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torteen · 2 months

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The art featured in this image is by Chris Sack.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Defy All Limits.

For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power. As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

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lgbtqreads · 3 months

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Happy Black History Month 2024!

Happy Black History Month! Like the other eleven months, it’s an excellent time to buy queer books by Black authors! For even more recs, check out previous years’ posts! Books to Read Now Alex Wise vs. the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker Alex Wise feels like his world is ending. His best friend, Loren, is leaving town for the summer, his former friend and maybe sort of crush Sky hasn’t…

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homerjacksons · 3 months

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Took a really pretty book photo today and wanted to share it with y’all even though I won’t be posting it on my bookstagram for a while.

#booklr #books #book aesthetic #bookedit #felix ever after #kacen callender #afterlove #tanya byrne #she gets the girl #alyson derrick #rachael lippincott #the bone season #samantha shannon #the nightingale #kristen hannah #my edit

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transbookoftheday · 10 months

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♾️🌈 Trans Books To Read For Neurodivergent Pride Day 🌈♾️

("The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" isn't out yet, but you can preorder it or request an ARC on NetGalley.)

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bookcub · 18 days

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Queer Questioning YA Book Rec

so I am in a class right now where we were assigned a book about questioning that was . . . so biphobic. So here is a list of books I have read and want to read that feature a main character questioning their queer identity.

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie- This is my personal favorite, Ophelia is a messy, dramatic, emotional main character which are some of my favorites. She is labeled as "boy-crazy" by her friends and families and she has never rejected this description nor questioned it until Talia Sanchez reveals she has kissed a girl. . . and Ophelia starts to question everything. This is a book about self love and platonic love and encourages questioning and ambiguity and rejects shame and embraces community.

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli- This book is achingly sweet and an intense look on internalized and externalized biphobia. Imogen pretends to be her best friend's ex girlfriend and then starts to think of herself as outside of the straight ally she has always imagined herself. This is a book about coming of age and addressing biphobia and the forming of community.

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender- I haven't read this in a while but this follows Felix, who is a trans boy. He is questioning his gender but has anxiety around this questioning. I really enjoy the love stories in this text and the way the gender binary was questioned.

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann- This isn't the most questioning focused book but this is the only book with an ace main character who has any questioning for YA lit. And I wanted to mention it because of that.

Please share other books about questioning!!

#my book recs #becky albertalli #racquel marie #claire kann #kacen callender

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slaughter-books · 3 months

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Day 15: JOMPBPC: Deals With Rough Stuff

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #deals with rough stuff #felix ever after #kacen callender #beautiful book #beautiful cover #amazing author #lgbt+#pretty flowers #i love books

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charliejaneanders · 5 months

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So stoked to be featured in Google Books' Trans Awareness Week project, along with Akwaeke Emezi, Yoon Ha Lee and Kacen Callender! Trans lit is ON FIRE right now, and I'm grateful to be a part of it.

#books #trans #transgender #trans awareness #trans week #yoon ha lee #akwaeke emezi #kacen callender

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therainbowwarrior4 · 3 months

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Daily Quote

"I’m not flaunting anything. I’m just existing. This is me. I can’t hide myself. I can’t disappear. And even if I could, I don’t fucking want to. I have the same right to be here. I have the same right to exist." - Kacen Callender, Felix Ever After

#kacen callender #felix ever after #lgbtqia+ rights #lgbtqia+ community #lgbtqia+#queer #queer community #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbt pride #lgbtq community #lgbtq rights #lgbt #lgbtqplus #lgbtqiia+#lgbtqi community #lgbtqia rights #lgbt rights

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queer-book-character-tournament · 1 year

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#Ari Bridgestock #The Shadowhunter Chronicles #cassandra clare #Ianthe Tridentarius #The Locked Tomb #tlt #tamsyn muir #Felix Love #Felix Ever After #kacen callender #Piper McLean #Pjo #Heroes of Olympus #Trials of Apollo #rick riordan #polls #lgbt books

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felii-professionaldreamer · 2 months

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#quotes #books and reading #love #romance #kacen callender #felix ever after #booklover #book quotes #literature

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andromedaexists · 3 months

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Infinity Alchemist || Kacen Callender

★★★★★

TW: ABUSE (FAMILIAL, ON PAGE), DEATH (MURDER), GUILT, GRIEF, MENTIONS OF SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS (FADE TO BLACK), VIOLENCE

I always feel like I don't know where to start with these. 9 times outta 10 I'm writing reviews right off the end of the book and this one... I have tears in my eyes. This is a 6 star book for me. Firmly. My heart hurts

I received this book as an ARC in return for an honest review. Thank you to Tor Teen and NetGalley for the ARC.

Infinity Alchemist releases in just a few weeks on Feb. 6th I believe, and I highly recommend it to anyone who will listen.

Once again calling back to any book that makes me physically feel something get an automatic five star, but this book did more than that. This book wrapped my heart in tendrils of alchemical magic and refuses to let go.

Let's start with the characters: Ash, Ramsay, Callum, and Marlowe. Ash is our POV character and in a trans POC man. He is an asshole who has a rough life, growing up in the slums with a mother who passed away not too long ago. He wants to prove himself worthy of his absent father, and will stop at nothing to do so.

Ramsay is a prodigy, the genderfluid child of known and executed terrorists hell-bent on atoning for their sins. She uses he/she pronouns, though leans more towards she/her throughout the book. She is also such an uptight prick... until she's not. I genuinely love how prickly and rude she is and how much that shows to me as an autistic mask. I just love her so much.

Callum is a black man and the youngest son of the Kendrick house, more or less the police state in book. He is kind and caring despite the heavy hand of his father and all he wants to do is heal. He wants to heal and help others, like the good man he is.

These three, oh these three. They hold my heart.

Marlowe is my obligatory redhead (listen I have to point them out when they are given to me!). She is an orphan of House Lune and becomes so integral to the story in ways I never thought possible.

Without given away too many spoilers, I want to tell yous: there is so much diversity in this cast. So much! It's beautiful!! And, AND, we get not one, but two (2) separate Rivals-to-Lovers ARCs that don't end in a love triangle, but a polycule! We also get best friends to lovers to bitter exes to lovers once again!!

As far as the worldbuilding goes, I have to say that Kacen is a master at weaving these mystical and fantastical realms together in a way that not only make sense, but feel real. I felt like I was in the higher realms with the characters, like I knew exactly what each house was and why they were there.

I have aphantasia, which means that I cannot imagine what anything ever looks like. And yet, the beautiful world descriptions put me there. They called back to things that I do know and do have experience with and built off of it. I very genuinely could see myself in the world, and that is saying a lot.

I don't think I can talk too much more about this book without bringing myself to tears again, so let's pivot to some of my favorite quotes to make y'all understand the gravity of this book:

The world became a white blur. The snow turned red. It fell to the ground, drops spreading like blots of ink. The blood dripped from Amelia's cheeks. Her smile faded as the screams began.

That's what privileged assholes like you always say.

[redacted] paused, but only for a moment. He opened the [redacted]. There was an explosion of light.

It was too late. [redacted] was already there.

It wasn't death he'd feared, he realized, but the change—the transformation that forced him to release.

This light held the vibration of energy that the physical body would translate as love.

They all created the same infinite light. They were eternal.

It was an interesting place to be caught, stuck between grief and gladness that they were gone.

Okay, I think that's all I can put without spoilers.

One thing I forgot to mention: this book is genuinely funny. Maybe it's because of the autistic mask I mentioned earlier, but the interactions between Ramsay and Ash at any given point past like 20% of the book are genuinely funny. I love Ramsay's sense of humor.

Anyways, that's all for this book! I am going to curl up in a ball and cry while I purchase a physical copy to annotate and put on my recommendations shelf. This is a story that I will be thinking about years down the line, I just know it. Ash is a part of my soul now, and I can't wait to see what he does next.

#andi reads #book reviews #booklr #bookblr #lgbt books #queer books #queer book directory #infinity alchemist #kacen callender

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torteen · 2 months

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This advertisement is for Infinity Alchemist, a dark academia fantasy about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power from the bestselling and award-winning author of Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender.

The art featured in this image is by Chris Sack.

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

“Magic was once thought to only be gifted to the unique or special, the chosen ones. Now it was commonly known that every single person in the world had the capability to become an alchemist.”

For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power. As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

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lgbtqreads · 2 months

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New Releases: February 2024

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satansspikeybutthole · 3 months

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what do you mean this book i'm reading and ARC of that doesn't release until next month doesn't have a fanbase flooded with fanart?? wdym the authir doesn't have social media?? wdym my aphantasia ass has to imagine what the characters look like??

#infinity alchemist #kacen callender

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transbookoftheday · 2 months

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Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime.

Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret.

When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power.

As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

Featuring trans, queer, and polyamorous characters of color, Infinity Alchemist is the hugely anticipated young adult fantasy debut from the extraordinary author of Felix Ever After, King and the Dragonflies, Queen of the Conquered and more.

#infinity alchemist #kacen callender #transmasc #nonbinary #genderfluid #trans book of the day #trans books #queer books #bookblr #booklr

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leech-drinker · 29 days

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Oh the dilemma of a niche fandom

GRRRRR I WANNA TALK TO MY FRIENDS AND GEEK OUT ABOUT MY SILLY GAY WIZARDS BUT ONE OF THEM IS A FUCKING

webcomic made in Italy about gays in wizard college

AND A FUCKING YA FANTASY NOVEL BY MY FAVORITE AUTHOR

that was published

LAST FUCKING MONTH.

I will write the fanfic myself, I shall craft WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS FUCK AI the fanart, the headcanons, the rarepairs,

I WILL SCULPT ENTIRE FANDOM FOR MYSELF WHERE I SHALL DECLARE MYSELF GOd

May my efforts become the foundation for a thriving fandom in coming years, seedlings of which a forest of worship be made.

Oh God, oh please. hear me.

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