Not “Gal Pals” Book Club: “Soul Eater” by Lily Mayne

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Our first monster romance! Come and explore this subgenre in romance. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped, and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate, and dangerous […]

Not “Gal Pals” Book Club: “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin

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This is one of our non-HEA, queer romance books that focuses on queer love but doesn't necessarily have a "happily ever after." Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. James Baldwin's brilliant narrative delves into the mystery of loving with […]

Not “Gal Pals” Book Club: “The Darkness Outside Us” by Eliot Schrefer

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This romance book's happily ever after is debatable... And we look forward to dissecting this highly recommended book! Two boys, alone in space. After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither remaining country on Earth can afford to scramble a rescue of its own, so two sworn enemies are installed in the […]