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The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (a Graphic Novel)
The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (a Graphic Novel) | Deya Muniz
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Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without marriage. Well, without marrying a man, that is. But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit. So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can: She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the Kingdom of Fromage to start over as Count Camembert. But it's hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful Princess Brie, with her fierce activism and great sense of fashion, catches her attention. Camembert can't resist getting to know the princess, but as the two grow closer, will she able to keep her secret? A romantic comedy about mistaken identity, true love, and lots of grilled cheese.
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kellyannprz
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The cutest and cheesiest (heh) graphic novel✨

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booklover3258
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What a wonderful graphic novel! Beautiful illustrations and love the cheese puns!

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/HA75tVk3x-o

Enjoy!

JenlovesJT47 I read this a few weeks ago, thought it was adorable! 2mo
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JenlovesJT47
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Book 3 down for my #GNReadathon and it‘s a good one! This graphic novel is brimming with cheese & cheese puns. It‘s a sapphic story about “Count” Camembert who is really a girl but has to dress as a boy because girls can‘t inherit their father‘s fortune. She falls in love with Princess Brie & is pals with Lady Gorgonzola & Lady Ricotta. 😁 The artwork is great & it‘s a story about friendship, love, gender & acceptance. And. So. Much. Cheese! 🧀5⭐️

TheBookHippie I gave this to my niece for Hanukkah last year … with socks of course.. 2mo
Suet624 Sassy cat. 2mo
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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo
JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie nice! I hope she enjoyed it. This book is adorable and now I‘m craving cheese! 😅 2mo
JenlovesJT47 @Suet624 he‘s a sassy 17-year-old! 🧡🐾🐈‍⬛ 2mo
Suet624 A ripe old age. 💕. He‘s seen it all and isn‘t having any of it. 2mo
TheBookHippie @JenlovesJT47 she loved it!! 2mo
AnnCrystal 💕😻🐾💝. 2mo
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Gissy
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With that title I didn‘t know what to expect about this graphic novel😳Well, I was surprised!😃 I found a lovely sapphic graphic novel. I loved the topics: family support, friendship, identity, acceptance, relationships.. So nice, cute, lovely story. It has funny parts. 3⭐️ Book was part of #LGBTBookClub 2023 @AbigailJaneBlog

June 2024 book #13
#ReadAway2024 @DieAReader @Andrew65 @Ghabi4Roses
#BookSpinBingo (#13) (#PrideMonth) @TheAromaOfBooks

Gissy #52bookclub2024 prompt #44 Includes a wedding 4mo
DieAReader 🥳Great 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Looking great!! 4mo
AbigailJaneBlog Glad you enjoyed! 4mo
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FeatherV
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….everything is cheese 🧀

The amount of cute this story is, I mean all the names are cheese, come on!

This is sapphic, it‘s adorable, it is amazing friends. It is cheesy and so freaking cute

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OriginalCyn620
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So cute! An enjoyable story about unfair laws, love, identity, and yes, cheese! The artwork is great too.

#pop24 - fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author

PurpleyPumpkin I loved this one! The artwork was great. 💜 5mo
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OriginalCyn620
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Happy Pride month! 🏳️‍🌈

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Jari-chan
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Came along this for a challenge and I just couldn't stop reading. Not that I wanted to. Finished it in one sitting. I laughed and had such a good time with these characters and loved the afterword, where Muniz states that this story is loosely based on her own love story ❤

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xicanti
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THIS BOOK STARTS OUT FRICKIN ADORABLE WITH THE CHARACTERS BOUNCING OFF EACH OTHER ABOUT CHEESE AND FASHION AND DOGS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND THEN IT GETS HEARTBREAKING WITH BRIE PROCESSING FEELINGS AND IDEAS HER SOCIETY HAS TOLD HER ARE IMPOSSIBLE, AND THE ART IS SO GREAT, AND THE WORLD IS SO COOL, AND I LOVED IT SO DAMNED MUCH I WANNA SCREAM ABOUT IT ALL DAY. 5 STARS. #gaymay

xicanti Also, I had to buy bread today so I could make a grilled cheese sandwich. 8mo
Larkken Please tell me that is ketchup? At first glance it looked like chocolate sauce 😭 8mo
xicanti @Larkken it‘s HP sauce! The very best dip for grilled cheese. 8mo
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BiblioLitten Nice! Never tried it with HP sauce. I like it with sriracha. 8mo
Larkken @xicanti I had to look up what that was, haha. Sounds tasty! 8mo
xicanti @BiblioLitten yum! I sometimes put mango chili pickle inside, when I‘ve got some on hand, and it also works beautifully. 8mo
xicanti @Larkken it‘s tangy deliciousness. Sometimes I eat grilled cheese because I want cheese, and sometimes I eat it just so I‘ve got an excuse to eat HP sauce. 8mo
BiblioLitten Mango chilli pickle! Now I have to try it with dried red chilly pickle at home. 8mo
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Zuhkeeyah
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A heartwarming read with great artwork. The cheese theme had me cackling (Guoda is a great name for a dog). I finished it and then promptly read it again.

A big thank you to @sebrittainclark for her glowing review of this book.

TheBookHippie I loved this. I gave it to my niece for a holiday gift! 9mo
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PurpleyPumpkin
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This graphic novel was so fun! The artwork was fantastic. Loved how the author incorporated bits of her and her wife‘s lives into the story. A bit cheesy (see what I did there?) but made me smile a lot which is just what I needed at the moment. 5/5⭐️
(March 11, 2024)

BookmarkTavern I loved the artwork for this one. 💕 9mo
PurpleyPumpkin @BookmarkTavern I really did too! The gowns were amazing, especially for the wedding.🤩 9mo
MemoirsForMe This one sounds like a fun read! P.S. Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday today! 🥳🎂🎉❤️ 9mo
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sebrittainclark
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4.5/5

In order to inherit her father's estate, Cam has two choices: marry a man or disguise herself as a man so that she can inherit as his son. Cam disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital, but quickly runs into issues keeping a low profile when she enters Princess Brie's inner circle.

This is cute read about love, identity, unjust laws, and grilled cheese sandwiches.

Thanks @peanutnine for putting this on my radar!

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sebrittainclark
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physical book: The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
audiobook: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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Bette
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Loved the non-traditional take on princesses, the punny humor was great, I thought the illustrations were terrfic; this just illustrates that authors and readers both really love cheese in every way. 🧀🤣👍

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Robotswithpersonality
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Top four graphic novels of 2023 (one offs, series will be in next post). And of course, I had to shout out all the Tom Gauld collections of comics I read. Always winners. 🤌🏼

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mariaku21
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@Clwojick #pantone2023

Muniz has a great way of telling a story and with The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich she had me hooked within the first few panels. I loved the choice of a modern day setting and the choice of names. It was very cheese themed and I loved it.

This was a complete joy from start to finish and I could have easily finished it in a single night but I really was trying to pace myself because I didn't want it to end.

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rachelsbrittain
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This was such an incredibly cute YA graphic novel about the daughter of a dying count whose father concocts a plan for her to move to the capital city after his death and live as a man in order to inherit without marrying. Unfortunately, Cam's plans to lay low go out the window immediately upon meeting the crown princess. A 5 star graphic novel for sure.

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Robotswithpersonality
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Love, Love, LOVED IT! Easily a new favourite. The representation, the messaging, the humour, the fashion, the romance, the sweetness, UGH. Delicious, start to finish. 🥰

Singout What age? 13mo
TheBookHippie @Singout probably 13 and up 11mo
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Amie
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Teen graphic novel. Fairy tale romance between a young woman who has to pretend to be a man in order to inherit her father's money and the princess of the kingdom (where everything/everyone is named after cheese). Cute story. Odd mix of typical old-fashioned fairy tale setting and modern stuff, like video games. And the cheese thing was odd too (and made me crave a grilled cheese).

batsy Craving a grilled cheese sandwich, too! (I think I only have to see the words for the cravings to start 😂) 1y
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ChaoticMissAdventures
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Mehso-so

Not a #scarathlon type of read but I did find 60 word search points plus 10 for general book read.

This was fine, cute but not very impactful. I loved that every character even the dog was named for a type of cheese, and that it convinced me to make myself a grilled cheese sandwich (how can you not). A great book for youngsters but I doubt it will be one I remember much of recommend.

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LiteraryinPA
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This was so odd but in a great way. 💗 Not what I was expecting but I‘m glad I read it. I might even want to read it again some time!

BennettBookworm I‘m really excited to read this! 1y
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peanutnine
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Super duper cute graphic novel! This was funny and punny and lovely 😍 I came for the cheese puns and stayed for the amazing found family. I loved the exploration of societal norms and gender expression. And the fashion!! Gorgeous outfits and images in general. Cannot recommend this more!
#LGBTbookclub @AbigailJaneBlog #LGBTQ2023 2023 release @Kenyazero #2023ReadySetRead read at night @Clwojick

Clwojick This one looks so cute! I‘ve been meaning to read it. ❤️ 1y
AbigailJaneBlog Glad you enjoyed it! 1y
Kenyazero I've been seeing several super positive reviews of this one 😍 1y
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Sharpeipup
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Not sure which is better - the artwork or the cheesy puns? #graphicnovels

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psalva
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This was such a fun read. Over the top, with manga inspired art, anachronisms out the wazoo, and full of cheesy puns. It was the perfect read for a stressful day. What a great pick for #LGBTbookclub !

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psalva
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Perfect lunch/reading combo for this #LGBTbookclub pick. I‘m enjoying the story so far. It‘s the first book club pick I‘ve been able to get to in any sort of timely way so I‘m pleased with myself today. @AbigailJaneBlog

AbigailJaneBlog Glad you enjoyed this one! ✨️ 1y
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AbigailJaneBlog
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BONUS QUESTION!

What was your favourite cheese pun?

#LGBTbookclub

psalva For this the first thing that I thought of was the NYT crossword Weird Al co-wrote from April 2018, full of cheese puns. Here‘s the write up about it but if you can find the puzzle it‘s a fun one to try and solve. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/crosswords/daily-puzzle-2018-04-04.html (edited) 1y
AbigailJaneBlog Omg that's so interesting!? I will definitely take a look for that! 1y
BookmarkTavern All the clothing line cheese puns just made me snort out loud while I was reading it. ❤️ 1y
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AbigailJaneBlog
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The theme of secrets is essential to the plot, but how did that work for you? Do you think Camembert should have come clean earlier?

#LGBTbookclub

willaful For me it's fairly traditional romance fare, so I didn't think that much about it. 1y
AbigailJaneBlog @willaful see, I HATE it as a trope, so it really stood out to me. But even more than that, I liked seeing how everyone had their secrets, whether they be big or small. 1y
BookmarkTavern Usually, I hate miscommunication to create drama, but I actually really understood where Camembert was coming from, trying to balance her guardian‘s paranoia with her own outgoing nature. 1y
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AbigailJaneBlog
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TPATGCS is a very sweet romance, but it also brings ideas of gender into question. How do you think it's handled? And how do you think Muniz links this to Fashion?

#LGBTbookclub

psalva I think in my edition the author mentions in the afterword that Camembert being so casual about gender helped them work through their own experiences with gender. It‘s an interesting point about the clothes/fashion. I really like the anachronisms such as tee-shirts and wristwatches- these aren‘t revolutionary in a modern sense but they might have been untraditional (or nonexistent) choices for women historically. They are nice touches here. 1y
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AbigailJaneBlog
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There are lots of relationships present in this month's read; frienships, romances, familial links etc. Which ones stood out the most to you? Are there any that you felt didn't work so well?

#LGBTbookclub

willaful As a mom, I felt a lot of sympathy with the patient caregiver's frustration. 😁 (Sorry, I read it early and I'm blanking on the names.) And I loved that she had a Nintendo Switch to work out her annoyance on! It was such an odd little anachronism but I wonder if it symbolized that she was the person most living in reality. 1y
psalva I really enjoyed all the relationships. Brie‘s relationship with her friends stood out to me, as well as Zola, particularly when she related her own husband situation to Camembert‘s secret. @willaful I also really loved the anachronisms sprinkled throughout :) 1y
BookmarkTavern My favorite relationships ended up being Brie with her friends. And that‘s honestly because the story subverted what I was expecting from them. I kept expecting drama or in fighting or something, but they were all just so lovely and soft and supportive with each other. 1y
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Lauranahe
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I think this is the first time I‘ve picked a graphic novel since I‘ve been doing these brackets (this is year 2). I couldn‘t help this—this story was just wonderful. I loved the art, all the puns, and it made me feel happy. I love love! I also loved the blurb at the end by the author, along with their wedding photo. 🥰🥰🥰

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Lauranahe
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I loved this book! ❤️❤️❤️ The story was fun—a woman poses as man so she can inherit her late father‘s estate, only to fall in love with the princess. The cheese puns were AMAZING. Cheese puns for days, and I‘m here for them all. Plus the art was beautiful. I love love!!

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peanutnine
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Lolol this book is so cute and funny
"No, Ricotta. That's absurd." ...or is it?? ?

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BookmarkTavern
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To get around her country‘s restrictions on inheritance, Cam dresses as a man & moves to the bustling capitol. There, she gains the attention of the princess when she should be lying low.

This was an absolute delight! Such gorgeously colored & adorable art. A cast diverse in skin colors, body types, & ages. The romance was fluffy & charming, & built up enough for me. & I loved all of the cheese puns. Definitely going to be a favorite. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

DinoMom This one sounds delightful! Stacked 1y
BookmarkTavern @DinoMom It was so much fun. There were a few puns I just straight up snorted out loud at. 😂 1y
AbigailJaneBlog Aaah the cheese puns, the best! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰 1y
Andrew65 Excellent. 👏👏👏 1y
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BookmarkTavern
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#BookHaul including the #LGBTbookclub pick for this month. Which is good, because my library hold still says six weeks. 😂

A more restrained haul, because I still have to walk fifteen minutes back to the hotel.

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AbigailJaneBlog
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Our July pick is in! I've recently read this one and it's great! I definitely recommend for something light and silly.

Discussion for this will be around the 30th. I'm still planning on getting back to June's pick, so keep an eye out for posts about that!

As always, tag me in your posts and let me know what you think! #LGBTbookclub is open to everyone!

willaful Nice! I voted for it. 😁

But lol, I should've put a hold on when I did, I'm not sure I'm going to get it in time! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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willaful Oh, got lucky and found it at a library I rarely use. Now I just have to figure out how to read it. I think I need to download an app. 🤪 1y
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PuddleJumper Oo! This one looked fun. 1y
peanutnine This looks super adorable. My library has it on order so hopefully it will come in soon 1y
BookmarkTavern Oh exciting! 💛 1y
Kenyazero Nice! I am not sure if I‘ll join because I don‘t have access to an audiobook, but if I‘m feeling like I have enough time I will borrow the digital copy my library has. 1y
AbigailJaneBlog Hopefully everyone who wants can join in! It really is a fun, quick read 😄 1y
GirlNamedJesse I just bought this! I‘ll bump it up my TBR! 😊 1y
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silentrequiem
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June books! Tagged book is my favorite.

Librariana It was so lovely! Glad you enjoyed it 🥰 1y
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Catsandbooks
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5/5 ⭐️ Loved this LGBTQIA rom com graphic novel 🏳️‍🌈 so many cheese references 🧀 and I loved the fashion #pride

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Lauredhel
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First #Booked2023 for “Summer“ (our winter) done!

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich was written by a nonbinary author who has said the gender fluid main character is based on them. They have also since expressed a wish that they'd explored the gender situation in more depth, but I quite enjoyed the lightish touch in this one - Cam's gender just is what it is.

@BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae

Cinfhen Well done 🙌🏻♥️ 2y
Cinfhen Hope you‘re having an “easy” winter ❄️ 2y
Lauredhel @Cinfhen lot of rain and some minor flooding, but all good otherwise! 2y
Cinfhen Is that typical for your winters?? 2y
Lauredhel @Cinfhen oh definitely, Perth is on a coastal plain with extremely hydrophobic sandy soil. So when it comes down at once, it can take a really long time to drain away. 2y
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Lauredhel
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Just a delightful, pretty, lowish-angst queer confection. Full of cheese pun names.

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Lauredhel
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Book stand #catsoflitsy

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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This has to be the most fun story I‘ve read in a long time. I loved this graphic novel. The art, the cheese puns, the story, it was amazing. One of the best LGBTQ+ graphic novels I‘ve read.

peanutnine This sounds so cute! 2y
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