#lady smoke

[fancylala7]

#laura sebastian #ash princess #lady smoke #fantasy map #ya fantasy

[talecomet]

I AM HERE TO FEED THE STARVED FANDOM TAKE MY ASH PRINCESS ANIMATIC

#ash princess #the ash princess #ash princess trilogy #laura sebastian #ash princess series #lady smoke #ember queen #animatic #fantasy #Youtube

[garrusknight]

Conflicted between your two worlds of day and night

#my edits #vera reimonenq #tonya reimonenq #lady smoke #kristin jones #nancy mcknight #bri larocque #bri nightbound #nightbound #playchoices

[safirefire]

The Ash Princess Trilogy by Laura Sebastian is perfect for ya fantasy lovers who love a warrior princess trope and there’s really interesting world building in the later books. Every country has its own system of government, customs, technological advancements, and relationship to magic. The main character, Princess Theo, is a prisoner of the invaders who took over her land but she is patient, fiercely protective of her people, and stronger than she’s ever known. If you liked Aelin Galathynius but wished her story was less like it was told from the colonizer’s point of view, the Ash Princess trilogy is perfect for you. The main character goes through incredible character development and the series touches colonialism better than a lot of ya fantasy. Also the cover art is so gorgeous.

#ash princess #lady smoke #ember queen #laura sebastian #aelin galathynius #tog #don’t get me wrong I enjoyed a lot of tog but there was a lot of colonizer bs #colonialism #ya fantasy #bookblr #booklr #reading #bookish #dark academic aesthetic #the world building could’ve been delved into further and it has a trope about rebels I hate #But it’s still better than a lot of popular ya

[thequeerlibrarian]

Reading night ✨🌙

#i cant sleep 😭 #its 3.30 am and i cant fucking sleep #i wanted to go for a walk but tbh I'm scared alone because i dont trust the neighborhood the park is creapy at night #booklr #books #currently reading #reading #lady smoke #queer books #book recs #books and tea #books & tea #my post

[noyristy]

#lady smoke #girls who like girls #adult work #sexy belly #sexyboys #hot as fuck

[pocacutaop]

“I was a princess made of ashes; there is nothing left of me to burn. Now it's time for a queen to rise.”

― Laura Sebastian, Ash Princess

#ash princess #lady smoke #ember queen #laura sebastian #theodosia #theodosia eirene houzzara #queen theodosia #astrea #><

[amodernarrietty]

Unknown / Nth is so Søren Theo coded, something something about realizing the person you wanted to save is a person with their own goals and ideas, and maybe they never wanted you to save them in the first place. How you look in their eyes and see your own guilt and shame instead, and know that you can never atone for what you’ve done. But you try anyway, because what else can you do? And on the flip side, seeing someone you hate, you’re supposed to hate, but you care anyway knowing you shouldn’t. And maybe everything would’ve been easier if the two of you had been left unknown from one another, and then you could finally know peace.

“Just to take the Injury of finally knowing you.”

“There are some people, love, who are better unknown.”

“Every tedious beat going unknown as any Angel to me.”

#ash princess #laura sebastian #ash princess trilogy #lady smoke #ember queen #sorry this book is making me eat my hair with how good it is.

[ellendean-intheflesh]

Besties besties besties… is there going to be a power couple here in Erik and Heron? Both lovers both fighters? Wildly different yet brilliantly complementary? It is really what they both deserve now isn’t it?

#ash princess #lady smoke #laura sebastian #it does make it weird that Erik has my dads name and Heron is just very dad-like in general but we’ll push past it

[ashprincessquotes]

All humans make mistakes, and your mother was no exception. She loved you dearly and she loved Astrea, and I believe she thought she was doing the right thing. She was human, no more and no less.

Lady Smoke, written by Laura Sebastian 

#lady smoke #ash princess trilogy #ash princess series #ash princess #laura sebastian #quotes

[fancylala7]

#laura sebastian #ash princess #lady smoke #fantasy map #ya fantasy

[mad-rdr]

March Reads

10 books!

Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake (★ ★ ★/5): I loved getting to see Astrid be a normal human being with wants and needs and I especially loved her getting with a woman!! And telling off her awful mother!! (mommy issues hit hard bro)

Blue Monday by Nicci French (★ ★ ★/5): this was such an interesting little mystery involving twins and I loved how Frida was like "I'm a criminal investigator now" and broke like 10 laws. I was also not expecting that ending holy shit (he killed his twins and took his place)

Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian (★ ★ ★/5): honestly, I'm not sure anything actually happened in this book aside from a weird love triangle, this 16 yr old queen realizing she doesn't know shit and some half-assed revival from the dead “twist” at the end.

Ember Queen by Laura Sebastian (★ ★ ★/5): this series finale wasn’t too bad, I still feel like if it was written as an adult book it could’ve done so much more with the characters and plot, but I’ll accept it. People die, Theo learns to wield fire, and there’s a lot of unnecessary injures. Truly, where would they be without Heron. Don’t get me started on the dream walking.

The Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (★ ★ ★/5): this was a good book, if a little more scientific than I was expecting. Definitely made me think about the human relationship with trees and how we really do take them for granted.

By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter (★ ★ ★/5): I love historical tellings of gay people- factual correctness aside. I did not, however, enjoy the incessant use of the word “tis.” If you’re going to commit to 16th century England you gotta do it all the way and not just sprinkle it in here and there. I did loveeee our chaotic asf mc though- he doesn’t know anything except lust and money (and sometimes love)

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout (★ ★ ★ ★ /5): finally got around to this book and let me just say… these new high fantasy authors need more editors. Has no one told them that repetition is the bane of my existence?? If I read the word “Maiden” one more time I’m gonna lose it. On that note though, this book wasn’t too bad overall. I found it highly predictable (like duh of course Hawke is the dark prince) but once I accepted I wouldn’t be surprised I was able to enjoy it. I love me a good vampire story and this delivered.

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer Armentrout (★ ★ ★/5): someone please tell me why it took the entire book for the characters to move from one place to another. Seriously. There seemed to be little development character and plot-wise and while it was quite steamy... *something* should've happened in 600 pages.

A Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer Armentrout (★ ★ ★/5): this book was far better than the second one but I'm still chasing that high of book one. Book three is almost too much, Poppy goes from being crowned to kidnapped to rescued to dying to being revived and "Ascended" all within the first 80 ish pages... and then after that there's still 600 pages to go. In the course of the book her parentage gets "revealed" like 6 times and finally lands on her being a god? It was good, action-packed and smutty, but my god, someone needs to teach this author the skills of pacing.

Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake (★ ★ ★ ★ /5): this was such a good end to the little Bright Falls trilogy; I love me a good bisexual mess who doesn't know how much love she deserves. I just didn't like the breakup at the end, it felt like the author was trying to add a little angst in there and it didn't really work because we all knew they would get back together. But hey, I'm never gonna pass up a fake dating trope.

#astrid parker doesn't fail #iris kelly doesn’t date #ashley herrring blake #bright falls trilogy #lady smoke #ember queen #by any other name #from blood and ash #a kingdom of flesh and fire #a crown of gilded bones #jennifer l armentrout #adult fiction #adult fantasy #fantasy #fiction #romance #lgbtq romance #lgbtq books #young adult fantasy #ya fantasy #lgbtq fiction #march 2024 #booklr #reader #books #reading #book blog #book review #books and reading

[garrusknight]

That awkward moment when there is a bug in the programming and Lady Smoke now looks like a troll...

Fortunately that coding bug was fixed!

#krom nightbound #lady smoke #tonya reimonenq #nightbound #playchoices

[safirefire]

I saved so many good quotes from Ash Princess but my digital library hold expired I’m so upset. I’ll find the exact quotes later but if this ya fantasy trilogy can say that indigenous people reclaiming their lives is not the same as settler colonialist violence, and the least of anyone’s concerns is where the colonizers go (although it does offer a good ya level solution) then I don’t understand why this is a difficult concept for so many adults

#ash princess #lady smoke #ember queen #ya fantasy #bookblr #booklr #colonialism #anti colonialism

[emeraldexplorer2]

#cigarette #smoking cigarette #smoking #beauty #sexy smoker #sexy smoking #mature lady #mature beauty #mature woman #cars #wife exhibition #exhibtionist

[poirott]

Columbo + his basset hound named "Dog"

He doesn't look like a police dog. Well, he isn't. He's a policeman's dog. Believe me, there's a big difference.

COLUMBO (1968 - 2003)

#columbo #peter falk #tvedit #tvseriessource #cinematv #cinemapix #chewieblog #columboedit #*edit #columbo 3x06: mind over mayhem #columbo 5x01: forgotten lady #columbo 7x01: try and catch me #columbo 7x04: how to dial a murder #columbo 8x02: murder smoke and shadows #columbo 9x01: murder a self portrait #they're so sweet and soft together #lieutenant columbo adores his dog #he talks to him as if doggo were a person #just casually like they're having a conversation