• Kiss of the Basilisk (Lindsay Straube – 2024)

    Kiss of the Basilisk is an unapologetically unhinged erotic fantasy novel that is not only capable of entertaining, but also providing a potent lens in the exploration of female sexuality and the politics of desire. In contrast to traditional power dynamics of Gothic and folkloric narratives, the female protagonist is…

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  • Call me by your name (André Aciman – 2007)

    A book that reads like a dizzying spell, lulling you deeper into shifting layers of desire: raw, tender, unresolved. Aciman renders young love as a fever dream, where reason unravels and longing spirals into an all-consuming, morbid obsession, crystallized in seventeen-year-old Elio’s desperate refrain: “You’ll kill me if you stop.”…

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