March 2024
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Book Review: This is Knot DomCon – Book Three by B.J. Frazier (erotica)
Title: This is Knot DomCon – Book ThreeAuthor: B.J. FrazierPublication Date: January 30, 2024Genres: EroticaProtagonist Gender: Various A quick recap for those who missed my review of the first two books in the trilogy. This series is like the definitive comic book crossover/team-up of the erotica genre, with B.J. Frazier bringing in characters from A Domme… Continue reading
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Book Review: Gifting Fire by Alina Boyden (fantasy)
Title: Gifting FireAuthor: Alina BoydenPublication Date: April 13, 2021Genres: FantasyProtagonist Gender: Transgender I originally published this review back in March of 2021 (and the first book in July of 2020, but they’re important enough, pivotal enough, that I want to give both equal space for this year’s #TransRightsReadathon. Stealing Thunder was a book I didn’t just… Continue reading
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Book Review: Stealing Thunder by Alina Boyden (fantasy)
Title: Stealing ThunderAuthor: Alina BoydenPublication Date: May 12, 2020Genres: FantasyProtagonist Gender: Transgender I originally published this review back in July of 2020 (and the sequel in March of 2021), but they’re important enough, pivotal enough, that I want to give both equal space for this year’s #TransRightsReadathon. As the first adult fantasy novel with a trans… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons (fantasy)
Title: A Chorus of DragonsAuthor: Jenn LyonsPublication Date: 2019-2022Genres: FantasyProtagonist Gender: Various I published individual reviews of each of these books as they were released, but for this year’s #TransRightsReadathon I wanted to explore the diversity within them that’s worthy of celebration A Chorus of Dragons is a story where hardly anybody is who or what… Continue reading
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Disobedience by Daniel Sarah Karasik (scifi)
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. Find out more here. My choice for this week, tying in with the #TransRightsReadathon theme ,is the story of environmental catastrophe, a vast prison camp, and a… Continue reading
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Book Review: A Conspiracy of Ravens by Dharma Kelleher (thriller)
Title: A Conspiracy of RavensAuthor: Dharma KelleherPublication Date: October 11, 2022 by Dark Pariah PressGenres: ThrillerProtagonist Gender: Female My final new review of this year’s #TransRightsReadathon is a book I’ve been eager to read, the start of a new series from a woman who makes transwomen kick ass. A Conspiracy of Ravens marks the launch of… Continue reading
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Book Review: Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (fantasy)
Title: Worldbreaker SagaAuthor: Kameron HurleyPublication Date: 2014-2020Genres: FantasyProtagonist Gender: Female I originally published my review of the first book 9 years ago, but I’m excited to seize the opportunity of this year’s #TransRightsReadathon to explore the trilogy as a whole. Kameron Hurley’s Worldbreaker Saga is that rarest of fantasy beasts – a successful mainstream epic fantasy… Continue reading
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Book Review: For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes (romance)
Title: For the Love of April FrenchAuthor: Penny AimesPublication Date: August 31, 2021Genres: RomanceProtagonist Gender: Female I originally published this review 3 years ago, making it one of my more recent titles to revisit for this year’s #TransRightsReadathon, but it’s an important one and one worth reading. For a sweet, happily-ever-after romance, For the Love of… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Tamir Trilogy by Lynn Flewelling (Fantasy)
Title: The Tamir TriadAuthor: Lynn FlewellingPublication Date: 2001-2006Genres: Epic FantasyProtagonist Gender: Female I originally published this review back in the summer of 2010, but I read the first book long before that. I’m excited to revisit it for this year’s #TransRightsReadathon. The Tamir Triad isn’t necessarily a transgender story, but it is a story of gender,… Continue reading
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Book Review: The Companion by E.E. Ottoman (romance)
Title: The CompanionAuthor: E.E. OttomanPublication Date: April 16, 2021Genres: Historical RomanceProtagonist Gender: Female My second new review of this year’s #TransRightsReadathon is a book I’ve had on my shelf for a couple of years. The Companion was . . . well, just okay. It was an okay read, one that I neither loved nor loathed, but… Continue reading
About Sally
Sally Bend is a nonbinary author, editor, and reviewer. Although shy and polite (she is, after all, Canadian), she loves to boldly and boisterously express herself through stories that bend the binaries of gender while exploring submissive sexuality.
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