Marie Sotiriou
@mariesotiriou.bsky.social
Reader 🌈, technology geek, sports fan. Involved locally in progressive political activism.
I like to talk about books 📚
**Wallpaper quote is from a 2024 US Election night editorial written by activist & author Rebecca Solnit.
I like to talk about books 📚
**Wallpaper quote is from a 2024 US Election night editorial written by activist & author Rebecca Solnit.
I enjoyed Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. It’s about a shapeshifting female “monster” who falls for a kindhearted human woman.
It’s a horror story that is infused with a sense of kindness. A good read for someone who enjoys a soft horror mystery with a side of sapphic romance🌈📚💙
It’s a horror story that is infused with a sense of kindness. A good read for someone who enjoys a soft horror mystery with a side of sapphic romance🌈📚💙
Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Amazon.com: Someone You Can Build a Nest In eBook : Wiswell, John: Kindle Store
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I enjoyed Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. It’s about a shapeshifting female “monster” who falls for a kindhearted human woman.
It’s a horror story that is infused with a sense of kindness. A good read for someone who enjoys a soft horror mystery with a side of sapphic romance🌈📚💙
It’s a horror story that is infused with a sense of kindness. A good read for someone who enjoys a soft horror mystery with a side of sapphic romance🌈📚💙
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If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at LGBTQReads@gmail.com to let me know!
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of bookish respite, you can fill out this form to be matched with a bookish donation from one of many contributing authors and agents!
lgbtqreads.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at LGBTQReads@gmail.com to let me know!
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LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of bookish respite, you can fill out this form to be matched with a bookish donation from one of many contributing authors and agents!
lgbtqreads.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…
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Peeps, here we go.
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Peeps, here we go.
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Don't forget to submit your queer books (published in 2025) for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards - before the November 21st deadline! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy...
#LammyAwards #Lammys2026
#LammyAwards #Lammys2026
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Don't forget to submit your queer books (published in 2025) for the 2026 Lambda Literary Awards - before the November 21st deadline! Submit here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy...
#LammyAwards #Lammys2026
#LammyAwards #Lammys2026
The dark fantasy “Metal from Heaven” by August Clarke is $1.99 on Kindle & Kobo.
A political revolution against capitalism led by a lesbian bandit biker gang - it’s bloody, queer, intense, visceral, & sensual.
Lyrical prose with Mad Max frenetic energy🌈📚💙
www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...
A political revolution against capitalism led by a lesbian bandit biker gang - it’s bloody, queer, intense, visceral, & sensual.
Lyrical prose with Mad Max frenetic energy🌈📚💙
www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...
Metal from Heaven
Amazon.com: Metal from Heaven eBook : Clarke, August: Kindle Store
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The dark fantasy “Metal from Heaven” by August Clarke is $1.99 on Kindle & Kobo.
A political revolution against capitalism led by a lesbian bandit biker gang - it’s bloody, queer, intense, visceral, & sensual.
Lyrical prose with Mad Max frenetic energy🌈📚💙
www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...
A political revolution against capitalism led by a lesbian bandit biker gang - it’s bloody, queer, intense, visceral, & sensual.
Lyrical prose with Mad Max frenetic energy🌈📚💙
www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...
⭐️These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs is $2.99 on multiple ebook platforms.
A well written sapphic space opera with rich world building, action, secrets, mysteries, twists, time jumps, and “Killing Eve” energy. It’s full of compelling badass characters🌈📚🚀
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/betha...
A well written sapphic space opera with rich world building, action, secrets, mysteries, twists, time jumps, and “Killing Eve” energy. It’s full of compelling badass characters🌈📚🚀
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/betha...
These Burning Stars
WINNER OF THE 2024 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD
"These Burning Stars pulls off one of the most brazen, gasp-inducing reveals I’ve experienced in an age." –Esq...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
⭐️These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs is $2.99 on multiple ebook platforms.
A well written sapphic space opera with rich world building, action, secrets, mysteries, twists, time jumps, and “Killing Eve” energy. It’s full of compelling badass characters🌈📚🚀
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/betha...
A well written sapphic space opera with rich world building, action, secrets, mysteries, twists, time jumps, and “Killing Eve” energy. It’s full of compelling badass characters🌈📚🚀
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/betha...
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An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up.
Free to read at
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
The Bywater Books Deal of the Day is Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone.
Sapphic historical fiction about a queer woman’s poignant & emotional journey navigating life in the Deep South. The story is contemplative, thoughtful, heartfelt, and gave me all of the feels🌈📚💙
bywaterbooks.com/product/find...
Sapphic historical fiction about a queer woman’s poignant & emotional journey navigating life in the Deep South. The story is contemplative, thoughtful, heartfelt, and gave me all of the feels🌈📚💙
bywaterbooks.com/product/find...
Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone - Bywater Books
When Blue Riley's lost love walks in the door the strength and serenity Blue thought she found is put to the ultimate test.
bywaterbooks.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Bywater Books Deal of the Day is Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone.
Sapphic historical fiction about a queer woman’s poignant & emotional journey navigating life in the Deep South. The story is contemplative, thoughtful, heartfelt, and gave me all of the feels🌈📚💙
bywaterbooks.com/product/find...
Sapphic historical fiction about a queer woman’s poignant & emotional journey navigating life in the Deep South. The story is contemplative, thoughtful, heartfelt, and gave me all of the feels🌈📚💙
bywaterbooks.com/product/find...
“Autostraddle’s Most Anticipated Queer Books for November 2025”
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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for November 2025
Literary fiction, romantasy, YA, horror, mystery, memoir and more experimental! There's something for everyone this month.
www.autostraddle.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Autostraddle’s Most Anticipated Queer Books for November 2025”
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The next governor of New Jersey is the Democrat Mikie Sherrill 🎉🎉🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The next governor of New Jersey is the Democrat Mikie Sherrill 🎉🎉🎉
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With the release today of THE NAMELESS LAND, my grimsweet fantasy road trip w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials + bonus ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt is a complete duology (The Witch Roads).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
With the release today of THE NAMELESS LAND, my grimsweet fantasy road trip w/ a humble deputy courier forced to guide uppity court officials + bonus ravenous fungal ghost plague, court intrigue, & a mysterious haunt is a complete duology (The Witch Roads).
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Aahhh the sequel to THE WITCH ROADS is out today!!
I don't often immediately pre-order the next book in a series because I am lame, but I did for this one because AAHHHH
if you like luscious, ambulatory fantasy with big worlds and sexy hauntings and creepy corruptions, WELL
I don't often immediately pre-order the next book in a series because I am lame, but I did for this one because AAHHHH
if you like luscious, ambulatory fantasy with big worlds and sexy hauntings and creepy corruptions, WELL
The Nameless Land: The Witch Roads, Book II
The Witch Roads, Book II
bookshop.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Aahhh the sequel to THE WITCH ROADS is out today!!
I don't often immediately pre-order the next book in a series because I am lame, but I did for this one because AAHHHH
if you like luscious, ambulatory fantasy with big worlds and sexy hauntings and creepy corruptions, WELL
I don't often immediately pre-order the next book in a series because I am lame, but I did for this one because AAHHHH
if you like luscious, ambulatory fantasy with big worlds and sexy hauntings and creepy corruptions, WELL
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New Releases: November 2025 lgbtqreads.com/2025/11/04/n...
New Releases: November 2025
Chris Makes a Friend by Alex Gino (4th) This is not the summer Chris has planned… Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her grandparents aren’t …
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November 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here)
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have a book dropping from @torbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday (The Nameless Land, the 2nd book of The Witch Roads duology, so if you're waiting for the entire story, it is here)
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
THEN a near future sf novelette ("Barnacle") dropping on Wednesday at @reactorsff.bsky.social
so brace yourselves, peeps.
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Currently working on the rest of the year (July through December), so now's a good time to let me know about your queer adult SFF that's come out in 2025!
And of course, if I missed you in the first half, let me know!
And of course, if I missed you in the first half, let me know!
Okay, it's all up - January through June!
If I missed any, let me know. Adult, sff, with at least one queer MC (on page, not word of god), published through a publisher, and either a novel or novella. 🫡
If I missed any, let me know. Adult, sff, with at least one queer MC (on page, not word of god), published through a publisher, and either a novel or novella. 🫡
Hello queers and fears, it's almost Pride Month and I've got a gift for you:
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
the first six months of the 🏳️🌈2025 Queer Adult SFF List! 🏳️🌈
I'm organizing this by month so click on through!
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Currently working on the rest of the year (July through December), so now's a good time to let me know about your queer adult SFF that's come out in 2025!
And of course, if I missed you in the first half, let me know!
And of course, if I missed you in the first half, let me know!
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Book 2 of the well-reviewed The Witch Roads duology drops next week (The Nameless Land). As does a near future political sf short story on @reactorsff.bsky.social
I recently turned in an epic fantasy novel in the Witch Roads world. I am chugging along!
Today, 20K into a new book: Why is this crap?
I recently turned in an epic fantasy novel in the Witch Roads world. I am chugging along!
Today, 20K into a new book: Why is this crap?
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Book 2 of the well-reviewed The Witch Roads duology drops next week (The Nameless Land). As does a near future political sf short story on @reactorsff.bsky.social
I recently turned in an epic fantasy novel in the Witch Roads world. I am chugging along!
Today, 20K into a new book: Why is this crap?
I recently turned in an epic fantasy novel in the Witch Roads world. I am chugging along!
Today, 20K into a new book: Why is this crap?
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New episode! @quirkynerd.bsky.social joins @taramdscott.bsky.social to talk book bans. Becks recommends Alison Cochrun's Every Step She Takes & Tara recommends Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti.
Listen: https://www.queerlyrecommended.com/2025/10/28/that-time-of-year-featuring-becks-quirk-qr-119/
Listen: https://www.queerlyrecommended.com/2025/10/28/that-time-of-year-featuring-becks-quirk-qr-119/
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New episode! @quirkynerd.bsky.social joins @taramdscott.bsky.social to talk book bans. Becks recommends Alison Cochrun's Every Step She Takes & Tara recommends Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti.
Listen: https://www.queerlyrecommended.com/2025/10/28/that-time-of-year-featuring-becks-quirk-qr-119/
Listen: https://www.queerlyrecommended.com/2025/10/28/that-time-of-year-featuring-becks-quirk-qr-119/
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite is a charming short novella with a good mix of science fiction and cozy mystery. It stars a sapphic lead and includes an all queer cast🌈
I loved the audio version - the narration by Blair Baker was excellent.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
I loved the audio version - the narration by Blair Baker was excellent.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
Murder by Memory: for all your sapphic spaceship murder mystery needs, starring a gimlet-eyed aunt and her feckless nephew on a thousand-year journey and where minds are stored in book form for when you need to put them in a new body. Usually the right one, but not this time …
Murder by Memory
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detectiveA mind is a terrible thing t...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite is a charming short novella with a good mix of science fiction and cozy mystery. It stars a sapphic lead and includes an all queer cast🌈
I loved the audio version - the narration by Blair Baker was excellent.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
I loved the audio version - the narration by Blair Baker was excellent.
I am looking forward to the next book in the series!
“Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid is currently on sale for $2.99 at multiple US ebook vendors.
The story is about two 1980s era female astronauts who fall for each other and it focuses on the misogyny and homophobia which was prevalent in that time period. It’s emotional and full of feelings 🌈📚💙
The story is about two 1980s era female astronauts who fall for each other and it focuses on the misogyny and homophobia which was prevalent in that time period. It’s emotional and full of feelings 🌈📚💙
October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid is currently on sale for $2.99 at multiple US ebook vendors.
The story is about two 1980s era female astronauts who fall for each other and it focuses on the misogyny and homophobia which was prevalent in that time period. It’s emotional and full of feelings 🌈📚💙
The story is about two 1980s era female astronauts who fall for each other and it focuses on the misogyny and homophobia which was prevalent in that time period. It’s emotional and full of feelings 🌈📚💙
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New Releases: October 28, 2025
Young Adult Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor Version 1.0.0 Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with…
Young Adult Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor Version 1.0.0 Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with…
New Releases: October 28, 2025
Young Adult Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor Version 1.0.0 Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with their Mothers add an extra layer of real-life stress, only amplifying their struggle to belong. However, things take an unexpected turn when they cross paths with members of the fae deep in a Scottish forest.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New Releases: October 28, 2025
Young Adult Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor Version 1.0.0 Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with…
Young Adult Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor Version 1.0.0 Eighteen-year-old Cam bounces between houses in Texas and Scotland and has always thought that’s why they don’t feel at home in either place. A recent Autism diagnosis followed by a fight with…
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That's right! THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, latest and so far longest of the Mossa & Pleiti Investigations, is on ebook sale across platforms! If you've been waiting to catch up on the latest Jovian mystery, or wanted to get your own copy, now is a great time to do it!!
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
That's right! THE POTENCY OF UNGOVERNABLE IMPULSES, latest and so far longest of the Mossa & Pleiti Investigations, is on ebook sale across platforms! If you've been waiting to catch up on the latest Jovian mystery, or wanted to get your own copy, now is a great time to do it!!
The Incandescent by @EmilyTesh.net is $2.99 at multiple ebook vendors.
An academia fantasy about a magic school told from the perspective of the teachers ….lesson plans, societal class issues, demons, and a hot butch lesbian demon hunter.
A very good read! 🌈📚💙
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
An academia fantasy about a magic school told from the perspective of the teachers ….lesson plans, societal class issues, demons, and a hot butch lesbian demon hunter.
A very good read! 🌈📚💙
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The Incandescent
Naomi Novik's Scholomance series meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy by instant national and international bestselling author Emil...
us.macmillan.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The Incandescent by @EmilyTesh.net is $2.99 at multiple ebook vendors.
An academia fantasy about a magic school told from the perspective of the teachers ….lesson plans, societal class issues, demons, and a hot butch lesbian demon hunter.
A very good read! 🌈📚💙
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
An academia fantasy about a magic school told from the perspective of the teachers ….lesson plans, societal class issues, demons, and a hot butch lesbian demon hunter.
A very good read! 🌈📚💙
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Opinion: Lockhart, who died Saturday, was a beloved fixture on television and a lifelong LGBTQ+ ally, writes John Casey.
In 1970, 'America's Mom' June Lockhart bravely spoke out defending 'homosexuals' when others wouldn't
Opinion: Lockhart, who died Saturday, was a beloved fixture on television and a lifelong LGBTQ+ ally, writes John Casey.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Opinion: Lockhart, who died Saturday, was a beloved fixture on television and a lifelong LGBTQ+ ally, writes John Casey.
I loved “This Princess Kills Monsters” by Ry Herman and the ebook is on sale for only $1.99!
It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict (and outdated) gender norms, roles, and rules.
Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer🌈📚💙
It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict (and outdated) gender norms, roles, and rules.
Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer🌈📚💙
Ebooks of This Princess Kills Monsters are currently on sale for $1.99 (or equivalent) across all platforms!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753910...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/753910...
This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman: 9780593733080 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A princess with a mostly useless magical talent takes on horrible monsters, a dozen identical masked heroes, and a talking lion in a quest to save a kingdom—and herself—in this feminist fairy...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I loved “This Princess Kills Monsters” by Ry Herman and the ebook is on sale for only $1.99!
It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict (and outdated) gender norms, roles, and rules.
Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer🌈📚💙
It’s a mashup fairytale retelling which pokes fun at society’s strict (and outdated) gender norms, roles, and rules.
Funny, witty, clever, heartwarming, action packed, feminist, and very queer🌈📚💙