THIRST
An Alex Graham Novel

had me at queer literary vampires, lost me at everything else. i think that what this book needed to work for me was a stunning writing style. without it, it felt kind of adolescent and silly, ungrounded. none of these characters felt real — the only thing that felt real was the city of buenos aires.......more

Lesbian Latin American lesbianism is very important......more

Está muy divertida! Me pareció genial que MY se animara a hacer una novela de género, y le salió muy buena! Entretenida, y lleva el vampirismo a un lugar actual y bien escrito, las dos historias que cuenta están buenas, y cuando se juntan es tremendo final. Me la devoré en un par de sentadas, la com......more

Vampires – especially queer ones – are my jam. There are so many topics that can be well discussed through a vampiric lens which makes them endlessly fascinating. This one primarily focuses on death. In the first half of Thirst we follow an unnamed vampire as she tries to find her place in an ever-e......more

So this book really surprised me. It was definitely a different kind of vampire novel which I’m always open to, since vampires can get kind of repetitive. Although for most of the book nothing really happens. There were definitely some parts of the book when I just kept thinking “What is even happen......more