Bear Starheart
ackzombies.bsky.social
Bear Starheart
@ackzombies.bsky.social
NB he/she/they neurospicy, queer, disabled, wanna be a pirate on the high seas, while doing science, astronomy, and listening to stories
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Sword and sorcery MM romance
A young magic prince falls in love with a merman.
I found the story to be lacking in understandable emotions. It's like they sprout from nothing.
It's pretty much the little mermaid with queer characters and a back story that should have been a series for it to work.
April 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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A slow burn story about the MC using her twin powers and determination to know her abandoned brother after his death
It's supposed be a mystery book. I'm not sure if it's my pattern recognition or if it's written like a well paved path with expected sights
There's no actual queerness in this book
April 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🌈📚 A Strange and Stubborn Endurance features magic, royalty, mystery, murder, politics, all in a fantasy setting. A delightful exuberant amount of queerness graces the pages. Though all of it is behind TW.
Though I found the story predictable from the first couple of chapters, the story was good.
February 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Oh this is the book if you're curious.
It was a pretty good story.

Some scenes may be spicy though.
February 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer is a great example of why a sequel is sometimes not necessary. This story takes everything i enjoyed about the first and ignores it. Then gives a story of the past better left to imagination, and an undetermined future with the interesting alien ignored
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February 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I planned on taking it slow. However, 14.5hrs later I did stop to eat I've finished The Only Light Left Burning by @erikjbrown.bsky.social By the end of it, I feel like the safest part of this apocalypse is the the end of this story. I hope it continues. I think I'll actually miss Jamie and Alex.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown. What can I say about this book to explain how good it is. There's not many books I've read more than once, but this is one of them. Does the idea on a global apocalypse bring you peace, and enjoy queer romance. Then this is the book for you.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Alex Wise vs. The End of the World is a fun read. Its YA even younger maybe. Alex comes to grips with his queer identity, rejection of a parent, new family, new friends, jealousy, and homophobia all while saving the world from an apocalypse. Lots of nerdy references. I think many will ID with Alex🌈📚
February 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🌈📚 I finished The Bloodright series of 3 books. It was interesting enough to finish, though a little predictable in its unfolding. There's plenty of queer characters to enjoy. The sci-fi aspect seems to be a minor setting against the story. But if you like sci-fi its worth trying queer scifi is rare
January 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I lived this book. Don't forget to read the next one, Bookshops & Bonedust. It's my favorite of the two.
January 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer, is a fun West Virginia fairytale. It does well in creating a sense of longing for new worlds in the reader. Though it is a fairytale story, the queer romance is well written and mostly features a main m/m.
I would advise some readers check the trigger warnings.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Early report.
Listening to Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill
Not queer so far, but enjoying the not so subtle commentary on a certain red hat demographic.
The story is about a robot apocalypse, AI choice, and the nature of emotions.

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January 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I don't know what to say. As a person with hyperosmia and a love of being in the woods. This m/m romance featuring werewolves and witches really hit all the good points.
Wolfsong by TJ Klune is a great story and I found it easy to connect with the MC.
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Once again up all night with it.
January 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Another late night and another story.
This book takes the story of Achilles and tells it from Patroclus life. It's beautiful and tragic like anyone would expect from a Greek hero story. It does well on hitting every theme and marker of the known Achilles stories.
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December 31, 2024 at 8:47 AM
I have the audiobook of The Noise going tonight.
November 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM
Well I was up all night again.
This time with The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schafer.

When looking up the cover image I found out that, apparently Elliot Page is developing it into a film.

Another thought, is I should stop listening to books before bed so I can actually sleep.
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November 23, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I put the audio book of this on just before bed last night, and here I am still up 8 hous later. I couldn't stop listening.
Bookshops and Bonedust is such a great book by Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social
I highly suggest reading it or listening to the masterfully don audiobook.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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I just finished The Blades Between Us by Sam J. Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social and its quite a book. I don't know what I would categorize the books as, but it has some great complex characters and a truly great story that evolves beyond what someone might think. Comparable to Steven King
November 20, 2024 at 11:41 AM
The Blade Between by Sam J. Miller
So far its pretty good. I find the characters relatable.

Get well soon
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
So real question here
This being know as the butterfly app and this being queer book readers.
Why isn't this called
The Reading Rainbow
I'm fairly certain LeVar Burton wouldn't mind.
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November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM