Tag: #lgbtqiapride

Is there Queer Rep in Little Thieves by Margaret Owen?

Is there Queer Rep in Little Thieves by Margaret Owen?

Yes, there is queer rep. There are two side-main characters who are lgbtqia+. The characters’ personality wasn’t just being queer, both had complex history\back story and they greatly contributed to the story.

MILD SPOILERS!

There is even a relationship between the two lgbtqia+ characters and the romance is sweet, fitting and captivating, the type of ship you root for.

MAJOR SPOILERS!

Gisele comes out to a lesbian, and it even explores realistic unfortunate conversations many queer people must have when coming out to homophobic parents. After all the struggles she faces her relationship is just that much more special with Ragne who I believe is bisexual but am not sure.  

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My favourite Books of 2021, part five. Malice by Heather Walter.

MALICE BY HEATHER WALTER

Malice is a retelling of sleeping beauty. It takes a spin on this well know tale and focuses on sleeping beauty and the dark fairy turning it into a sapphic romance if they were both the same age and in their teens. It follows the life of Alyce, imagined as the dark fairy living in a household of “graces” who are “good” magic wielders, and she is the only one who is a dark grace.  One day Princess Aurora comes to Alyce in search for a cure for a curse that will kill her in exactly one year. From there sparks fly and everyone knows how the story is going to end right? I loved this novel, as it is a fantasy retelling, it did take some time to dive into its world, but I would say quicker than the usual fantasy and I read it in one sitting thinking it was a standalone, it was left on such a large cliff-hanger. Thankful the sequel is coming out May 2022! I really enjoyed see a LGBTQIA+ focused romance in fantasy and am very excited to see more of the romance in the sequel to coming out soon.  I would recommend to those looking for a novel with the classic “good” and “evil,” but with the back story and from the point of view of the villain.

 

Trigger warning: Abuse, torture, death, violence, bullying, homophobia.