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Sapphic friends-to-lovers romance novels (Sapphic Reading Challenge #31)

April 4, 2024August 12, 2021

This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge post features sapphic friends-to-lovers romance novels.

For some reason, there are not a lot of true friends-to-lovers romances out there, which is weird, because so many same-sex couples start out as friends (85%, according to a study I recently read!).

Important definition: In a friends-to-lovers romance, the two main characters are already friends (sometimes best friends or childhood friends) at the beginning of the book. If they are strangers who meet at the beginning of the book, then become friends before becoming lovers, it’s not a friends-to-lovers romance in the narrower sense of the word.

Book starts with the first day of a new job (Sapphic Reading Challenge #29)

July 29, 2021

This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge features sapphic books that start with the first day of a new job.

For the book to count for this category, pick a novel in which the main character starts a new job in the first three chapters.

Age gap romance (Sapphic Reading Challenge #21)

April 4, 2024June 3, 2021

This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge features age gap romance novels–meaning there’s a significant age gap between the two main characters. People’s definitions of what constitutes a “significant age gap” vary, but for the purpose of this reading challenge, one main character needs to be at least 8 years older than the other.

Nerdy or geeky character (Sapphic Reading Challenge #20)

August 21, 2022May 27, 2021

This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge features books with a main character who’s a geek or a nerd, meaning they are very enthusiastic about some kind of non-mainstream activity or specialized subject, e.g., a video games, science, technology, comic books, cosplay, collections.

Books about polyamorous relationships (Book Unicorn post #5)

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

It’s time for another Book Unicorn post! This one features books that include a sapphic character who’s in a polyamorous relationship. The protagonist is in intimate, consensual relationships with more than one person. 15 sapphic books that feature a polyamorous relationship I put together a list of 15 sapphic poly romance novels. I hope you find at least one you’ll enjoy. Love Without Limits (Pink Bean Series Book 7) by Harper Bliss Caitlin James and Josephine Greenwood have been happily in love and committed to each other for over a year. Josephine has shed her insecurities and her …

Books about coming out later in life (Sapphic Reading Challenge #18)

March 6, 2023May 13, 2021

This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge post is all about characters who come out later in life. For the purpuse of this reading challenge, let’s define “later in life” as a character who’s in her 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond.

Pick a book in which the protagonist comes out as LGBTQIA, either because it took them longer to figure out they aren’t straight or because they were struggling to come out to friends and family.