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happy lesbian visibility week ! have some sidnirrim
#the midnight lie#the hollow heart#marie rutkoski#sidnirrim#sidarine#sid#nirrim#wlw art#wlw books#xxadiaa art
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She’s obsessed with gnc lesbians and birds and I love her for it
“What do you want?”
“I want my thief.”
Nirrim~
The midnight lie.
#my art#the forgotten god series#nirrim#lgbtq literature#ah loving lesbians and birds#that goes hand in hand#the midnight lie#the hollow heart
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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
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Sid putting Raven in her place by making her apologise to Nirrim is making my gay heart flutter 😍😍
It shouldn't be so rare in stories for a LI or friend of the protagonist to take their companion's abuser down a peg, it's so satisfying!
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Forgotten Gods duology by Marie Rutkoski
(The Midnight Lie, The Hollow Heart)
Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.
Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.
But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possesses magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.
Genres: fantasy, romance
Get the books from The Book Depository here! (1, 2)
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
🪶🐍🩸👩🏻❤️💋👩🏼
I read this book in one setting. It was hard to put down, and I wanted to see where everything went, what would happen, would Nirrim and Sid get together, what were the secrets the world was hiding and omg it did not disappoint.
I loved the way the two met, and the banter between them that followed. I loved how Nirrim realised that she was in fact in love with a woman and how she went about it. I loved the scene with Lillian. I know this was a YA book, but I guess the only disappointment for me was the fade to black scenes.
I really liked the plot, the world, the twists and turns. It was a great book and I can't wait to read book two.
#the midnight lie#marie rutkoski#sapphic fantasy book#sapphic book#spicy lesbian book#book review#lesbian#lesbian characters#wlw#wlw book#fantasy book#ya book#lgbt book#queer book#queer book review#sapphic book review#booklr#sapphic booklr
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It's been 2 days since i finished The Midnight Lie and I'm only growing more resentful. How dare this book trick me into thinking it might be good with its lush writing and a sexy butch love interest, and promise of a complex abusive mother/daughter dynamic just to end up give me nothing in terms of an actual plot progression, boring and cliché reveals, two dimensional villains and a ship so heavily weighted in one direction as to be completely unavailable.
And then everyone on goodreads was all 'nirrim and syd this, nirrim and syd that'... Y'all were bamboozled by pretty writing and the presence of lesbians. There's nothing fun in shipping a wet sponge with someone who is literally perfect human (except maybe being a little bit arrogant.)
And why did we need homophobia? As if this relationship wasn't already unequal enough, we gotta add extra stress into it and get a lesbian version of the rake and the blushing virgin trope. Newsflash, but i never wanted a lesbian version of that trope. Some tropes aren't better by being made gay, actually. And why did we need to dress the butch character in dresses which she hates? Icky, gross. Go to jail.
#maybe one day i will learn and stop reading ya sff#but i was promised sapphics and a hot butch#i was tricked#tricked i tell you#the midnight lie#book review#thea reads#rant#book rant
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Sid and Nirrim from The Midnight Lie
#the midnight lie#marie rutkoski#sapphic#wlw#lesbian#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbtq art#sapphic art#wlw art#fanart#bookish#booklover#lesbian art#artists on tumblr
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Quick Review: The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Rating: 5/5
“The ground feels like such a safe thing … until you get too far above it.”
A delightful fantasy read with shades of Hadestown and The Hunger Games. Nirrim is a sharp-witted but gentle leading lady. Her love interest, Sid, is a hilarious, honourless cad which made for a dynamic that was actually quite fun to read. It meant that Nirrim really got to shine and take charge, especially in the last quarter of the novel.
I'm thoroughly intrigued to see what happens next!
#the midnight lie#marie rutkoski#booklr#bookblr#forgotten gods#trcc original#reviews#5 star reads#lgbt books#wlw reads
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The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
Today's sapphic book of the day is The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski!
Summary: "Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the consequences.
Nirrim keeps her head down and a dangerous secret close to her chest.
But then she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possesses magic. Sid tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself. But to do that, Nirrim must surrender her old life. She must place her trust in this sly stranger who asks, above all, not to be trusted.
Set in the world of the New York Times–bestselling Winner’s Trilogy, beloved author Marie Rutkoski returns with an epic LGBTQ romantic fantasy about learning to free ourselves from the lies others tell us—and the lies we tell ourselves."
#lesbian#booklr#queer#sapphic#wlw#books#lgbtq#book recommendations#book recs#queer lit#lgbt books#lgbt#lgbtqia#ya#ya books#young adult#young adult books#fantasy#ya fantasy#young adult fantasy#speculative fiction#high fantasy#the midnight lie#the winner's curse#marie rutkoski
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A top Hamas commander, responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre in Israel, was killed in an Israeli airstrike today, the Israel Air Force (IAF) said in a statement.
Israeli intelligence pinned Billal Al Kedra's location in Khan Yunis, a city in the south of Gaza Strip. Al Kedra was a commander of the Nukhba force, a naval commando unit under Hamas' special forces unit of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
The IAF said in its statement that other Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives were also killed in the strike.
The Israeli forces carried out airstrikes on over 100 military targets in Zaytun, Khan Yunis, and west Jabaliya, targeting Hamas operational command centres and military compounds. The airstrikes neutralised several anti-tank missile launch pads and observation posts.
Last week, in a sensational land-sea-air assault on Israel, Hamas operatives infiltrated the country using motorised gliders, boats, and on foot. Nirrim, a kibbutz (settlement) located less than a mile from the Gaza border, was also one of the targets where Hamas carried out a massacre.
Residents of Nirim and other small agricultural communities along the border have become accustomed to the relentless barrage of rocket fire from Hamas. The people residing there often seek refuge in reinforced safe rooms, sometimes even sleeping in them, since Hamas came to power in Gaza in 2005 after the US unilaterally withdrew from the Palestinian enclave.
According to Israeli authorities, several were killed in this settlement in the Hamas onslaught.
Yesterday, another Israeli airstrike on Gaza City killed a senior military commander of Hamas who headed the Islamist group's aerial operations. Murad Abu Murad was killed when an operational centre of Hamas was struck.
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i'm rereading the midnight lie and it's a delightful experience because i missed sidnirrim and their story eo much but when nirrim said "apples remind me of a friend. i miss her" and sid responded with "tell me about her so that i may miss her too" it hit me even harder than the first time and reminded me of my old best friend
#she read this book for me just bc i loved it so much#and i guess i'll forever regret the fact that i didn't do a good job of showing my love to her idk#and be constantly reminded of her#but it is what it is
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The Midnight Lie and The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski
The Midnight Lie and The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski
Genre | YA Fantasy Page #s | 358 and 384Publishing Date | March 2020 and September 2021
Where Nirrim lives, crime abounds, a harsh tribunal rules, and society’s pleasures are reserved for the High Kith. Life in the Ward is grim and punishing. People of her low status are forbidden from sampling sweets or wearing colors. You either follow the rules, or pay a tithe and suffer the…
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Man, the Hollow Heart really is a let down after the Midnight Lie.
It's sad because I was enjoying it for the most part, I loved Nirrim's villain era and Sid's family life is interesting. The problem is just the climax should have been its own final book! All that build up and pining then they're reunited and go through an Orpheus/Eurydice-esque trial all in a couple of chapters, with a lot of tell don't show. It felt like the author had a third book in mind but then just decided to end it as quick as possible.
Would still recommend the first book as one of my top 10 sapphic reads.
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*rolls up sleeves* since there seriously isn’t enough sapphic representation in books, I’m just gonna have to write the na fantasy bisexual poc wlw novel I want myself I guess
#sorry it’s just that I finished Forgotten Gods and I’m sad it’s over now#Forgotten Gods#The Midnight Lie#The Hollow Heart#what do i do with my life now#lesbian#wlw#bisexual#wlwoc#gay#bi#fantasy#ya#young adult#lgbt books#queer fantasy#the winner’s curse#the winner's trilogy#Nirrim#Sidarin#queer representation#lgbtq pride#queer muslim#queer bipoc#queer#non binary#new adult#na books#novels
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