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• If We Were Villains von M. L. Rio
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  • Tessa Mölter
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  5/5

  If We Were Villains

  Some books make you fall in love with reading all over again. Others break into your house and punch you in the face. Somehow this book is both. If we were villains is a love letter to literature, to acting, to theatre and most importantly to Shakespeare. It’s a masterpiece, perfect from beginning to end, and honestly, I have no idea how to describe the experience of reading it. It left me with a myriad of emotions, both good and bad, the immense urge to finally read Shakespeare and to make this book my entire personality until I die. Just do yourself a favor and read it.

  

  • If We Were Villains
  • M. L. Rio
  • ab 11,49 €
• Hazelthorn von CG Drews
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  5/5

  Hazelthorn

  ...or else we wouldn't know how to scream. Fuck making your agony silent to avoid disturbing others. Maybe they should be disturbed.” I fear I might be in my queer Gothic horror era, and I'm loving it! I never thought C.G. Drews could publish a book that is better, more devastating, more beautifully written than “Don’t let the Forest in” and yet here we are. Hazelthorn is a masterpiece, a force of nature. (and I mean that – there is SO much nature in this book) It’s like a wild garden – Twisted, dark and full of secrets and it hurts the more you try to dissect it. Hazelthorn is a book about rage, about abuse and about hunger. A story about monsters and what it means to be human. It’s for every queer person who has ever been told they are too much, too different, that they should be quiet and pretend to be someone else to not disturb others. The characters in this book are phenomenal, especially Evander who was truly unique as a protagonist. I couldn’t help but fall in love with both him and Laurie. Their relationship was intense and toxic and full of longing, and I ate up every part of it. It was truly one of the best love stories I've ever read. If you like gothic horror, do yourself a favor and read this book.

  

  • Hazelthorn
  • CG Drews
  • ab 13,49 €
• Summer Sons von Lee Mandelo
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  Summer Sons

  “It's a choice I made, getting in this thing with you, whatever it is. But don't mistake me, I'm not interested in filling in for a ghost.” Summer Sons is a book that haunts you in your sleep, one that buries itself deep inside your chest and remains there until it’s over. And once you’re done, you quietly sit on your sofa contemplating your entire existence. Or maybe that’s just me. It’s a story about grief, about love, about letting go of a life, a person, an almost future while (literally) being haunted by your past. It’s one of those books that are steeped in love without ever being a love story. It’s subtle in its approach and messages; taking the reader’s intelligence for granted, which is a breath of fresh air in today’s literary landscape. The prose is beautiful - haunting and atmospheric - and lets you forget everything around you (until you need to text your friend about an insane quote you just read). The story is driven mostly by its tone and characters, their relationship to each other complex and complicated but real. One relationship being new and messy and cloaked in guilt, while the other is all about toxic codependency and repressed feelings, only told in memories and text messages. If you liked All for the Game and The Raven Cycle, I would advise you to give Summer Sons a chance. You will probably love it as much as I did.

  

  • Summer Sons
  • Lee Mandelo
  • ab 13,79 €
• The Long Game von Rachel Reid
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  5/5

  The Long Game

  “Kiss me, Ilya wanted to say. Kiss me and hold me in front of all these people. Pull me onstage and do it. I don’t care anymore. Please. I’m dying. " Sometimes you read a book series that you enjoy. Then you put it down and forget about it a week later. Other days you finish a book series that changes your entire life. The Game Changer books are the latter. I absolutely adored every second of The Long Game. It's phenomenal. Emotional and angsty, yet happy and hopeful at the same time. It’s full of love. For the characters and their relationships, for hockey, but especially for the world Rachel Reid has created. It's the culmination of every single book and every single couple in the series that came before. A problem that many hockey romances (or romances in general) seem to face is that the side characters are never properly fleshed out. Rachel Reid isn't an exception here. But in a series where we get to know so many different characters over the course of six books, that problem solves itself at some point. And you are left with a group of characters that you absolutely adore, giggling and kicking your feet every time they are on the page. Rachel Reid has improved immensely since her debut. Sometimes I can’t believe that this is the same author who wrote Game Changer. While Heated Rivalry dealt a lot with Ilyas and Shane's feelings for each other, and their refusal to understand that they have been in love with each other since the first day they met, The Long Game is more about the struggle of not being able to show that love. They are aware of their feelings for each other, but the world can’t know because that information could ruin their entire career, their entire life. The hockey world has changed since Heated Rivalry and has become more open towards queer players, but Ilya and Shane are different. And the book deals with that, with the topic of coming out, of hiding, of the hurt and confusion and struggle that come with it. I also really appreciated the depiction of Ilyas's depression. I cannot recommend the entire series highly enough. But The Long Game is by far my favorite. Let’s see if Unrivaled will be even better.

  

  • The Long Game
  • Rachel Reid
  • ab 16,19 €
• Go Luck Yourself von Sara Raasch
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  5/5

  Go Luck Yourself

  I said it about the first book, but the concept of this story shouldn't work. Magical human royalty based on popular holidays sounds so stupid but somehow this series became so very dear to me. “Go luck yourself" is a character driven story. It doesn’t take itself too seriously which it has to to work, but it’s never silly. The characters are well written and have a lot of heart and the romance is gorgeous (and sexy). For a book with the Enemies to Lovers trope, the characters even hate each other for about 100 pages which is a lot these days. What sets Sara Raasch’s books apart from other books in the genre is the prose. They are beautifully written. The way the characters express their feelings, both inside and out, feels real and genuine and makes your heart ache. (Which it really shouldn’t considering the book is called Go luck yourself. Like, come on) I adored the characters. Their chemistry was amazing, and the pining superb. The story is a little short on plot (especially the magical portion of it), but I didn’t really mind. I wasn’t here for the “who is stealing Christmas magic” plot. I was here for the St. Patrick's Day shenanigans, disaster bisexuals and bashing of the British. All of which I was able to enjoy plenty of. I have already preordered the author's next book and I can’t wait to read more of her work.

  

  • Go Luck Yourself
  • Sara Raasch
  • ab 15,09 €
• Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil von V. E. Schwab
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  Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

  Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil is the lesbian vampire book of my dreams. It’s not quite a romance. It features a romance, sure. Which is toxic and messy and glorious and ends in disaster. But the book is more a about female rage and wanting to break free from the expectations and shackles of womanhood. The women want more and in pursuit of freedom they lose themselves and their humanity. V.E. Schwab is an artist- an incredible writer both in prose and storytelling. She uses different POV’s in a way that I found very interesting and fits a story about immortality quite well. The book is quite character driven. The protagonists were mostly unlikeable, and I loved it. Alice was whiny, Sabine was nothing short of a monster, and Charlotte was a hypocrite. And that’s what made them feel real. They were unapologetically flawed, corrupted by a power that had promised them freedom. Or maybe there was darkness in them all along. V.E. Schwab didn’t try to make them into perfect heroines or “strong women” protagonists and that’s what made the story work. Were they villains? Anti-heroes? Tragic heroes? Does it even matter? I am begging V.E Schwab to write more lesbian fiction. Stop holding out on us, please.

  

  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
  • V. E. Schwab
  • ab 16,89 €

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