I got this softcover at Newbury Books. It's a very unusual M/M love story in which the main characters are a white snake and... a sparrow. They can each take (mostly) human form at times, but the fact that snakes prey on small birds makes their relationship a bit fraught.

The were-critter aspect leads to some interesting and potentially educational (!) scenes in which they explore each other's genitalia. Despite their human forms, the snake has a two-pronged organ and the sparrow has... a cloaca. How our heroes deal with this gets a bit surprising (hint: magic is involved) but while it's quite fascinating it does make some scenes more explicit than I'd have expected.

I left this book in my Little Free Library. Hope someone enjoys it!

[See other recent releases in NH here.]

Released for:

** 2025 Asian Zodiac / Year of the Snake challenge **

** 2025 Valentine challenge **

** 2025 Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) challenge, for this year's GBBC, 2/14-2/17 **

I'm reclaiming this from my LFL, as it's gone unchosen for a while.