![]() Gideon has worked for the Ninth House for her entire life. Read The House in the Cerulean Sea: Amazon | Goodreads Once you’ve enjoyed this, I recommend trying his other LGBT fantasy books, especially Under the Whispering Door.Ĭheck out other books with colors in the title here. ![]() ![]() Klune’s gay fantasy novels have yet to disappoint me. Linus has never had to assess a master of an orphanage before, and what is even more unusual is that he’s not allowed to discuss this assignment with anyone.īut, with luggage and an angry pet cat in hand, he dutifully heads out to the island at the end of the train line and into a whole new world.Ĭharming, romantic, creative, and well-told, T.J. His nosy neighbor certainly thinks so.īut all of that changes when he is alarmingly given a new assignment by Extremely Upper Management: head to Marsyas Island and assess both the conditions of the orphanage there as well as the man running it. Linus’ life is, unlike the children he works with, exceedingly ordinary. These establishments are under the care and jurisdiction of the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, and Linus Baker is one of the inspectors who makes sure that everything is up to code. KluneĪll across the country, orphanages are taking care of children who are anything but ordinary. Suddenly, Jam is questioning everything she’s been taught about her “safe” city, and hopefully, her parents don’t find out about Pet!įor our audiobook listeners, Pet also makes for one of the best fantasy audiobooks. Unexpectedly, Pet has a mission: to hunt a monster. She doesn’t talk much in fact, she prefers to sign most of the time, something her mother Bitter and her best friend Redemption understand and respect.īitter is an artist, and she’s nearly completed her latest painting: a raw, visceral work with harsh brushstrokes and sharp objects embedded in it.īut when Jam accidentally trips and gets blood on her mother’s painting late one night, a being emerges – a being with horns, claws, and teeth, which she names Pet. Jam, a Black trans high-schooler, lives in the city of Lucille in an alternate modern-day United States. That’s the utopian setting for Pet, Nigerian non-binary author Akwaeke Emezi’s excellent LGBT fantasy book that’s both heavy on metaphor and dangerously literal. What if angels and monsters were real but the angels defeated the monsters years ago and now everyone can live without fear? Read Phoenix Extravagant: Amazon | Goodreads One of the more politically-charged gay fantasy books on this list, Phoenix Extravagant contains a very well-imagined society and some very pleasing fantastical creativity.ĭragon book lovers will especially find something great here. Taking the job is an offer they can’t refuse, especially as they’ll get to find out just what the Razanei are doing deep down in their underground facilities … Yet, they are seen as a symbol of oppression by Jebi’s people, especially Jebi’s sister, whose partner was killed by the Razanei. This military organization is responsible for the armored automatons that patrol the city and keep order. Having just spent their last prover savings on an artistic entrance exam (without telling their sister) and failing, they find themselves wandering the province and into a job that they absolutely did not expect to get: working for the Razanei at the Ministry of Armour. Set in a world where the protagonist lives in a country conquered by another nation (the Razanei), we follow the moderately talented artist Gyen Jebi. Politics is not usually far away in LGBT fantasy books, and Phoenix Extravagant is no exception. Yadriel’s struggles with getting others to accept his identity are very relatable, and this combined with the murder-mystery element, makes for one of the most engaging LGBT YA fantasy books and stories with ghosts on this list. When he manages to summon forth the ghost of Julian, a recently deceased teenage boy, he’s initially ecstatic!īut it turns out that Julian was murdered he doesn’t remember how, and he certainly isn’t going to quietly move on as Yadriel planned.Ĭemetery Boys is full of diverse, fleshed-out characters with good motivations. Then, everyone will have to acknowledge him as a Brujo at the upcoming Festival of the Dead. He is determined to prove that he is indeed a Brujo, even if that means roping in his best friend Maritza to help him perform a secret ghost summoning. Unfortunately for Yadriel, coming out as trans means that those binary traditional viewpoints are having a strong negative effect on him. That’s the way it has been for hundreds of years, and that’s the way it is now. In the world of Yadriel’s Latinx household, gender roles are very clearly and rigidly defined: the male Brujos learn to summon ghosts and take care of their needs, and the female Brujas use their magic to heal.
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