~Edge of Glory by Rachel Spangler~

Edge of Glory teaches us that an olympic training regimen consists of 1/4 intense workouts and 3/4 intense flirting. It’s a lovely romance between two buff ambitious woman who help each other find healing and happiness.

For the spoiler-free review, stop listening at 12:15 or when you hear the drums.

~Carry On by Rainbow Rowell~

Carry On is the queer trauma-informed magic school series of our dreams. It’s a chosen one v. evil one story, where the respective ones are terrible at being chosen/evil, but very good at falling hopelessly in love with each other. One of our mutual favorite books of all time.

For the spoiler-free review, stop listening at 9:09 or when you hear the drums.

~Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ~

Gideon is a useless lesbian/wonderful swordswoman. Harrow is a Hermione-if-she-was-in-Slytherin necromancer. Together, they must solve the mysteries lurking in a gothic mansion. The problem is they hate each other. But also they definitely love each other. Mostly, they are obsessed with each other and we are obsessed with them.

For a spoiler-free review, stop listening at 8:37 or when the drums kick in.