Tag: Gay

• What If It’s Us

  Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera co-authored What If It’s Us; a cute, gay romance with some diverse and realistic characters bursting with personality. Ben is broken-hearted and stuck in summer school. Arthur is interning at his mother’s office and in love with everything New York. After a chance encounter at the post office the boys […]

  G B Ralph

  15 Apr 2020

  Reading

  Books, Contemporary, Gay, LGBT, Reading, Romance, Young Adult

• The Starless Sea

  Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea is a magical, mythical, fantastical story about stories. As with her debut novel, The Night Circus, I was right there for every step of the journey, excited to see what wonder would come next. At a young age, Zachary Ezra Rawlins discovers a door painted on a wall behind his […]

  G B Ralph

  24 Mar 2020

  Reading

  Books, Fairytales, Fantasy, Gay, LGBT, Magical Realism, Myths, Reading, Romance, Stories

• Carry On and Wayward Son

  Rainbow Rowell’s Simon Snow series is magical, charming, hilarious, heart-warming, and just tremendous fun. Now, I’m wary of spoilering so I won’t summarise the story, but instead present the blurb from Carry On – it sets the scene and the tone so well: Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. That’s […]

  G B Ralph

  22 Feb 2020

  Reading

  Books, Fantasy, Gay, LGBT, Magic, Reading, Romance, School, Vampires, Young Adult