I enjoyed this look into how couples make their relationships work and how they met. I kind of thought the pictures would be more…something. There isn’t anything wrong with the photos, but it’s advertised as a “photographic celebration” so I was expecting more. It’s a coffee table book, but it’s not because there is a lot of text. Too much text for a dinner party book or for someone to just flip through while you are getting them a drink. I think it would just sit on someone’s bookshelf unless you bought it for Valentine’s day or as an engagement present. Read it and tell me how you would categorize it. The stories are great. I just don’t know if I would promote it as a photo book.

A beautiful anthology that follows fourteen couples and offers a glimpse into the journeys they've experienced before finding their partner and careers.

I thought the stories they shared were empowering, and I loved reading about each couple's experiences.
The photographs were gorgeous, but my favorite had to be the ones where the couple took a picture of eachother!

This was a really well put together book. A collection of interviews, it was really great to see some people who I recognized (if only by their work) and some unfamiliar names as well. I feel like I learned a lot and was able to see so much joy in these couples; as the author stated, too often queer stories are about the difficulty and pain of finding spaces where you can feel safe.

This is a beautiful book with a brilliant concept and execution. The Winters showcase an incredible variety of queer couples with a wide range of interests, life experiences, and more. I honestly had only heard of a few of the people in here before reading, but I won’t be able to forget any of them now. Besides them being interesting and cool people all around, their stories prove to be affirming of a spectrum of queer experiences, as well as the existence of the spectrum itself. They, and the Winters, prove that there is no one right way to be queer., which makes this book all the more delightful. The world absolutely needs more books like this, books that are just brimming over with queer joy.

Hannah Murphy Winter's Queer Power Couples is a moving celebration of LGBT love, life, and success. It's so much more than simply an art book or coffee table adornment--it's an intimate and exciting peek into the lives of queer couples who are making changes in the world and leaving their marks on history.

Both the photography sessions and the interviews were conducted with the utmost sensitivity, but also with curiosity, which combined allowed each couple's love for each other to shine through every page; I let out an "aww" more than a few times while reading. However, queer love is not so much the focus of the book as queer success. It hadn't occurred to me, prior to reading, that this is the first point in history where there are enough publicly queer power couples to warrant a book-length tribute to them. As a lesbian myself, this is exhilarating and empowering, yet still educational--I learned a ton of information about the featured figures that I never knew, which helped me view my own identity and relationship to success through new lenses.

To my knowledge, there is no other book on the market quite like Queer Power Couples; I hope the book is the first in a long lineage to come. The book is nothing less than a joy to read.

Beautiful book with stunning and amazing photos. Wow this is just a great coffee table book. Might need the physical version.

An absolutely gorgeous and loving portrait of queer couples through both the lenses of the authors, and their own lenses. This book was sweet, and funny, and absolutely captivating. I loved that there were so many different experiences shown throughout the spectrum of couples chosen, and just how many couples were either decades-long relationships, or relationships where the couple met later on in life. So much representation feels geared toward showing youth people like them living out and happy while young, but I found seeing the couples in this book who either came out much later in life, or have happily been living with their partners for decades, to be so comforting. This book does a great job of showing that queer, love-filled futures are possible.

This book was such a joy and a delight to experience. I loved every second of reading it. While "power couples" is a little silly as a concept, and mainly seems to be about like, capitalist achievement, it was still so beautiful to see these depictions and interviews with these loving, queer couples in their wonderful variety. I really needed it, and didn't even know it, and I'm certain many other people need this book, too.

This is a beautiful collection of Queer Power Couples. The photography is great but I'm not quite sure how it would fit into our store. We'll most likely bring it in for the holidays as it's more of a coffee table book.

“Queer Power Couples: On Love and Possibility” by Hannah Murphy Winter is a book enveloped in queer joy, sealed with hope, offering an intimate and beautiful portrayal of domestic bliss, love, and stories that compose a modern queer tapestry. These narratives serve as a beacon for queer youth with interviews and photographs highlighting queer love among influential couples within the community. The personalities of these couples shine through as they capture each other in photographs, and their love stories resonate with shared experiences common in the queer community, transcending our collective strife and struggles. They offer a glimpse into a future brimming with love.

These stories celebrate their trailblazing achievements, detailing life after coming out in a society where visibility is scarce and inspirational figures are few. They discuss building a future centered on intersectional visibility and inclusion. Initially, I anticipated marveling at beautiful images, but the compelling writing and interviews underscore the book’s essential place in queer libraries for its awe-inspiring stories and introspection. As I read, I couldn’t help but smile at the beautiful, thoughtful interviews. As a non-binary queer person of color, I cherish this document’s role in chronicling our queer history, breaking decades of silence. It’s an easy read, completed in one sitting, and feels like a warm embrace, illuminating our dark past while celebrating a present crafted both secretly and openly against all odds. This book is a celebration of queer joy, thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for my complimentary ARC. I eagerly anticipate more from these authors’ art and works!

The Winters’ combine intimate interviews and images for a stellar, inspiring book. This book highlights the diversity within the LGBTQ+ community, spanning different forms of gender identity and expression, age, race, backgrounds, and occupations. Each couple’s story, even each individual’s story, was engaging and thoughtful. In short, this book succeeds at its mission to support queer joy and showcase the multitude of possibilities in the lives of LGBTQ+ folks.

Queer Power Couples is a GORGEOUS coffee table book with photos & interviews from queer couples. I read this slowly, learning about queer couples that I would have never known about!

It was wonderful to see the love these great people have. My favorite part was that each couple took a picture of each other in addition to the photographer pics. I loved these insights into how the couples saw each other.

I would definitely recommend Queer Power Couples to anyone who needs to see a little more love in the world.

Thanks to NetGalley, Hannah Murphy Winter, and Chronicle Books for the chance to read and review this advance copy!

A very unique and enjoyable anthology of queer love. The interviews are intriguing and interesting. The photos are beautiful. I loved learning about the couples. Beautifully done.

This was a beautiful tome about love, life, and possibilities. I felt like it was a well-spoken, well-photographed reminder that we are all the same. We love the same.We live the same. Queer people have different struggles, but even in that, we aren't that different from our straight counterparts. Different struggles for sure, but … For me, this book was a poignant statement that we are all human. Full stop. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced digital reader's copy (ARC) in exchange for an honest review!

This book was so inspiring and powerful. This book made me even prouder to be a queer woman. I loved the section “Are you sisters?”, that is an extremely relatable experience for many queer women. Thanks to the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book

I really enjoyed this book. I don't know too much about he queer community, but I found it very interesting. Beautiful photographs mixed with interviews.

First, thanks to the publisher for an e-arc of this book.

As a queer reader, I wasn't entirely sure what I would get out of this and was concerned that this was a coffee table book for straight people, but instead, this was a true marker of queer joy and couples from all over the LGBTQ+ spectrum and racial spectrum living their lives with their partners in the best ways they can.

I was genuinely so surprised by the breadth of the queer couples in this book, although by the end, it stood out to me why there were elder sapphic couples in this book but not truly elderly gay couples, and I had to take a moment to really think about what this book and its queer joy actually means. This is one I will definitely be purchasing when it comes out and recommending to people to read and enjoy.

The photographs in this book are tender and gorgeous, and one thing I particularly enjoyed was the photos the couples took of each other! Seeing how they see each other as power couples was very lovely and a very nice touch.

I was worried that the capitalism aspects of power couples would be too much a part of this for me to enjoy, but while some were very focused on the work aspects of these couples' relationships, capitalism didn't play a huge role, and I appreciated that.

I teared up a few times throughout this and I can only hope that for others!

I feel slightly underwhelmed by this book and struggle to identify an audience. If you know the featured couples, maybe you'd find it interesting, but for a casual read, probably not. Maybe it would work better as an academic. "queer people are just like everyone else" way?
I hate to be negative because queer stories, especially happy ones, need to be shared! I do commend the author for her hard work and vision.
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Super cute book that as a queer young adult gave me alot of hope for what my future can look like. I work with queer youth and can see myself reccommending this to some kids who need some hope. It was also very diverse in both identity as well as careers and lifestyles to show that queer people can lead many different lives

This was such an empowering book to read. I love that there was so much attention put by the author's in capturing a wide spectrum of LGBT couples of varying races and designations. A very inclusive read, for sure, though I think a few of the interviews were a bit meandering and did not really emphasize much of the "power" aspect of being a power couple and lingered too long on the interview questions that were a bit less interesting to read. Overall, I support elevating LGBT voices and celebrating queer couples that have become powerhouses in their respective fields.