Book Review: Slaying Dragons

I absolutely loved it. I wished it was longer...I wished I could delve more in the characters. There was such a contrast between the two major female characters that some more background would just have added more depth to it all.
The story was well structured. Reminded me of Harry Potter, that is magic as an everyday happening with an infrastructure to it. This time not a school but sort of a military force. 
Liked the idea of combining mages and warriors, the ethereal with the brute forces. And obviously the romance, which was quite credible and sexy.
Honestly I couldn't get enough.
Can we have a sequel please of where the story finished? There can be many! Or a prequel? 

Published by Less Than Three Press

Book Review: Gluck, Her Biography by Diana Souhami

I was invited by Netgalley to review this book. 

To say the truth I had no idea who this person was and I had my doubts I would enjoy the biography, they are not my usual cup of tea.

Yet it was a book I read with dedication. A book that not only described to me, as wikipedia does, Gluck’s lifetime, but what was more important it described the emotions that motivated Gluck’s life. Why she came to call herself so? Why did she paint that painting? Why did she move in that house? Why the choice of that colour?

This book showed me through its pages the humanness of this artist. The unaccepted child of a rich family where all had pre-established roles that had to be played and she couldn’t find one that worked out for her. 

The love and hate relationship with her mother and brother that must have fuelled many tensions and acrimony. The struggling lesbian in a society that she never felt her own yet she could not completely cut herself off.

The constant hiding of love towards the loved one and always coming second in place after the husband. The wanting more but can’t have it because there was no role for her in the society she lived in.

Through this book, Gluck came alive with conflicts many of us, GLBT in the closet, are very familiar with. 

I felt sorry for her because she must have gone through tremendous sufferings, dilemmas and there was no friend or organisation she could go to, to talk her heart out, to feel part of a group. To help her feel less different. I felt sorry she could not heal those inner personal conflicts that made her suffer so much in her life.

All this and more has been, with careful detail and much respect described in this book.

A worthwhile compassionate read.

Book Review: A Touch of Mistletoe

Five succulent, short but long enough to enjoy stories that have really warmed my heart and perked my interest. 

Each story is written by a different author with completely distinct styles. Each story deals with same sex love with a Yule theme with the obvious mistletoe as a frame.

Four out of five stories are gay love stories, only one is a lesbian love story involving a female to male transexual. 

Although if I have a choice, I tend to prefer lesbian stories, I have to sincerely say that I loved all stories. I found none not to my liking. 

All stories have well written diverse plots, deftly woven with affection, suspense, intrigue and all laced with passion that gave the stories intensity enough to warm cold winter nights.

Well-done to all.

Published by Less Than Three Press on the 17th December 2014

Blackstone Book Review

I will start by saying that I did not read the first book of the series called Nightshade (I received my copy to review the book) so I am not able to compare the two books and probably certain subtleties in the plot I did not completely grasp in all their depth and significance. However it is perfectly readable as a stand alone.

I was fascinated and intrigued by the intensity of the words used to narrate what was happening, especially the love making part. It was like sipping a rich, intense, full bouquet red wine, that at times one just needs to stop, close one's eyes and remember to breath.

I particularly cherished how magick was depicted, not as force conjured and harnessed from the outside but as a power growing from the very visceral insides of the characters, with a will and strength of its own. Yet each character possessed a different kind of magick, one sort of, for lack of better words, earth, animal like and the other more air, intellectual, the combination of which I found delightful.

An opulent bountiful magickal read! Enjoy!

Published by Bold Strokes Books in August 2014

Out of This World Book Review

An enjoyable read with a lot of hot sex scenes in every single chapter and sometimes even more than once. So yes it is that type of fantasy that it will make you feel sizzling under your skin and in other parts of the body.

At first I thought that the book was just written for the tossing around in bed and other surfaces but then some kind of plot emerged.

I felt Iris was better described as a character than Anandra but then maybe that was actually what the author wanted to show through the book.

I found the plot could have been developed a bit more, given more twists and turns, toss it up with a pinch of unexpectedness.

On the whole it was a pleasant lesbian sexy summer read.

Published on August 1st 2014 by Bold Strokes Books 

Review Book: Hidden Truths

I was asked by the author to review this book. In this review, please bear in mind that I did not read the other two books preceding Hidden Truths so, much of the pathos and details I could only partially savour.
What I can presume is that this book is sort of an epilogue of a very intense and troubled relationship between the two women protagonist in the second world war period with all its atrocities. And from what I can guess, in the previous books our heroines had their personal stories laced in such barbarities but also graced with great acts of courage, love and patriotism.
Eva and Zoe have an incredible love forged through unspeakable events that only in this last book the details from behind the scenes emerge. This book comes through to me as the volume that brings healing to wounds both physical and physiological, individual and family wise and as a fresh start to many questions that were left unanswered.
So I would suggest to read the previous books if you would like to enjoy to the full the dramatic plot that unfolds in a very heart rendering saga.

Memories of you...

Memories of you,

as I opened the door,

to what really love was,

that gentle surrender,

in your eyes I've known,

in this and other eons.

Memories of you,

as I found myself,

confused at first,

when you left,

for fear,

that this friendship,

could not reflect,

what you made me lack.

Memories of you,

as I set in motion,

a journey to a distant land,

away from you,

and homeland affairs.

Memories of you,

as I found my pride,

my life,

another Love,

a partner,

to commit to,

honour,

and share.

Memories of you,

as now I am proudly Me.

Thank You.

May we all now find,

and continue,

this life,

in peace.

Blessed be!

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Review Book: Because of Her

I finished Because of Her, 24 hours ago and still I do not have the courage to start reading another book for the fear of loosing the feeling Ke Payne has evoked in me.

Tabitha and Eden have lovingly crept under my skin and snuggly found a place inside my heart to stay.

I found the book real and authentic. Raw in its feelings as crudely unprocessed, are those emotions that make us break from adolescents to young adults, from rebellious teenagers to conscious bearers of future generations.

Yes it is a book I would recommend to any young lesbian out there (and not so young one too!). For hurdles are made to be jumped and only in that leap for love and through love, we can start a change that is the passport to a better us, a better world...just because of her.

The book will be published on the 1st March 2014 by Bold Strokes Books

Review Book: Safe Passage

What a delightful book. Kate Owen knows well how to weave a story that captivates the reader's attention from the very start.

A narrative which we live through the main character, Julianna Delacroix, by being witness to a endearing story straddling two different time periods with a common denominator. 

An ancestor's murder that paves the way to a family secret and an untold love tragically cut short.

The account is ably sprinkled with enrapturing details sure to elate your curiosity, luscious romance with a beat and a lesbian sex scene piquant to the right point (at least for me).

Well done!

Available from Less Than Three Press on the 5th February 2014

Book Review: The Beginning of Us

Coming of age is always difficult. Becoming aware of one's sexuality is always a battle of endorphins, thoughts and social structures. Becoming aware that one's sexuality does not confine to those “normal” social structures makes it more complicated.

Becoming aware of one's homosexuality while falling in love with your professor...well that drives the experience to over 9 magnitude earthquake on Richter scale.

Such turmoil is written as full-immersion diary after the events happened, making the reader partake in a personal and touching prose. 

Delicately written on a gushing river of feelings, this story has all the naivety of first love whilst discovering the me through the beginning of the us.

Taurus Moon, cancer and her

It all started 4 lunations ago.

In September while the Moon was in Taurus...my partner found out that she had breast cancer.

There started the long journey against Time and against the medical establishment.

Saving what was savable.

Facing my deepest fears, those near....and those coming from a far away past, in deep recesses I had conveniently put apart.

Allopathic doctors proving themselves narrow minded; holistic doctors cowards in-front of the establishment.

Humming in a different tune....believing in an offbeat healing.

Opening up towards society about my lesbian relationship more than my usual comfortable, security level, just because of her.

The Mutilation of a radical right mastectomy.

The suffering, the pain, the loss.

The what if...

The constant terrorism...

The support coming from the unexpected, growing one tweet or like at a time.

The power within...

And at every Taurus Moon something special happened that moved the story in a new direction.

This current Taurus Moon has just brought the greatest news...all investigations are negative...no cancer cells roaming about...

For now we rest and catch our breath.

Savour life...and our love...our companionship.

The story is not finished yet.

Book Review of A Very Civil Wedding

A Very Civil Wedding by V.T. Davy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

When asked to review this book I was intrigued by the subject the author tackled in the book: a same sex-marriage of the princess that one day will be Queen and Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
I said to myself WOW!. Someone finally decided to face a topic that can, in any near future possibly become reality.
What immediately struck me is the telegraphic, down to earth dairy style of the narration yet deeply supported by a well-documented research of the subtle details of cannon and land law.
The story unwraps itself through three main characters: Princess Alexandra the lesbian first born of the Prince of Wales, an initially unspecified gay young lad and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Through them we get to know the various aspects of a society in its personal and collective journey to provoke, fear, hate and accept change.
In the name of love that knows no boundaries and the conviction that God's love is beyond heterosexual tagging, the sincere asking of a woman in love with her partner that wishes not only a civil marriage to bind a contract but a blessing from the faith that nurtures her believe in life but whose church refuses acknowledgment of such love.
I highly recommend.


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Lesbian Cliché / Luoghi comuni lesbici

I’ve been sick since Tuesday. The problem is that it doesn’t seem it is getting better. Just know I’ve got fever again. I know I should be in bed but then it is the only time I have to catch up with all that’s happening on the wild wide web.

So while I was reading my feeds I stumbled on a curious article on the internet site, lesbiatopia describing the interesting relationship of tea and lesbians. Yes you read correctly tea and I’m still conscious.

It seems it is our mascot drink. A lesbian and tea drinking seem to be very intimately correlated.

Yes I do have quite a lot of different teas at home, from the usual tea bag form (lazy mode) to the loose leaf (which I prefer).

Well you can believe it or not but while I was reading this article I was sipping a warm cup of tea.

Sincerely I do not know what to blame, if it is my sexual orientation or my cultural heritage but if at 5pm I don’t drink a cup of tea it seems as if the world has something missing.

So all you women out there who love other women is it true that tea is concurrent with being a lesbian? What about bisexuals? Is there a difference how one drinks tea, that is with milk or lemon or just plain? Does that denote a different type of lesbian?

And hey what about boys? Can any gay male tell me what is their drink?

Sto male da Martedì. Il problema è che non sembra che la situazione migliori. In questo momento ho la febbre di nuovo. Lo so che dovrei essere a letto ma è l’unico momento che ho per rimanere aggiornata su cosa succede sulla grande distesa che è il web.

Allora leggendo i miei feeds mi sono imbattuta su un articolo molto curioso e simpatico. L’ho letto sul sito lesbiatopia. Questo articolo descrive l’interessante relazione fra essere lesbiche e bere il the. Si avete letto bene ho detto the e ancora non ho le convulsioni.

Sembra che è la bevanda che ci contraddistingue. Una lesbica e bere il the sono strettamente correlate.

Si, ho vari the a casa, dal solito formato nella bustina (quando sono in fase di pigrizia) al the in foglie (che è quello che preferisco).

Beh potete credermi o no ma quando stavo leggendo quell’articolo stavo bevendo una bella tazza di the caldo.

Allora sinceramente non so a chi dare la colpa, se è per il mio orientamento sessuale o per il mio retaggio culturale ma se alle 5 di pomeriggio non bevo una tazza di the sento che nel mondo manca qualche cosa.

Bene detto ciò sono curiosa. Ditemi, è vero o no questa relazione fra il the e essere lesbiche?
Ma poi le donne bisessuali?
E c’è anche la differenza nel modo in cui uno prende il the, se con il limone o con il latte o senza niente?

E poi che mi dite voi uomini gay, avete una bevanda preferita?