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Here's some fanart of Lucha of the Night Forest that I've been working on for a while! I am not immune to creepy mushrooms in fantasy
#Lucha of the Night Forest#illustration#artists on tumblr#art#books#book fanart#tehlor kay mejia#fantasy art#fantasy illustration#alt added now sorry lol#2023 fanart
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faves of 2023: YA fantasy (secondary world)
To Shape A Dragon's Breath
Lucha of the Night Forest
Sheiné łénde
The Siren, The Song, and The Spy
Into The Midnight Void
City of Nightmares
#read in 2023#....damn I'm getting real picky about ya fantasy not set in the real world haha#honestly even of these; TSADB is near perfect i would recommend to everyone; the others just vibe with me personally#To Shape A Dragon's Breath#Lucha of the Night Forest#the siren the song and the spy#into the midnight void#sheine lende#SL is teeechnically more like our world but since I have already posted that post and I hadn't posted thi s one#and i needed something to make it an even 6...
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Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Today's sapphic book of the day is Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia!
Summary: "An edge-of-your-seat fantasy about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister--even if it means striking a dangerous bargain. Dark forces, forgotten magic, and a heart-stopping queer romance make this young adult novel a must-read.
A scorned god.
A mysterious acolyte.
A forgetting drug.
A dangerous forest.
One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can't bear to leave behind.
Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power...or will she be consumed by it?
This gorgeous and fast-paced fantasy novel from acclaimed author Tehlor Kay Mejia is brimming with adventure, peril, romance, and family bonds--and asks what it means for a teen girl to become fully herself."
#sapphic#wlw#queer#lgbtqia#lgbtq#lgbt#books#book recs#book recommendations#booklr#ya#ya books#young adult#young adult books#fantasy#ya fantasy#lucha of the night forest#tehlor kay mejia
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Ok we are solidly into April, but so many interesting books came out last month so I thought I would post this list anyways. As always there are way more books then I can fit in here so I have def missed some. What were your favorite or the books you are most excited about that were released in March? Also these don't include sequels becase I have a whole set of lists for those. So with that said, here are some books from March that caught my atention:
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Chlorine: a Novel by Jade Song
Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
#upcoming books#upcoming releases#2023 books#booklr#queer sff#queer historical fiction#historical fiction#books#queer books#lgbtq books#march books#The mimicking of known success#malka older#Feed them Silence#lucha of the night forest#lgbtqia books
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New Releases
In terms of my TBR pile, this is a particularly exciting week for me! Several of my most anticipated reads are coming out on Tuesday. Check out what's on deck:
How to Win a Breakup by Farah Heron
First, math genius and gamer-nerd Samaya gets dumped by her boyfriend. Then he sabotages her job and hooks up with her frenemy. What could be worse? Clearly, her golden-boy ex is winning the breakup. The only way Samaya can get some rebound cred is to find someone new. Even if she has to fake it.
At a volunteer bake sale, Samaya meets a sweet opportunity. Daniel is a handsome hockey jock and a whiz when it comes to lemon squares and brownies. And he agrees to play along. Quid pro quo. He’ll pretend to be the boyfriend of her dreams if Samaya helps him pass calculus.
This may well be the recipe for the best revenge, but Samaya has no idea how complicated it will get. As they whip up an imitation romance, and a bumbleberry pie, resisting each other’s very real charms proves impossible. Samaya finds herself on an unexpected journey of secrets, self-discovery, and the true meaning of moving on.
The Moonlight Blade by Tessa Barbosa
I promised my mother I would never come to Bato-Ko…and yet here I am.
Narra Jal is one of the cursed, cast aside her whole life, considered unlucky. But with her mother’s life on the line, she will return to the city where she was born to face the trials: a grueling, bloodthirsty series of challenges designed to weed out the weak, the greedy, and the foolish. Trials to select the next ruler of Tigang.
Narra has nothing. No weapons. No training. No magic. No real chance of leaving with her life. Just her fierce grit and a refusal to accept the destiny she’s been handed. Even the intense, dark-eyed Guardian she feels a strangely electric connection with cannot help her. Narra is on her own. But she’ll show everyone what the unlucky can do.
Brighter Than the Sun by Daniel Aleman
Every morning, sixteen-year-old Sol wakes up at the break of dawn in her hometown of Tijuana, Mexico and makes the trip across the border to go to school in the United States. Though the commute is exhausting, this is the best way to achieve her dream: becoming the first person in her family to go to college.
When her family’s restaurant starts struggling, Sol must find a part-time job in San Diego to help her dad put food on the table and pay the bills. But her complicated school and work schedules on the US side of the border mean moving in with her best friend and leaving her family behind.
With her life divided by an international border, Sol must come to terms with the loneliness she hides, the pressure she feels to succeed for her family, and the fact that the future she once dreamt of is starting to seem unattainable. Mostly, she’ll have to grapple with a secret she’s kept even from herself: that maybe she’s relieved to have escaped her difficult home life, and a part of her may never want to return.
Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa
High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There’s only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star…and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe free of charge, knowing Hawkins will do anything to get closer to her.
And while Regina’s plan works at first, she doesn’t realize that Hawkins and Chloe knew each other as kids, when Hawkins went by Belle and wore princess dresses to school every single day. Before long, romance does start to blossom…but not between who you might expect. With Belle of the Ball, cartoonist Mariana Costa has reinvigorated satisfying, reliable tropes into your new favorite teen romantic comedy.
While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai
If Sonia Patil had her way, she’d be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift for her boss’s daughter. Since Sonia’s mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support them, Sonia’s had her hands full with work, school, and pretending everything is okay at home.
Then Sonia, in homemade superhero cosplay, stumbles into saving her crush James’s life. When a video of the daring rescue goes viral, she—or, rather, a mysterious masked savior—is thrust into the spotlight. Now she’s hiding from TikTok detectives while trying to connect with James. And while she’s drawn to his friendly but oblivious nature, she can’t deny her escalating chemistry with another awkwardly charming boy.
Juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Will Sonia be able to hide in plain sight forever?
Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A scorned god.
A mysterious acolyte.
A forgetting drug.
A dangerous forest.
One girl caught between the freedom she always wanted and a sister she can’t bear to leave behind.
Under the cover of the Night Forest, will Lucha be able to step into her own power…or will she be consumed by it?
This gorgeous and fast-paced fantasy novel from acclaimed author Tehlor Kay Mejia is brimming with adventure, peril, romance, and family bonds–and asks what it means for a teen girl to become fully herself.
#brighter than the sun#lucha of the night forest#while you were dreaming#belle of the ball#ya lit#the moonlight blade#how to win a breakup
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Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!!
I loved this!!! I loved the dark and twisty ancient mushroom magic, the god and goddess lore, latinx sapphic romance... just, yes!!!
Lucha is a great character. She is completely devoted to her little sister, which is a trait I automatically admire in any siblings' relationships. She makes mistakes on who to trust and what to do throughout this story, which made her feel very real to me. All in all, I thought this was really well done.
Lucha's mother is one of the many who are addicted to a drug, Olvida, that seems to basically slowly pull away a person's memories, causing them to sleep and forget life. Lucha takes care of her little sis, Lisa, but when her mother gets fired and they are kicked out of their home, she faces some major challenges. The fact that this is really relatable to what happens to many young adults irl just made me love this story. Lending hope to an incredibly hopeless situation.
Lucha finds herself connected to a god, and soon, she is fighting a battle larger than her own existence.
I want to add some basic warnings for drug use, poverty, and, violence and assault.
Out March 21, 2023!
#book#bookish#books#bookworm#book review#currently reading#read#bookblogger#reading#fantasy#ya fantasy#sapphic romance#lgbtq books#Lucha of the Night Forest#tehlor kay mejia#netgalley review#netgalley
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Title: Lucha of the Night Forest | Author: Tehlor Kay Mejia | Publisher: Make Me a World (2023)
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Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Read: 23/03/2023 - 25/03/2023
Rating: 3/5
Rep: Latinx coded setting and cast, lesbian main character, sapphic love interest, f/f relationship
CW: drug use & addiction, child abandonment, child abuse & neglect, threat of sexual assault from an authority figure, on page death, death of a parent (in backstory), fantasy violence, kidnapping, imprisonment, possession, very brief reference to suicide
Review:
Lucha lives in a town on the edge of the Bosque de la Noche, the Night Forest, taking contracts to hunt the monsters within in order to make ends meet for her and her younger sister whenever their mother fails to come home. When Lucha discovers a magical power within herself, she makes a desperate deal with a mysterious figure only she can see, grabs her sister Lis, and flees into the forest along with a girl who worships a goddess who, according to forbidden myth, opposes the figure that Lucha’s deal is with. As Lucha sets about fulfilling her end of the bargain she gradually comes to understand what exactly she’s gotten herself into, and has to decide how far she’ll go to save the forest and the rest of the world.
A lot of this book is set either in or near the forest, and it was a really cool setting! Lucha’s abilities mean she can effectively communicate with the forest and all that resides within it. Whether the forest is willing to listen to her is another matter entirely, and her control over her abilities and the stability of the link between herself and the forest is something that Lucha struggles with throughout the book.
Something I thought was really interesting about this book was the exploration of the fallout of having been failed by a parent. Lucha and Lis’ mother isn’t there for them, succumbing to addiction instead, meaning Lucha has to take responsibility for her and Lis’ well-being from a very young age and directly leading into the book’s inciting incident. If their mother had been there for them, they wouldn’t have needed to flee. Lucha is angry at her mother for all of this, which is understandable. However as the book goes on she comes to understand her mother’s actions a lot more. I liked how Lucha’s perspective on the situation develops, and I liked that this doesn’t end up swinging to the other extreme and being a case of the abused child forgiving their parent simply because they’re their parent. Nuance!
A key theme of this book is the outright rejection of fate and destiny. Lucha could be seen as a chosen one, but it’s strongly established that she’s a chosen one because she chooses to step up. She could choose not to. She has that option. She’s not the only hope the world will ever have, there will be others with her ability and she could leave the situation for them to resolve when their time comes. I thought this was an interesting take on the chosen one trope that I’m sure people will enjoy!
I liked the note the romantic relationship between Lucha and Pax was left on, but I can see why others might not like it as much. If you like your books to finish with a neat bow and a happily ever after then this one’s more open ending might not be for you.
Considering how important the relationship between Lucha and Lis is supposed to be, and how much of the story hinges on it, I would’ve liked to actually see more of it. The biggest interaction we see between the girls before things kick off in earnest is a fight, and then due to plot reasons they don’t ever get to just exist and interact with each other as they naturally would. I think their bond would’ve been more believable and hard hitting if we’d been able to see more of them actually getting along and being sisters. Similarly, there’s an antagonistic character near the start who’s said to be an old childhood friend of Lucha’s, but the rare sentences we get about their childhood friendship isn’t enough for the reader to feel the true weight of the betrayal that Lucha must be feeling. I just wanted a little more depth from these relationships.
If you’re looking for a book with a creepy living forest or with a unique approach to the chosen one trope then consider checking this one out!
Thank you to Make Me A World and TBR and Beyond Tours for having me on this tour! You can find the full tour schedule here and the rest of my tour stop here
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It was with that pledge in her heart, and a love behind her, waiting, that Lucha Moya turned her sights toward home.
Tehlor Kay Mejia, from Lucha of the Night Forest
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My Favourite Sci Fi and Fantasy of 2023
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#21% Monster Ice Giant#42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams#Alex Woodroe#Amelie Wen Zhao#Anna Stephens#Annalee Newitz#Annual Round-up#book list 2023#Bookshops & Bonedust#C.M. Waggoner#Django Wexler#Don&039;t DIsturb The Dragon!#Emily Owen#Emperor of Ruin#Eric Brown#fantasy#Frontier#Grace Curtis#Keith Brooke#Lucha of the Night Forest#Mr Gearheart#My favourite sci fi and fantasy reads 2023#N.E. Davenport#P.J. Canning#Rhiannon Findlay#Richard Swan#Sci-Fi#Sian ROberts#Song of silver Flame like night#Tehlor Kay Mejia
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Does anybody who's read Lucha of the Night Forest want to spoil it for me? It's well written and I like it, it's just a touch too gritty and dark for me to finish if it's gonna stay that way the whole time. Like, do things get better or does Lucha's circumstances just sort of deteriorate forever until someone dies and then the book ends
#lucha of the night forest#the wikipedia page doesn't have a plot synopsis unfortunately#what can i say i like a happy ending#and a book does not usually feel worth it to me if it does not have a happy ending#cause like what did i get all emotionally invested for#for readathon purposes im gonna say i finished it bc its rly making me very sad
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I realised after the fact that the composition of my Lucha of the Night Forest fanart lent itself well to a cover design. So I did that. I think this skews a bit more MG than the YA that it is - if I were actually redesigning the cover I'd probably go in a different direction - but I think it looks pretty good!
#Lucha of the Night Forest#illustration#book design#booklr#tehlor kay mejia#also i'd probably do something different with the back but i didn't want to draw anything new just for this haha#2023 fanart
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2023 reads // twitter thread
Lucha of the Night Forest
YA fantasy about a girl struggling to survive with her sister in a land overtaken by a forgetting drug, who makes a deal with a forest god to escape
spooky fungi magic, forest, sisters, lesbian MC
#Lucha of the Night Forest#aroaessidhe 2023 reads#ooouagh i like this a lot#def enjoyed the spooky fungi horror adjacent bits the most - which tbh is like 1/3 maybe 1/2#would love if it was spread more through the whole thing#though i guess I do understand that it represents a specific thing in the narrative and it wouldnt make sense to have that much more of it#I do think that the sort of…antagonist motivations and plot related to all that was a little simple#and I can imagine an alternate version that’s longer (series?) and much more complex which would be even better#which would result in her spending more time with the spooky fungi power stuff#but like also I guess there’s positives to a simpler standalone also. sometimes making something longer and more complex just makes it muddi#muddied and bad lol#she could have been a bit more evil is all im saying#i kinda wanted to know more about the wilder worldbuilding also -#tho understand that wtf would a poor girl who’s never left her town or the forest know about the wider world#the romance is a little instalovey i guess but also imo it’s only showing the beginning of a posisble relationship anyway?#anyway i gave this 5 stars. its my vibe. i wanna do fanart#yes girl kill him with mushrooms#sapphic books#lesbian books
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Lucha of the Night Forest | Book Spotlight
✨ Lucha of the Night Forest | Book Spotlight ✨
A new YA fantasy by @tehlorkay about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister.
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Title: Lucha of the Night ForestAuthor: Tehlor Kay MejiaGenre: Young Adult | Fantasy
Trigger Warnings: Addiction | Toxic relationship
Publishing Date: March 21 2023
An edge-of-your-seat fantasy about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister–even if it means striking a dangerous bargain. Dark forces, forgotten magic, and a heart-stopping queer romance make this young adult novel a…
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#BOOKREVIEW - Gifted Grove - #LuchaOfTheNightForest #blog
With a life that provides few options for protecting loved ones from harm, striking a dangerous bargain may seem like the only path forward in Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia.
Living in Robado, Lucha laments her time there as much as the next person, especially with the horrors she experiences of Olvida, a forgetting drug, which her mother is addicted to, and the hunting of…
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