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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee

Today on the site I am so thrilled to be sharing the cover for the long-awaited Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee, a cozy Sapphic YA fantasy releasing June 10, 2025 from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan! Here’s the story: A geeky overachiever determined to save the world through science and a troublemaking chosen one lashing out against her destiny meet and fall in love in a magical…

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Day 20: JOMPBPC: Lgbtqia+

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Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee

Bells Broussard thought he had it made when his superpowers manifested early. Being a shapeshifter is awesome. He can change his hair whenever he wants and, if putting on a binder for the day is too much, hes got it covered. But that was before he became the countrys most wanted villain.

After discovering a massive cover-up by the Heroes League of Heroes, Bells and his friends Jess, Emma, and Abby set off on a secret mission to find the Resistance. Meanwhile, power-hungry former hero Captain Orion is on the loose with a dangerous serum that renders meta-humans powerless, and a new militarized robotic threat emerges.

Sometimes, to do a heros job, you need to be a villain.

[trishyeves]

Reading "Clash of Steel" by C.B. Lee, and ahhhh it's already so good.

Xiang is such a delightful protagonist so far, and I love having this historical adventure sort of story with a queer protagonist.

[blurrypetals]

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee - blurrypetals review

originally posted jan. 7, 2025 - ★★★☆☆

[read for my book club, Prose and Cons]

I think this had a lot of good elements to it. The romance was sweet, the worldbuilding was decent, but in the end, I really did not connect with the writing style.

And I'm really torn on how important that is to me! A big part of me was pretty bored while reading, but then something cute or interesting would happen and I would start having a good enough time to want to keep going.

This did feel like it had a lot of elements from other YA novels I've read, like if Lee took pieces of Renegades by Marissa Meyer (though this does predate that series), Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, and a dash of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, but most of the time I found myself wishing I was just rereading one of those instead...well, maybe not Uglies.

I did enjoy the romance between Jess and Abby a lot and it was definitely the highlight of the whole book. I didn't know this was sapphic going into it, so it was a nice surprise. I also enjoyed the way queerness was treated in the story in general, like it was just as normal a thing as anything else.

Honestly, my biggest gripe with it is just that damned writing style! The sentences were so plain, there was little to no style or substance to it. The audiobook narrator, Emily Woo Zeller, is usually a favorite of mine, but her performance was so robotic here, but the text didn't give her much to work with, there was no way she could have given a very lively performance with the text given here.

In the end, this wasn't a bad time, but I think with more style added onto the substance, I would have enjoyed it a whole lot more. I probably wouldn't read another book from this series, but might keep an eye on Lee's future work someday to see if she's grown since writing this book.

[retreattocelestialbodies]

woah! what's that! its GUYS??!?!!?

mmy artfight references <3

[musicrunsthroughmysoul]

All I'm trying to do is read more adult fiction novels (but my focus is still historical fiction because I am a NERD), but I've discovered recently how fucking BORED I am of the gender essentialism in reading about MCs in cishet relationships - and this is even in novels where the romance is not a focus, like, at all.

[From a cishet female perspective - directly quoted from the novel I'm currently reading]: "I was aware of the strength of his body when he stretched to refill our glasses."

[From a cishet male perspective]: [insert anything super cringey about how small/petite/dainty/delicate a woman is here]

I AM SO! FUCKING BORED! OF THIS SHIT!

And it can't just be that as a reader (and a writer) I'm incompatible with characters who are more physically driven than mentally driven (as in, with action and physical description versus mental/emotional motives). I just can't, or don't want to, believe that, because these stories are generally fine BESIDES the gender essentialism that takes me out of the story every time I come across it because it annoys me so much. I think it's just, as some might say, "lazy writing", if the main concept that the lazy writing revolved around was gender essentialism. LOL Unless it's for satirical (or otherwise political, in that vein) purposes, I don't want to read it again.

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COFFEESHOP IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE - JULY 1, 2025

A geeky overachiever determined to save the world through science and a troublemaking chosen one lashing out against her destiny meet and fall in love in a magical coffeeshop as their two very different universes begin to collide in Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe, C.B. Lee’s fun, sapphic, cozy fantasy YA romance.

Illustrator: Lisa Villella

Cover Design: Meg Sayre

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hey tumblr! here's my latest baby, an homage to all things nerdy and cozy and gay and coffee. to the feels and interdimensional travel, i hope you enjoy!

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ace books ace books we got 'em

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

What We Devour by Linsey Miller

The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

The Kindred by Alechia Dow

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria

Not Your Backup by C.B. Lee

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong

Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim

Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Aces Wild by Amanda Dewitt

I Am Ace by Cody Daigle-Orians

ACE by Angela Chen

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality by Sherronda J Brown

Being Ace ed by Madeline Dyer

[hyuny-bunny]

hyuny-bunny's masterlist

⟡ - smut

‪♡ - fluff

* - angst

ot8:

- cybersex | camgirl!reader x skz (ot8) au ⟡

- skz + types of p*rn they watch (hyung line) ⟡

- skz + types of p*rn they watch (maknae line) ⟡

- skz + dumb s/o (ask/request) ⟡‪♡

- skz + s/o with long nails headcanons ‪♡⟡

- seasons // omegaverse au series ‪♡⟡ *

chan:

- TBD

lee know:

- ｡⋆˚under the stars ｡⋆˚｡⋆. LK + HH ⟡‪♡

hyunjin:

- request: hold me *⟡‪♡

- baby said | Y.J. + H. H. ⟡ (groupie love pt.2)

- ｡⋆˚under the stars ｡⋆˚｡⋆. LK + HH ⟡‪♡

- hot springs ⟡‪

changbin:

- request: i'll wait | C.B. ft lino ‪♡

jisung

- TBD

felix

- rockstar bf! felix headcanons ⟡

seungmin

- TBD

jeongin

- groupie love | ft hyun ⟡

- baby said | Y.J. + H. H. ⟡ (groupie love pt.2)

- daddy jeongin (ask) ⟡

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Happy AAPI Heritage Month 2025!

Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We’re celebrating, as we do, with a whole bunch of wonderful books written by authors and starring characters of Asian and/or Pacific Islander descent. For even more recs, check out last year’s post! Middle Grade The Queen Bees of Tybee County by Kyle Casey Chu After making the buzzer-beating shot at the Georgia basketball state championships,…

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Day 19: JOMPBPC: Paperbacks

Four beautiful green paperbacks! 💚

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in December 2024 🌈

Find these books and more here.

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Happy reading!

❓What was the last queer book you read?

[ Release dates may have changed. ]

❤️ Sugar-Coated Kisses - Echo Lark 🧡 Christmas at Watson Memorial - Clara Ann Simons 💛 Warm-Blooded - J Greene 💚 It Takes Three To Tango - Jem Wendel 💙 The Black Curse - N.A. Moore 💜 Heavenly Tyrant - Xiran Jay Zhao ❤️ Encrypted Hearts - E.V. Bancroft 🧡 Dangerous Devotion - Robin Jo Margaret 💛 Sew in Love - Rhea Fox 💙 Saint - Chani Lynn Feener 💜 Her Ladyship's Christmas Companion - Theresa Meiningen 🌈 A Sky of Emerald Stars - A.K. Mulford

❤️ Inked in Blood and Memory - Allison Ivy 🧡 The Key - Jo Morgan Sloan 💛 Home Between Homes - Flynn Woods 💚 A Kiss for the Holidays - C.S. Autumn 💙 Loving the Linebacker - Amaya Knight 💜 Close to Home - Allisa Bahney ❤️ Christmas Shelter - Eva Gonzay & Julia C. Brown 🧡 This Isn't Everything You Are - J. Marie Rundquist 💛 Keep It in the Dark - Justin Arnold 💙 Santa & His Elf - Bink Cummings 💜 On the Subject of Kittens and Mittens - Katie Silverwings 🌈 Winter's Whisper - M Bonneau

❤️ Boyfriends - refrainbow 🧡 Innis Harbor - Patricia Evans 💛 A Complementary Connection - Eskay Kabba 💚 Point of Sighs - Melissa Scott 💙 Bind You by Blood - Shepard DiStasio 💜 The Resurrectionist - A. Rae Dunlap ❤️ Fractured Dreamer - A.K. Adler 🧡 The Husky and His White Cat Shizun - Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou 💛 Becoming Disabled - Jan Doolittle Wilson 💙 A Caress of Water - Nico Silver 💜 How to Survive As a Villain 1 - Yi Yi Yi Yi 🌈 The Silent Concubine - Qiang Tang

❤️ Hadrian - Harlowe Savage 🧡 A Series of Rooms - A.J. Barlowe 💛 Inklings of Invisibility - S.L. Dove Cooper 💚 The Cobbler and His Elves - C.B. Wren 💙 A Nightclub for the Holidays - Arden Coutts 💜 Armor of Dusk - Jess Galaxie ❤️ Twisted Shadows - Allie Therin 🧡 A Deception of Courts - Ben Alderson 💛 Trial Run - Carsen Taite 💙 How to Flirt with a Witch - Tiana Warner 💜 Roughed Up - Kate Hawthorne 🌈 House of Crimson Curses - Ruby Roe

❤️ Sister Snake - Amanda Lee Koe 🧡 Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet - Samantha Allen 💛 The Rivals - Jane Pek 💚 Private Rites - Julia Armfield 💙 The Christmas Switch - Briar Prescott 💜 Ribbonwood - Ruby Landers ❤️ Shifting Lanes - Joanne Kwan 🧡 Twice-Spent Comet - Ziggy Schutz 💛 A Crush for the Holidays - E.L. Ough 💙 Resist - Lasairiona Lewis 💜 Free from Falling - E.L. Massey 🌈 The Legendary Master's Wife - Yin Ya

❤️ Tide Breaker's Curse - Ivy H. Marikova 🧡 Twist Her - Terri Ronald 💛 How to Fuck Like a Girl - Vera Blossom 💚 Dog Days of Christmas - Krystal Wolfgang & Kimberly Wolfgang 💙 Warmer, Colder - Alexia Onyx 💜 Salt in the Wind - Jenna Pine ❤️ What We Carry With Us - Joseff McKenneth Goodwin 🧡 Reinvention - Karol Yan 💛 Christmas Carols - Maxime Jaz 💙 I'm Not Your Pet - Fae Quin 💜 Something Extraordinary - Alexis Hall 🌈 I Might Be in Trouble - Daniel Aleman

❤️ Deck the Palms - Annabeth Albert 🧡 Don't Get It Twisted - Wren Taylor 💛 Ice & Sweet - Charlie Novak 💚 Speak EZ - Elle E. Ire 💙 The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish - Xue Shan Fei Hu 💜 Horns For Hell - Rafael Nicolás ❤️ Flamboyant Fictions - Ian Fleishman 🧡 Where the Heart Is - Jenni Simonis 💛 Sorry I Kissed Your Dad - Achilles King 💙 Merry Weihnachten - E.J. Noyes 💜 An Alpha for the Holidays - Emily Axon 🌈 The Blessed - Anne Shade

❤️ Our Sinful Love - Amy H. 🧡 Gambler's Conceit - Adara Wolf & R. Phoenix 💛 Fate and Flambe - Leena Metcalfe 💚 Figure You Out - Hannah Danielle & K.F. Starfell 💙 Amaranthine - Aricka Alexander 💜 Twisted Loyalties - Barbara J. Webb ❤️ Echoes of Us - Alex Cross 🧡 The Shadowbearer's Curse - Jasmyn Morning 💛 Too Many Beds - Various 💙 We Are the Beasts - Gigi Griffis 💜 Unspoken - N.N. Britt 🌈 Rainbows After Storms - Luka Kobachi

❤️ The Shutouts - Gabrielle Korn 🧡 Robin's Worlds - Rainie Oet & Mathias Ball 💛 What the Woods Took - Courtney Gould 💚 Rescue Me - N. Slater 💙 Seb & Ailin - Michele Notaro 💜 The International Love Story - Jonas Noelting ❤️ Waterlogged - Nance Sparks 🧡 The Guardians - Sheri Lewis Wohl 💛 The Changeling's Faerie Prince - K.D. Ellis 💙 Until at Dawn We Wake - Charlotte Dalwood 💜 How to Get a Life in Ten Dates - Jenny L. Howe 🌈 Hammajang Luck - Makana Yamamoto

❤️ The Rules of Royalty - Cale Dietrich 🧡 Tired of Waiting for Tomorrow - Allison K. Garcia 💛 One Last Run - Bryce Oakley 💚 Reckless Hearts - Jax Calder 💙 Christmissed - Blythe H. Warren 💜 How Could You - Ren Strapp ❤️ Blackened - Tyler Briggs 🧡 Gratification in Gluttony - Nik Knight 💛 The Mogul Meets Her Match - Julia Underwood 💙 How to Be Heard - Roxane Gay 💜 The Case of the Missing Maid - Rob Osler 🌈 Shades of Us - D.L. Sims

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Sapphic book recs (for pride month) - Sci-Fi

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

a girl seeks shelter in a bookstore where another girl has been hiding out since the Storm destroyed everything

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

the (queer) crew of a spaceship welcomes their newest member

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

mc comes from a family of superheros, but has no powers herself

hero teaming up with villain

The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

space travel

mystery - vanished crew

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

story told through letters

time travel

Aether by Molly J. Bragg

queer superhero team

[charliejaneanders]

I utterly adore these three new speculative fiction books:

Meet Me at the Crossroads by Megan Giddings Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel

Don't sleep on these incredible reads!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/06/13/new-scifi-fantasy-novels-june/

These books all have portals and/or alternate realities. But the main thing they have in common is unforgettable characters and brilliant worldbuilding.

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20 Queer Stories for Asexual Awareness Week

Happy Asexuality Awareness Week 2024!! Last year, we celebrated this week with 15 of our favorite books; this year, we’ve put together a list of 20 – some repeats, most not! As always, our lists include both works with explicit representation and those with ~vibes~ that spoke to the people who contributed to the list. The contributors to the list are: May Barros, Linnea Peterson, Shea Sullivan, Nina Waters, Shadaras, Alex and 2 anonymous contributors.

Chameleon Moon (Chameleon Moon series) by RoAnna Sylver

Awakenings (The Chronicles of Nerezia series) by Claudie Arseneault

Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

Journey Home by May Barros

Acting the Part by Z.R. Ellor

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

First Test (Protector of the Small series) by Tamora Pierce

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

I Want to be a Wall by Honami Shirono

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada

Jughead by Chip Zdarsky

Love Unlimited: Gwenpool by Jeremy Whitley, Bailie Rosenlund, Kelly Fitzpatrick

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani

King Cheer (Arden High series) by Molly Horton Booth

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Not Your Backup (Sidekick Squad series) by C.B. Lee

The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries series) by Martha Wells

What are your favorite books with asexual representation?

View 40 books with asexual characters by visiting our asexual-characters shelf on Goodreads!

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