LGBTQ+ Historical Icons Tag

I’m so glad I came across this tag on AceReader‘s blog. The new LGBTQ+ Historical Icons Tag was created by Laura @ The Corner of Laura! It’s a nice little homage to the brave and wonderful queer trailblazers who made history.

Lord of the Butterflies – Andrea Gibson

A nuanced and deeply moving book of poetry by renowned LGBTQ+ artist, Andrea Gibson. Her poems are tender, raw, and pack a hell of an emotional punch. Several times she had me blinking back tears.

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Seven of Spades – Cordelia Kingsbridge

This police procedural series about a serial killer known as Seven of Spades was all the rage back when it was first released. The hype was well-deserved, but I didn’t finished because I got tired of everyone poking their noses in Levi and Dom’s sex life. There was one character who I always had a soft spot for, Stanton, Levi’s kind-hearted billionaire ex whom the detective left for the flashier Dom.

Stanton only wanted to take care of Levi, but the other man thought he was being suffocated. I thought Levi could have handled it a little better and could have communicated better instead of just abandoning the guy out of the blue. I also hated how he used Stanton to help him with the case in the later books, knowing that Stanton wouldn’t refuse him anything. The man really has a heart of gold. He deserves his own HEA.

In Deeper Waters – F.T. Lukens

Nothing more colorful than gay pirates!

The Remaking of Corbin Wale – Roan Parrish

I couldn’t recall reading any books with diary entries in them. Then I remembered Corbin Wale had a notebook where he drew his everyday observations and feelings.

Corbin is an artist who lives alone in a house by the woods. He doesn’t really interact with anybody. Sometimes, he sits at the café to draw. One day, he noticed a new baker, Alex, who made quite the impression on him. Their story is super sweet and magical. It’s one of the most unforgettable books I’ve read. I couldn’t recommend it enough.

The Kings: Wild Cards: Stacking the Deck – Charlie Cochet

Excluding those with supernatural abilities, I considered many badass characters, from spec ops soldiers, pro bodyguards, assassins, mob bosses, and billionaire vigilantes. I finally chose my boy Jack from Four Kings Security.

Sergeant Jacopo Constantino is former special forces, tech genius, and all-around sweetheart. He is the jack of all trades who is not only deadly as any spec ops soldier, he’s also a demolitions expert, a pilot, and a cybersecurity specialist. He has the tech skills to bring down an entire country with just a tap on his keyboard. Plus, he can Macgyver anything and everything. He’s the perfect ally to have on your side. Just don’t make him cook.

Rath & Rune: Unhallowed – Jordan L. Hawk

Technically not set in a school. This is set in a library inside a museum where scholars of the occult and the obscure go to do their research. So it doesn’t get as dark academia as that.

You guys have to check out this library!!! It has so many dark and delicious secrets.

Rath & Rune is the spin-off series of the Lovecraftian-inspired MM classic, Whyborne & Griffin. It’s best to read the original series first because the events here come in the aftermath of the cataclysm in Whyborne and Griffin‘s final book.

Prosper Woods Chronicles: True Order – Patricia Logan

The Prosper Woods Chronicles is a series about a town where every kind of supernatural creature lives.

The court scene is the climax of the final book. I remember it because it’s where the vampire council finally showed their faces. I was kind of fascinated with them, but the author didn’t really delve deep into their characters, just that they were bad news.

Vampire councils are my jam because I’ve always been interested in vampire politics.

Dearest Milton James – N.R. Walker

I just finished this most adorable book about Dead Letter Office employees trying to find the sender of the 40-year-old letters addressed to a Milton James. It got me thinking of the old photos of queer people you can see on the internet, like those from the Victorian Era or the 1920s.

I’m amazed how these photos survived through the years. Many have been destroyed, maybe out of fear or the need for secrecy, so I love that we can see some of these old photos today.

We’ve always been here. We’ll always be here.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!