When Howard meets George, an older vampire stuck in a teen body grieving the partner he's losing, Howard's love of queer history, old movies, and grandpa clothes make them a perfect match. But George has lived a lifetime of discrimination, and Howard has already faced his fair share in 18 years, and they're willing to fight for their right to be...
I realized that I didn't do a single cover love post in 2024, aside from the end of the year one, so one of these is long overdue! My last one was about fall vibes, so why not spring this time? I know it's not quite spring yet, but this was all I could think of, and it feels too late for winter-themed posts. I might regret this next month when I have no post ideas, but oh well, doing it...
This post is a bit late, so some of these books are already out, but that just means you can immediately start reading them if they sound good to you! I haven't been on bookish social media much lately, so I had to do some searching to find these, and I was worried I'd have a hard time finding ten books to use. Instead I had a hard time narrowing the list down! Almost all of these are...
![Book Review: Bright Spring (Harmony of Seasons Book 1) by Emmaline Strange [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Bright-Spring-Harmony-of-Seasons-Book-1-by-Emmaline-Strange-255x255.jpg)
Alexios is a prince with an impending political marriage he doesn't want, especially when a strange, beautiful man saves him in the forest. Auro is a god of spring, he and his brothers cursed to only awaken during their assigned season. But as the two men grow closer, the more motivated they become to figure out how they can stay...
![Book Review: Fire Spells Between Friends (Fae & Human Relations Book 2) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Fire-Spells-Between-Friends-Fae-Human-Relations-Book-2-by-Sarah-Wallace-S.O.-Callahan-255x255.jpg)
As the sibling with the most magic in a well-known, wealthy fae family, Emrys is the most eligible bachelor in London, and his mother is determined to find him an appropriate match. But Emrys has secretly been seeing Torquil, half-fae gossip columnist, for years, and the closer Emrys gets to potential marriage, the more the two realize their feelings for each...
![Book Review: Key Lime Sky by Al Hess [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Key-Lime-Sky-by-Al-Hess-255x255.jpg)
Denver is an autistic, nonbinary pie blogger who doesn't fit in and feels like xe is hated by everyone in xyr small town. But when an alien invasion happens, xe teams up with a few people, including a cute bartender xe just met, to try and survive and maybe even stop the...
![Book Review: Secondhand Skin (Soulbound Universe) by Hailey Turner [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Secondhand-Skin-Soulbound-Universe-by-Hailey-Turner-255x255.jpg)
With the rest of the pack busy, Wade is sent to Boston to deal with the situation when the pack there asks for help. The turf war he finds isn't that surprising, but the selkie clan leader he finds himself drawn to...
It’s the first month of the year, and I was thinking, what better time for a post about the first lines of books? So that’s what I’m doing! It’s getting hard to keep track and not repeat books when I’ve done this so many times. You’d think it wouldn’t be that hard, considering I’ve must’ve...
![Book Review: Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Dont-Let-the-Forest-In-by-CG-Drews-255x255.jpg)
Andrew writes macabre stories, and Thomas, his best friend and the boy he loves, draws them. But this year at boarding school, everything starts going wrong when their monsters start becoming real and they have to spend every night in the forest trying to keep them at...
This list is maybe a little different than usual because it only has six new books, and the other four are rereads. Turns out I did more rereading this year than I thought! But I feel like any book good enough to make me love it multiple times deserves to be praised multiple times, and these were my genuine ten favorite books this year. So without further ado, here they are, plus a few...
