#aroaessidhe 2022 reads
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Every Bird A Prince
MG about a girl dealing with amatonormativity from her friends and mother, who are all obsessed with crushes and relationships
meanwhile the forest kingdom of birds she’s discovered have named her as their champion to save them & her town from anxiety-targeting frostfangs
#Every Bird A Prince#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#this is so so good perfect aro book for young readers#and also me an adult reader#aroace books#aromantic books#asexual books#all birds are princes. zero monarchy or gender just vibes#aphobia warning also#i would have liked a bit more of the bird kingdom tbh!!!! but like obv it’s more of a side fabulism thing#interesting that ppl are saying ‘kids aren’t all into crushes and kissing in elementary school; that’s too early’ growing up aroace i promis#you that when you’re aroace you notice this happening very early LMAO#(in reviews i mean)#having said that they easily could have been a little older
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Even Though I Knew The End
sapphic historical noir novella set in Chicago
a magical private eye who sold her soul to save her brother takes on one last dangerous job before her time is up
demons & angels
#Even Though I Knew The End#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#i really enjoyed this!!!!!!#yeah!#idk what to say! good vibes#want it to be longer
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When The Angels Left The Old Country
historical fantasy
follows an angel and a demon as they search for a young person from their small Jewish village who emigrated to America, helping others along the way, alongside a young adventurous lesbian
queerness & magic & immigration & workers rights
obsessed
#When The Angels Left The Old Country#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#this is perfect. no notes.#well the notes are i love it.#qpr vibes (author supported) (tho i guess you could read it as a romance but like….they say friend of my soul….)#uriel keeping a baked potato in its pocket to snack on and pretend to be human…..#i am obsessed with you. keep it up.#I assumed this was adult but then everyone’s calling it YA - it reads as one of those books that defies age ranges tbh.#the good omens comparisons are true (i mean it’s been a looong time since i read GO and haven’t watched the show but)#i think in terms of tone and storytelling feel as well as the angel/demon thing. though this is smaller scale than the apocalypse or whateve#this shot to the top of my tbr when i saw mar's art then it showed up in libby the next day..
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House of Hunger
a young woman becomes a blood maid to the lords of the north, in a world where blood is power
elizabeth báthory inspired gothic horror lesbian vampires
#House of Hunger#5 stars. fuckin great. loved it.#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#also important note there's a cat and it doesnt die#idk why the most horrifying part to me was that jester but....wtaf was that about....#sapphic books
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Nettle & Bone
spooky fairytale fantasy
a woman assembles an unlikely group to go and kill the abusive prince married to her sister
a bone dog, old witch, demon chicken, former knight, and failed fairy godmother
#nettle & bone#nettle and bone#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#yea i enjoyed that!#more fantasy stories with multiple old ladies thanks#ould have done without the romance but that’s just me. it’s minor and not bad i guess
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Of The Wild
novella about a forest fey who steals neglected/abused children from their parents & raises them as fey in the woods
but his magic is slowly running dry, so he sets his hopes on a human man to protect his family
ace MC, m/m romance, cozy, fairytale vibes
#of the wild#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#um i loved this wtf........#this is perfect tbh just my sort of thing#cozy and cute#also the acknowledgements mentions a kindergarten class. yeah. i can see tha#asexual books#labyrinth vibes??? but cute??
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The Spear Cuts Through Water
adult epic fantasy
two warriors travel through the empire with the body of a goddess to rid the empire of the tyrannical kings oppressing their people
story-within-a-story, unique narration
Filipino, mlm
#The Spear Cuts Through Water#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#first. as i have said. the cover is so nice. i want to eat it#initially the narration confused me a bit-#it’s like 3rd person but sometimes 1st person but also 2nd person and there’s random sentences in 1st person from the POV of random backgrou#nd characters#which takes some getting used to but ohhhhh but when it all comes together………..#SO worth it#like if it confuses you i promise just go with it#it’s like not quite fourth wall breaking but that’s the closest comparison i have…..so good!!!!#smarter people than me have more to say about the layers and the storytelling and narrative and all that but it's very good#also like the romance elements are small? but very good#or I guess the bond between the characters is very significant and plot relevant instead of being random and annoying#if that makes sense#Love A Romance That Shows Not Tells
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The Honeys
a genderfluid teen whose sister died trying to kill him after returning from the creepy rich summer camp she attends goes there to try find out what happened
beekeeping popular girls, cult vibes, so many bees
great audiobook with sound effects
#The Honeys#ryan la sala#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#bee cult bee cult....#i enjoyed this a lot!!!#but yeah the audiobook has some really unsettling well placed sound effects. (like…. bees buzzing in the background…..the morning trumpet….f#.forest sounds….screams…)
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The Kaiju Preservation Society
fun adult sci-fi
A guy who got laid off bc of covid finds the first new job he can get - an "animal rights organisation"
....which turns out to be in an alternate dimension, helping protect kaiju and keep them from accidentally coming through to earth
no romance
#The Kaiju Preservation Society#i enjoyed this! it's nothing amazing but it's fun#also i saw someone say that the main character is never gendered akjdgkjf i didn't even noticed that#just assumed a cis dude tbh#but anyway that's cool#and the rest of the cast is pretty diverse (though feels a little surface level? idk)#one major character is māori & from aotearoa! wasn't expecting that lol#(well i assume he's māori from his first name#but his surname is not. and i can't tell if he's intentionally mixed race or the author didn't do enough research about māori names)#(or maybe it's just a very uncommon name? idk)#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#no romance
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The Life Giver
YA stand-alone high fantasy in a dystopian underground city
a scribe who records prophecies from his dreamer, who talks to the sun (their god) each night
the dreamers are being picked off one by one by something dangerous and unexplained in the dreams
no romance
#The Life Giver#jase puddicombe#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#this makes me nostalgic for a specific era of ya fantasy…..like i guess the fantasy version of YA Dystopia but also from a bit before YA Dys#Dystopia became a Thing? a lot of nz/aus books from like the 2000s and also just the random ones i read in school….#also uh city of ember and tunnels bc underground#i think there’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about it - other than it’s nice to have no romance! yay!#i do have some worldbuilding questions like what so they eat. when do they eat. i don’t recall it ever being mentioned#the priory comp is……….ambitious and i don’t really get it lmao#BUT like i enjoyed this i gave it 4.5 stars. give me friendship n no romance and my standards are low anyway lol#no romance#i think the characters are word of god aroace but like there's no indication of anyones sexuality at all or amatonormativity or anything
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Leech
fantasy gothic horror
a hivemind parasite goes to an isolated manor to investigate the death of a previous host, which it has no memory of, and discovers a rival parasite
#Leech#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#this was…..less weird than I was expecting? not a bad or good thing idk#the depiction of multiple minds was interesting. like not so much the initial thing as later [spoilery]#the direction it went in was….less interesting than the first half to me. like it lost focus or drive? like in some ways i enjoyed that twis#twist but also found it not as engaging#BUT i rly enjoyed the first half especially#definitely goes into some traumatic stuff also.
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Kaikeyi
reimagining of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, from the point of view of a villanised woman
an overlooked princess becoming a warrior and diplomat, taking power in a misogynistic world
aroace MC
#kaikeyi#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#aroace books#loved this 10/10#great sex-neutral aroace representation that's mentioned all the time not just one (1) time#i really love how the mothers and children are just all treated as the same regardless of who birthed them#(maybe that's a cultural thing? idk i enjoyed it)#also i had kind of expected it to be a her against everyone else who turns against her#but the friendships and relationships are SO GOOD#i mean even tho some of them turn against her#aromantic books#asexual books
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Legends & Lattes
D&D inspired low stakes fantasy about an orc barbarian who gives up the adventuring life to start a coffeeshop with a succubus, hobgoblin, and ratkin
very wholesome. very nice.
#Legends & Lattes#legends and lattes#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#i really enjoyed this! it's a simple fun story. good characters. a specific niche that is sorely lacking books#i did have to suspend my disbelief at the idea of people liking coffee. lmao.#also. are you really just going to have a little (adorable) rat guy making all your pastries - the majority of your income -#and not learn how to make them? get another baker? what if he gets ill? or wants time off? need some better business management!!!#(I'm kidding but also I couldn't stop thinking about that)
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Sailing By Orion’s Star
start of a historical fiction trilogy about pirates set between 1695-1718
a rich family on the verge of destruction & pirates fighting colonialism
intertwining storylines
focus on the marginalised, platonic relationships, found family
#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#Sailing By Orion’s Star#this....made me cry many times tbh#ow!!!#tWO aroace MCs?perhaps even 3? yeah alright#aroace books#aromantic books#no romance#(aside from a brief ensemble chapter or 2)#this apparently start as a fic which. makes sense. few can make you cry like a fanfic author
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How To Excavate A Heart
Jewish lesbian winter romcom
a girl still reeling from a bad breakup plans to spend her winter break focusing on her paleoichthyology internship
she can’t stop running into (literally, with a car) a girl after getting a dog-walking gig, & they have a winter romance
#How To Excavate A Heart#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#as says one of the top GR reviews: lesbians are so funny#the way i almost wrote ‘summer internship’ because it happens over christmas. as if there isn’t snow on the cover and all through the book.#southern hemisphere brain#anyway this is really good!#(minor spoilers:)#why do i keep reading books about sapphics going to stay with a grandmother figure who ends up having a medical emergency tho
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The Drowned Woods
a girl who's the last living water diviner gets involved in a heist with her old mentor, in an attempt to find a well of magic
welsh myth retelling
companion/prequel to the bone houses
#The Drowned Woods#aroaessidhe 2022 reads#UHH in the audiobook; the sound effects for the horse creature stalking them in the tunnels....#i enjoyed this! ngl i listened to it pretty fast djfgdf probably too fast#it's p good. not obsessed with it. i think i enjoyed bone houses more
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