This is another book club recommendation (thanks Leah!), and my library happened to have it. I wasn’t sure what to expect. Aside from being told it was literary fiction, I didn’t really know the synopsis ahead of time, but sapphic literary fiction is an easy sell for me. I enjoy the quality writing, a story that falls outside the realms of genre, and the often emotional complexities garnered from both. We Do What We Do in the Dark delivered on all fronts.

The summary is simple: a first year c...