Book Review Blog — LGBTQIA

The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Pub Date: 19 Sep 2019 Publisher: Bellatrix Sci Fi & Fantasy , Teens & YA PGBB Reviewed on NetGalley 16 May 2019 ⭐5/5 An original gothic vampire origin story told from the POV of one of Dracula’s brides, giving it a feminist voice that is so refreshing for gothic fantasy!  Kiran’s beautifully written poetic prose conjures the reader into a vividly imagined world of Travellers and slavers that feels  utterly believable and palpable, then it ever so gradually moves from realism into more sinister suggestions of unnatural evils, then before you realise the...

Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen By Amrou Al-Kadhi Pub Date: 03 October 2019Publisher: Fourth EstateBiographies & Memoirs, LGBTQIA, Adult ReadershipPGBB Reviewed on NetGalley 15 May 2019 ⭐5/5   Amrou Al-Kadhi’s writing glitters and flows effortlessly, as comfortable as a conversation between close friends. Meanwhile, hiding below the surface is an incredibly well structured, intelligent and intensive examination of so many of life’s most difficult and contentious issues: gender, identity, family, love, Islam, Christianity - to name a small sample - each handled with care.  While the telling is easy and compelling, the story is hard and painful...