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yaworldchallenge · 2 years

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🇫🇯 Fiji

Region: Oceania / Pacific Ocean

The Wild Ones

Author: Nafiza Azad

352 pages, published 2021

Original language: English

Native author? Yes

Age: Teen

Blurb:

We are the Wild Ones, and we will not be silenced.

We are girls who have tasted the worst this world can offer. Our story begins with Paheli, who was once betrayed by her mother, sold to a man in exchange for a favor. When Paheli escaped, she ran headlong into Taraana--a boy with stars in his eyes, a boy as battered as she was. He tossed Paheli a box of stars before disappearing. With the stars, Paheli gained access to the Between, a place of pure magic and mystery. Now, Paheli collects girls like us, and we use our magic to travel the world, helping to save other girls from our pain, our scars.

When Taraana reappears, he asks for our help. Dangerous magical forces are chasing him, and they will destroy him to get his powers. We will do everything to save him--if we can. For if Taraana is no longer safe and free, neither are the Wild Ones. And that is a fate that we refuse to accept. Ever again.

Other reps: #lesbian #transgender #non-binary

Genres: #fantasy, contemporary #magic #friendship

My thoughts:

A super diverse sisterhood story about sexual assault survivors (I think). With magic!

Review to come.

Bookshop.org link | Kindle link

#fiji #ya world challenge #diverse books #lgbtq books #the wild ones #nafiza azad #lesbian #transgender #non-binary #fantasy contemporary #magic #friendship #adventure #oceania #pacific ocean

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kelogsloops · 2 months

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dreamers #brbchasingdreams

prints | tutorials

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sepulcher-of-the-light · 1 month

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Art by Lucas Garcete

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internationalemeteorologie · 1 year

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João Ruas

Eyes. 2018

#joão ruas #art on paper #dark fantasy #art detail #contemporary #brazilian artist #private collection

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bebs-art-gallery · 4 months

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Wasps and Ice Cream

— by silasehrazatyucel

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elixir · 1 year

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Dior, 1998

#fashion #dior #photography #portrait #art #contemporary art #haute couture #haute fashion #christian dior #runway #90s #90s fashion #aesthetic #jewelry #armor #fantasy

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torpublishinggroup · 4 months

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This advertisement is for The Atlas Complex—the heart-shattering finale to the dark academia series that began with Olivie Blake’s NYT bestselling The Atlas Six.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment.

Knowledge Is Carnage

Old alliances fracture as those who remain within the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities. Elsewhere, an unlikely pair from the Society partner up to influence politics on a global stage while the outside world mobilizes to destroy them all. And as for the Society’s Caretaker, Atlas Blakely… He may yet succeed in his world-breaking plan.

Destiny Is a Choice

It all comes down to this: The Society recruits must decide what and who they're willing to betray and destroy for limitless power.

Power Is Taken

#the atlas complex #the atlas six #the atlas paradox #olivie blake #alexene farol follmuth #dark academia #knowledge is carnage #destiny is a choice #power is taken #these books are sexy #reina mori #nico de varona #callum nova #books #new books #contemporary fantasy #booklr

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todayontumblr · 6 months

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Friday, December 1.

Sketchbook.

It is well-established that artists and Tumblr get along just fine. More than just fine, in fact. They are the ying to the other's yang. As day is to night. Sweet to savory. Batman to the Joker, and so forth.

And if there's one thing any artist needs, 'tis a sketchbook. Where ideas can marinate. Where experiments run rampant. Where practice happens before perfection is made. Where studies are quick and creative, and the hand is free.

Run a leisurely eye through the effervescent talent Tumblr's art community has to offer, where all good things start from inside a #sketchbook.

@tinyhorror

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yaworldchallenge · 2 years

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🇺🇸🌺 Hawai’i

Region: Oceania / Pacific Ocean

One Boy, No Water

Author: Lehua Parker

285 pages, published 2016 - Part of a series

Original language: English

Native author? Yes

Age: Middle Grade-Teen

Blurb:

When you're allergic to water, growing up in Hawaii isn't always paradise.

Everybody loves Jay. I love my brother, too. Sometimes I wish I could be him--a surfing star instead of the weird kid allergic to water, the Blalahs' favorite punching bag. But that's not the worst of it.

In the middle of the night, I dream. There's a mysterious girl who lives in a magical place and acts like she knows me better than I know myself. We hide from the Man with Too Many Teeth. Some nights I wake up with my heart pounding and the urge to eat raw meat. It's just a dream, right?

But then I saw him, the Man with Too Many Teeth, walking along the reef at Piko Point.

Not even Jay can protect me now.

One Boy, No Water is Book 1 in the Niuhi Shark Saga trilogy. Told from an indigenous perspective and set in a contemporary Hawaiian world where all the Hawaiian myths and legends are real, the series explores belonging, adoption, being different, bullying, defining family, and learning to turn weaknesses into strengths.

Other reps: #indigenous

Genres: #fantasy, contemporary #mythology #family

My thoughts:

Why is a US state on my country list? Well, technically Hawai’i could be called an occupied kingdom (the US annexed the independent kingdom in violation of international law). But another reason is - because I want to! Several regions and territories that aren’t officially countries will be on my list just because they are interesting.

Review to come.

Bookshop.org link | Kindle link

#hawai'i #hawaii #ya world challenge #pacific islander #books #one boy no water #lehua parker #indigenous #fantasy contemporary #urban fantasy #mythology #family #oceania #pacific ocean #hawaiian mythology

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thefugitivesaint · 1 month

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John Jude Palencar, 'Chasing Fire', ''Spectrum'' 14, 2007 (Cover for Michelle M. Welch's 'Chasing Fire' from 2005) Source

#john jude palencar #american artists #Chasing fire #Michelle M. Welch #fantasy art #book covers #contemporary illustration

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noahhawthorneauthor · 4 months

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"Every indifference to prejudice is suicide because, if I don’t fight all bigotry, bigotry itself will be strengthened and, sooner or later, it will return on me." -Bayard Rustin

*Edit to add that Adiba Jaigirdar is Bangladeshi/Irish, not Black. Apologies !

#noahs book recs #black authors #black history month #black history every day #queer books #indie books #fantasy books #contemporary books #gay books #sapphic books #lgbtqia books

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traegorn · 1 month

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Book update time! Back in January I published my first (non-graphic) novel, The Witch and the Rose (which you can buy here). I made it pretty clear that it was the first book in a series, and that more books would be coming.

And yeah, it's time to reveal that next book.

I'm excited to announce Bloody Damn Rite, the sequel to The Witch and the Rose and second book in the Mia Graves series, will come out June 11th on Kindle and paperback. Additionally, you can pre-order the Kindle eBook version of the book right now and it will be available on your devices immediately on June 11th.

So yeah! If you want some queer contemporary fantasy set in, of all places, an Indiana college town... I got two books for you.

There will be more.

#Mia Graves #The Witch and the Rose #Bloody Damn Rite #contemporary fantasy

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sepulcher-of-the-light · 11 days

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