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The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
Today's sapphic book of the day is The Final Child by Fran Dorricott!
TW for kidnapping and serial killer mentioned in summary
Summary: "A stunning psychological thriller from the author of After the Eclipse, for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne.
Erin and her brother Alex were the last children abducted by 'the Father', a serial killer who only ever took pairs of siblings. She escaped, but her brother was never seen again. Traumatised, Erin couldn't remember anything about her ordeal, and the Father was never caught.
Eighteen years later, Erin has done her best to put the past behind her. But then she meets Harriet. Harriet's young cousins were the Father's first victims and, haunted by their deaths, she is writing a book about the disappearances and is desperate for an interview. At first, Erin wants nothing to do with her. But then she starts receiving sinister gifts, her house is broken into, and she can't shake the feeling that she's being watched. After all these years, Erin believed that the Father was gone, but now she begins to wonder if he was only waiting..."
#lesbian#wlw#books#lgbtq#book recommendations#book recs#sapphic#queer lit#lgbt books#queer#booklr#lgbtqia#lgbt#mystery#thriller#suspense#the final child#fran dorricott
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The Loch Review
Kept me guessing (mostly)
I got a copy of The Loch by Fran Dorricott through Netgalley and I very much enjoyed it. Three friends book a hotel in remote Scotland on the banks of the beautiful but mysterious Loch Aven. They are baffled by the cagey and suspicious denizens of the small town community who think they are true crime tourists come to revel in the still unsolved tragedy of missing girls from 23 years ago. Eleanor, Clio, and Michaela have never even heard of this mystery. However, when Michaela disappears too, Eleanor and Clio must dig up the past to save her.
For the full review of this title, see my Medium page and my website.
#books#booklr#book#book review#books and libraries#book rec#bookstagram#reading#bookworm#thriller#the loch#fran dorricott#netgalley#book reviews#crime fiction#book recommendations#dual timeline#mystery#suspense#murder mystery#psychological thriller#mysteries
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Tagged by @nikita-not-nikola
3 ships: Anne/Max (Black Sails), Harrow/Ianthe (The Locked Tomb), Ruby/Penny (RWBY)
First ever ship: Roxas/Xion (Kingdom Hearts). Baby's first tragedy <3
Last song: Love Like Ghosts by Lord Huron
Last movie: Bottoms (2023)
Currently reading: The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
Currently watching: Black Sails for the fourth time, Our Flag Means Death, Fantasy High (getting ready for Junior Year!)
Currently consuming: Tortilla chips and chili chutney
Currently craving: Some decent fucking buffalo wings
Tagging: @urban-sith, @arianwells, @zodiaciller, @frostryn, @rnanqo, @professorspork, @thefriendlymurderer, @vodkacheesefries, @thewinterbucky
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Do you have any wlw thriller recs?
Sure do!
YA:
The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown
The Things We Don’t See by Savannah Brown
Throwaway Girls by Andrea Contos
Vanished and Avenged by E.E. Cooper – B+
All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick
Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil
People Like Us by Dana Mele – B
A Good Idea by Cristina Moracho – B
Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
Far From You by Tess Sharpe
Sadie by Courtney Summers
*I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers
Adult
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
The Kill Club by Wendy Heard
Temper by Layne Fargo
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
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Sapphic Book Masterlist
Quick Key:
🌻= found on Readanybook for free
🍄= I’ve read and recommend
🥀= on my tbr list
🌈= Send me an ask or direct message with this emoji and the book you want and I can likely find it in digital format for free. Be aware it is less secure than the Readanybook site. Please clarify if you’re using a phone or a laptop/computer. (Not including graphic novels)
Fantasy:
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson 🍄
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho 🍄
Darling by K. Ancrum 🍄
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 🌻
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 🍄
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard 🍄
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska
The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan 🍄
The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 🍄 (it’s a bit overhyped but still very good)
The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho 🌻
The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Vessel of Starfire by Allison Carr Waechter
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Crier's War by Nina Varela
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
Malice by Heather Walter
Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson 🥀
Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro 🥀
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Amy of the Necromancers by Jimena I. Novaro 🥀
Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner 🥀
The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes 🥀
Ghost Walk by Kay Solo 🍄
The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
Graphic Novels:
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill
Historical Fiction:
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters 🌻🥀
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
She Rises by Kate Worsley 🥀
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Re
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
Horror:
Extasia by Claire Legrand
The Final Child by Fran Dorricott 🍄
The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand 🍄
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould
Literary Fiction:
Solo Dance by Li Kotomi 🥀
Mystery:
Far From You by Tess Sharpe
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist 🥀
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Poetry:
Sappho 🍄🌻
Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer
Romance:
First Position by Melissa Brayden 🍄
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar 🥀
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman 🥀
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
Silk & Steel by Janine A. Southard
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite 🥀
The Music and the Mirror by Lola Keeley
The Soft Landing Collection: Sapphic Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories by Jacquelynn Lyon
The War Within by Yolanda Wallace 🍄🌻
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
Sprinkled in the Stars by Violet Morley
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake 🥀
Science Fiction:
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 🍄
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston 🥀
The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz 🥀
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson 🌻🍄
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🍄
Compass Rose (Compass Rose #1) by Anna Burke
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
#booklr#books#bookworm#book recommendations#fantasy#fiction#poetry#science fiction#lgbtq#lgbt#lgbtlove#lesbian#sapphic#sapphic books#bisexual#wlw post#wlw love#dark academia#historical fiction#horror#mystery#graphic novel#romance#vampire#robots#poc rp#disability#bookaddict#long reads#short story
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@panampalmersgf 's end of year sapphic book list
This is every sapphic book I read (and reread) this year
1. Homesick Stories by Nino Cipri
2. Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
3. After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
4. Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
5. Girls of Fate and Fury by Natasha Ngan
6. Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
7. Every Little Piece of My Heart by Non Pratt
8. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
9. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
10. The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante
11. Codename Villanelle by Luke Jennings
12. No Tomorrow by Luke Jennings
13. Die for Me by Luke Jennings
14. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Byron
15. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
16. Huntress by Malinda Lo
17. The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring Blake
18. Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake
19. Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler
20. Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler
21. Wild Things by Karin Kallmaker
22. Ash by Malinda Lo
23. The Other Side of Forestlands Lake by Carolyn Elizabeth
24. Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown
25. Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
26. Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker
27. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
28. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
#presenting these without thoughts/opinions tho i have them#both good and bad#and some of these books i would not rec#all linked to goodreads to save googling them#but yk read reviews with a grain of salt or whatever#wlw books#lgbt books#wlw fiction#lgbt fiction#books#reading list#sapphic books
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pls give me recs for horror romance/thriller romance books where the MC and love interest solve the case together not a whole group of people. It should be personal to them not just a random case.(any pairing) something like The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould and After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott. sorry it's so specific😭 pls help!
the final child by fran dorricott
the dark days club by alison goodman
the ghost bride by yangsze choo
a light amongst shadows by kelley york & rowan altwood
the widow of rose house by diana biller
the astrologer's daughter by rebecca lim
a memory called empire by arkady martine
down comes the night by allison saft
the red palace by june hur
lady darby mysteries by anna lee huber
proper english by kj charles
will darling adventures by kj charles
the conductors by nicole glover
a lady's guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins
point of hopes by melissa scott
love and let spy by susanna craig
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The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
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Book Review - The Final Child by Fran Dorricott
Another Monday night before a book release, another ARC review I'm hurriedly trying to get in. And for once, I’d actually finished reading it a few weeks ago, AND I liked it.
There’s honestly not much for me to say about this book. If you read the summary (basically: pairs of siblings were being kidnapped by a serial killer until one child escaped and now years later the survivor feels it isn’t all over), you kind of know if you want to read it or not. Unlike the books I mostly post about, it’s a straight up mystery thriller, no supernatural aspects. It does have main character f/f, though, that’s pretty consistent.
The writing is definitely passable. I don’t really notice it much, which is, I think, a sign it’s doing its job. It’s atmospheric and I would often read a chapter or two late at night before sleeping, which is probably the worst time to read it (or the best, depending?), because it’s all about shadows lengthening and seeming to move and then I’d nervously look around.
I’ve read a previous book by this author, similar in genre (and f/f), After the Eclipse, and it made me sob. It also had a missing child and I just cried through the ending after a certain reveal. I was kind of afraid, given the subject matter, I’d hit the same thing with this, but it wasn’t as upsetting in that same way. If I had a quibble, it’d be that the ending was maybe a bit anticlimactic? It seemed pretty guessable at a certain point, maybe intentionally so.
The other complaint I had was that the perspective changes happened very often and suddenly, it was a bit jarring. But ultimately, I enjoyed the read. It was pretty quick and easy. It comes out, a little while ago, I guess, on September 7th.
#books#the final child#fran dorricott#netgalley#femslash related stuff#keep in mind the expected trigger warnings considering the plot
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The Final Child
The Final Child- 4 stars
By- Fran Dorricott
Eighteen years ago Erin and her brother, Alex, were abducted by 'the Father', a serial killer who wreaked havoc throughout England taking pairs of siblings from their homes in the night. Erin escaped, but her brother did not. Erin has moved on as best she can and has no memories of her time with the Father. She meets Harriet, a writer whose cousins were the Father's first victims. Harriet is writing a book about the victims and is following a lead that might prove there were victims before her cousins. Erin is not interested in talking to Harriet until strange things start to happen...weird gifts, a break in...maybe she does need Harriet's help to put the past behind her for good.
I really enjoyed this book. The backstory surrounding the Father was interesting and terribly creepy. The characters of Erin and Harriet were fully developed and diving into their minds was fascinating. The book was well written and well paced. Every time I thought I figured out what happening there was another layer added to the story that kept me guessing. I'm not sure if the love story element was necessary...it didn't really add much to the story. Overall I thought this was a great read and I would recommend to a thriller lover.
I was given this book in exchange for my honest opinion. Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Books for this ARC.
#2ifbyseabrook book review#book review#NetGalley#net galley#the final child#fran dorricott#titan books
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Top Ten Tuesday | Thank You for the Music
Top Ten Tuesday | Thank You for the Music
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!
This week’s theme is a thankful freebie! We don’t have Thanksgiving here in the UK, so I’ve twisted the topic a little this week to do another round of pairing books with songs which…
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#after the eclipse#alice cooper#BIIANCO#book blog#book blogger#books#carlos rivera#casey mcquiston#cher#eleni foureira#evanescence#fantasy#fran dorricott#gods of jade and shadow#grace draven#grey sister#grimdark#grimdark fantasy#heidi heilig#high fantasy#historical fiction#holly black#horror#imagine dragons#josh malerman#leigh bardugo#mark lawrence#music#phoenix unbound#reading
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After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls.
Sixteen years ago a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie - who has returned to her home town to care for her ailing grandmother - suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.
Genres: mystery, thriller, contemporary, romance
Get the book from The Book Depository here!
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Reads Rainbow Book Recs: Mysteries
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The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott
Far From You by Tess Sharpe
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Most Anticipated LGBTQA Adult Fiction: July-December 2021
Most Anticipated LGBTQA Adult Fiction: July-December 2021
Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. Austin (July 6th)
Gilda, a twenty-something, atheist, animal-loving lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a…
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#A Psalm for the Wild-Built#A Very Nice Box#Afterparties#Alison Cochrun#All Are Welcome#Among Thieves#Annabeth Albert#Anthony Veasna So#Becky Chambers#Benji Carr#Bolla#Child in the Valley#Emily R. Austin#Eve Gleichman#Everyone in This Room WIll Someday Be Dead#For the Love of April French#Fran Dorricott#Gordy Sauer#I Kissed a Girl#Impacted#Jeanne Thornton#Jennet Alexander#Laura Blackett#Lee Mandelo#liz parker#M.J. Kuhn#May Peterson#Neel Patel#Out of Character#Penny Aimes
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i haven’t done any book blogging™ in a while so here’s some books i read recently:
(included links to goodreads summaries so i dont have to struggle through summarizing plots myself and i can just give u Thoughts. ALSO does anyone remember the alternative to goodreads that was circulating around a while back? i didnt bookmark it at the time which was foolish of me)
- i finished the obelisk gate by nk jemisin which i’ve already talked about a few times. its good, its really really good but this is also the one that made me cry like REALLY made me cry towards the end bc GOD the main character just can’t catch a break. that being said i cannot recommend this trilogy enough. i love this fully realized science fantasy world & mythos and its magic(?) systems. and theres just smth i love so much about jemisin’s writing; its very grounded & fittingly cynical but she’s also good at getting across the vibe of grand larger powers. if that makes any sense. anyway its brutal but great and im diving right into the third book excited for the final showdown
- but before that i spent a weekend with meet cute club by jack harbon which is a very straightforward gay romcom--not in a bad way; it’s well-written and the characters are very likable, it’s just that u know what you’re getting. which, again, not a bad thing. the main character is a fan of romance novels so sometimes its almost self-aware which i thought was kinda cute. both characters had different “learning how to love” issues so rly their only obstacles were themselves. i normally don’t like Grand Romantic Gestures but i was okay with this one; it fit with the story and it was like, still an apology but also smth beneficial for the recipient outside of just fixing their relationship. anyway idk if that makes sense either but it was a good time
also rereading the raven boys for nostalgic comfort. no fresh new 24-year-old-me thoughts on it yet, just pure indulgence. all out queer anthology is on the backburner for now; i’ll finish it eventually but i don’t think i really vibed with it
next reads are probably will do magic for small change by andrea hairston and after the eclipse by fran dorricott
#pq vs books#im not a book blog but i will subject u to these posts anyway#im too lazy to make & maintain a separate blog even though i should ahsjkfhsd
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hello! I would be very thankful if you could recommend slme books that are similar to The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle! if you can't, that's fine don't worry about it! hope you have a nice day or night!
Hello! Unfortunately, not many of our members have read that book or know of similar ones. Here are a few books we came up with that may have loosely similar elements.
After the Eclipse by Fran Dorricott (Josie)
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (Caroline & Alex)
Life After Life (Todd Family #1) by Kate Atkinson (Caroline)
Meet Me in Monaco by Haze Gaynor & Heather Webb (Nickie)
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
The Glass Ocean by by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, & Karen White
The Magnificent Esme Wells by Adrienne Sharp
The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
If you are interested in general mystery thriller recs we’ve given in the past, check out this tag! Have a nice day/night 😊
- Alex
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