The Book of Phoebe (The Mystic Harbor Series 1)

Wow! This book. 🤍🔥 It sucked me in and had me clinging to every word on the page. It’s so beautifully written. It’s highly thought provoking and highlights the struggle for many people in the lgbt community in regard to religion. This book is very long but so worth the read. Phoebe and Blake’s story is everything. It’s so well described , you can feel their emotions completely. The emotions I went through reading their story are endless. I laughed, I cried, I wanted to throat punch people, I was angry and hurt. It brought up a lot of my own feelings about how I was hurt by religion growing up. The spice? Well it’s HOT. The tension between Phoebe and Blake is thick and the spicy scenes will have you melting, at least I was 🔥🥵 The spice is superb. I am looking forward to reading everything this author writes! Read it, you won’t regret it.

This book, with all 635 pages in it, is a gem that I have missed until now. And it seems that J. Fez wrote it with the blood and tears of all people like Blake and Phoebe, people like each of us (Homo sapiens), in memory of some and in the name of those who will follow in their footsteps. It was painful to read, not because the book itself has difficult language or some incomprehensible science written in it, but because, despite being fictitious, it brings quite real memories of rejection and fear, all the atrocities and the taste of years spent fighting to be accepted as we are - simply people - imperfect, diverse and lovable. The book of Phoebe is a story about real life and real values, without mask and makeup, about what happens behind locked doors of hearts deprived of a voice. This is simultaneously a drama, a love story, an ode, a chronicle of a society... Beautifully written, deeply moving because it presents the cause-and-effect relationship in the decline of morality and our daily affairs, but not in the way that a bigoted mind would assume. Quite the opposite. Unfortunately, this story remains relevant to this day, some believe that they are more chosen than the chosen and preach that (on someone else's back) a hundred lashes are not enough. J. Fez's writing style is emotional, sincere, beautiful. The in-depth analysis of our beliefs has undoubtedly been a huge ordeal and Fez has done a wonderful job of showing where we go wrong when reading the holy books,…

I read this book, not quite knowing what to expect....Well, I absolutely LOVED it. I'm an old, straight woman, and I learned so much about what a gay woman has to deal with and the abuse that gay people have to live with every day.. I don't understand the hatred. Do yourself a favor and read this book. You won't be sorry.

The Book of Phoebe by J. Fez is absolutely the book I needed when I was young. It is enlightening, hopeful, and healing. Read this if you grew up religious and are questioning your sexuality and faith. Read this if you are non-religious, queer, and seeking God. Read this if you are religious, not queer, but want to understand the intersection of Christianity and queerness. Read this if you want to advocate for queers who are being oppressed, persecuted, abused, or otherwise ostracized by religion. Read this if you have never experienced any of these things and you want to grow your empathy and develop a broader understanding of the love of God by learning about the challenges many queer people face. Honestly, I took a while to get to this book because of its length, but I needn't have worried; it was immediately engaging and held my attention to the very end. It was a page-turner for me, and it never felt bogged down. The steady pace, writing style, and plot choices contributed to my finishing it much more quickly than I expected. The author notes that they were "searching for a sapphic romance where a closeted Christian discovers she's a lesbian but doesn't renounce her faith." She couldn't find one, so she wrote it. I, for one, am exceptionally glad for it. Blake's path is dark and hostile and littered with setbacks. Phoebe's path is spiritually enlightening. Both women are seeking God's guidance but are being held back by those proclaiming to be Christians. Some…

I was a little hesitant about picking this one up due to the cover, but honestly The book of phoebe is a thought provoking coming out story, but if you’re not one to judge a book by its cover it’s definitely worth the read! It’s got all the spice 🥵, romance, angst, and such a meaningful connection. The twists and turns to this book were too good and jaw dropping! Definitely worth the read the meaning and understanding behind this story runs deeper then the surface 📖 ❤️