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Venessa Vida Kelley
@venessakelley.bsky.social
🇵🇷💗💜💙 Rep'd by @LitAgentSaritza WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON (@erewhonbooks, 2025), MANU FACES THE MUSIC (@onipress, 2026)
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In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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From the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration!

@dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Didn't realize the incredible author @venessakelley.bsky.social was on Bluesky. Gracias por este libro que es un regalo ❣️
This was a beautiful read with a Puerto Rican queer lead and I'm just all melty every time I think about it now 🥰 🇵🇷
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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My book club Tea & Peril (now in its tenth year) hosted author @venessakelley.bsky.social (When the Tides Held the Moon) today on my birthday and it was just magical! Thank you Venessa! #booksky #books #bookclub
January 25, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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🌈🎧📚 $4.99 * Sale ends in 6 days * 🤑

📖 When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley
@venessakelley.bsky.social

a young man goes through a journey of love & self-discovery after capturing a merman

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#booksky #queerbooks #audiobook #cozy #fantasy
When the Tides Held the Moon Audiobook on Libro.fm
The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a ...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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The amount of taxpayer dollars we're wasting to hurt people and terrorize neighborhoods is astonishing. This is waste, fraud, and abuse on an epic scale. The absolute lawlessness ICE is astonishing. Minnesota would achieve a historic drop in crime rate simply by driving ICE from the state.
Welcome to Minneapolis. Our neighbors have witnessed too many war crimes at this point. Federal agents even left weapons on the ground.
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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🚨WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON is massively on sale right now through Barnes & Noble and Libro.fm! If you’ve been holding off on grabbing the fully illustrated hardcover or getting swept away by Lee Osorio and Joel de la Fuentes’ audiobook performances, these prices are BANANAS.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🚨WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON is massively on sale right now through Barnes & Noble and Libro.fm! If you’ve been holding off on grabbing the fully illustrated hardcover or getting swept away by Lee Osorio and Joel de la Fuentes’ audiobook performances, these prices are BANANAS.
January 20, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Hear me out, though. Michael Cimino—an actual Puerto Rican—as Benny, and TZP—a nationally ranked swimmer—as Río. 💙🧜🏼‍♂️🇵🇷👀

#whenthetidesheldthemoon
Book Alex and Movie Alex WE'RE SO BACKKKKK

via Michael's snapchat
January 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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This was a gorgeous read and beautiful and just lovely. I would read again anf again, for story and damn if I don't want more of Rio and Benny. @venessakelley.bsky.social #whenthetidesheldthemoon
January 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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I’ve been dancing in my chair all morning! So freaking proud of @venessakelley.bsky.social’s incredible accomplishments adding USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR to that list to kick off the year is truly inspiring! 💕
A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist
BookRiot Best Books of the Year
Amazon Best Romantasy of the Year
Reader's Digest Top 10 of the Year
Audible Top 10 Romantasy Listens
Library Journal Best Books of 2025

And now a USA Today bestseller!! 🥳

Congratulations, Venessa (@venessakelley.bsky.social)!
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist
BookRiot Best Books of the Year
Amazon Best Romantasy of the Year
Reader's Digest Top 10 of the Year
Audible Top 10 Romantasy Listens
Library Journal Best Books of 2025

And now a USA Today bestseller!! 🥳

Congratulations, Venessa (@venessakelley.bsky.social)!
January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Thrilled to be revealing the stunning cover of my debut YA novel, a sapphic interfaith romance called THE GIRLS WILL BE OKAY! Art by the incomparable @venessakelley.bsky.social.
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My opinion of Trump is best expressed through Buttercup’s words about Humperdinck from Rob Reiner’s “The Princess Bride”.

He is nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear. And when I say he’s a coward, that is only because he is the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth.
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thank you, @audible, for making WTTHTM a Best Listen of 2025! 🎉

“Performed beautifully by Lee Osorio and Joel de la Fuente, the audio brings every emotion, every quiet plea, and every moment of wonder to life. Hearing Spanish woven through the performance stopped me in my tracks, in the best way."
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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🎨 Spotlight on Sarita Rich

Sarita's Illustrator Page

Sarita is represented by Lara Perkins and is open to picture books, board books, chapter books, and covers.
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Recently finished reading @venessakelley.bsky.social's
'When the Tides held the Moon' & if I could do nothing else but read beautiful gay merman/human romance novels forever I would not mind the slightest 😭
I'm not good with words so idk what to tell you guys?
U know I like FISH go buy the book?🫠🫶
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Library Journal (@libraryjournal.bsky.social)’s best books of 2025 includes 3 ABLA titles!

WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by @venessakelley.bsky.social

THE SPIRIT OF LOVE by Lauren Kate

THE DATING PROHIBITION by Taj McCoy

Congratulations to all on this recognition! 🥳
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My heart is beyond full. When the Tides Held the Moon just made it onto @libraryjournal.bsky.social’s Best Books of 2025! I’m honored to see it included among so many incredible titles! 😭

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Stellar Selections | Best Books 2025
Throughout the year, LJ’s expert reviewers consider thousands of books, reading titles across a myriad of genres and subjects. These are the nearly 800 works they judged as the best, most notable, sig...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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You like what you like. I, personally, don't like to read M/F...unless I know they're both queer and then somehow that fixes it in my head? LOL, talk about not making sense XD.

One of the best sex scenes I've ever read had no penetration (When the Tides Held the Moon by @venessakelley.bsky.social).
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Last day to vote for I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN and WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON in the GoodReads Choice Awards!!
For those keeping up with the GoodReads Choice Awards, Ann Liang’s I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN and Venessa Vida Kelley’s WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON made it through to the final voting round.

You know what to do.
November 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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For those keeping up with the GoodReads Choice Awards, Ann Liang’s I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN and Venessa Vida Kelley’s WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON made it through to the final voting round.

You know what to do.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM