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An absolute classic for a reason, we’re talking about BEAUTY AND THE BEAST today — about the trope itself, about how the 1991 Disney movie brought it back to life (yes, we see you, Dain), and about why we love the vibe of scarred and broken men in a castle being found and renovated by whip smart, bookish heroines. Spoiler: It’s patriarchy.
#Beauty And The Beast#Lord Of Scoundrels#Loretta Chase#Eloisa James#When Beauty Tamed The Beast#Where Dreams Begin#Lisa Kleypas#Elizabeth Hoyt#To Beguile A Beast#Mary Balogh#Lord Carew's Bride#Amalie Howard#The Beast Of Beswick#Aster Glenn Gray#Briarley#Kresley Cole#Demon From The Dark#Wicked Abyss#JR Ward#Lover Awakened#Marian Perera#The Beast Prince#Grace Draven#Entreat Me#Alexa Riley#Snow And Mistletoe#Kate Canterbary#The Belle And The Beard#P Rayne#Moonlit Thorns
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Another reading update
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell - 4.25/5 stars
Surprise queer love story at the end! Also made me regret that we didn't stop in Tombstone, AZ, when we drove by it on our vacation to Arizona last year.
The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem - DNF at pg 18
Prince and Assassin by Tavia Lark - 5/5 stars
This book was A DELIGHT. I didn't expect to love it so much because I've been burned by so many Rainbow Crate selections, but goddamn this one was good. I ordered the next five books in the series from the parking ramp where we watched the eclipse, lol.
Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray - 4.75/5 stars
The gay, WWII retelling of Beauty and the Beast you didn't know you needed. Really lovely novella.
New Adult by Timothy Janovsky - 4.5/5 stars
Time travel! Crystals! I'm a sucker for books where the main character realizes that their career isn't everything (clearly, since my debut novel is about that). I love Timothy Janovsky. He's so good at writing characters who are deeply unlikable but who you root for from page 1 to get their shit together.
Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best - 3/5 stars
A Glorious Mess by Kennedy Sutton - 4/5 stars
This is a prequel to a series I haven't read, but I really enjoyed it!
The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim - 4.25/5 stars
This is another high fantasy where I was like, okay, what happened again in the first one...? It slowly came back to me, haha. I love Tara Sim and this book was just as good as the first in the series. Definitely excited for the conclusion.
The Body in the Back Garden by Mark Waddell - 4/5 stars
Cozy mysteries aren't really my thing, but I really liked this one. There was enough violence to keep it from twee overload.
The Bookseller's Boyfriend by Heidi Cullinan - 4/5 stars
The Path by Ariel Tachna - 4.25/5 stars
Aka, now I want to hike the Inca Trail. This was a great book about two guides on the Inca Trail in Peru (and if you know me you might know I have interest in guiding). Not only was the book just good, but I loved the exposure to a country that I don't know much about.
The Bachelor's Valet by Arden Powell - 5/5 stars
Hello????? This book is so good???? If you loved Freya Marske's The Last Binding trilogy, give this series a shot. It's very lighthearted, and I loved dumb, kindhearted Alphonse with all my heart from the first sentence. Also the cover is super pretty, I had to keep taking breaks to stare at it.
Assassin by Accident by EJ Russell - 4/5 stars
Tramps and Vagabonds by Aster Glenn Gray - 5/5 stars
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Okay so I knew I'd love this book, because I went feral for Honeytrap, which I read last year. God this one was so good too. It's about two young men who ride the rails in the Midwest during the Depression. James is homeless and Timothy has parents he could go back to...except he's in love with James, obvs. If you're a fan of Cat Sebastian's mid-century books (We Could Be So Good, The Cabots), PLEASE read this. Gray deserves to be much more widely read.
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (reread) - 5/5 stars
Here's my copy after rereading:
Those are all the spots that were particularly emotionally devastating. This reread secures The Kingdoms as my favorite Natasha Pulley book. Maybe my favorite book, full stop. Missouri and Joe, god be still my heart.
#epitaph#mary doria russell#prince and assassin#tavia lark#briarley#tramps and vagabonds#aster glenn gray#new adult#timothy janovsky#the midnight kingdom#tara sim#the body in the back garden#mark waddell#the path#ariel tachna#the bachelor's valet#arden powell#the kingdoms#natasha pulley
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Birthday Sale!
My birthday is on July 2nd, so I am having a birthday sale!
First up, Briarley, an m/m World War II retelling of Beauty and the Beast. During a storm, an English parson takes refuge in an empty country house, only to discover a banquet table that has never known rationing… and a man cursed to remain in the form of a dragon, unless he can learn to love and be loved. Only 99 cents till July 3rd! Buy here now!
Another World War II retelling! A Garter as a Lesser Gift is an m/m/f retelling of Gawain and the Green Knight, with Gawain as a cocky RAF pilot who gets more than he bargained for when he agrees to a shooting contest with a stranger dressed all in green. An enchanted castle, chats about Golden Age detective novels, an ill-advised bet that means Gawain has to turn over to his host all the kisses he receives from his host’s flirtatious wife... And oh no he’s catching feelings. Buy here now!
Honeytrap! Cold War spies from opposite sides in love! When Soviet agent Gennady Matskevitch is assigned to crack a case with American agent Daniel Hawthorne, he’s aghast when his boss gives him a second, secret assignment: honeytrap the American agent. Gennady likes the assignment less and less as he and Daniel become ever closer friends... but somehow he finds himself thinking of about kissing Daniel more and more... Buy here now!
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Sunday reading recap (26-Jan-2020)
had a relatively decent weekend with a sleepover that consisted of eating delicious foods and watching Pride (which I will watch any time, in an instant) and Paddington 2, which was an absolute delight in every single way.
For Real (Alexis Hall) - reread, still amazing. I just love the dynamic in this book so much - I’d love to see more younger dom/older sub but honestly I doubt most would come close to this level.
Gimme Shelter (humapuma) - 84K, Stucky - Bucky’s a homeless vet, Steve works at the shelter
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 1986 (A Nick & Carter Holiday Book 2) (Frank W. Butterfield) - novella - I like these little holiday vignettes - not necessarily a lot of plot or action happening, but just a peek at familiar characters living life on that particular day.
His Boy Next Door: Season 4 (#31-36) (RJ Moray) - although I read all the individual episodes as they came out, it was a pleasure to reread them all together. I just really, really love seeing how much Jack & Channon have both grown, both inside their relationship and out of it.
oh meet me, my darling, where the sun sets over the barley (charlesdk) - 54K, stucky, modern no powers AU, childhood friends reunited
Briarley (Aster Glenn Gray) - OK so this WWII-era fairy tale retelling of Beauty and the Beast was as wonderful as everyone has been saying! all the things i want to shout about I’m putting beneath the cut below for spoilery reasons
plus 71K of shorter fic so
shorter work shout out to
Triptych (Thorinsmut) - 29K, Leverage OT3 - “Parker liked Eliot. Hardison liked Eliot. There was a space where Eliot could fit into their lives, closer to them. Parker could see it, like a hole in a security system. It would work.Getting her boys to fall in line, that's the difficult part.”
I [Heart] You (writeonclara) - 1K, a sweet, charming, short fic where Steve’s cursed with visible representation of his love for others and what that means when he sees Bucky. ❤️❤️❤️
all the things about Briarley I wanted to yell about to the world:
the setting!
the writing style!
an older MC!
a dragon!
invisible servants!
a two-legged dog!
the MC's daughter and her former schoolmistress setting off to solve his disappearance in a motorcyle and sidecar!
PUTTING THE TWO-LEGGED DOG IN A ROLLER SKATE!
definitely a romantic story but REALLY a fairy tale about LOVE in general
honestly recommend this so strongly; it’s pretty short, just barely over a the novella threshold
#sunday reading recap#bookgeekgrrl's reading habits#alexis hall#rj moray#his boy next door series#the adventures of nick and carter#briarley#aster glenn grey#stucky forever#fan makers are a *gift*
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Snowflake challenge 2019, Day 5
Woo, am I behind! Well, let’s play some catch-up.
Day 5: promote three communities, challenges, blogs, pages, Twitters, Tumblrs or platforms and explain why you love them. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Hmmmm. This one’s a little tough for me; in the immortal words of Eleanor Shellstrop, “I’m not really a joiner.” It’s possibly one of the great ironies in my life that the thing that motivates me most artistically is a sense of community—see how active I’ve been in the Harringrove space recently—and yet, socially, I’m much more comfortable one-on-one.
Still, there are definitely some individual blogs I quite enjoy:
osprey_archer on Dreamwidth. Jin writes intelligent and interesting posts about a number of subjects; her latest project has been watching and reacting to movies by female directors, which has been both fascinating and educational. I’ve learned a surprising amount about Hollywood history (and, sadly, the incredibly sexist side of it) and discovered some very interesting films. She also writes fanfiction (mostly MCU) and original fiction; I’m proud to say I helped beta her m/m WWII Beauty and the Beast retelling, Briarley, though even without the personal stake it would be one of my favorite stories.
featherycats on Pillowfort. I enjoy Feathery’s art, the posts they reblog, and their unique and thoughtful perspective on many issues, including how complicated gender identity can be. A rare older person who actively participates in fandom, their posts are full of nuance and compassion, which too often seem to be the first casualties of any Internet-based interaction.
marsza on tumblr. I followed @marsza shortly after I really started using Tumblr, largely because I had enjoyed her Harringrove story The Last Ditch Efforts of Wayward Boys. Her posts and reblogs are diverse, but often share an enigmatic sensuality that I adore, whether they’re quotes or pictures or gifs; her ask posts, too, exhibit that unusual-for-the-internet mixture of intelligence and empathy that I treasure.
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I'm participating in Art Fight this year. It's been lots of fun so far! Feel free to watch me there, or even attack me. I promise to attack you back. ;) https://artfight.net/~Black-Nocturne
Character (c) lqvender
Art by me
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⚠️URL & Avatar Change!⚠️
Hi everyone! This is the artist formerly known as @o-little-town-of-briarley!
I’ve updated my URL to reflect the name of my ACNH island. My avatar is also different - before it was Brewster’s face, now it’s Katie.
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“you think you and caleb will talk about babies anytime soon?”
*blushing* “oh, i don’t know... we’ve got plenty of time.”
“but you’re thinking about it, i can see!”
“maybe... you think you and ryan will talk about marriage any time soon?”
*gossiping, gossiping*
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Recent mlm reads
The Boy I Am by K.L. Kettle* - Speculative YA set in a dystopian future where boys are sold off to the female elite. I loved the poetic writing style in this!
Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray - A World War II-era retelling of Beauty and the Beast between a dragon man and a parson. Short and lovely, with the best dilapidated manor house!
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune* - I didn't connect with this one as much as T J Klune's debut, but it has the same type of lovely, gentle characters who you can't help but root for. I really admire Klune's creativity in the magical realism space, and I can't wait to see what comes next.
The Bachelor's Valet by Arden Powell - I loved this 'Jeeves and Wooster' style novella about a noble lord and his valet, set in a world with magic. The protagonist is utterly clueless, in the best possible way.
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun - Unexpected romance between a producer and ‘the bachelor’ on a reality TV show set. Super cute!
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - A incredible sci-fi romance with royal fake dating, ice-torn wilderness survival and sneaky political manoeuvring. This one is for fans of Lois McMaster Bujold (AKA, I adore it and need 17 more...)
Life of Melody by Mari Costa - A really imaginative graphic novel about magical creatures raising a daughter together - I read this in one sitting and it was pure joy!
*gifted by publisher
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22 in 2022
Rules! Choose 22 books you want to read or goals you want to achieve in 2022. That’s it! It can be a mix of books and goals, or 22 books, or 22 goals…. it’s up to you. Then tag some friends to play along.
Thanks @ireadiguess for tagging me! I know I probably won’t get to all of these, but in no particular order here are 22 books I would love to get to this year.
1. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
2. No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai
3. Timekeeper by Tara Sim
4. A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
5. The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman
6. Sacred Band by Joseph D. Carriker Jr.
7. Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles
8. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
9. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
10. Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
11. Silver in the Woods by Emily Tesh
12. The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards
13. Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray
14. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
15. Witchmark by C.L. Polk
16. Jade War by Fonda Lee
17. Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
18. The City of Dusk by Tara Sim
19. So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
20. Red Heir by Lisa Henry
21. Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat
22. Havemercy by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett
I’ll tag @rensreadingrainbow @booksandbunnybinkies @schmollycule @brightbeautifulthings if you’re interested and haven’t done it yet!
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Character Rooster
Name: Chanai Himaa
Nickname(s): Chan, Chai
Age: 26
Gender: Nonbinary Transmasc
Race: Auri - Xaela
Sexuality: Homosexual/Demiromantic
Pronouns: He/Him/They
Relationship status: Single
Looking for: Rivals, friends and lovers (but feel free to change his mind)
A mage of the Red, a professional courtesan, intelligence gatherer; the knife Jace yields as he works close-knit with his circle and those of interest. The underground is where Chanai roams. When he isn’t, he is merely a traveling hobby painter with far too many knives on his person for just a ‘simple man’.
Name: Tarah Nbolo
Nickname(s): Tar’
Race: Miqo’te
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Unsure/Questioning
Pronouns: She/Her
Relationship status: Taken - in a relationship with Jace Argyle
Looking for: Rivals, friends and old lover(s)
Tarah is known in the underground circles for her thievery, smooth tongue in negotiating a deal and crimelord Dingo’s fair lady that never strays very far between him and her partner-in-crime, Jace. Together, the pair help give aid to the more poor and downtrodden in Ul’dah.
[o]
Name: Mahse’a Nbolo
Nickname(s): Mahssie
Age: 31
Race: Miqo’te
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Pronouns: He/Him
Relationship status: Single
Looking for: Rivals, friends and lovers
Mahse’a is Tarah’s older brother, and has “retired” from the underground circles in favor of finding some sort of calming comfort in mining. Retirement never stays for too long. The underground has a hold on him no other vice could compare to, a siren song he never fails to answer to. He doesn’t know how to tell Jace ‘no’ when he comes to him for aid. Maybe, just maybe, he’s too rooted to turn back.
[o]
Name: Hendina Coldren
Nickname(s): Dina, DiDi
Age: 31
Race: Hyur
Gender: nonbinary
Sexuality: Pansexual
Pronouns: She/They
Relationship status: Single
Looking for: Rivals, friends and lovers
Hedina is a lover of science and tech. Laws of Physics, Creation, the art of counting cards and money laundering and, most importantly, Primals. Their study of Primals, Auris, and corrupted artifacts Tutu invests in are their pride and joy. Some would say they're a little mad around the edges. Dina would say they're mad enough. Prior to meeting Jace in a card game gone array, hardly much is known of Dina except for their cackle of glee when excited and her adamant disdain for being 'sniffed' in a casual card game with her favorite people.
[o]
Name: Hadrefort Branchais
Nickname(s): "Adre"/Audrey
Age: 36
Race: Half Elezen, half Hyur
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Bisexual/Biromantic
Pronouns: He/Him
Relationship status: in a relationship with Rena Skyfarer
Looking for: Rivals, friends and old lover(s)
"Jack of all trades, master of none...or few,"Hadrefort often says, though he does have a unbridled love for reading, the performing arts and studying the stars, along with “collecting” old prohibited tomes and being a magnet for troublesome situations unable to stay away from him like an old lover.
[o]
Name: Kaideux Chaunollet
Nickname(s): Kai
Race: Elezen
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Homosexual
Pronouns: He/Him
Relationship status: Taken - in a relationship with Briarley
Looking for: Friends and old lover(s)
Kai hails from Ishgard with nothing more but his bow and quiver, his love for botany and baking, and the crest of his family’s name on his back. Never admitting to the baggage he has left behind, he has made quite a home for himself in Gridania where he works at a local flower shop arranging and delivering bouquet assembles. In his spare time he makes baked treats to sell, always servicing with a radiant smile. He has a new life, now. That is more than enough to smile about.
[o]
Name: Charolette
Nickname(s): Charo
Age: 40
Race: Half Hyur, Half Auri - Raen
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Pansexual
Pronouns: She/Her
Looking for: Friends, patients and lovers
A nomadic doctor that practices the art of holistic, aetheric healing and single mother of twins, Charolette makes her living tending to patients of need, often traveling to their whereabouts if they are unable to.
[o]
Name: Ashwin Kisser
Nickname(s): Prefers “Spencer” more than anything
Age: 29
Race: Hyur
Gender: Genderfluid
Sexuality: Spencer doesn't care about labels! Attraction is attraction, no matter who you are; if he fancies you, you will know. To Ash, labels in this regard is restricting himself. But if he had to pick one, he supposes Pan would fit. Maybe. Pronouns: he/her/she/his
Relationship status: single
Looking for: Rivals, friends, enemies, lovers
Spencer enjoys working in his family-owned boutique in Ul’dah inherited to him after the tragic passing of his immediate family members. On the outside, it is a simple boutique that specializes in personal tailoring. Beneath the veil, it is nothing more but a crime-ran business that also offers quite the fine collection of various firearms and other weaponry for underbelly dwellers.
[o]
Name: Kokiki Koki
Nickname(s): Kiki
Age: late twenties to early thirties
Race: Lalafell
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Greysexual/ Demiromantic
Pronouns: she/her
Relationship status: single
Looking for: Rivals, friends, enemies
When you see Spencer, you will always see Kiki tailing not too far behind him. Kiki is Spencer’s proud assistant that stays on top of her knowledge concerning the in’s and out’s of fashion trends to help feed Spencer’s whirling creativity for the pieces he makes.
#ocs#ffxiv rp#my babies finally have debut#please treat them kindly#( ; v ; )#every one will get an aesthetic sideblog at some point
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The Watch-A-Thon of Rassilon: Episode 109: Shada (The Great Jink Squabble)
New Post has been published on https://esonetwork.com/the-watch-a-thon-of-rassilon-episode-109-shada-the-great-jink-squabble/
The Watch-A-Thon of Rassilon: Episode 109: Shada (The Great Jink Squabble)
http://traffic.libsyn.com/watchathon/rassilon109shada.mp3
Joe and Toni are joined by Ben Paddon to discuss gravestone goofs, Good Place Babies, and angry hover orbs in the Classic-ish Doctor Who serial Shada.
This episode is brought to you by Friend of Rassilon, Matt Golden. If you’re interested in being a Friend of Rassilon, click here.
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#ben paddon#chronotis#classic Doctor Who#classic who#david briarley#Doctor Who#Douglas Adams#Fourth Doctor#k9#krarg#lalla ward#romana#Shada#skagra#Tom Baker
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Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to me! Today is my birthday, and as a birthday treat, I’ve been posting a three-part Honeytrap extra over on my Patreon, free and open to the public.
Cocktail Party, Part One
Cocktail Party, Part Two
Part Three to be posted tomorrow!
Also, Honeytrap is on sale at $2.99 till tomorrow! (Briarley and A Garter as a Lesser Gift are also part of my annual birthday sale.) Get it while it’s hot!
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Brittany S Pierce
Send me a Glee character and I’ll tell you my top 2 endgame ships, my top 3 friendships, and my top 3 crackships!
Top 2 Endgame Ships
Anyone who knows me knows I could only ever see her being endgame with Santana. She would never love anyone the way she loves Santana.
Top 3 Friendships
Brittina, Sugar and Brittany, Briarley - and Pieberry or Bike because I can't choose just three for her. Have a soft spot for Kurttany too if we overlook his interrupting her engagement. Unfortunately her friendships never got explored much onscreen, which is a problem for all Glee characters but they strongly hinted that she was friends with Sugar, Tina, and Marley.
Top 3 Crackships
Truthfully I don't really ship Brittany with anyone else in canon. Not because she isn't shippable but they never really gave her boyfriends she was compatible with (Artie was... okay at best but it was no deep love between them, Br*m was just a complete joke) and I can't really multiship her because I can only see her being truly in love with Santana.
It's easier to make up OCs to ship her with (but again I don't want to because Santana is the love of her life). If I had to crackship her with anyone, maybe Jake (He's very similar in attitude to Santana and he was the only valid season 4 newbie aside from Marley - also shallow but he's a great dancer and they look good together) or Matt. Maybe Matt might be too passive for her though but at least it would be a better option than Br*am.
#Thanks!#you're the best#Brittany S. Pierce#Brittana#anti-bram#lol bram#Brittany Pierce#Glee ask game
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Eyes? Happy? Smile? Fall? Rain? 👀 (i stg if at least one of those isn’t right)
eyes
- Penelope shut her eyes, but her mind was still racing.
- “Oh, that is very good.” Felicity’s eyes, oddly, were trained on the bed.
smile
- When they broke apart, they exchanged giddy smiles, he promised he’d call upon her mother with his mother later in the day (for what, Penelope was not sure, but her heart was soaring and she didn’t think to question his words), and she slipped inside.
- But Felicity smiled so sweetly that it was difficult to refuse her.
- “But, you know, Briarley knocks so loudly, and it was late, so I insisted I’d bring it up myself,” a cheeky smile grew on the younger Featherington’s face.
- She smiled to herself. In love.
- “I had gathered,” Felicity smiled. The notion seemed utterly romantic to her. She pat her sister on the forearm. “Tell me more.”
#thatssofiya#i..................................... have to open a thesaurus and look up 'smile' omg#thank you for sending!! 💗#wip ask
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M/M romance novel recs
The last time I meant to do this I wound up procrastinating for, uh, approximately eleven months because I got fixated on Doing It Right, so... here are an arbitrary number of recommendations for books chosen unsystematically from things I’ve read in the last year or so, that aren’t as detailed or thoughtful as the books probably deserve, because the perfect is the enemy of the good and all that.
All of these are M/M, with a range of gay/bi/pan character identities.
Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch - YOU GUYS I LOVE THIS ONE SO MUCH. I don’t think I’ve actually read the text version of it yet but I’ve listened to the audiobook narrated by Joel Leslie (available through Hoopla!) twice and this book is! so!! great!! It’s set just after the Great Exhibition of 1851--working magician John Blake helped secure the structure of the Crystal Palace, and Thornby, who is mysteriously trapped on his father’s estate in Yorkshire, is livid at having missed the whole thing. Also oh my god this one goes HARD on the hurt/comfort, like I think there is swooning-from-injuries and being-cradled-in-the-other’s-arms in Chapter Two. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
How to Howl at the Moon by Eli Easton - This is the first book in a series based on the premise that dogs who are sufficiently loved by a human, who then are left behind when their beloved human dies, can become Quickened--sentient, and able to shift into human form. So brace yourself to cry about sad dogs but on the bright side NONE OF THE DOGS DIE, JUST HUMANS. Now if you think this premise through for a minute you will realize that this could lead to some super hinky situations, because an adult dog, shifting into an adult human, is like... as little as three years old? and brand-new as a human? So you will be glad to know that this first book introduces you to the whole idea with the least-hinky possible version of the story: Tim is a human who comes to live in a town of Quickened, and Lance, the local sheriff and also a border collie shifter, is a third-generation Quickened, so he has grown up in a totally linear fashion. Books 2 through 4 then proceed to explore progressively more, uh, delicate permutations of the idea, but they are all great I swear.
The Werewolf’s Fae Mate & The Broken Faewolf’s Mate by Liv Rider - I read the second book of these first, because I could not resist the premise of a werewolf who’s been stuck as a wolf since childhood suddenly shifting back to human when he meets his true love (who has werewolf blood but is determined never to lose control and shift into wolf form). Both books are delightful and do werewolves without the whole a/b/o situation, building a whole rivalry between fae and shifters.
How to Bang a Billionaire (trilogy) by Alexis Hall - This is very much like 50 Shades of Gray but a) good and b) gay and c) Arden has a much better instinct for self-preservation than Ana and is willing to say “um you’re treating me like shit and I don’t care about your money more than I care about my own happiness, so I’m out.” Also the kinky sex is something they work up to over time, because of reasons. Lots of delightful secondary characters and a really lovely development of their whole relationship.
Briarley by Aster Glenn Grey (aka @ospreyarcher) - A Beauty and the Beast fixit set during World War II, where the country parson trespasses on the beast’s manor and then, when the Beast demands that he exchange his daughter for his freedom, says, “Uh, no, I’m not going to do that to my daughter, you lunatic, and also she has important war work to do” and stays put and makes the Beast adopt a disabled dog in order to learn what love is. And also the Beast is a fucking dragon and it’s great.
Seven Summer Nights by Harper Fox - Set just after World War II, with both heroes coping, with varying degrees of success, with their combat traumas. Rufus is an archaeologist and a war hero, but he’s missing the memory of the events that left him with his scars and medals, and attacks a colleague on a dig during a flashback. Archie is a small town vicar who’s lost his faith but still believes in looking after his people--and his church, which seems to have a really unusual history. Rufus is sent to Droyton Parva to investigate the archaeology of the church and to hide from his ruined career, and he and Archie run headfirst into some of the last remnants of magic in a mostly-mundane world. Amazing supporting cast of women (and one trans guy who gets a great happy ending although bits of it were... not written in a 21st century way which makes sense for characters in 1946 but, you know, it might be jarring. Also, content warning for offscreen death of an infant.) Mostly this is a story about finding, and creating, and protecting, the spaces where you can be who you are with the person or people you love, and, you know, also some weird magic? It’s great.
(Also I am just permanently recommending that you go read everything by KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, and Keira Andrews, I have not gone wrong with them yet.)
Anyway, if there’s a particular kind of book you’re looking for, ask and I’ll see what I can come up with! And if you have if-you-liked-x-you-should-read-y suggestions related to the above, I’d love to hear about them!
[Cross-posted to my blog at dessalux.com]
#book recs#romance novels#lee welch#liv rider#harper fox#aster glenn gray#eli easton#alexis hall#gay romance#queer romance#historical romance#historical fantasy romance#paranormal romance#one random contemporary romance because sometimes I read those if they're kinky
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