#Quintana of charyn

[her-wind-cleaver]

Queen of Lumatere

#the lumatere chronicles #isaboe #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn #lumatere #melina marchetta

[a-crack-in-the-universe]

I’m rereading Quintana of Charyn at the moment and I’m so emotional at how much Gargarin loves Froi. 😭

I love Gargarin and Froi’s relationship so much. ❤️

#Quintana of Charyn #Froi #Gargarin of Abroi #the lumatere chronicles

[provincara]

Froi downing his Respect Women Juice™ every morning

#inspired by his tattoos #Dafar “these women own me and I want that permanently etched onto my skin” of Abroi #yes i shittily drew this in an online sketchpad #i had a vision ok #fanart #(if i may be so bold) #lumatere chronicles #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn #froi #quintana #lirah #isaboe #melina marchetta

[muchadorks]

#melina marchetta #jellicoe road #on the jellicoe road #finnikin of the rock #the lumatere chronicles #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn #saving francesca #the piper's son #the place on dalhousie #looking for alibrandi #tell the truth shame the devil #in my melina marchetta feels again

[darlingiswriting]

-Melina Marchetta, Quintana of Charyn

#bibliophile #book lovers #ya books #book quotes #fantasy #melina marchetta #the lumatere chronicles #love quotes #words #this is my lavender

[soldier-poet-king]

Fran’s 2023 Winter Reads

Been reading a lot more this year (!!!) So turning this into a quarterly thing rather than a yearly one

January

The Red Company Reformed #2: The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul - Victoria Goddard

American Primitive - Mary Oliver

The Adventure Zone Graphic Novel #2: Murder on the Rockport Limited - Carey Pietsch & the McElroys

Through the Woods - Emily Carroll

Magdalene - Marie Howe

Lays of the Hearth Fire #1: The Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard [reread]

Ninth House [reread] & Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo

The Tsar of Love and Techno - Anthony Marra

Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood - Jennifer Traig

February

The Raven Cycle #2: The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater [reread]

Tuyo #2&3: Nikoles & Tarashana - Rachel Neumeier

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon [DNF @ 25%]

The Beautiful #1&2: The Beautiful & The Damned - Renée Ahdieh

The Saint of Steel #1: Paladin's Grace - T Kingfisher

Pilgrim Bell - Kaveh Akbar

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - Stephen Adly Guirgis

V for Vendetta - Alan Moore

Rai-Kirah #1: Transformation - Carol Berg

March

Lumatere Chronicles #1-3: Finnikin of the Rock, Froi of the Exiles, & Quintana of Charyn - Melina Marchetta

The Language of Flowers - Marina Heilmeyer

Crush - Richard Siken

Tuyo #4-6: Keraunani, Suelen, & Tano - Rachel Neumeier

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

Vespertine - Margaret Rogerson

Naruto vol. 1-3 - Masashi Kishimoto

The Lonely City - Olivia Laing [DNF @ 50%]

The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker

#fran reads #as always catch me on goodreads #or on insta as frans.library #(i wish i liked storygraph but i did not like the review format at all im sorry)

[dangermousie]

Finished my Finnikin of the Rock reread. It’s still by far my least favorite of the trilogy and I still just can’t warm up to Evanjalin in it tho I come to like her later (I totally get why she is the way she is - it’s a well-written character -just not my jam.) It’s very well written and I do enjoy it but doesn’t do it for me the way the other two do. But woooo on to book 2, which I adore adore adore!

Btw @aysekira if you do decide to read this trilogy and find yourself blah on book 1 just skim/skip and move on to book 2. You can read book 2 fine without reading book 1. (Book 2/3 are just one long novel but book 1 is not that entwined.) And I promise Froi of the Exiles and Quintana of Charyn are amazing!

#books #the lumatere chronicles

[theawkwardterrier]

Book asks 4, 13, 50, 60.

4. a poetry book that reads like a story

Ooh, I don’t know that I’ve read any poetry books! I do occasionally read novels in verse, but if I come across a poem it tends to be isolated.

13. your favorite romance novel

ᴮᵉᵗ ᴹᵉ. Bet Me. BET ME. It’s Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie!! 😍😍😍 A breezy, bantery, perfectly built, fairytale contemporary (well, as of 2004ish, but it really doesn’t feel dated!) with a fat MC, True Love, and great side characters. Also copious mentions of food - I fell in love with chicken marsala after reading this book when I was a teen!

50. a book that made you cry a LOT 

Oof, I can be a really soft touch sometimes! But I’ll say Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta, because I’ve read it probably ten times and have literally never gotten through it without absolutely weeping. (I swear, if I even start chapter 39, I’m already breaking down a little. “One of Isaboe’s aunts placed the babe in Finnikin’s arms and he pressed a kiss to its brow, a blessing between a father and a son.“ 😭😭😭)

60. a book that you think about at 3am

Probably whatever I’ve read most recently! Otherwise something Melina Marchetta (sorry, this is getting boring, but her writing rhythms are physiological for me at this point) or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which is an extremely formative book for me.

Book it up!

#Leah memes #thanks Jess!

[herasyndlla]

tag nine people you want to get to know better

— tagged by @loisfreakinglane ❤️

favorite color: orange! (and then red and pink)

currently reading: quintana of the charyn, the third book in the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta. it’s sooo good

last series: started watching yellowjackets, not far in yet but i love it

last song: her name reverberates through the hollow heart of the world by griffin mcelroy, been listening to the taz soundtracks while i’ve been reading

last movie: i don’t remember.... i think maybe the batman?

currently working on: hmmmm i have an drawing project i have to start AND a sew project i want to start, but i’ve been so tired from work and recovering from injuries i just haven’t yet. i’m just sooo sleepy all the time.

tagging..... no one lol but if you see this and want to do it, pretend i tagged you lol

[zainsmorgan]

I have finished reading The Lumatere Chronicles -- and I just had to draw these chars headshots for future refs (Part 1)

#anime art style #i loved the lumatere chronicles so freaking much #my heart crashed when i saw so few fanarts of this novel #the lumatere chronicles #lumatere chronicles #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #finnikin #froi #novel fanart #isaboe #evanjalin #quintana #quintana of charyn #book #book fanart #melina marchetta #books #digital fanart #fanart digital #novel #novels #q #fan art #fanart #art #digital artist

[christophernolan]

🥺🥺 so much pain!!

#I 🥺🥺🥺 #the lumatere chronicles #Quintana of charyn #Lucian x Phaedra

[if-one-of-us-falls]

I keep forgetting just how dark the Lumatere Chronicles were but every once in a while i get a flashback. How was this ever marketed as YA?

#don't get me wrong #it's one of my favorite series (though it's been a while since i've read it) and i think the dark parts were handled well #or at list i remember it that way #i read it at age 16-17 #and ok some of the main characters are around these ages but i really think this should be classified as adult fantasy #book 2 had literal r*pe scenes #and the themes at least as much as i remember were not very YA either #especially book 2 and 3 #but the story line of book 1 reminded me a lot of my history class at the time #lumatere chronicles #melina marchetta #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn

[provincara]

Rereading the Lumatere Chronicles and damn so many of the couples in this series had horrible first impressions like???? Finnikin was so pissed when Isaboe joined him and Topher and then even more pissed when he realized she was just as smart as him, Trevanion yelled at Beatriss for being incompetent and then she slapped him in the face when HE was incompetent, Froi called Quintana a whore when he was like 5 feet from her room, pretty sure Perri and Tesadora tried to kill each other at some point?? even more minor couples like August and Abian ("pity the man who shares her bed" sir that would be YOU) and Harker and Jorja ("he hated me for the first five years of our marriage!") And don't even get me started on Lucian and Phaedra

But then they all kind of juxtapose beautifully with Grijio and Florenza's meet-cute at the end of the series, like after all of the horrific things that happened to these people there's some hope for goodness in the future ya know? like finally a good start

#honorable mention to Gargarin and Lirah #like it wasn't bad but it was funny lmao #man starts going off about drainage systems and Lirah's like “i gotta fuck him” #lumatere chronicles #melina marchetta #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn #isaboe #trevanion #beatriss #perri #tesadora #lucian #phaedra #(is there an active fandom for this series) #(if not i will build one from the ground up because i am Feral about these books)

[rufousnmacska]

Taking a quick break from all the Manorian content to recommend this series. I’ve read it a couple of times but it’s been a while so a lot of it feels new this time around. There’s angst, slow burns (Lucian and Phaedra dear lord 🥵), politics, surviving after trauma, squabbling families, and magical curses. Lots of curses.

#the lumatere chronicles #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #Quintana of charyn #melina marchetta #ya fantasy #books #trigger warning #these books contain rape torture and other abuse #but it’s not overly graphic or sensationalized imo

[rumaan]

When is Netflix going to give me my Lumatere Chronicles tv show?! It needs a tv adaptation

#the lumatere chronicles #melina marchetta #finnikin of the rock #froi of the exiles #quintana of charyn

[oz-fictionalanalyses]

Hi! What's the last book you've read? -🌻

"Quintana of Charyn" by Melina Marchetta from The Lumatere Chronicles series.

#the lumatere chronicles #quintana of charyn