• All Reviews,  Literature

    ARC Review: Wild and Wicked Things

    Finally, it’s almost time for one of our most anticipated books of the year to be out in the world! The lesbian witchy retelling of The Great Gatsby that exceeds every expectation anyone had about it! Adult fantasy keeps gifting us in the most surprising of ways.

    You could still preorder a copy of Wild and Wicked Things, and in the meantime don’t forget to follow Fran on twitter, if you’re not already!

    Related: interview with Fran & most anticipated LGBT releases of 2022

    In the aftermath of World War I, a naive woman is swept into a glittering world filled with dark magic, romance, and murder in this lush and decadent debut.

    On Crow Island, people whisper, real magic lurks just below the surface. 

    Neither real magic nor faux magic interests Annie Mason. Not after it stole her future. She’s only on the island to settle her late father’s estate and, hopefully, reconnect with her long-absent best friend, Beatrice, who fled their dreary lives for a more glamorous one. 

    Yet Crow Island is brimming with temptation, and the biggest one may be her enigmatic new neighbor. 

    Mysterious and alluring, Emmeline Delacroix is a figure shadowed by rumors of witchcraft. And when Annie witnesses a confrontation between Bea and Emmeline at one of the island’s extravagant parties, she is drawn into a glittering, haunted world. A world where the boundaries of wickedness are tested, and the cost of illicit magic might be death.

    Wild and Wicked Things

    Francesca May

    Goodreads

    Rep: lesbian mc, nonbinary lesbian mc, bi side character
    CWs: domestic violence, child abuse, magic requiring self harm, blood
    Release: 29th March 2022

  • Interviews

    Author Interview: Francesca May

    If you’re not excited about the upcoming Wild and Wicked Things, then I can only assume you have been living under a rock. But no matter! We’re here to change your mind. Great Gatsby meets Practical Magic but make it sapphic? What’s not to love? And if you already are excited, then get ready to be more so!

    Before we begin, don’t forget you can follow Fran on twitter as well!

    (And also don’t forget, you can check out Fran’s other works, under Fran Dorricott, if you’re looking for sapphic lit to tide you over while you wait!)