Seedy bath houses, apocalyptic manhunts, & daddies from hell: 8 not-so-cutesy queer books
Heartstopper (based on the popular graphic novels by Alice Osman) within hours of it dropping on Netflix. Same with Prime Video’s recent gay romcom, Red, White and Royal Blue, based on the novel of the same name by Casey McQuiston.Which we get.
Nothing beats the warm-and-fuzzy feeling of reading (or watching… or re-watching) a cutesy story about finding love when you are queer.But let’s be real: cutesy doesn’t always cut it.
As grown ass, LGBTQ-adults, sometimes, we need to be reminded of life’s sexy, thrilling, disturbing horrors: No adorable meet cutes, no will-they-won’t-they sexual tension, and especially no strictly-sensual sex scenes clearly written for young adult audiences.
No, sometimes all we need is a good ol’ queer story written entirely for adults–full of passionate gay sex, graphic horror, meaningful social commentary, and the kind of twists that will leave your head spinning.
