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  • Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride by S.J. Whitby

    Cute Mutants Vol 1: Mutant Pride by S.J. Whitby

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My name is Dylan Taylor, human incarnation of the burning dumpster gif, and this is my life. I always wanted to be an X-Man. Except people and me never got along, and apparently you need social skills to run a successful team. Cue Emma Hall's party...
  • The Might of Monsters by Maria Ying

    The Might of Monsters by Maria Ying

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    To be a sorceress means to seize your desires and take possession, to invoke powers most ancient to triumph—to leave no challengers alive, and take back all that is yours by right. Olesya Hua could have been the sorceress of her age, if not for the curse that struck her down. Now risen from its ashes, she's determined to carve her mark into the world...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  urban fantasy  length-medium
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  • Ravensong by Cayla Fay

    Ravensong by Cayla Fay

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    A demi-god who refuses to cohabitate with humans accidentally falls in love with one in the first book of a pulse-pounding teen duology that’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Celtic mythology. Neve has spent lifetimes defending the mortal world against the legions of hell with her two sisters...
  • Life is Strange: Steph's Story by Rosiee Thor

    Life is Strange: Steph's Story by Rosiee Thor

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and the punk-rock beginnings of Drugstore Makeup. "So, what kind of lesbian are you? ". "The kind that. .. likes. .. girls? ". "Same. "...
  • Traitor by Erik Schubach

    Traitor by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Murder and mayhem ensue in the city when a Troll is murdered. There is discord in the supernatural world in Cincinnati when the Trolls find there is a traitor in their ranks and Evangeline Kane is the prime suspect. A rift in the ranks of the city's champions is formed that threatens to descend into rebellion. On the run from the sentinels of the city, the Triumvirate, and the mortal police...
  • Dreadnought by April Daniels

    Dreadnought by April Daniels

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    A trans teen is transformed into a superhero in this action-packed series-starter perfect for fans of  The Heroine Complex  and  Not Your Sidekick . Danny Tozer has a she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender...
  • Fallen Elements by Heather McVea

    Fallen Elements by Heather McVea

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A train ride, a beautiful woman, a possible romance… what more could anyone ask for? But there is magic in the air, old magic, and not everyone is happy about it. Ryan Myers’ life is on the fast track with a new career, a supportive group of friends, and an easy going relationship...
  • Waking Forever by Heather McVea

    Waking Forever by Heather McVea

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sara Glass is a very busy and very important person. By thirty-five, she is already everything she ever imagined being -- a partner in a successful law firm, a competitive runner, and a girlfriend to a devoted investment banker. Her life is challenging and full, but somehow uneventful...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  f-f  length-medium
  • Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship by Aliette de Bodard

    Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship by Aliette de Bodard

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a Paris that never was, a city of magical factions where Fallen angels mingle with magicians, alchemists and witches. .. Emmanuelle is the Fallen archivist of House Silverspires, and only wants a quiet life with her books. But when Selene, the latest student of Lucifer Morningstar, walks into the library, Emmanuelle finds herself drawn in an adventure to steal from another House...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  f-f  length-novella
  • Darling by K. Ancrum

    Darling by K. Ancrum

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A teen girl finds herself lost on a dangerous adventure in this YA thriller by the acclaimed author of The Wicker King and The Weight of the Stars ―reimagining Peter Pan for today’s world. On Wendy Darling’s first night in Chicago, a boy called Peter appears at her window. He’s dizzying, captivating, beautiful―so she agrees to join him for a night on the town...
  • Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

    Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    “Do you mind me asking—what kind of help do you need? ”. After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  urban fantasy  fantasy  f-f  audiobook
  • About a Girl by Sarah McCarry

    About a Girl by Sarah McCarry

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything: her genius, the love of her adoptive family, the loyalty of her best friend, Shane, and her future career as a Nobel prize-winning astronomer. There's no room in her tidy world for heartbreak or uncertainty—or the charismatic, troubled mother who abandoned her soon after she was born...
  • The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino

    The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Part Three by Michael Dante DiMartino

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Asami is kidnapped, Korra sets out to the Spirit Wilds to find her. Now teeming with dark spirits influenced by the half spirit-half human Tokuga, the landscape is more dangerous than ever before. The two women must trust in each other and work together if they are to make it out alive...
  • La Malédiction de Mamo by Sas Milledge

    La Malédiction de Mamo by Sas Milledge

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Une quête d'identité fantastique et sombre dans un monde de sorcières. .. Orla, petite dernière d'une lignée de sorcières, se voit de retour dans la ville où elle a grandi...
    Categorized as:
    queer  young adult  fantasy  witches  magic  paranormal  f-f  mystery
  • The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

    The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    In the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistable" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of keeping their coven--and their world--from tearing apart forever. Niamh Kelly is dead...
  • Sovereign by April Daniels

    Sovereign by April Daniels

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse...
  • The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    "The hunt is over. After fifteen years of lies and sacrifice, Baru Cormorant has the power to destroy the Imperial Republic of Falcrest that she pretends to serve. The secret society called the Cancrioth is real, and Baru is among them. But the Cancrioth's weapon cannot distinguish the guilty from the innocent...
  • A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe

    A Game of Romance and Ruin by Ruby Roe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 30 ratings
    In a game of power, can love be the deadliest weapon? Stirling Grey, a legendary negotiator, is on a mission: to mend her broken heart and avenge its ruin. Morrigan Lee, a hidden princess and heir to the throne, is harbouring a dark secret. For years, Stirling and Morrigan navigated the perilous games of power and politics, shared clandestine moments, and ultimately. .. fell in love. .
  • The Legend of Korra Turf Wars, Part Two by Michael Dante DiMartino

    The Legend of Korra Turf Wars, Part Two by Michael Dante DiMartino

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Recovering from the fight and furious for revenge, Triple Threats member Tokuga solidifies his ties with the duplicitous Wonyong...
  • The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong

    The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    An almost-mage discovers friendship—and maybe something more—in the unlikeliest of places in this delightfully charming novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Teller of Small Fortunes. Certainty Bulrush wants to be useful—to the Guild of Mages that took her in as a novice, to the little brother who depends on her, and to anyone else she can help...
  • This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

    This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 56 ratings
    Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power. Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer...
  • A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones...
    Categorized as:
    young adult  dark  queer  fantasy  f-f  urban fantasy  fae  magic
  • When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

    When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure. Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl)...
  • Bring the Fire by Craig Schaefer

    Bring the Fire by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    “We brought you here to answer a single question. God is dead. Vanessa Roth and Marie Reinhart are responsible. We want to know how they did it. ”. That was where the story began. This is where it all ends. Believing her lover has been killed, Nessa — the living archetype of the wicked witch and a fairy tale brought to murderous life — flies across the Mojave Desert on a mission of vengeance...
    Categorized as:
    queer  dark  urban fantasy  fantasy  witches  paranormal  magic  demons
  • Shifting Nature by Jae

    Shifting Nature by Jae

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith and Tala’s fake relationship turns real, but can their love survive the secrets they’ve been keeping? Find out in the gripping conclusion to Jae’s paranormal lesbian romance. After a carefully staged fake relationship brought them together, fox-shifter Tala and human Faith are no longer enemies...
  • Brooms by Jasmine Walls

    Brooms by Jasmine Walls

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 24 ratings
    YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE YEAR: Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Public Library · New York Public Library 3 STARS ★ PW ★ Booklist ★. BCCB Mississippi, 1930s. Magic simmering beneath the surface, kept in check by unjust laws and societal expectations...
  • Mistress of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Mistress of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Evelyn wishes that her life would calm down. As if rescuing a former empress wasn’t enough of a problem, Evelyn has gotten herself involved in the affairs of dragons, something she doesn’t appreciate in the slightest. Even dealing with them might be easier than what comes afterward, as it seems that her luck is even worse than she thought it was...
  • The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken

    The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 31 ratings
    With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord Death's plans to unleash the horrors of Anwnn on the world of the living. As the Wild Hunt carves a bloody path across continents, Tamsin is mustering allies, tracking down powerful artifacts, and traversing into new otherlands in search of a way to stop him...
  • The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

    The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends. .. who don't understand Morgan at all...
  • Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Marie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty...
    Categorized as:
    dark  queer  fantasy  urban fantasy  paranormal  f-f  mystery  magic
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