#Lee Mandelo

[weltonboys]

i don’t know why i bite

unknown / tusk - fleetwood mac / gods country - ethel cain / foreword to homer’s odyssey - emily wilson / isles of dogs (2018) / summer sons - lee mandelo / the dream thieves - maggie steifvater/ bite the hand - boygenius

#mine #web weaving #dog motif #fleetwood mac #tusk #isle of dogs #summer sons #the dream thieves #the raven cycle #ethel caín #boygenuis #lee mandelo #words words words #dark academia #ronan lynch #gansey #richard campbell gansey iii #andrew blur

[squash1]

ok book club <3 what are we reading that’s actually good and would maybe fill the trc shaped hole in my soul???? and don’t say reread. unless you say reread the dreamer trilogy because i’m so close to giving into the urge.

please. please. give me your suggestions.

as a frame of reference here are non-trc books i love & would recommend (different content, same soul):

watch over me by nina lacour

in memoriam by alice winn

under the whispering door by tj klune

these violent delights by micah nemerever

the anthropocene reviewed by john green

summer sons by lee mandelo

a tale for the time being by ruth ozeki

i need an actual book club but tumblr took away my group chats :(

anyway love you please give me suggestions!!!!!

#i am also not really a fantasy person #BUT i like magical realism (i just don’t like the whole world building thing personally) #thank you #and maybe let’s all be best friends and read books together #trc #bookblr #book recommendations #book recs #the raven cycle #the dreamer trilogy #maggie stiefvater #nina lacour #alice winn #in memoriam #under the whispering door #these violent delights #micah nemerever #the anthropocene reviewed #summer sons #lee mandelo #a tale for the time being #ruth ozeki

[andruwminyrd]

books read in 2023. summer sons by lee mandelo.

i don't wanna share not even with a dead man.

#litedit #dailylit #summer sons #summersonsedit #lee mandelo #* #*edit #books2023

[lgbtqreads]

Happy (Upcoming) Trans Day of Visibility 2024!

March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, and we’re celebrating as we do by highlighting a whole bunch of wonderful trans books! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts.  Books to Read Now Middle Grade Magical Princess Harriet by Leiah Moser “To put it simply, Harris Baumgartner was late to school on the first day of the seventh grade because something he saw in the abandoned lot at the…

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#TDOV #Cass Donish #Crystal Frazier #Gabe Cole Novoa #Izzy Wasserstein #Just Happy to Be Here #Katherine Packert Burke #Kelly Caldwell #KT Hoffman #Lee Mandelo #Lilah Sturges #Lily Seabrooke #Lucy Uncensored #Mel Hammond #Most Ardently #Naomi Kanakia #Nico Lang #Ray Stoeve #Talia Bhatt #The Prospects #The Summer Love Strategy #These Fragile Graces This Fugitive Heart #Trans Day of Visibility #Trans Romance #Transfem #Transgender #translit #Transmasc

[foxesjostens]

twin sized mattress - the front bottoms / summer sons - lee mandelo

#mine #summer sons #lee mandelo #eddie fulton #andrew blur #twin sized mattress #the front bottoms #web weaving

[cakegatedisaster]

Reread Summer Sons today and I just.

The inherent tragedy in realizing that someone loved you more than anything else only after they're gone?

The realization that you loved them back and were just too stupid to see it?

Holding on and refusing to let go because you're trying to make up for everything you missed when it was all right in front of you??

Finally seeing a better way and letting go?

While feeling like you're betraying the love of your life just by daring to be happy in a world without them????

Lee Mandelo who hurt you. I want to hurt you. Do you see you hurt me??????

#Summer sons #lee mandelo #Andrew blur #sam halse

[desdasiwrites]

– Lee Mandelo, Summer Sons

#book quote of the day #lee mandelo #summer sons #horror books #ya #lgbtqia+ literature #southern gothic #dark academia #achillean romance #queer horror #andrew blur #sam halse #book quotes

[transbookoftheday]

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia

Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him—but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares.

Something ugly festers within the local congregation, and its malice has focused on a young person they insist is an unruly tomboy who must be brought to heel. Violence is bubbling when Leslie arrives, ready to spill over, and he'll have to act fast if he intends to be of use. But the hills enfolding Spar Creek have a mind of their own, and the woods are haunted in ways Leslie does not understand.

The Woods All Black is a story of passion, prejudice, and power — an Appalachian period piece that explores reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, the terrors of small-town religiosity, and the necessity of fighting tooth and claw to live as who you truly are.

#the woods all black #lee mandelo #transmasc #trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr

[funsizedshark]

you'll never get a second chance plan all your moves in advance stay dead, stay dead, stay dead stay dead and out of this world

(read summer sons by lee mandelo. non-gif version under the cut)

#summer sons #summer sons 2021 #summer sons by lee mandelo #IM OBSESSEDDDD OBSESSED I TELL YOU #my stuff #my art #captain's log #eye strain cw #lee mandelo

[phaedraismyusername]

It's September and we're in a heatwave so instead of choosing violence here's some oppressive summer gothics to match the abysmal autumn vibes

The criteria - they have to be hot and humid, they have to be gothic in nature, dark in content, and they have to at least flirt with the paranormal

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

This follows Andrew as he moves to a college across the country to step into his dead best friend Eddie's old life as he desperately tries to prove that he must've been murdered. Haunted, both figuratively and literally, angry and grieving, Andrew sets off on a path that leads him to question everything he ever thought he knew about himself and their history together as he fights to accept who he is, who Eddie was, and maybe tries to learn how to live without him. Fast-paced, dark, and super gay.

Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy

After the death of her little sister, teenager Nif and her family move to rural Wales for the summer in an attempt to escape their grief. Set in the 1970s during a heatwave the isolation and oppressive weather quickly start to take their toll. With an emotionally absent mother, a father with a wandering eye and a needy younger brother, Nif becomes convinced she's stumbled across her own kind of magic, before catching the attention of the strange boy across the street. Think Shirley Jackson, definitely not YA.

Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain

Now, this is YA. We follow 17 year old Grey as she returns back to her tiny hometown in the Louisiana Bayou for the summer 6 months after her best friends mysterious disappearance. In a town that claims to be the 'psychic capitol of the world', someone must know something, right? Full of secrets, lies, and a boy who steps out of the forest with storm-bright eyes, this was a quick and twisty atmospheric read.

The Hacienda by Isabel Canas

When political upheaval gets her father executed and his family is left in shame and destitution, Beatriz decides she'll do whatever it takes to find security in her life again. When a handsome Don proposes, Beatriz jumps at the chance to accept and move out to his countryside estate with big plans for the future, but it doesn't take long before she's spending her nights terrorised by a mysterious entity inside her new home, forcing her to seek help from the strangest of places. The imagery is creepy, the tone is tense, there's a hot priest, what more do you want?

Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell

Probably the darkest book on this list, and definitely the oldest. When a young girl is brutally murdered within sight of her home, it starts a chain of events that will see a family destroyed, secrets and lies exposed, and a vengeful creature that looks almost human to rise from the river as the town that surrounds it starts to crumble. The people are unlikeable, the book is old, the content is Dark - you've been warned.

Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Also YA but this time for the bisexuals. Shady Grove can call ghosts from the grave with her music, just like her daddy could, but everyone knows that only trouble comes from playing for the dead. When her brother is accused of murder, Shady decides to embrace her birthright and use any power she can to clear his name. It's sweet, it's sad, it's lyrical, and there's a little bi love triangle sprinkled in to sweeten the sorrows. It's also a debut!

#book recs #summer gothic #september heatwaves for the L #summer sons #lee mandelo #water shall refuse them #lucy mcknight hardy #dark and shallow lies #ginny myers sain #the hacienda #isabel canas #cold moon over babylon #michael mcdowell #ghost wood song #erica waters #booklr #ya #horror #gothic #southern gothic #seriously tho #if youre at all sensitive to darker themes and topics #i highly recommend googling content warnings and triggers #cos ya know #theres a lot lol

[weltonboys]

what is a ghost?

ghost eaters - clay mcleod chapman / stranger in the alps (2017) / war of the foxes - richard siken / summer sons - lee mandelo / yellowjackets (2021) / right where you left me - taylor swift / ghost eaters - clay mcleod chapman / ghost (1990) / haunting of hill house (2018)

#mine #ghost eaters #clay mcleod chapman #stranger in the alps #phoebe bridgers #summer sons #lee mandelo #richard siken #war of the foxes #haunting of hill house #yellowjackets #taylor swift #web weaving #words words words #poetry #ghost #ghost 1990

[cryinglookingatsoulages]

summer sons// eddie fulton

every moment of his life that followed would take him further from Eddie.

lord huron - love like ghosts

#summer sons #no one likes my summer sons posts BUT IT WONT STOP ME FROM MAKING THEM #eddie fulton #he was a mess #but i love me some mess #lee mandelo #andrew blur #soulagesreads #southern gothic #books #dark academia #sam halse

[sonnetsnerdstuff]

"Andrew had to accept that he was going to take that maybe to his grave."

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#summer sons #lee mandelo #summer sons moodboard #dark fantasy #book moodboard #pale aesthetic #eddie x andrew #dark pale #mlxml

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Queer Dark Academia

For even more recs for dark academia fans, check out this post of Queer YA for Dark Academia Lovers. (Shopping links are affiliate; using them earns a small percentage of income for the site.) Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven (Bks) All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters (Bks) Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (Bks) The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton (Bks) These Violent Delights by…

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#All That Consumes Us #An Education in Malice #Dark Academia #Derek Milman #Erica Waters #Laura Steven #Lee Mandelo #Micah Nemerever #S.T. Gibson #Society for Soulless Girls #Summer Sons #Tara Isabella Burton #The World Cannot Give #These Violent Delights

[foxesjostens]

yellowjackets (2021-) / summer sons - lee mandelo

#mine #yellowjackets #yj #jackie taylor #shauna sadecki #shaunajackie #summer sons #lee mandelo #lgbt #web weaving #yellowjackets season 1

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Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt. Six months later, only days before Andrew was to join him in Nashville, Eddie dies of an apparent suicide. He leaves Andrew a horrible inheritance: a roommate he doesn’t know, friends he never asked for, and a gruesome phantom with bleeding wrists that mutters of revenge. As Andrew searches for the truth of Eddie’s death, he uncovers the lies and secrets left behind by the person he trusted most, discovering a family history soaked in blood and death. Whirling between the backstabbing academic world where Eddie spent his days and the circle of hot boys, fast cars, and hard drugs that ruled Eddie’s nights, the walls Andrew has built against the world begin to crumble, letting in the phantom that hungers for him.

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