#bansheeinbraids

looks: somewhat attractive | eh | not really my type | pretty | handsome | beautiful | stud | gorgeous | SWEET LORD MERCY

can you relate to this character on a personal level?: no | not really | somewhat | yes | they are me

would you date/be friends with this character in real life if they were real?: total bros | friends | best friends | date | become their steady boyfriend/ girlfriend | neither | i don’t kno

:)))

*stares straight at you* why do you do these things

I’m so glad you came to me!!!

okay, so.

first of all, let me recommend the Grisha Trilogy–it seems, at first, like it’s “boy falls in love with plain but special girl”, but there’s this huge plot twist in the first book and it’s just. so good. there are so many amazing ladies, and there’s even a canon lesbian couple in book 3.

i also am unrepentantly in love with the percy jackson series, and recommend that to everyone who hasn’t yet read it. not sure if it’s your cup of tea, but i will probably never stop loving it.

ok, now for specifically queer (and mostly lesbian) books:

the “when women were warriors” trilogy by catherine wilson is a must-read. so many lesbians. 98% of the large cast of characters are women. it’s this sort of semi-magical medieval setting, and there’s a lot of women in armor fighting with swords and kissing each other, and the first book is free on amazon, ibooks, and available in pdf form on the author’s website

“santa olivia” and “saints astray” by jacqueline carey are some of my favorite queer ya lit books of all time tbh. santa olivia is about this girl who’s the daughter of a genetically engineered werewolf and a human, who lives in a town in texas (i think? it’s been a while since ive read this) that got quarantined and became a dystopian military state, unbeknownst to the rest of the world. after her brother dies, she becomes a boxer, and also falls in love with this girl named pilar. they are the cutest couple of all time tbh. saints astray is the sequel, and it’s literally like the author was like “ok i finished this book so now im going to write smutty secret agent au fanfic about my own book.” i love it so much. you will also find yourself surprised that these two are ya lit, bc there’s a LOT of sex and cursing.

gay pride and prejudice by kate christie is a fun read. it’s pride and prejudice rewritten so that elizabeth falls for caroline and darcy falls for a dude. the author matches jane austen’s voice really well though.

“better off red” by rebekah weatherspoon is amazing if you’re looking for some self-indulgent vampire sorority erotica. it’s pretty well-written, v racially diverse, and the sex scenes are really good.

“Eon” and “Eona” by alison goodman are p good. they’re v het, it’s true, but the main character is genderfluid, and there are no white characters. at all. also, one of the main characters is a trans woman. it takes place in a sort of fantasy world with heavy chinese and japanese influences.

“tipping the velvet” by sarah waters is good, well-written, and filled with historical lesbians. occasionally tragic lesbians, it’s true, but still.

just. go read everything geonn cannon has ever written. just trust me on this. especially his “squire’s isle” series, which is about an island in washington that’s populated by like. 99% lesbians. it’s amazing. you should read the books first, but there are also a ton of additional stories you can read for free on his website and lj. but also definitely read his “underdogs” series, which i ADORE. for that series, definitely start off with the stories in that series on his ao3 (he’s just geonn on ao3), and then read the books. but honestly, i stand by my statement: just read everything he’s ever written.

“Ash” and “Huntress” by malinda lo are classics and i would be remiss if i didn’t recommend them. they’re loosely connected to each other (they p much just take place in the same universe) and they’re basically lesbian adaptations of fairytales. also, “adaptation” and “inheritance” are really good as well.

“promises, promises: a romp with plenty of dykes, a unicorn, an ogre, an oracle, a quest, a princess, and a true love with a happily ever after” by l-j baker is one of my favorite books of all time tbh. it just manages to parody fairytale/”heroic quest” stories so lovingly but also so brutally, and there are so many queer ladies and it’s just. i love it. so much. i recommend it to everyone ever.

i also rec everything by julie anne peters

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