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LOVE failed chosen ones. Chosen ones who failed and chosen ones who aren’t special and never were and chosen ones by chance and chosen ones by a choice not their own and chosen ones who succeeded at what cost
#agnes montague#simon snow#hunter toh#good post good post#the magnus archives#so this is ever after#(by ft lukens)#hell followed with us#yknow what?#Percy Jackson
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I'm very excited to finally share the alternative dust jacket designs I did for dazzlingbookishshop's FT Lukens set! I absolutely adore these books and they were such a pleasure to illustrate covers for. Check out their site for details if you're interested in grabbing the set!
https://dazzlingbookishshop.com
#FT lukens#so this is ever after#In deeper waters#Spellbound#books#book cover art#book illustration#f.t. lukens#lgbt books#I worked really hard on these I'm really proud of them aaaaaaaa#My dream is to draw book covers so this was such a joy to draw#my art#pigeon princess#covers#book#book art#The original covers for these books are also phenomenal so I really just had to hype myself up that I could make my own lovely versions#Helps that the original artist is a mutual ahahaha
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There’s a special place in my heart for bi disaster protagonists.
#jack kelly#so this is ever after#in deeper waters#simon snow#simon snow sort of falls in this category#alexander hamilton
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critical lack of fanart for so this is ever after by ft lukens!! might draw the rest of the crew but for now here's my designs for arek (terminally bisexual and secretly in love with his mage) and matt (the mage, who is exhausted). they are both incredibly stupid. i gave them gay earrings btw
[id: a digital bust drawing of arek and matt standing side by side, facing forward and eyeing each other. arek has reddish brown hair swept back from his head, greyish eyes, and has a slit in one eyebrow. he is wearing a lace-up white shirt under a red vest with gold trim. matt has wavy brown hair that falls across his forehead, dark brown eyes, and medium brown skin with faint freckles. he is wearing a blue shirt with silvery trim and a darker blue jacket. end id.]
#so this is ever after#ft lukens#f.t. lukens#stiea#arek stiea#matt stiea#so this is ever after fanart#stiea fanart#my art#book fanart#lgbtq books#mlm
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“Who got you smiling like that?” The book I just finished. I can’t stop thinking about it.
#booklr#novel#sword catcher#the shadowhunter chronicles#the dark artifices#the mortal instruments#romance#fantasy#romantasy#writing#so this is ever after#serpent and dove#the scarlet veil#once upon a broken heart#shadow and bone#six of crows#caraval
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maybe I am a little bit obsessed with Wren Martin ruins it all that I even made this venn diagram but I swear it's such a cute read I can't 💖
#if you liked this you should read this lgbt+ edition#the chickens maybe weren't that important to the story but THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO ME OKAY#wren martin ruins it all#amanda dewitt#simon vs the homosapiens agenda#becky albertalli#so this is ever after#ft lukens#ace#gay#bisexual#asexual#lgbt+#book recs#thoughts.lit#movlit
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So I'm only up to Chapter 7 So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens but I'm enjoying it a lot
The book so far can be summed up like this:
It's after the end of a D&D campaign or a classic fantasy story and the Main Character/Chosen Ones turns to you and says - "Hi, I'm a 17 year old bisexual disaster who has been living in close quarters with the 5 hottest people I have ever met for months. I am in love with my best friend who is one of the aforementioned hot people and I have somehow accidentally become King. I have no idea what I'm doing, have a constant string of problems, am perpetually horny, and a dumbass"
The book so far is like a marshmallow. It's gooey and sweet and fluffy and a source of joy. True it doesn't have a ton of substance but who goes reaching for the marshmallows when looking for substance?
It knows exactly what it is and it's delivering exactly what is promised and I'm having a great time tbh.
I don't even usually get much enjoyment out of things that are romances without body horror or murder mysteries included. Not because I'm a snob (I have read a lot of trash) but because I'm aro.
But Arek (our protagonist) is just so painfully 17 and ridiculous and charming in the ways he fails to be charming and just trips over his own feet again that he won me over
He's a dork and I love him
I like a book that knows what it's about and serves that. I don't want my hardware store to sell me sandwiches and I don't want my feel good queer fluff romance to try and deliver war and peace either
Saying that I'm only 7 chapters in so idk maybe some hard hitting political commentary happens but I would be disappointed if it did. I wanted a happy marshmallow book to help lift me out of my depression spiral and this is working.
I'll give another review at the end but I wanted to say now that I am having such a good time with this book
I just want the cute boy to get his best friend and be happy with him and his hot friends who keep him from accidentally dying because they care about their resident dumbass
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i have read every ft lukens they’ve put out and i intend to read everything they do in the future. no i will not take questions
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Top Ten TBR for August
1. The Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (currently reading)
Back in December, I was re-watching a bunch of Zhao’s videos on YouTube and in one of them she was promoting her novel Iron Widow. While I’ve never been too into mecha-novels in sci-fi, I decided to give this one a try! I’ve been finding the mechanics of the mechs really interesting, and I find Zetian a very engaging character. It also helps that Zhao explains some of the history of the real-life Wu Zetian in two of her YouTube videos. I still haven’t finished the book, but I am pretty close to finishing it.
2. Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic by Brendan Blaber (currently re-reading)
This novel is a part of the Epithet Erased series on JelloApocalypse’s YouTube channel, which also includes several trailers for this novel and a part of chapter 1 of the novel’s audiobook. I remember seeing the original show on YouTube when it was coming out and it’s a really fun series! This part of the novel focuses on the story of Molly Blyndeff, a twelve-year-old with an epithet, a power that depends on whatever word the epithet is based off of. The story focuses on Molly’s relationship with her older sister Lorelai, and how her friends support her and try to help her as she tries to stop her sister from expanding her dream world within their family’s toy store. I’m actually listening to the audiobook while writing this post! I really recommend the audiobook version of this novel, the voice actors did an excellent job!
3. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austen
I actually was recommended this book a couple of years ago by an aunt and a cousin of mine. I had gone to a Catholic school and they both knew I was pan (I still haven’t come out to them as agender though, but that’s because I don’t see or talk to them very often). However, what actually convinced me to try the book was an old friend group that started a book club, and this was their first book. I still haven’t read it because I didn’t end up making it to the meetings, but I am interested in reading it.
4. The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
This novel I was interested in more from the author than the subject matter, but that doesn’t mean I’m not interested at all. I first read Jaigirdar’s Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating and really enjoyed it, so I wanted to read more of her works! That’s when I learned that this was her debut novel, and I wanted to compare the two. Plus, I will always find some joy from learning about different art forms through writing in novels. The most I know about henna so far is from a friend of mine who had another friend who wanted to practice henna on them. Because of that, I’d like to learn more about how Jaigirdar depicts henna artists.
5. A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation by Jacoby Ballard
I actually found this book at a book exchange that was at an LGBTQ+ friendly event. My friend and I are both interested in this book because we’re both into learning about different kinds of religion and how to express different kinds of spirituality. From what I’ve looked over with the book it talks about how queer people create their own spaces within Buddhism and yoga.
6. So This is Ever After by F. T. Lukens
I’ll go more in-depth with this particular choice in the next book, however the main reasons why I was interested in this novel is because I had already gotten a book from this author that I was pretty interested in. And after looking through another book of Lukens’s (or Lukens’), they also seemed to be really interested in fantasy, especially magic. I also thought it was an interesting idea that the story takes place after the typical “ever after” of defeating an evil king.
7. In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens
Now this is the novel that I originally found F.T. Lukens from, and the main reason why I was interested in reading this novel is because I love pirates. I also found myself hooked from just the summary of the novel. When people say a character is mysterious, I don’t really know if they’re going to be mysterious until they appear in the story. However, the summary does show how mysterious Athlen can be, considering he’s introduced as a prisoner on a burning ship. So, I’m interested in learning more about Athlen just from the summary.
8. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
This novel has a bit more controversial reason for why I want to read it. I originally got this book because it was popular, and I was vaguely interested, but then I started hearing about debates on whether this is good MLM (men-loving-men, not multi-level-marketing) representation. However, I then had another friend that’s a part of the queer community that read the book and he liked it. So I wanted to read the book to figure out my own opinion on the novel. Plus I thought it would be a good time to read it since the novel’s getting it’s own show soon.
9. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Trans (But Were Afraid to Ask) by Brynn Tannehill
This book is less for me and more for family reasons. I’m not going to go into too much detail for privacy reasons, but a lot of my family still don’t quite understand much about what it exactly means to be transgender, especially not someone who’s under the non-binary umbrella. So I wanted to read this book and see if it’d be a good fit for some of my family members who do read.
10. Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative Techniques by Evan Skolnick
This book is more for my own learning and future career. My specific dream job is to create a video game story, which would go into scriptwriting. However, most of the creative writing advice and tips I’ve gotten were either for fiction in general, or for short stories and poetry. This book might be able to teach more about scriptwriting, but also how to develop scripts for video games.
#tbr list#tbr#fiction#bookish#bookblr#book blog#nonfiction#lgbtq#lgbt literature#epithet erased#iron widow#everyone in this room will someday be dead#the henna wars#a queer dharma#so this is ever after#in deeper waters#red white and royal blue#everything you ever wanted to know about trans#video game storytelling
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ft lukens books aren’t like poetic or super well written or developed but they’re queer af & sooo fun to read!! like i never regret reading one bc I just have a grand old time
#books#reading#booklr#ft lukens#queer#happy pride 🌈#so this is ever after#in deeper waters#spellbound#my posts
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I had to make this
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JOMP Book Photo Challenge
April 16 - Books and Flowers
#yeah I forgor#jompbpc#justonemorepage#so this is ever after#ft lukens#booklr#mypics#books#books and flowers#bookblr#books and plants#tbr#lgbt books
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💞 Pink Stack 💞
Thank you for the tag @amongtomesandtales, @therefugeofbooks, and @maddiesbookshelves! <3
Pictured from top to bottom:
💋 I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
💌 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
🐁 One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
🌙 Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
🪄 Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
🌸 A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
💝 Loveless by Alice Oseman
👑 So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
🧜♂️ In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens
Tagging anyone else who wants to do this! (If you do, tag me!)
#tag game with your friendly neighborhood bibliophile#tag game#booklr#bookblr#bookish#I Kissed Shara Wheeler#Red White & Royal Blue#One Last Stop#Winter’s Orbit#Carry On#A Marvellous Light#Loveless#So This is Ever After#In Deeper Waters#book#books#bibliophile#your neighborhood bibliophile#your friendly neighborhood bibliophile
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actually convinced ft lukens started writing a merthur fic but changed the names at some point and wrote a book instead
#so this is ever after#matt#arek#these idiots are killing me#wouldn’t be merthur variants of miscommunication trope wasn’t in it#this is what the merlin writers WISH they had written#merlin bbc#bbc merlin#arthurian legends#merlin emrys#merlin x arthur#merthur bbc#merthur
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So This Is Ever After: Arek
It’s been a while since I last drew him, Ive had the sketch for this waiting to be done for weeks, I am still suffering from the lack of fan art for this book, so here is redrawn Arek!
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