My mission this year has been to find a novel with a lesbian/sapphic romance subplot that I can unequivocally say I like and so far I am turning up nothing.
What I'm looking for is a novel (I generally like fantasy, scifi, mystery, political intrigue, history) with a sapphic romance subplot. Must have adult characters (no high schoolers/teenagers), an engaging non romance A Plot, I don't want it to be about coming out/coming of age/discovering your gay. I'm fine with a little spice but I'm not interested in anything overly sexual.
Lesbian Sapphic Books I Did NOT Like
This is How You Lose the Time War – Boring and pretentious, deeply unlikable characters
Perks of Loving a Wallflower – It was fine but not super engaging. I liked that one of the characters was gender non conforming
A Restless Truth – I'm like a quarter in to this but strongly considering DNF'ing. I don't like the dynamic of two main characters, they don't feel as equal as Robin and Edwin from the previous book did
Legends and Lattes – This book had so much potential but was just so formulaic and had no sense of humor
Priory of the Orange Tree – I've tried a couple times and I just can't get into it
One Last Stop – I just don't like Casey McQuiston
So does anyone have any recs for lesbians books that aren't these and meet the rest of my criteria? I'm losing hope that it exists!
by alexinwonderland212