![Book Review: Heir to Thorn & Flame (Court of Broken Bonds Book 1) by Ben Alderson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Heir-to-Thorn-Flame-Court-of-Broken-Bonds-Book-1-by-Ben-Alderson-255x255.jpg)
Max, a servant, uses magic he didn't know he had to defend himself and ends up forced to take the place of the prince he killed. Between arranged marriage, secrets revealed, and dangerous rulers, he doesn't know if anyone---his best friend, his new husband, a spy who claims to be helping---can be...
It's officially the second half of the year, and that means it's time for more queer sci-fi/fantasy books I'm excited for! The ones that are releasing in the second half of the year (mostly, a couple might've released in June). I always try to get a mix of some new series, some standalones, some fantasy, some sci-fi, some adult, some YA, some graphic novels. But sometimes that's hard, so some...
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...
![Book Review: The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Kingdoms-by-Natasha-Pulley-255x255.jpg)
Joe gets off the train one day and realizes he can't remember anything about his life. He goes home with the family who claims him, but a few years later he jumps at the chance to go to a lighthouse, the same one on a mysterious post card that was mailed to him a century...
Vincent is tasked by the Witches' Council to find a powerful magical amulet at a lighthouse because the keeper has just died, but he doesn't expect the man's surly but handsome son, Rafe. As secrets and more danger are revealed, Vincent will have to choose between the Countil and his new...
![Book Review: The Archive Undying (The Downworld Sequence Book 1) by Emma Mieko Candon [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Archive-Undying-The-Downworld-Sequence-Book-1-by-Emma-Mieko-Candon-255x255.jpg)
When his AI god corrupted and died while Sunai was interfacing with them, it changed him, making him immortal and putting a target on his back. So far, he's escaped the notice of the governing body that forces people like him into AI mech bodies to use them for violence. But then he gets entangled with a man who could very well figure out and turn him in for his secret, and his life only gets...
Dorian is a teacher at a magic academy, and when he sees one of his partner's visions about a student being killed, he's determined to stop it from happening. But anything he does could make it worse, and balancing mind reading, teaching, and navigating his complicated relationship will be...
Jayce was taken and forced (with a magical collar) to work for the Dark Lord when we was a child, so he makes a deal with captured knight Alexius. Once the Dark Lord is defeated and Jayce is free, having no where else to go, he stays with Alexius while he figures things out and finds his feelings for the other man...
Outer space is, well, scary, if I'm being honest. But also cool! In fiction, at least. So I have compiled a list of books that are set in space and on other planets and also gay. (A term I am using broadly, since these are mostly m/m, but there is one about a nonbinary character.) About half are romance-centric, the other half have some romance but it's small or not the only focus. But I enjoyed...
![Book Review: The Alchemy of Moonlight by David Ferraro [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Alchemy-of-Moonlight-by-David-Ferraro-255x255.jpg)
Emile is working as a servant to hide from his aunt until he turns 18, but his plans go awry when his aunt finds him anyway. Then it turns out the secrets this family has are more dangerous than Emile realized, and falling for two different young men only complicates things...
