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snabulous · 1 month

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now why would i write my paper when i could read my gay little boat mystery instead

#i’m reading a ruthless truth by freya marske rn and this series is consuming my life #the first book knocked my socks off and the second one is gearing up to be even better #it has LESBIANS it has BOATS it has MURDER MYSTERIES it has CHAOTIC BISEXUALS it has OVERT REFERENCES TO SEX THAT REMIND ME THAT THIS IS #AN ADULT GAY STORY AT ITS CORE!!!!!!!#if any of y’all read this series literally message me instantly bc i’m being so normal abt it rn #the last binding #the last binding series

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bookgeekgrrl · 7 months

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My media this week (29 Oct-4 Nov 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 A Night In The Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny) - got a bit of a late start, but did the a-chapter-per-day read thing. Such a fun story and it'd probably been 20 years since I last read it.

😊 with all my skin and bone (unicornpoe) - 54K, stucky no-powers, SHIELD agents, enemies-to-lovers, fake marriage AU. a fun reread for stucky bookclub

😍 A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) (Freya Marske, author; David Thorpe, narrator) - reread in prep for final book, loved picking up on all the hints and clues that make sense from book 2 this time around!

😊 Can't Stop the Grrrls: Confronting Sexist Labels in Music from Ariana Grande to Yoko Ono (Lily E Hirsch) - Solid read but I found I had to parcel it to a chapter every couple of days bc of the rage.

😊 call me sunshine, send me to space (steddieas_shegoes) - 89K, guidance counselor!steve goes to tattoo artist!eddie for his first tattoo and then INSTALOVE! (I love instalove in fic!)

💖💖 +68K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

this is the road to ruin (ghostinthelibrary) - The Witcher: Geraskier, 31K - great worldbuilding to answer the question 'what would Witchers be like in modern day?'

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Hot Ones - Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Hot Ones - Cardi B

Hot Ones - Flea

QI - series T, e3, 5-8

Shakespeare & Hathaway - s1, e2-4

Whitstable Pearl - s1, e3

D20: Burrow's End - "Protect The Light" (s20, e5)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Big Emotions Are So Fun" (s15, e5)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Switched on Pop - Rerecording Taylor Swift's 1989s, Dark Side of the Moon, and Demi Lovato

Re: Dracula - October 29: Something is Going Out

You're Dead to Me - Medieval Ghost Stories

Re: Dracula - October 30: Council of War

⭐ The Sporkful - Sohla El-Waylly Went To Culinary School To “Prove Everyone Wrong”

Re: Dracula - October 31: Latest and Truest Thought

Re: Dracula - November 1: Instinct with Resolution

Vibe Check - That Damn Spooky Yoga Class

Today, Explained - Pope friction

Re: Dracula - November 2: Deadly Peril

Outward - Bob the Drag Queen's Gay Barz

Welcome to Night Vale #237 - Frown Night

⭐ Decoder Ring - Mailbag: The Recorder, Limos, and “Baby on Board” Signs

Ologies with Alie Ward - Neuroparasitology (NATURE ZOMBIES) with Matt Simon

Re: Dracula - November 3: Go On

Dear Prudence - My Friend Tried to Bring Her Kids to A Winery. Help!

What Next: TBD - Biden Goes After AI

Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals - S01E01 The Tale of the Frankenstein

Re: Dracula - November 4: My Jonathan

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Heavy Metal Halloween

DANSE MACABRE [Duran Duran] {2023}

Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition) [Various artists] {2006}

Nightmare Revisited [Various artists] {2008}

@door's 'spooky' playlist

Trackula: Psychobilly & Horror Punk

A3/Alabama 3

Yummy Yummy Sugar Sugar

Journey

Presenting The Clash

Presenting David Bowie

Fleetwood Mac

Essential Glam Rock

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acheeseborninspace · 1 year

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Violet Debenham :) the main character and love interest in A Restless Truth, an amazing book in the Last Binding Series, I love her so much

She’s just a performer, dreamer who got a TON of money from a will :)

So silly

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readingaccountability · 1 year

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a restless truth

finished mid dec 22

STUNNING sequel. i absolutely adored maud, and the plot was so fun and well executed, continuing from the first book while still staying fresh and surprising. i loved seeing more of earlier characters, as well as a new romance which was absolutely superb. my favorite sequence still has to be them letting the animals loose as a distraction, very vivid mental image there. overall definitely a fave, and i cant wait for the next installment!

#a restless truth #freya marske #the last binding series #bookblr #reading progress update #book tag #book review #original post #pride #historical fiction #fantasy

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queer-book-character-tournament · 3 months

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Character, book, and author names under the cut

James St. Clair- Dark Rise Series by C.S. Pacat

Shuos Jedao- Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Jack Alston/Lord Hawthorn- The Last Binding Trilogy by Freya Marske

Alastair Carstairs- The Last Hours by Cassandra Clare

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kiwim7 · 1 month

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alan ross watching the ocean from the lyric and such

heres the ref i used for the main pic

#the last binding #alan ross #a restless truth #a power unbound #freya marske #my art #my scribbles #i havent been on tumblr in a decade and i havent drawn in even longer than that but this DAMN series grabbed me by the throat and made me #come back i love it so much #i literally read the whole trilogy in under two weeks and im trying to force my boyfriend to read it so we can talk lol #i have no clue what im doing and idk how to do line art or color or shade but this series truly is making me want to draw again #this is like the second thing ive drawn in legitimately a decade so im nervous to even post it but i want to add to this fandom bc it #deserves more content and recognition #my cat rly did step on the ipad lol

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hellsite-detective · 3 months

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Hellsite Detective in...

The Bad Banana

it was another cool day in Tumblr City. the breeze was blowin' through the streets and the rain was poundin' down hard against my window. the ceilin' fan that hung above me spun slowly and hypnotically as if blown by a wind that wasn't present. as i sat there in my chair, smokin' my cigar and watchin' that fan spin eternally, i grew hungry. thankfully i keep a small fruit bowl in the corner. gettin' up to go grab a bite, i picked a banana out of the bowl. it was a bright yellow, but you might not have known it from the monochromatic filter over the scene. as i began to unpeel it, a voice spoke from the back of my head sayin'...

...hold on...

...go ahead...

...what...

naturally confused, i spun around to see if someone had snuck in while my back was turned. but no, no one was there. however, the words continued to resound in my head. almost like they were callin' me to somethin'. i walked over to the window and took a look outside and the traffic lights at the intersection caught my eye. i looked at them, and looked back at the banana in my hand. that's when it hit me...

see, there was a post i've been lookin' for for ages. in fact, it was the post that inspired me to open my office up in the first place. it was a post comparin' the colors on bananas to the colors on traffic lights. back then, i couldn't find it. but now? i had the experience i needed. i decided to re-open this personal case of mine.

i tucked the banana into my coat and strolled through the rainy streets. i came across that hoppin' joint with jazz music always pourin' out the doors onto the street. the neon sign above the door read "The Search Bar." i headed inside, ready to do some business with my associate, but they were nowhere to be seen. they weren't sittin' at their normal booth. curious, i decided to ask the new robot bartender for help...

say, doll, you know where i can find the Boss?

[Oh! I do apologize. Don Google is upstairs in their office, but they are not seeing any visitors today.]

heh, well we'll see about that, won't we? say, what's your name?

[I am H.A.V.E.N. It stands for Hostess Attending to Virtual and Informational Needs. Essentially, my purpose is to keep track of Don Google's database so they do not have to. I also serve the drinks.]

Haven, huh? nice to meetcha, Haven. i gotta go see the Don though, whether they like it or not. i'll be seein' you later.

i tipped my hat to Haven and walked to the door leadin' to the stairwell. my mind lingered on the robotic hostess, wonderin' what an advanced artificial intelligence construct like her was doin' in this world that had it's basis in 1940's noir, but i wasn't gonna think about it too much. i headed up the stairs and into the Don's office. their goons whipped out their guns and almost took my head clean off, but the big fella themself stopped it.

the office was a far cry from the bustlin' night club on the first floor. where as the club had neon lights and kept things rather dark, probably for the best, the office was more well lit and elegant. it held a more warm atmosphere than the club, but somehow it was more oppressive in here. the walls appeared to be made of wood, bookshelves lined the walls, and a chandelier hung from the ceilin'. there was a carpet in the center of the room that had a kaleidoscope of colors rangin' from blue, red, yellow, and green. and directly across from the door was the desk. mahogany, it seemed, and real fancy too. a giant round window overlookin' the city streets was placed behind it with a large letter "G" formed in the window frames. the Don spun around in their large leather chair and puffed on their cigar.

"'Ey there, Miss Detective. What can I do ya for?"

i'm lookin' for a post involvin' bananas. specifically in relation to traffic lights. you got anythin' like that for me?"

i set the banana i had brought down on the desk and they chuckled at the sight.

"Yea, I think I got what your lookin' for."

with a wave of their hand, one of their goons fetched a file from off one of the shelves and brought it over to them. they thumbed it open with one hand, the other hand draggin' on the cigar. they slid it across the desk.

"This what your lookin' for?"

and there it was. the post that started it all. it had finally come full circle. i grabbed the file eagerly and began to leave the room, but the Don wasn't finished with me yet.

"'Ey, Miss Detective! Don't think I've forgotten about that little favor you owe me..."

i stopped dead in my tracks. preparin' myself for the worst, i stood there frozen. i couldn't even turn around to look at them. but shockingly, the conversation took a different turn.

"I'm not lookin' to cash that in just yet. Just be on the look out for a call, got it? I'm lookin' forward to our partnership."

i couldn't see them, but i knew their snide smile was bearing down on me at that moment. fear filling my body, i left the lion's den and went back to my humble office to file my prize away. as i did so, my stomach rumbled...

damn it. i left the banana with the Don...

Post Case: Closed

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gallawitchxx · 4 months

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picrew! picrew! i was tagged by @heymrspatel @deedala @creepkinginc & @michellemisfit to do this picrew 🖤

*gesture wildly about my latest fictional gays*

tagging @whatwouldmickeydo @whatthebodygraspsnot @thisdivorce @auds-and-evens @metalheadmickey @howlinchickhowl @darlingian @too-schoolforcool & @energievie if you’d like 🥰

#hehehehe hi #have you heard about The Last Binding series by Freya Marske?#i’m foaming at the mouth 🫠#picrew

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oatflatwhite · 6 months

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just finished a power unbound by freya marske. *mike's mic voice* yeah ok. yeah. FUCK ME!

#favourite book series i think like. for real real.#GOD.#liz.txt #a marvellous light #the last binding #freya marske

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kaleidemaran · 21 days

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i always say people complaining about enemies to lovers that are too tame, like “oh but they weren’t real enemies, they just hated each other and argued and thought the other was hot” and that’s valid but also. that’s exactly what i want. the ideal dynamic is two catty bitches sighing and going “well, i guess i have to fuck him”

#what are the tags for these people. are there other people out there tagging them #i need more (any) friends who like this series #alan ross #jack alston #alanzo rossi #lord hawthorn #a power unbound #the last binding #my art

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geryone · 5 months

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Bookstore is closed due to the snow so I’m going to use my extra day off to read a bunch!

#want to finish the last binding series today!! & then maybe start reading the Percy Jackson books after

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illiteraterabbit · 3 months

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A Power Unbound - Freya Marske

★★★★★ (5/5)

Date Started: 10 February 2024 Date Finished: 16 February 2024

"The past could turn you into a strip of paper with a single side, so that comfort and vulnerability slid away down the invisible channels and couldn't be grasped."

Kind of funny to post only a review for the final book in a trilogy, but unfortunately this blog didn't exist when I read the first two, so consider this my personal review for the series overall. Note: It is going to be a glorious, glowing and raving review focusing on this third book overall as it is what primarily weighs on my mind. All three of these books are firm 5 star ratings in my heart of hearts, and I will not budge on the matter.

I'm already a well established fan of historical fantasy, so when I stumbled upon A Marvellous Light back when I still worked at Barnes and Noble it felt like a matter of fate. I was in love with the world from the start and knew I would read as many books as it took to get to the end of the overarching plot line. A Restless Truth enchanted me just as much as the first book, though in a completely new and different sort of way. It was refreshing and fun and left me in dire anticipation for the release of the final book of the trilogy.

And that brings us to A Power Unbound. A book hasn't stressed me out as much as this one did in ages. And I mean that in a good way, of course! The stakes felt appropriately high, and that meant they felt apocalyptic. It might seem impossible to weave a romance within the lines of a book of apocalyptic stakes, but Freya Marske absolutely managed it.

The violent, aggressive, off-putting love between Alan and Lord Hawthorne felt just as desperate as everything else. It was a force to be reckoned with, and it knocked me off my feet every chance it had. Robin and Edwin may still be my favorite couple, but the romance between Alan and Jack definitely felt the most satisfying. Maybe it's because it was at least partially stretched across two books - maybe it was just because it was so... Well, everything it was. I don't know, but I did love every second of it. I don't like to talk plot much when I review books, because I personally hate reading a glorified summary when I seek out other reviews, but I can tell you that this book wrapped up everything perfectly. The ending was satisfying in more ways than one, and the epilogue perfectly reminded me how much I loved every single character throughout this series. I could not recommend this series any more intensely. If you are searching for a wonderful queer fantasy, it's waiting for you here.

I can't wait to see what Freya Marske writes next. I promise I will be a dedicated reader for life.

And with that:

"I would take your heart between my ribs and guard it like my own. Is there any way I could make you believe it?"

#a power unbound #freya marske #last binding trilogy #book review #book blog #book tumblr #no spoilers review #lgbtq fiction #historical fantasy #booklr #book reviewer #more talking to a wall! yay!#i know almost no one will read this but idk i love writing these reviews #and if one person reads this and reads this series because of it #i will feel fulfilled

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bookgeekgrrl · 6 months

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My media this week (5-11 Nov 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😍 Till there were no more wolves in the West (dharmashark) - 71K, stucky, USAmer civil war/western setting - incredibly skillful job fitting canon events believably into this setting - absolutely loved it. Also adored the Logan cameo

😍 A Restless Truth (The Last Binding #2) (Freya Marske, author; Aysha Kala, narrator) - reread in prep for final book, having book 1 fresh in mind was great, lots of small details I had missed

🥰 A Power Unbound (The Last Binding #3) (Freya Marske, author; Josh Dylan, narrator) - Very satisfying conclusion to the series! Really loved seeing everyone together again and while I don't disagree with those that say it focused more on the plot than on Jack/Alan's relationship, this wasn't a negative for me. I wanted all the juicy goodness about systems of magic and magical houses. SO MUCH MAGIC HOUSE STUFF! (p sure there was a sideways little nod 'stately home of wiltshire'!)

😍 All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) (Martha Wells, author; Kevin R Free, narrator) - Murderbot reread in prep for System Collapse

💖💖 +81K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Unsolicited Cake (Stevieschrodinger) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 4K - short but cute af wrong number AU

Of Scars and of Wounds in the Heart (Dira Sudis (dsudis)) - Green Men Series (KJ Charles): Barney/Max, 3K - "Max is in a state, and Barney helps him through it." feat. some first rate tentacle sex

I Wanna Hurry Home To You (hawkeyedpeas (pandacowhipster)) - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Edgin/Xenk, 16K - Ed & Xenk are basically married for a while before they realize it; really love how this author writes these characters

For Want of a Bookman (phoenixflight) - crossover of KJ Charles' Band Sinister & Society of Gentlemen series, 7K - delightful 'what if' of how the Ricardians and the Murder might meet & mingle

The Buried Treasure Racket (Dorinda) - The Sting: Henry/Johnny, 26K - amazing fic of the next con Henry & Johnny run

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Shakespeare & Hathaway - s1, e5

QI - series T, ep 9-11

Murdoch Mysteries - s16, e6

Dirty Laundry - s3, e5

D20: Burrow's End - "Reactor Charlie" (s20, e6)

D20: Adventuring Party - "The Burrito Was Achieved" (s15, e6)

We Are Lady Parts - s1, e1-6

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Re: Dracula - November 5: Three Graves to Find

Missing Pages - Paradigm Shift: Copyright & Fanfiction: Who Owns What?

Re: Dracula - November 6: That Moment of Final Dissolution

Re: Dracula - Epilogue: 7 Years Later

Today, Explained - Ceasefire?

Switched on Pop - The Beatles: "Now and Then" and Forever

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Cum On Feel the Hitz: The Best of Slade [Slade] {2020}

Presenting Lady Gaga

Problem Patterns

The Linda Lindas

Meet Me @ the Altar

Presenting Spandau Ballet

The Look Of Love - The Very Best Of ABC [ABC] {2001}

A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout [Prefab Sprout] {1992}

Presenting Britney Spears

Presenting Christina Aguilera

Presenting Shakira

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decaflondonfog · 4 months

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day 9/30 of 30 microfics in 30 days

so intimidating to write these two in 50 words when freya marske has already written that goddamn ‘you look like a Turner painting” paragraph but here we are!!!! a fabric prompt from my favourite writer of fabric prompts <3

ROBIN/EDWIN • DAMASK for @the-starryknight

#big round of applause to my oracle deck which help me untangle this one and get me back on track!!!!!#(january uh. what even is inspiration... idk her)#i love these two sm #might just reread the whole series this year!!#the last binding #a marvellous light #30 microfics in 30 days #[insert keyboard emoji here]

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le-trash-prince · 5 months

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Since 2020, I’ve mostly been doing just seasonal playlists for myself (to get a grip on the passage of time lol). So it was nice to get back into doing fandom playlists this year. These are the three that I’m happiest with!

#em post #music #vegaspete #the last binding #only friends the series #Spotify

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morhath · 6 months

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14, 20 for the book asks

14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?

[looks at the stack of like 30 just-barely-started books on the coffee table to my left] no comment

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

I had a lot!

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske, third book in the last binding trilogy: mostly, yes, although I was expecting a more spectacular conclusion. It was still satisfying.

The two new October Daye books: I really enjoyed Toby's and it met or exceeded my expectations. I love AU/AU-ish stuff and seeing what was the same/what was different in the illusion world was super interesting. I loved the planning and the conclusion. I didn't enjoy Tybalt's book as much--I've never loved his POV (even though I like him) and of course I already knew a lot of what was going to happen. I did appreciate seeing some of the stuff we didn't see in the Toby book.

The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson, a cosmere book: well this was... the least bad... of the secret project books... At least it was about Sigzil, I do love him. (So as you can probably guess from this entry, the secret project books fell VERY short of my expectations.)

Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher: slapped, as always. Solidly at the level of my expectations because I expect any given T. Kingfisher to be great.

Translation State by Ann Leckie, standalone-ish in the Imperial Radch-verse: incredible show-stopping brilliant she's done it again exceeded my already-high expectations.

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang: vastly exceeded my expectations because I've had mixed feelings about her other work and I loved this.

No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed, short stories, one in the world of the beneath the rising series: honestly I devoured these so quickly that I have no opinion. I need to reread them and savor them.

To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquil Blackgoose: BOOK OF THE FUCKING YEAR!!! MY EXPECTATIONS WERE MODERATELY HIGH AND THAT WAS TOO FUCKING LOW!!!

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix, second in left-handed booksellers of london series: mm delicious. Solidly at expectation level.

All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows, second in the tithenai series: ask me in like two or three days, it's out tomorrow.

#life #reading #books #myriad--starlings #the last binding #october daye #seanan mcguire #cosmere #thornhedge #t. kingfisher #imperial radch #translation state #beneath the rising trilogy #to shape a dragon's breath #nampeshiweisit series

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