Xie and his friends want to fight for animals rights and environmental activism, but it's difficult when they're still in high school, and Xie is still on probation after getting caught freeing minks. And when Xie finds the skeleton of a saint, he finds it hard not to be distracted by the pull he feels to...
Jaime has just returned to his hometown, after years in foster care, only to get trapped inside a haunted house in the woods. Theo finds him and wants to help, so he goes to an occult shop and gets Taylor, a witch. The three grow close as they work together, but they have limited time to figure out how to get him...
A Ghost Story? is a lovely, bittersweet, beautifully illustrated visual novel about a group of friends who venture into a haunted house, and a boy among them who finds he has a strange connection with the ghost there. Choose from five different romance options and learn the story of the house, the ghost, and everyone's...
Gay ghost books! Well, the books are gay, not necessarily the ghosts, though there are quite a few of those too. These are mostly m/m romance, some are not necessarily romance but are about mlm characters. One has a ghost love interest, most have ghosts who are a problem, and the rest have ghosts that have some other role in the story. (Sorry if you're disappointed by only one ghost love...
Graham has taken a job teaching nine-year-olds at a Yorkshire estate, and he finds there is a simmering attraction between himself and the boys' intimidating father. But as he learns more about the history of the estate and the circumstances of the mother's death, he realizes there's a malevolent presence in the...
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As if life isn't already hard enough being a gay Jewish teen in 1800s Chicago trying to save money for his family to come to the US, Alter ends up possessed when his friend is murdered. But his friend is one of many in a string of murders of Jewish boys, and now Alter, a girl from his building, and the boy he thought he'd cut from his life a year ago must find the killer if they want to save...
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Dec's parents died two years ago, he's haunted by a ghost no one else can see despite living in a town full of mediums, and he desperately wants to leave. When a pianist whose music has helped him through the past couple years shows up at his door, it feels like it can't be a coincidence. Meanwhile, his best friend, Russ, is making plans to reform the shady Guild from...
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Russ has enough on his plate, being a high school student, a medium, and Youth Corps leader for the Guild that runs the town full of mediums he lives in---now he's also being haunted by his dead ex who wants him to take over the Guild and trying to stop a TV show from ruining his town. Asher is supposed to get close to Russ to help his parents get info for their show, but his feelings are real,...
I've got some more holiday book reviews! I know, I know, I've done a lot of Christmas posts this year, and I might still do one or two more quick reviews, but I'll be getting back to the usual stuff soon. Anyway, most of these are about Christmas, but one is more about general holidays with a bit of Hanukkah. Most are m/m. One is a collection of short stories. And yes, two have the words...
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Andrew and Eddie grew up together, but then Eddie left to start his graduate program early, and now he's dead and haunting Andrew. When Andrew arrives in Nashville, he realizes there was a lot Eddie didn't tell him and sets out to solve the mystery of his friend's death while navigating grief, sexuality, a dangerous ghost, and Eddie's mysterious new...
