
Hey there! This week I’m participating in Six for Sunday, a meme hosted by Steph at A Little But a Lot. This week’s topic is:
Favorite LGBT Romances
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1. Ollie & Will from Only Mostly Devastated

Title: Only Mostly Devastated
Author: Sophie Gonzales
Page Length: 288
Publication Date: March 3, 2020
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Synopsis: Summer love…gone so fast.
Will Tavares is the dream summer fling―he’s fun, affectionate, kind―but just when Ollie thinks he’s found his Happily Ever After, summer vacation ends and Will stops texting Ollie back. Now Ollie is one prince short of his fairy tale ending, and to complicate the fairy tale further, a family emergency sees Ollie uprooted and enrolled at a new school across the country. Which he minds a little less when he realizes it’s the same school Will goes to…except Ollie finds that the sweet, comfortably queer guy he knew from summer isn’t the same one attending Collinswood High. This Will is a class clown, closeted―and, to be honest, a bit of a jerk.
Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn’t ready for a relationship, especially since this new, bro-y jock version of Will seems to go from hot to cold every other week. But then Will starts “coincidentally” popping up in every area of Ollie’s life, from music class to the lunch table, and Ollie finds his resolve weakening.
The last time he gave Will his heart, Will handed it back to him trampled and battered. Ollie would have to be an idiot to trust him with it again.
Right? Right.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
2. Sophia & Constance from Cinderella is Dead

Title: Cinderella is Dead
Author: Kalynn Bayron
Page Length: 400
Publication Date: July 7, 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury YA
Synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again.
Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the desperate decision to flee, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s mausoleum. There, she meets Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters. Together they vow to bring down the king once and for all–and in the process, they learn that there’s more to Cinderella’s story than they ever knew . . .
This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they’ve been told, and root for girls to break down the constructs of the world around them.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
3. Alex & Henry from Red, White & Royal Blue

Title: Red, White & Royal Blue
Author: Casey McQuiston
Page Length: 421
Publication Date: May 14, 2019
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Synopsis: What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When his mother became President of the United States, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius—his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a beef with an actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex/Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Heads of the family and state and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: Stage a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instagrammable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the presidential campaign and upend two nations. It raises the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to ben? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? , how will history remember you?
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
4. Patroclus & Achilles in The Song of Achilles

Title: The Song of Achilles
Author: Madeline Miller
Page Length: 352
Publication Date: Sept. 20. 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Synopsis: Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. By all rights their paths should never cross, but Achilles takes the shamed prince as his friend, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’ mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But then word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus journeys with Achilles to Troy, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
5. Soraya & Parvenah from Girl, Serpent, Thorn

Title: Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Author: Melissa Basherdoust
Page Length: 336
Publication Date: July 7, 2020
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Synopsis: There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.
As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.
Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming…human or demon. Princess or monster.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
6. Annie and Liza in Annie on My Mind

Title: Annie on My Mind
Author: Nancy Garden
Page Length: 234
Publication Date: July 1, 1982
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Synopsis: This groundbreaking book is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings. The book has been banned from many school libraries and publicly burned in Kansas City.
LINKS: Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository
Well, there you have it ~ 6 of my favorite romances. Did any of these make your list? What would you recommend? Comment below! 🙂
You can’t imagine how long The Song of Achilles has been on my tbr 🙈
Corina | The Brown Eyed Bookworm
It’s so good! I hope you get to read it soon! 🙂
Annie and Liza are my ultimate favorite LBGT romance! 😭😍 I loved this post, thanks for sharing – I now have some new LGBT books to add to my TBR!!
Yay! I love them too, and I’m glad the books caught your eye! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Cinderella is Dead and Red, White and Royal Blue are both on my TBR list. What a really great set of books.
They are so good! Definitely in the top 5 books I read this year! I hope you get to read them soon. 🙂
I loved Only Mostly Devastated too! – Micky
It’s so good!!
Great post! I’ve recently bought A Song of Achilles and i can’t wait to read it. Cinderella is dead sounds amazing
It’s fantastic! Original and interesting, and I loved the mc. I can’t wait to hear what you think of Song of Achilles! 🙂
My favorite didn’t make your list. It’s Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy.
Oooh, I haven’t read this one! I’ll add it to my TBR. Thanks for the recommendation! 🙂
I hope you love it!
I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your blogs really nice, keep it up! I’ll go ahead and bookmark your site to come back later on. All the best