#lev ac Rosen

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Evander (Andy) Mills- Lavender House by Lev Ac Rosen

Catherine St. Day- The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Sideways Pike- The Spacegracers by HA Clarke

Malini- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

#Evander Mills #Andy Mills #Lavender House #The bell in the fog #Lev Ac Rosen #Catherine St. Day #The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics #feminine pursuits series #Olivia Waite #Sideways Pike #spacegracers #scratch daughters #The Spacegracers #HA Clarke #Malini #The Jasmine Throne #The Oleander Sword #the burning kingdoms #tbk #malini tbk #Tasha Suri #polls #lgbt books #queer book character tournament 2.0

[daphneblakess]

books i read in 2023: lavender house by lev a.c. rosen

"Here was the only safe place. Here was the only place we could be a couple. Sometimes it feels more like a prison than paradise."

#lavender house #lev ac rosen #noiredit #booksociety #storyseekers #my edits #2023books

[skepwith]

Queer mid-century San Francisco is the setting for this noir mystery series featuring detective Evander "Andy" Mills. Author Rosen nails it on multiple levels: the noir-style narrative voice, the satisfying mystery plots, and the historical details of being queer in SF in 1952. But it's the evolution of the main character that gives these books an emotional depth beyond standard whodunnits.

Lavender House opens with Andy having just been kicked out of the police force after being caught in a raid on a gay bar. Closeted for years, he thinks his life is over. Then he's hired by a woman to look into the murder of her wife—discreetly.

Along with all the pleasures of a good mystery, we get the pleasure of watching Andy become able to reimagine his life, this time as part of a community he'd previously kept at arm's length. In The Bell in the Fog this includes atonement for having been a cop; the police in these books are absolute bastards to queers (as they were in reality). Rosen has clearly done his historical research, and sometimes it's pretty damn grim, but the books are never hopeless. They show all kinds of queer people grabbing their joy with both hands and making the most of it, creating their own spaces and families in a hostile world. Andy's growth demonstrates that finding happiness is possible, with a little self-acceptance and a lot of solidarity.

Recommended for fans of noir mystery and queer history.

#book recommendation #lavender house #the bell in the fog #lev ac rosen #queer history #noir #1950s San Francisco

[eruwaedhiel-in-an-impardis]

Evander Mills is the soggiest sadboi I have ever seen, I wanna put him in a cardboard box and shake him, but he would just sob so hard he'd soak the bottom of the cardboard box and it would tear off, sliding his little sorrowful lump out onto the floor where he would just lie there sniffling in a puddle of his own tears

He's the silent mysterious figure sitting in the shadowy corner of the (gay) bar bc if someone talked to him he'd just burst into tears and apologize for breathing, top notch character design, I need twenty more in this series

#evander mills #lavender house #bell in the fog #lev ac rosen

[therainbowfishy]

Books read in June 2023

GIRL JUICE by Benji Nate

THE ACCURSED VAMPIRE 2: THE CURSE AT WITCH CAMP by Madeline McGrane

HELL PHONE by Benji Nate

IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY by Becky Albertalli

LAVENDER HOUSE by Lev AC Rosen

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf

#books #mini books #watercolor #artists on tumblr #drawing #illustration #reading #illustration artist #journal #doodles #ya books #ya #becky albertalli #Imogene obviously #lev ac Rosen #mystery #classics #graphic novel #comics #benji nate #ink #madeline mcgrane #accursed vampire

[pridepages]

🌈 Happy Pride! 🌈

This June, good things come in sets of six as I spotlight some of my favorite rainbow reads.

✨ Category is: Be Gay, Do Crime✨

Learn more about these titles under the cut!

A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar (a YA historical sapphic thriller as a girl gang sets out to pull off a heist on the high seas. But the mission turns into a deadly race against the clock when the Titanic strike an iceberg… Rep: F/F, BIPOC characters)

Outlawed by Anna North (Historical fiction, in a world where AFAB people are reduced to their reproductive value, an outlaw band seeks to create a paradise for the forgotten queer children who dare to defy the norm. Rep: trans/nonbinary mc, sapphic characters)

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters (Dark Historical Romance, In Victorian England, a thief poses as a lady’s maid to con her employer. But what happens when she falls for the mark? Rep: F/F)

Aces Wild by Amanda Dewitt (YA, a group of online friends meets IRL to plan a casino heist to save one of their own. Ever thought Ocean’s 11 would be better without the distraction of sex and romance? Rep: NB/M, trans/nonbinary mc, asexual mcs, asexual scs, aromantic scs, BIPOC characters)

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian (Historical Romance, a young lordling hires an ex highway man to teach him how to stand and deliver. The two find their partnership becomes more than they bargained for. Rep: M/M, gay mc, bisexual characters)

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen (Historical Mystery, an ex policeman newly outed and ostracized is given a new job: investigate the death of a mysterious soap magnate. But behind the doors of Lavender House hides more than one secret…could someone among this queer found family have murdered one of their own? Rep: M/M, F/F, gay characters, lesbian scs)

#a million to one #adiba jaigirdar #outlawed #anna north #fingersmith #sarah waters #aces wild #amanda dewitt #the queer principles of kit webb #cat sebastian #lavender house #lev ac rosen #mlm #gay #wlw #lesbian #bisexual #lgbt reads #queer lit #asexual #trans #nonbinary #aromantic #lgbtqia #be gay do crime #book recs #pride #pride month

[evenaturtleduck]

I read The Bell in the Fog today (yes all in one afternoon--it's an extremely readable book <3) and there are a lot of longer and more detailed reviews out there that can speak to how it handles queer history in the 1950s, so all I'll say is that in addition to the painful exploration of how do you get justice when your whole existence is considered criminal, it's also about finding community and loving yourself and being loved by others.

I don't usually love noir detective type novels because the protagonist is usually so isolated from the community, but Andy Mill's arc reverses this--he starts the first book so desperately alone, then starts working as a PI and by the end of the second book he's found his people and his place in the community, and it's not perfect but on the whole he's glad he's there. It just feels very warm at the end, you know?

#the bell in the fog #lev ac rosen #favorite books #lavender house

[torpublishinggroup]

Release Roundup - 10.10.23

another tuesday means more new books!

👇title info below👇

Nightfire

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

Forge

The Bell in the Fog by Lev A. C. Rosen

#new book tuesday #brainwyrms #alison rumfitt #the bell in the fog #lev ac rosen #tw body horror #cw worms

[nana-glass-chillhop-radio-hour]

The Bell in the Fog was so good. Everyone in the world is sleeping on this noir detective book series that centers around the 1950's queer underground in San Francisco. It's an ongoing series and the audiobooks are fantastic. Run, don't walk, to your local library / bookstore.

#lev ac rosen #genuinely i can't say enough good about his writing style. uncanny ability to balance many MANY subplots while maintaining momentum #and paying homage to like a million noir tropes AND including a ton of historical details that gives the story texture and depth and color #please please read these books #new one already slated for october 2024!

[drackiszunk]

10th book of 2023 finished. This one sat on my shelf a while. At first glance it’s a whodunnit but it’s so much deeper. Being queer in the 50s and the importance of chosen family.

I didn’t think I was going to like this book, but I loved it.

#Zack reads #lavender house #lev ac rosen

[oracleofmadness]

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for this Arc!!

Found family, lgbtqia+ in the 1950's and a murder mystery! There is not much more that my soul could ask for.

A very popular soap maker dies and her wife wants someone to solve the case, but kinda secretly bc of her and her household's lgbtq status at that time. In other words, just trying not to draw attention. That's where the main character comes in. A disgraced cop who was just fired for being found in a compromised position during a police raid at a gay club.

He meets the lgbtqia family of Lavender house and gets a feel for what a real found family is. That he shouldn't have to hide a part of himself to be accepted and loved. This story touches on homophobia during the 1950's and can be quite triggering but I think it was done in a good way. I also really enjoyed the murder mystery, especially because it kept me on my toes till the end.

Out October 18, 2022!

Content Warnings for homophobia, violence and death

#manacled #book #bookish #books #bookworm #book review #currently reading #read #bookblogger #reading #Lavender House #Lev AC Rosen #netgalley review #netgalley #murdermysteries #thriller

[geeklyinc]

Off the Books: Lev AC Rosen

Off the Books: Lev AC Rosen

Lev AC Rosen joins us to talk about his new book (which you should absolutely preorder right now, go do it!) coming out on October 10th: The Bell in the Fog. This is a sequel to last year’s Lavender House which you’ll recall was one of our top books of the year and happy to …

#books #Interview #Lavender House #Lev AC Rosen #Noir #queer history #the bell in the fog

[peonybookblog]

recent releases in purple

#i love these covers so much #lavender house #the whispering dark #lev ac rosen #kelly andrew #books #purple

[bartonsedai]

What a thing. To ask for forgiveness for falling in love.

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

#book #book quote #Lavender House #Lev AC Rosen

[queer-books-bracket]

#the lavender house #the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue #lev ac rosen #mackenzie lee #books #lgbt books #polls

[pridepages]

Gene: You could have gone to prison. Even a night in lockup, and you'd be dead. We both know it. You should have let them hit me. Andy: I...didn't know how.

#the bell in the fog #evander mills #lev ac rosen #lgbt reads #queer lit #mlm #gay