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Lost in the pages 📖
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liaromano · 6 months
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Preview of VOL 1’s cover.
This was such a fun way of seeing this handsome bastard after a lot of planning. So artsy and elegant. Once you read about him, though, it will be clear he is neither of those things. Maybe artsy, I’ll give you that. He looks solemn only in picture while being a mess the rest of the time. A sarcastic little shit. A bumbling idiot. A buffoon, even.
All of this is pure affection and nobody is allowed to talk about him that way, or I’ll be very sad.
I’ll be honest, the main plan was to have a comic page ever chapter, but then the quality and the mental health of the artist would have received a severe decline. Plus we were inspired by actual light novels and they usually have a drawing every 30/40 pages, if any. Since every chapter has a drawing anyway -very à la manga cover page- we decided it was better to keep the comic ones rare.
I leave again the very quick summary, because one day I’ll learn how to properly write one, but this is not the one:
A slice-of-life, erotic light novel(la), following Cassian Bale, the Vamp Babe, one of the lucky winners of the Roomie Raffle: the philanthropic lottery his college set up. The prize? Two whole semesters rent-free in a luxury apartment in New York City. But Cassian knows it’s too good to be true. And it becomes painfully apparent when he realizes he will have to live with the sickeningly sweet top-3 student, Gwendolyn Scott. Will he survive a whole year, or will he fall prey to her kindness?
art -as always- by @gjatheshroom who is as much anxious about this as I am
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foxounderscorecube · 1 year
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A Court of Frost and Starlight - Sarah J. Maas
2½ ⭐
CW: mention and brief discussion of SA
Sadly, this one was a total miss for me!! It was a book. I read it.
Here's the thing: I really like this series overall, but there's a lot about it that I am not a big fan of. Typically, the stuff I find interesting and fun outweighs the stuff I find cringe in a not-fun way or just not relevant to my preferences. Because this book is kind of a slice-of-life, tying loose ends kind of thing, it was, like, 90% the stuff I don't care for and 10% the characters being cute and celebrating Christmas Winter Solstice. Worst of all, it bored me!
I don't have anything against slice-of-life, but for the characters in these books, a LOT of day-to-day life is spent being horny. I just don't really get it. Rhysand is the worst for it. That man can't go five minutes without getting a raging boner because he glanced at Feyre out the corner of his eye.
You know, for a series with the effects of trauma as one of its primary themes, Rhysand only really tells us that he's traumatised from being a sex slave for 49 years. I'm not saying that his horniness contradicts his trauma in itself - plenty of people who have experienced abuse become hypersexual, in fact - but he generally doesn't show any indication whatsoever that it's impacted his relationship with his body and/or sex. You'd expect, say, a scene where something that should be innocuous - a phrase or a position or way of movement - completely takes him out of it and he has to stop because he's panicking. Not just in this book, I mean, just in general. I know that Rhysand is supposed to be a Wish Fulfilment Boyfriend but the guy's been through hell.
Related to that, but on a positive note, it was sad to see Nesta so isolated and coping so badly, but how very Nesta of her. Of course she doesn't want help or love or anything like that. I am looking forward to seeing her development in the next book, at least.
However, we've already put a damper on her relationship with Cassian. I'll admit, I adored their dynamic in Wings and Ruin - her spikiness that didn't hide the fact that she'd grown so fond of him, and him teasing her about it, it was all so cute. But then Cassian trailing her home when she told him to fuck off? My guy, I get you're worried, but take no for an answer. Don't be a creep. And throwing her Solstice present in the river out of rage was a BIG ick. I hope that's a one-off and he doesn't get all possessive and weird in the next book but I'm not holding my breath because I think the possessiveness might be intended to be hot?
Part of why I think this is because of that sex scene, which was bizarre. They had sex but then they also had sex with their minds? Double sex? And then Feyre showed him a picture of their future son right before he nutted???????????? Surely that'd be off-putting, right? Like, oh, great, I was about to cum, but you showed me a picture of a kid and now I feel a bit uncomfortable, actually.
Sadly, very little Lucien in this book. I like Lucien :(
The art studio story arc was sweet, although it did feel like it fell into Feyre's lap a little too easily, I don't know. She's always a bit of a Mary Sue but it was hard to ignore in this book. She has more money than God and people are just like "oh my dear High Lady, please take everything I own for free". Still, I liked Ressina and I think the whole thing of free art therapy for the kids is nice.
The multiple POV didn't play to Maas' strengths at all. The characters all have distinctive voices in dialogue, but she clearly can't write from their perspective consistently, so instead we get first-person chapters for Feyre and Rhysand (who have almost identical internal monologues - the only difference is Rhysand thinks about sex a bit more and describes himself as "drawling" more often) and then third-person for everyone else. When the first Cassian chapter came up, I thought he was just referring to himself in the third person like a caveman and didn't even bat an eye, so that was funny, at least. But it's a shame, because there was the opportunity for us to get a more intimate look at the side characters and we just… didn't. Multiple POV isn't something that often works for me - it usually reminds me of bad fanfic I read growing up - but it can be done well and this would have been a nice book to have that mix of personality put into it.
Highlights of this book were the Illyrian warrior snowball fight and the discussion about how none of them can be trusted not to investigate wrapped presents like excitable children. That was very cute. I do hope that Silver Flames is an improvement.
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oracleofmadness · 1 year
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This book has my heart right now. Being gay and living in a small conservative town, an Asian mc who must deal with racism, just the attention to several big problems for many, many Americans living in this country right now. And, not just mentioning these problems but speaking about them in this story in such an honest way.
Stevie and Nora are in love. They have a new life waiting for them in California. However, all of that changes when Stevie falls into a ravine and has permanent amnesia about the past two years after she wakes up from a coma.
So, this is a story of friendship and finding out who your true friends really are. About finding yourself. This is a story about falling in love, and then forgetting everything and falling back in love with a beautiful human who never gave up.
If you can't tell... I loved every piece of this book. It lives up to the hype and more. It's my new moody read for when I'm feeling cloudy.
Out April 4, 2023!
Some warnings for racism, homophobia, and domestic violence.
Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!
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WIP Intro: MERCENARY OF THE STARS
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Yes, I write stuff in verse about life and coffee and anxiety and trees and writing itself.
But I also write weird, usually queer speculative fiction.
MERCENARY OF THE STARS is my current project.
Think TREASURE PLANET x MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, complete with saffic pirates sailing around on 18th century sailing ships... In space.
Not sure how I want to share it with the world yet, or when that will be...
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amethystsmusings · 2 years
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we never planned for this - a contemporary fiction novel SUMMARY
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Four months after the untimely death of her mother, Molly Wilson finds herself confused, displaced, and depressed. Having had to move in with her older sister and her husband, she’s not only at a brand-new school, but living with the sibling who abandoned her as soon as she turned eighteen. She doesn’t know how to trust anyone. She especially doesn’t know how to trust Piper.
Piper is trying her best. Trying to get through to Molly is not easy, and staying afloat is a day-to-day battle. When Molly very suddenly finds herself up against a diagnosis of leukemia, the two sisters are unsure of what to do, and their emotions are everywhere. If there’s ever a time to band together, this is it.
Will they be able to?
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uncommon-etc · 2 years
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Does anyone want to start a book club (and/or film club)?
I had one going with some course-mates from my post-grad, but we’ve all gone in different directions since our placements finished, I had one with a friend who has since moved away so it’s harder to organise, and I miss it.
It doesn’t matter if you’re skint, I’m happy to scan/post things within reason, I used to work for a major second-hand book distributor so I have over 800 in the house and still get a discount, as long as we stick to stuff that’s easy to get in paperback, it’ll be fine. I’m happy to take my queue from whatever titles you can get hold of, as it will at least give me a way to focus my own book-buying problem (yes, it’s a problem, when you have to up your contents insurance, it’s a problem)
I’m particularly interested in dystopian fiction, NA fiction, queer literature, quiet histories, and non-fiction (especially politics and political science) but I will literally read anything (as my groaning bookshelves can attest).
If you’re not that keen on the commitment, but still want to exchange recommendations that’s cool too, I just need a way to whittle down the 3-4 stacks of books next to my bed that are making me feel like picking on at random to make a start with and rejecting the others is some kind of crime.
Currently, I have to spend a lot of time staring at screens for work, so am trying to reduce the degree to which my hobbies depend on screen-use (though I’m not counting films in this, if anyone wants to start a film-club) so if you’re trying to curb yours too and get more reading done, message me :)   
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despumantebonk · 10 months
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May's Reads
All the books I read and DNF in the month of May.
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace ★★★☆☆
Manacled by Sen Lin Yu ★★★★★
Marrow by Trisha Wolfe & Brynne Weaver ★★★★☆
DNF
Shine by Jessica Jung
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queerism1969 · 2 years
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trashtoon · 17 days
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The Girl on the Broomstick (1972) fanart.
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moiraimyths · 1 year
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FEB 1, 2023: KICKSTARTER FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE (NA DAOINE MAITHE) HAS ENDED!
Thank you to our 776 backers for allowing us to bring this project to life, and reach our side stories stretch goal! We hope that you love what we have in store! Stay tuned, fateful friends!
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The Good People (Na Daoine Maithe) is a lore-rich, choice-driven visual novel inspired by Irish mythology and Celtic folklore. Play as an Irish tenant farmer from the mid-19th century, whose path becomes inexplicably entwined with fairy affairs after getting robbed by the roadside and lured into the mythic and war-torn world of Tír na nÓg: A once unified land, now divided into the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Will you escape with your stolen belongings? Or does fate have something else in mind?
Our Full Game will Feature:
Six Character Routes: There will be six character routes in total, each one exploring the individual stories of our diverse cast of Love Interests (LIs)! There are two men, two women, and two non-binary folk to choose from. Half of our cast is aspec, as well!
Secret Story Route: If you play through all six character routes, you'll unlock the secret story route! It's designed to tie up the broader narrative aspects of the game, and you can choose which character route is "canon" to your play through!
Flexible MC: Choose your preferred name and pronouns (including neo pronouns) and romance whomever you please! (We even have a stretch goal to customize MC's sprite appearance, too!)
Platonic Options: Not into romance, or don't want to romance them all? Not to worry! All routes can be played platonically.
Multiple Endings: Each route has two endings based on the health of your relationship with the LI, regardless of whether it's romantic or platonic.
English-Gaeilge Lexicon: Our game features translatable Gaeilge (Irish) words and phrases, and in the full game, translations will be voiced for ease of pronunciation!
Voice Acting: The main cast will have limited voice acting in the full game. Check our Kickstarter page periodically for voice actor reveals and samples!
Other Features (Stretch Goals): Side stories in-between route releases.
While we develop the full game, be sure to try out our FREE DEMO out now on Steam and Itch.io! Make sure to Wishlist our game on Steam as well!
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Pretty pages 📖🐉
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gojuo · 1 year
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THANK YOU, JOJO.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (2012) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency (2012-2013) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders (2014-2015) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable (2016) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind (2018-2019) JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean (2021-2022)
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jazeswhbhaven · 3 months
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Me showing up to my wedding with Andrealphus wearing the wings he ripped off an angel as an accessory
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The guns are because we're getting married in Avisos and ofc I need to be strapped. btw this image is promo for Lil Nas X's new single and I swear every outfit he wears is something I wish I could wear irl but I don't have the body nor the money to do so ミ=͟͟͞͞(✿ʘ ᴗʘ)っ
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few-return · 9 days
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caress my butt
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