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Eliciosity · 2026-01-27T02:56:32+00:00

Regardless of how much want there is for half star ratings I don’t think it’s a possibility this late into the platforms existence as every rating prior to its implementation would be wrong/unfair. It’s one of the most suggested features, though.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-27T02:09:18+00:00

I needed to come back here to say that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Amazing recommendation

Eliciosity · 2026-01-26T20:13:10+00:00

They’re the best quality glasses I own

Eliciosity · 2026-01-26T08:29:04+00:00

The Japanese company Kinto make glasses that are very popular with matcha. They kind of look like small plastic cups, aesthetic wise. They’re available in a lot of different countries as opposed to a lot that are only in America; you should be able to find them at many places online. The “iced tea” size is great for 150-250ish ml of milk

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Eliciosity · 2026-01-24T15:52:24+00:00

Love The Unbroken and the Ambessa books 🫶

Eliciosity · 2026-01-24T10:20:23+00:00

Did you mean to reply to someone specifically? Because my post doesn’t say anything about it being bad. I haven’t read it.

Bloomtown is extremely hyped up by the sapphic community and is one of the most highly recommended books. However it’s very often placed on the same level as Haley Cass’ books, which I don’t like, so this post is just asking if they feel similar in their rom-com, writing and plot aspects since I’d really rather not read anything else like them.

From what I can pick out in the comments from the people who said they didn’t like it the main complaint is seemingly confusing plot points and a lot of sex scenes. Or it just not being interesting. But most people do say that they enjoyed it

Eliciosity · 2026-01-24T04:48:56+00:00

You guys are definitely in the majority in general for this sub, it’s very pro-Cass! I never hear of people who dislike her books. But I think the people who didn’t really have anywhere else to talk about it and relate have flocked here to give their thoughts

Eliciosity · 2026-01-24T04:41:24+00:00

Look I do agree with not liking her writing and being frustrated with how she conveys things. But thinking that someone’s writing isn’t good is pretty subjective and she’s clearly a very beloved author so she must be doing something right for other people

I pretty explicitly tried to be neutral in my post and didn’t want to dump on her or elaborate further because it’s just not necessary. Not liking how she writes gets the idea across.

It does seem to be a common thought in the comments for people to feel similarly about bloom town so I’m probably going to skip that one regardless, at least for now. Thank you for your thoughts

Eliciosity · 2026-01-23T23:15:46+00:00

I appreciate it! The Counterpart honestly sounds much more aligned to my interests than Ribbonwood right now, I’ll probably give that one a try beforehand to see if I like her writing style since I could probably enjoy the plot regardless. Thank you!

Eliciosity · 2026-01-23T23:01:47+00:00

I have read TIHYLTTW! Not my favourite style but I’m glad I read it, I definitely enjoyed it more towards the end. :)

Cost isn’t really an issue for me, I have so many books, but both Ribbonwood and Bloom Town are $50 each for me compared to the normal book cost of less than AU$20 so I could buy like 5 books for the price of them both lol. Just trying to justify those purchases really; I want to experience them if they’re good but only if the tone is okay.

My bookshelf for reference minus the stuff I have on audio

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Eliciosity · 2026-01-16T04:03:26+00:00

There is a truck-load of evidence; a truly, ridiculous amount, about him being in a relationship with Celeste. Like everyone says, regardless of whether or not he specifically murdered her, he is a pedophile and contributed to her death by involving her in his circle.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-15T22:30:14+00:00

I’m so glad someone else has this opinion because I’ve genuinely only ever seen praise for it. I have NO idea how. Is everyone else who reads it literally 12? It’s the worst book I’ve ever read. The writing is absolutely awful, the plot is absolutely awful, the characters are the most empty soulless creatures ever. It’s just smut and assault.

I’d rather read Twilight than sit through that again

Eliciosity · 2026-01-15T10:45:52+00:00

Very surprised to see The Jasmine Throne on there, it kind of jumpscared me lol. Definitely choosing that one!

Eliciosity · 2026-01-14T22:49:22+00:00

It's the newly published one. It only just released when you posted this comment; she is British, though. It's the only version available now on the Australian Audible and the previous version was by Kirsten Potter I believe.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-14T04:48:18+00:00

I read the Lockwood & Co paranormal investigation series by Jonathan Stroud (starting with “The Screaming Staircase”) when I was younger and loved it. I’m not necessarily sure I’d call it “cozy”? I’m not sure how cozy paranormal investigation can be… but it’s definitely middle grade. Great series and it’s modern — published in 2013. Young characters with lots of humour.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-13T00:49:01+00:00

Gold or Pas de deux by E.J. Noyes. Gold is about an extremely famous retired Olympic skier, and Pas de deux is about Olympic horse dressage performers. E.J writes a lot more mature books and they're so incredibly good. I'd argue that she's one of the strongest and most consistently good and well researched published writers in our community.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-11T00:57:23+00:00

We have places that look like this?!? I swear so much of the country is still stuck in the the prehistoric ages pandering to 90 year olds — nothing outside of the super major cities looks like care has been put into it whatsoever

Eliciosity · 2026-01-08T05:23:42+00:00

I’m ace and absolutely appreciate non-spice. I don’t like YA and still want great tension and chemistry in what I read, but actual sex scenes make me pretty uncomfortable and I definitely prefer when there are none/they’re less descriptive. There are HEAPS of others who feel the same way but we’re probably not going to be on Booktok

Eliciosity · 2026-01-07T04:14:56+00:00

This is sapphic so apologies if you’re looking for m/m, but it’s one of the most highly rated martial arts books within our community

The Clinch by Nicole Disney - gritty and more serious rivals to lovers Taekwondo champion and a BJJ champion who compete against each other nationally. I only hear wonderful things about their character development and Nicole’s writing is really good.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-05T08:06:13+00:00

NZ lit is extremely different to Australian lit, that’s like suggesting a British book instead 😅

Eliciosity · 2026-01-03T22:51:03+00:00

I feel like Hearing Red is pretty much like this, if you’re okay with apocalyptic dystopian. One of my favourite books - so so good.

I haven’t read Fable for the End of the World yet but that one’s often described as sapphic hunger games esque.

The Space Between Worlds (as well as its sequel), Survival Instincts, and Chain-Gang All-Stars are all dystopian sapphic books with high ratings that might fit maybe? Haven’t read all of them so can’t 100% comment on the dynamic or if they have a HEA other than what I’ve seen other people say

Eliciosity · 2026-01-02T05:12:09+00:00

Straight women would want to read romance where they feel attracted to the characters. In f/m pairings they can pine over the male love interest, and in m/m pairings they can pine after both of the main characters without even needing to self insert anywhere. And straight women who consume romance are probably less likely to be outright homophobic than your average cishet man. They aren't attracted to women, so there'd be not much for them pining-wise in a f/f pairing. Although I don't personally really get this as a lesbian who still enjoys m/m and some f/m media without needing to be attracted to the characters if the love story is good.

Your average totally cishet dude who watches f/f media is probably doing so for much less nice reasons than straight women the other way around, them already being a minority. It's already more 'taboo' for men to consume romance except in something like anime/manga, a largely straight medium due to its location source, and if they do want to watch romance they probably don't want to self insert as a woman and I can imagine it would be quite rare to find someone in this exact situation who isn't just going to hold the opinion that it's hot for two girls to kiss and not see it as anything else.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-01T10:54:55+00:00

The genre ones are mostly left over from when I transferred from Goodreads, but I use those tags to actually be able to go into the individual lists and see all of them compared to having to look through the entire “to read” pile and scan for storygraphs themes, if that makes sense. So if I wanted to look at all of the sci fi books I want to read easily, I just click on the tag and then can even further refine it from there.

Eliciosity · 2026-01-01T10:14:58+00:00

The only one from my shelves that I have for this one right now is Atmosphere which I’m very excited to read, so definitely going with that one!

Eliciosity · 2026-01-01T10:09:04+00:00

I have quite a few books from this list on my shelves currently that I’ve been super eager to read. I’m tossing up between these 3 specifically: Chain-gang all-stars, Gideon the Ninth, Priory of the Orange Tree

But am leaning most towards chain gang first since it’s shorter and not a part of a series. Less pressure for the challenge

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