Book #147 of 2024: The Pairing by by Casey McQuiston Four years ago, childhood-best-friends-turned-adult-sweethearts Kit (he/him) and Theo (they/she, as we eventually learn) broke up on the eve of a three-week romantic food and wine tour across Europe. With the voucher about to expire, Theo decides to finally go on the vacation solo, only to …
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Book #85 of 2022: I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Author Casey McQuiston’s third novel is the first that doesn’t quite hit the mark for me. The basic premise here is that prom queen and principal’s daughter Shara Wheeler has vanished in the last month before graduation, after spontaneously kissing three people: her boyfriend, …
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Book #263 of 2021: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston This novel hasn’t quite grabbed my heart as fiercely as author Casey McQuiston’s earlier Red, White & Royal Blue, but it’s still a pretty great story with incredible levels of queer representation. That includes not only the bi protagonist’s F/F romance, but also her found …
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Book #196 of 2021: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Utterly charmed by this YA romance between the son of America’s first female president and an English prince, although I’ll admit to being occasionally distracted trying to figure out how/when its timeline diverged from our own reality — as near as I can …
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