Wendy Palmer<p>Voting for the Queer Romance Club May pick (fantasy theme)</p><p>More about the club here (tl;dr: all welcome to join in on reading queer romance books :ma_flag_pride: 📚 ):<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314</span><span class="invisible">4943004145104</span></a></p><p>Next month’s choices:</p><p>A River of Golden Bones by AK Milford - nb/m, Book 1 of a trilogy, epic-ish, Book 2 just released, Book 3 scheduled<br><a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/a-river-of-golden-bones-the-golden-court-book-1-1?sId=aafc6e2d-4de3-4c69-b780-eed0e0f8c550" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kobo.com/au/en/ebook/a-river-o</span><span class="invisible">f-golden-bones-the-golden-court-book-1-1?sId=aafc6e2d-4de3-4c69-b780-eed0e0f8c550</span></a></p><p>Acts of Cupidity by ES Drake - m/m, stand-alone urban fantasy<br><a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/acts-of-cupidity?sId=daeeb908-37a9-41df-b299-ae547f3f6536" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kobo.com/au/en/ebook/acts-of-c</span><span class="invisible">upidity?sId=daeeb908-37a9-41df-b299-ae547f3f6536</span></a></p><p>And then, in a nod to the sheer popularity of the cosy subgenre right now, these two:</p><p>The Honey Witch by Sydney Shields - f/f cosy stand-alone <br><a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-honey-witch-2?sId=0e2a4a62-d95b-4def-bf28-84867dd9f656" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-honey</span><span class="invisible">-witch-2?sId=0e2a4a62-d95b-4def-bf28-84867dd9f656</span></a></p><p>The Keeper of Lonely Spirits - m/m cosy stand-alone with the rarest of all fantasy creatures, protagonists who aren’t in their early 20s 😉 <br><a href="https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-keeper-of-lonely-spirits-3?sId=1cde4e44-c0a0-48d3-94ce-232769e1a6be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kobo.com/au/en/ebook/the-keepe</span><span class="invisible">r-of-lonely-spirits-3?sId=1cde4e44-c0a0-48d3-94ce-232769e1a6be</span></a></p><p>With thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://disabled.social/@Tiffany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tiffany</span></a></span> we also had Katee Robert and Alexandra Rowland recommended so check them out too.<br>I also recently enjoyed Sorcery and Small Magics, another m/m cosy.</p><p>I would have also liked to add A Bone in His Teeth (trans/m dark fantasy) to this vote, but it’s not out until halfway through May, keep an eye out for it </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/queerromanceclub" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>queerromanceclub</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/QueerRomanceClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerRomanceClub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/queerFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queerFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fantasyBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookClub</span></a></p>