Mason are so much fun. I'm really looking forward to the next books in this new series! #bookreview 🌈📚💙

Immersed by Gale Ian Tate A trauma bonding speedrun where the only hetero is Asher's heterochromia. #bookreview 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Hi-Voltage by Raz Fox @razfox.bsky.social Hi-Voltage lives up to the name: Reno and Luka are electric. I'm all for escapist rockstar romance but I really liked how this book fully acknowledges the danger of blurring the line between fan, friend, and lover. #bookreview 🌈📚💙

My Name Isn't Paul by Drew Huff @drewhuff.bsky.social My Name Isn't Paul is a playground for lit analysis. Huff manages some wildly creative worldbuilding without sacrificing coherence. My lil neurons are having a fantastic time mulling it over. #bookreview 🌈📚💙📚😱📚🩸

Happy Face by Sirius @palestarsirius.bsky.social I read this shortly after finishing Funny Little Town and loved seeing Casper settled. At least as settled as he could be with wailies for neighbors.  #lmhorror #bookreview 🌈📚💙

Try to fit all the pretties in one photo challenge 😤 Book mail from @acureforliving.bsky.social ! They packed everything super securely and added some lovely little touches (I am forever a hwore for wax seals. I line my shelves with em 😅) 📚💙 #bookmail #queerbooks

Funny Little Town by Sirius @palestarsirius.bsky.social I felt Casper's desperation as he runs from grief and trauma while clutching his hard-won identity in bloody hands. Grimy circus gags add a delightful bit of depravity to this unplanned Dread South detour. 🌈📚💙 #lmhorror #bookreview

Vice + Virtue by @thornyfilth.bsky.social This has been my comfort book to nibble at over the last few months. I love it so, so much. Vice + Virtue is a dance between violence and tenderness as three weathered men find a home in one another... 🌈📚💙 #mmmromance #queerbooks

Key Lime Sky by Al Hess Key Lime Sky is an unconventional take on an alien invasion featuring an equally unconventional main character. #bookreview #netgalley 🌈📚💙