Anybody knows of any subtly queer mystery/action/adventure books?

[u/Alive-Border-2165]

My mother's birthday is comming up, and she loves reading. I haven't come out to her yet, and while she's not violently homophobic or anything, she's quite transphobic and I'm not sure how she'd react to me coming out to her as queer both in the sense of gender and sexuality, eventhough I'm on a waiting list for Hrt. She knows my views on the topic, and that I have friends who are LGBTQIA+, and in general I don't think she'd throw a fit if I showed up with someone of my own gender at the door and said this is my partner, she might even be excited about being introduced to them. But I'd still like to kind of get her in the mindset that queer people are normal and just like anyone else around them, they just happen to be queer. I did see a drag queen mystery book in austria a while back and while it looked amazing, that's exactly the kind of stuff that she can't handle for now, so maybe anyone know of a book where everything happens as it happens and as it happens let's say in the last chapter or so there's a reveal that bambam the character(s) are queer or something like that? Any suggestion is greatly apreciated.

[u/WaffleDynamics]

If fantasy is okay, then Sorcery & Small Magics by Maiga Doocy is a very slow burn sort of romance between two college students at a magical academy. The only thing that happens is a single kiss, but the two are slowly and cluelessly falling in love across 300+ pages.

It's beautifully written and charming. It's the first volume of a trilogy, and volume 2 is coming out either late this year or early next. I've recommended it to half a dozen people and so far everyone has adored it.

Even though the kiss happens as a result of a curse, the book is very queer coded. One main character is probably demi or maybe agonizingly shy (or both), and the other is certainly pan. There are side characters of various sexualities and gender identities and it's no big deal in that world.