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queer-book-character-tournament · 1 year

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Book names + authors under the cut

Shang Qinghua/Mobei-Jun- The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System/ Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Aurelia “Lia”/Xania Bayonn- Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Magnus Chase/Alex Fierro- Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan

Linnéa Wallin/Vanessa Dahl- The Circle (The Engelsfors Trilogy) by Sara B. Elfgren & Mats Strandberg

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shxpeshifterr · 4 months

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#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #queen of coin and whispers #Helen Corcoran

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gealach-in-a-misty-world · 4 months

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When teenage queen Lia inherits her corrupt uncle’s bankrupt kingdom, she brings a new spymaster into the fold … Xania, who takes the job to avenge her murdered father. Faced with dangerous plots and hidden enemies, can Lia and Xania learn to rely on each another, as they discover that all is not fair in love and treason? In a world where the throne means both power and duty, they must decide what to sacrifice for their country – and for each other.

"Fierce as a bloodied blade". Helen Corcoran's Queen of Coin and Whispers is a sapphic YA fantasy with an intriguing premise; the dual narration allows us to follow both the idealistic monarch and her spymaster as they navigate threats, ruling, and their feelings for each other. Lia and Xania are young and untested and ultimately, their youth is too off-putting in the context of what they manage to do. We are supposed to believe that a mostly untrained seventeen-years-old is able to create her own web of spies, even in foreign countries, over the course of a few months.

The court intrigue is handled better, with believable threats and interesting characters and twists in the development that inject life into the narration; but some scenes seem disconnected, and one finds oneself confused as to the reasoning of the characters in some cases. In some instances, the development is left to throwaway paragraphs that aim to bring readers up to speed, but they're wholly confusing.

The relationship between the main characters is the highlight of the book, with its delicate new state and the problems that come when you put love and duty together, when you put an idealistic person through the realities of ruling. The conflict feels believable, and it's handled maturely.

The final third, while fascinating with its sudden change of pace, scope, and general atmosphere, was terribly rushed and, most importantly, left a pretty big development to the other main character's POV; perhaps it would have benefitted from being handled more respectfully, instead of just being fuel for angst that is handled mostly offscreen.

Queen of Coin and Whispers is a solid adventure for readers on the younger side.

✨ 3.5 stars

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📚📚📚 IF YOU LOVE THIS, YOU MIGHT LIKE:

* The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon

for: fealty, difficult decisions

[You can find more of my reviews about queer speculative fiction on my blog MISTY WORLD]

#helen corcoran #queen of coin and whispers #lgbtq books #queer lit #queer books #queer #sff #sff books #queer sff #books #book reviews #reading #gealach reads #gealach writes

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drastrochris · 6 months

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Queen of Coin and Whispers: Hey, remember how much of a jerk I was to Lia? Me: Yeah. Kind of fucking sucked, tbh. Daughter of Winter and Twilight: Guess what, bestie? Me: Oh. Oh, fuck you. The two books: Ha ha ha ha ha!

#queen of coin and whispers #daughter of winter and twilight #I mean they're both fantastic stories #but these characters need a break #helen corcoran #still not oleander sword level of #You need to fix this

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paragraphs-and-pages · 1 year

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#book #book review #fantasy #helen corcoran #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtq+#lgbtqia #queen of coin and whispers #queer #romance #sapphic #stand-alone #YA #young adult

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gothicnet · 1 year

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Gothic.net posted Panel of Experts: Do you feel it is better for a book or story to be classified as horror or mystery or literature? by Lilibeth

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the-bi-library · 8 months

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HAPPY BI VISIBILITY MONTH!!! 🩷💜💙

I wish all bi folks a very pleasant bi month!

Here are bi books of September!

Books listed:

💕 This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin 💕 In the Ring by Sierra Isley 💕 Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson 💕 The Darkest Stars (The Broken Stars #2) by Kristy Gardner 💕Daughter of Winter and Twilight (Queen of Coin and Whispers #2) by Helen Corcoran 💕 Time to Shine by Rachel Reid 💕 Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson 💕 Fly with Me by Andie Burke 💕 Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni 💕 A Crown So Cursed (Nightmare-Verse, #3) by L.L. McKinney 💕 This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) by Kalyn Josephson 💕 Providence Girls by Morgan Dante 💕 Wolf, Willow, Witch (The Gideon Testaments #2) by Freydís Moon 💕 What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell 💕 Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz 💕 Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones 💕You, Again by Kate Goldbeck 💕 Double Exposure: A F/NBi Enemies to Lovers Romantic Suspense by Rien Gray 💕 The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe 💕 Cover Story by Valerie Gomez 💕 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 💕 The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu 💕 Better Left Unsaid by Tufayel Ahmed 💕 Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine 💕 A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor 💕 Salt Kiss (Lyonesse, #1) by Sierra Simone 💕 The Amazing Alpha Tau Boyfriend Project (Alpha Tau, #1) by Lisa Henry

Make sure to check the TWs for all books if necessary 💕

Here is the goodreads list of these books

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jeremy-knox · 1 year

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2023 books with a-spec characters

i made a list like this one for both 2021 and 2022 during ace week and people seemed to like those posts, so I’m back with a 2023 version! some of these books already have covers and synopses, while some only have a short deal announcement, but I’ve listed the specific rep for the books i could find it for. if you have any additions, feel free to add onto the post. i will update it when i find new releases. i acknowledge that most of the representation listed here is ace spectrum only, but there are a handful of aro-spec characters as well. happy last day of ace week!

a song of salvation by alechia dow (ya scifi, demi mc)

being ace edited by madeline dyer (ya anthology, ace-spec mcs)

bleeding heart by brittany m. willows (ya fantasy, grey-ace mc, demi-aro/demi-ace mc, aro bi mc, sequel to bloody spade)

daughter of wind and twilight by helen corcoran (ya fantasy, wlw demi mc, sequel to queen of coin and whispers)

ethera grave by essa hansen (adult scifi, ace-spec mc, book 3 in a trilogy)

he who drowned the world by shelley parker-chan (adult historical fantasy, sapphic genderqueer ace-spec mc, sequel to she who became the sun)

here goes nothing by emma k. ohland (ya contemporary, wlw ace mc)

how to sell your blood and fall in love by d.n. bryn (mlm grey-ace mc, adult paranormal romance)

just lizzie by karen wilfrid (mg contemporary, ace mc)

love letters for joy by melissa see (ya contemporary, pan ace mc)

planning perfect by haley neil (ya contemporary, ace mc)

reel love by nilah magruder (mg contemporary, ace mc)

spark of magic by hailey gonzales (ya fantasy, aro bi mc)

the midnight kingdom by tara sim (adult fantasy, ace mc, sequel to the city of dusk)

this dark descent by kalyn josephson (ya fantasy, aroace mc)

two can play at that game by leanne yong (ya contemporary, demi mc)

wren martin ruins it all by amanda dewitt (ya contemporary, mlm ace mc)

you don’t have a shot by racquel marie (ya contemporary, wlw ace mc)

#aceweek #ace week #ace books #book recs #asexual #asexuality #mine: book recs #lgbtq books

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lgbtqreads · 8 months

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sapphic royalty trope books? i've read "her royal highness", open to all genres!

I gotchu:

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

Noble Falling by Sara Gaines

The Queen of Ieflaria by Effie Calvin

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Malice by Heather Walter

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 7 months

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💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out September 2023 💖💜💙

🦇 September is #BisexualityVisibilityAwarenessMonth! We also have Bisexual Awareness Week between September 16 and 23, and Bisexuality Day on September 23! This is the month to celebrate bisexual people, the community, and (of COURSE), bisexual books! Here are a few coming out this month you can add to your TBR!

💙 Fly With Me by Andie Burke @andiewritesandreads 💜 This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin @tamartinauthor 💖 You, Again by Kate Goldbeck @kategoldbeck 💙 In the Ring by Sierra Isley @sierraisley 💜 Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine @zeineddineg 💖 Time to Shine by Rachel Reid @rachelreidwrites 💙 Better Left Unsaid by Tufayel Ahmed @tufayelahmed 💜 The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab @veschwab 💖 Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz @rachelrunyawrites 💙 Daughter of Winter and Twilight by Helen Corcoran @glittersandglows 💜 A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney @ll_mckinney 💖 A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor 💙 Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones @kbjoneswrites 💜 Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni @aleemawrites 💖 The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu @emdashliu 💙 What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell @smhollowell 💜 This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson @kalynmjosephson 💖 How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok @xvictoriawrites

#bisexual #bi books #queer book recs #queer fiction #queer books #queer community #queer #batty about books #battyaboutbooks #books #reading #book lovers

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wizardshark · 1 year

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drop your wlw fiction recs pls <3

I keep this list updated in a discord server I have for myself. I just took a second to update this with my recent reads, though not the one I'm currently reading.

I can attest to the quality of these. At minimum, something on this list is 4 out of 5 stars

Big ship at the edge of the universe - Alex White (fantasy Space opera, the whole trilogy is incredible)

Queen of Coin and Whispers - Helen Corcoran (medieval political intrigue)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar (SciFi I guess but mostly just romance)

Daughter Of The Sun (and the entire Tales Of Inthya series) - Effie Calvin (DND fantasy, usually Romance)

Sexiled - Ameko Kaeruda (goofy ass isekai style fantasy)

Deadly Education - Naomi Novik (traumatic dark fantasy magic school book)

Otherside Picnic - Iori Miyazawa (light novel cryptid horror series)

The Girl Who Drank The Moon - Kelly Barnhill (fairy tale) (not explicitly queer but highly recommended)

The Rise / Shadow of Kiyoshi - F. C. Yee (it's Avatar the last Airbender but you don't need to watch the show for it)

Of Fire And Stars - Audrey Coulthurst (royal fantasy romance) (the sequel is more tame with romance and focuses more on magic and drama)

The entire "a book of underrealm" series - Garrett Robinson (fantasy) (this is a publisher that was made to produce lgbt books)

The One Who Eats Monsters - Casey Matthews (modern fantasy cryptids romance)

Outlaw - Niamh Murphy (gay lady Robin Hood retelling)

Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (regular (gay)

Achilles ancient Greek mythology retelling)

Three Parts Dead - Max Gladstone (dark fantasy) (there's like 7 of these)

The Mermaid's Daughter - Ann Claycomb (modern tragedy Fantasy romance. TW for very realistic presentation of trauma and chronic illness)

Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero (Scooby Doo turns eldritch horror)

Gideon / Harrow / Nona the Ninth - Tamsy Muir (dark fantasy sci Fi) Harrow is the way gayest

Huntress - Malinda Lo (Eastern fantasy)

Making A Tinderbox - Emma Sterner-Radley (medieval fantasy romance)

This is Devin Jones - Kristen Conrad (cop thriller)

Gear Breakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta (pseudo apocalyptic with mechas, trans humanism)

We Lit The Dark On Fire - Tehlot Kay Mejia (spanish misogyny dystopia rebellion)

Crier's War - Nina Varela (Robot x Human slow burn magical dystopia rebellion)

The Witch Queen's Mate - Jennifer Carter (tribal warriors enemies to lovers)

Leviathan - Eric Schubach (sci Fi 10,000 year journey with magical creatures)

Carmilla & Laura - A D Simper (Carmilla retelling to be made properly gay)

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sshannonauthor · 2 years

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I need some book recommendations with slow burn romances like Paige and Arcturus!! I’m demisexual like Paige and I adore watching them get to know one another so well before/while falling for each other. Any genre will do. Can’t wait for book 5!

These are all fairly slow-burn, in comparison to other books I've read:

• A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft • The Circle by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandberg (romance unfolds across three books) • The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi • Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran (one of the protagonists is demisexual)

#sshannonauthor asks #book recommendations

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shxpeshifterr · 4 months

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#booklover #booklr #books #booksbooksbooks #books and reading #book lover #current read #helen corcoran #daughter of winter and twilight

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heavenboy09 · 11 months

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Please Wish This Legendary Actress Of Disney Magic 🙏 A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

She is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on Broadway, and for having achieved mainstream success across stage, film, and music, Menzel has been nicknamed the "Queen of Broadway" for her achievements and reputation as a prolific stage performer. Her accolades include an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award, and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for a��Daytime Emmy Award, three Drama League Awards, and four Drama Desk Awards. In 2019, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was named a Disney Legend in 2022.

She was born on May 30, 1971, in Manhattan. She grew up in New Jersey until about age three, when her family moved to Syosset, New York, on Long Island. Her parents are Stuart Mentzel, a pajama salesman, and Helene Goldberg, a therapist. She has a younger sister named Cara. Menzel is Jewish, and her grandparents emigrated from Ukrainian Haisyn. Menzel attended J. Irving Baylis Elementary School in Plainview, New York, and then Syosset's H. B. Thompson Middle School and Syosset High School.

When Menzel was 15 years old, her parents divorced and she began working as a wedding and bar/bat mitzvah singer, a job that she continued throughout her time at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama in 1992.

She rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996, making her Broadway debut as Maureen Johnson in the rock musical Rent, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. After appearing in several smaller-scale stage and Off-Broadway productions, in 2003 she originated the Broadway role of Elphaba in the musical Wicked, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The popularity of the musical, Menzel's character, and her signature song "Defying Gravity" earned her a devoted musical theatre following. After leaving the show in 2005, she reprised the role in the musical's original West End production until 2006, becoming the highest-paid actress in West End theatre history. In 2014, Menzel returned to Broadway as Elizabeth Vaughan in the musical If/Then, for which she received a third Tony Award nomination.

Menzel began transitioning into film and television in the early 2000s. After reprising her Rent role in the musical's 2005 film adaptation, she was cast as Nancy Tremaine in Disney's musical fantasy film Enchanted (2007), eventually returning to the role in its 2022 sequel. She played recurring character Shelby Corcoran on the musical television series Glee from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, Menzel has voiced Elsa in Disney's Frozen franchise, which includes two of the highest-grossing animated films of all-time. "Let It Go", a song she recorded for the first film, reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first Tony Award-winning actor to earn a top-10 song on the chart, and cementing her status as a crossover performer. Menzel has since pursued larger film roles, starring in the crime drama Uncut Gems (2019) and the jukebox musical Cinderella (2021).

Please Wish This Legendary Actress & Singer Of Disney Magic A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

You Know Her & You Just Gotta Love Her & You Never Wanna Let Her Go 💘 ❄

The 1

& The Only

IDINA MENZEL AKA PRINCESS ELSA 👸 ❄ #IdinaMenzel #PrincessElsa

#idina menzel #Princess Elsa #Spotify

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eohwyyn · 2 years

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tagged by @benoitblanc to answer some questions! thanks arwen, ily! ✨

relationship status: single

favorite color: green

favorite food: bhindi (okra) if it's indian food, otherwise garlic bread/pizza/dim sum

song stuck in your head: "belle" from beauty & the beast

last thing you googled: if you can sort a spotify playlist by title. apparently you can't if anyone was wondering

time: 10:44 pm

dream trip: greece and egypt

last book you read: the goddess chronicle by natsuo kirino. i thought it was alright but nothing special

last book you enjoyed reading: cloud cuckoo land by anthony doerr. everyone needs to read this asap, it literally rewired my brain

last book you hated reading: life's too short to read bad books so if i dislike a book i simply do not finish it. 🤷‍♀️ i wouldn't say i hated it, but queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran was one i stuck with until the end bc it started out good and then i kept hoping it would get better. i think i've just outgrown YA books (with a few exceptions ofc), and this one just screamed YA halfway through (and by that i mean that all the main characters were like 18 and they were in charge of the running the country, despite there being actual adults they were close too)

favorite thing to cook/bake: any form of asian noodles!

most niche dislike: people who walk slow. i can't stand it.

opinion on the circus: i'm sure i must've gone at some point as a kid, but i don't actually remember the last time i went to the circus

do you have a sense of direction: not really. if i'm given directions in terms of landmarks i can navigate my to destination, but i'm really bad at following street signs

tagging @magstorrn @starryshakespeare @emmaswcns @heraldofgilgalad @conklinfisher @ginys @harrypotterr @hurmione @parrishh @starryreys :)

#things i'm tagged in #mutuals <3

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emily-prentits · 2 years

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baby i havent been on your blog that long😭😔

sidenote: whatre your faves?

mine are the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylorn jenkins reid, queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran, love is for losers by wibke brueggemann and not my problem by ciara smyth

(priory of the orange tree is still on my tbr, as well as this is how you lose the time war lol)

<333

-ph

good to know good to know👀👀

omg YES! tshoeh is so good😭😭 I'm about to reread it actually- as soon as I finish my reread of the kyoshi series! also really love the huntress by kate quinn, the whole riordanverse (I mean seriously), the robert langdon series... I mean my list could go on and on and on. come into my dms and I'll tell you more😏

#asking jo #tagalog anon

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