#the world of the white rat

[freckles-and-books]

Currently reading: I can never stay away from Kingfisher for long.

#books #the world of the white rat #paladins faith #t kingfisher #currently reading

[heyitsrink]

I finished Paladin's Faith last night. Here's some highlights.

#the saint of steel #paladin's faith #t kingfisher #the temple of the white rat #the world of the white rat #book quotes #paladin's faith spoilers #this book is so so so good #probably my favorite of the series #and I LOVED all the callbacks to the Clocktaur duology

[reviewsthatburn]

The main reason I didn't enjoy Spellbound by Allie Therin is that the more the characters learned about each other, the more it felt like they were ignoring red flags in order to make it all work (for more details, refer to the review linked above). I prefer books where, as the characters learn more they find out that either they're more compatible than they thought, or at least that what seemed like insurmountable issues can be substantially erased or mitigated in a durable and mutually supportive way.

Please enjoy this non-exhaustive list of books and series I've enjoyed where it originally seems like it won't work and then it does as the characters learn more about each other. Most of these are fantasy and/or romance.

Authors who frequently write this kind of story:

Most things Seanan McGuire writes, if there's a relationship it tends to be this style.

October Daye

InCryptid

T. Kingfisher's World of the White Rat books

Clockwork Boys / The Wonder Engine

Swordheart

Paladin's Grace / Paladin's Strength / Paladin's Hope

Most of what Ilona Andrews writes:

Kate Daniels and associated books

The Edge books

Stand-alone books:

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Bone Weaver by Aden Polodoros

Curses by Lish McBride

The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

Peter Darling by S.A. (Austin) Chant

A Far Wilder Magic by Allison Saft

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell (stand-alone story in a shared universe)

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell (stand-alone story in a shared universe)

Ongoing series:

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Completed series:

The Celestial Kingdom Duology by Sue Lynn Tan

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Heart of the Sun Warrior

Witchmark by C.L. Polk (Book 1 of The Kingston Cycle trilogy)

#BookReviews #seanan mcguire #october daye #incryptid #t kingfisher #the world of the white rat #ilona andrews #kate daniels #the very secret society of irregular witches #the lights of prague #nicole jarvis #the wicked bargain #bone weaver #lish mcbride #c.l. polk #peter darling #a far wilder magic #everina maxwell #margaret rogerson #freya marske #xiran jay zhao #foz meadows #sue lynn tan

[punsbulletsandpointythings]

Might fuck around and reread Paladin's Faith.

#paladin's faith #t kingfisher #tkingfisher #the saint of steel #the world of the white rat

[pieandpaperbacks]

Currently reading: Clockwork Boys by T Kingfisher

After a month spent reading the absolute masterpiece and mammoth that is Nicola Griffith’s Hild, I needed something short and sweet as something of a palette cleanser. So of course I picked up the only unread T Kingfisher book I own. I think ‘sweet’ might be something of a misnomer here, as there are sentient tattoos that will eat you, dancing rat corpses, and the main plot centres around a suicide mission. But it’s funny and the romance is silly and I’m having a good time dammit.

#bookblr #book recommendations #currently reading #t kingfisher #books #book review #clockwork boys #clocktaur war #The world of the white rat #ursula vernon

[crabs-with-sticks]

Just a lil rant about my newest beloved fantasy author

Something I love so, so much about T Kingfisher's (@tkingfisher) work is how she portrays the mundane as something so beautiful and wonderful. The majority of her protagonists are all quite regular people, with regular lives, regular hobbies, and regular bodies. And how despite that, all her characters are so interesting, so lovable, and so deeply and utterly human.

Its amazing seeing a series where multiple female romantic leads are plus sized, and there is a mix of both body positivity and body neutrality. Because like yeah, they are gorgeous. But also, at the end of the day bodies are just bodies. A bit in Paladin's Faith got me thinking about this, where the male lead asks about the female lead's stretchmarks, and its very much treated as just a normal thing that she has as a woman, not detracting from her beauty, not adding to it. They just are.

And don't get me started about how nearly all of her male romantic leads, who are for the most part, big, strong, sword-wielding paladins, have knowledge of some form of textile craft, and how it doesn't detract from their masculinity at all. And instead it is something that would actually be very useful for a soldier to know.

Tldr if anybody else is obsessed with T Kingfisher's work as much as I am please let me know so that my long suffering reading friend can have a break from it.

#t kingfisher #ursula vernon #world of the white rat #saints of steel #paladins faith

[sweeter0da]

Saw MIW tonight… TOOK THIS PICTURE AT BARRICADE

I took so many photos I could share with y’all if you want 🫵😧

#miw #motionless in white #miw band #motionless in white fandom #chris motionless #chris cerulli #touring the end of the world #rats miw #cherrybombs #I wanna throw him in my pocket

[swampcretures]

World of the White Rat (collapses and dies) (full image undercut)

#artists on tumblr #t kingfisher #temple of the white rat #the saint of steel #fantasy world #fantasy map #my art

[vanweezer]

ma'am your dog i mean husband needs a leash | x

#slipknot #corey taylor #alicia taylor #alicia and her little rat dog manlet thing. mean the world to me #also white contacts incident im sick im sick im unwell #the mask design of all time #i wanna gather up corey & pfaff by their little yarn heads and swing em around and see what happens #corey #alicia #<- if i can have a breezy tag i can have an alicia tag #its my blog and they are both gorgeous goreeeeejustttt women

[labyrynth]

ok so your first problem was assuming mdzs is a story where Good People are Rewarded and Bad People are Punished.

your second problem was assuming that MXTX—who goes out of her way to showcase unresolved, tragic, undeserved endings in all of her works—would ever write a story with such a shallow notion of “deserving.”

the only reason wangxian makes it out unscathed is because they’re literally the protagonists. authorial intent and plot armor ensure their happy ending. that’s it.

#mdzs talk #moi #i mean it also helps that neither wwx nor lwj give a rats ass about the rest of the cultivation world #wwx had already fucked off and lwj was basically doing that too #that man has never given a single shit about politics and maintaining good relationships #like what does it say about you if even jiang cheng is a better politician than you. #mister ‘don’t talk to me before i’ve had my coffee. or after. just don’t fucking talk to me.’ #but yeah wangxian is like oh we helped to create a massive power vacuum and destabilized the entire cultivation world? #ahaha no way!🤪 hey actually can this wait? my husband and i wanna go fuck in the bushes 🥰 #like. lwj that’s YOUR brother that just lost his most significant emotional support of the last decade. #wwx that’s YOUR pseudo nephew whose parental figure you just got killed. #that’s YOUR pseudo nephew who now has to become sect leader at like 15. #but nah they wanna go bang on the side of the road #god forbid they try to clean up some of the gigantic mess they helped to make #and nobody try to argue ‘well but jgy!!’ buh buh buh nothing. jgy cleaned up after himself. #neither wwx nor lwj had ANY personal stake in seeing jgy dead. lwj SHOULD have had a personal stake in keeping him alive actually. #i still think it’s super shitty and hypocritical of lwj to defend wwx so strongly and yet try so hard to condemn jgy in PRIVATE #both wwx and lwj really showed their asses at guanyin ngl. obviously huaisang did too. #like yeah it’s noble and righteous or whatever but like. righteousness was not why lwj defended wwx before. #wangxian stans being self-righteous and hypocritical? with classist double standards? with black and white mentality? #wow! who would have ever guessed?

[wwbygd]

Special post for these 2 pics of Ricky because I’m OBSESSED

#Ricky #Ricky Olson #miw #Ricky horror #motionless in white #my mans #loml #the actual love of my life #greasy rat man (affectionate) #touring the end of the world

[reviewsthatburn]

PALADIN'S HOPE features Galen, one of the paladins of the (now dead) Saint of Steel. He appears in the first two books in the series but now gets a story of his own. The main story is entirely new, as Earstripe the guard-gnole requests that Galen and the lich-doctor, Piper, help him find out the cause of several mysterious and violent deaths (which are both introduced and resolved). Very late in the book I figured out that this wraps up some things left hanging from other White Rat books, not just the first two Saint of Steel books (though it does that as well). The epilogue, in particular, exists to show the state of Galen and Piper's relationship some time after the main story, and to continue the underlying thread of the death of the Saint of Steel. It leaves the book on a bit of a cliffhanger, but one related to the general course of the series and not to the central plot of the book. 

#BookReviews #Fantasy #Highly Recommended #Romance #The World of the White Rat #paladin's hope #t kingfisher

[marijuanas-a-working-woman]

art dump

hey guys... long time no see... ahahaha...

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #cookie run ovenbreak #mad rat dead #lego monkie kid #rain world #warrior cats #never let them catch u using the same artstyle twice #lmk mk #lmk red son #lmk mei #lmk lady bone demon #lmk chang'e #lmk macaque #lmk sun wukong #peach cookie #she is actually based on wukong fun fact! #black pearl cookie #white pearl cookie #caramel arrow cookie #shoutout to carapearl aka bobashipping #i'm their only fan #rootspring #shadowsight #bristlefrost #mad rat mrd #heart mrd #rat god #hunter rain world #spearmaster rain world

[krakenartificer]

Earstripe: humans can’t smell

Davith: EVEN HUMANS CAN SMELL THIS ONE BUDDY!

#Paladin’s Faith #liveblog #wonderworkerverse #world of the white rat #humans can’t smell smh #Gnolespeech #saint of steel

[itscrystql]

everybody,

an incoherent piece.

everybody

doing it because their parents

told them to,

doing it to overcome a misplaced yet

deeply rooted sense of insecurity,

where fear is the motivation,

doing it so as to feel more right,

more important, more morally superior,

doing it for the external validation,

the mass followings, the audience.

and some who are found

in the place without lights, without a map,

taking the world as it comes,

and i want to be that girl,

she looks beautiful, she would be content,

and to give up a futile chase

for something that wouldn’t be found

on the way, but along—

almost feels like relenting, succumbing

to the foul idea that the world now

is the world later

and forever.

#skinny by billie eilish #everybody #rat race #capitalism #societal ideals #economy #efficiency #corporate world #white collar #a place in society #a social standing #status #worldly indicators and success #meaning of life #meaning (in) life #daily numbness #philosophical #loneliness #psychology #childhood #love #a child’s yearning #olive branches #metaphors #poem #poetry #incoherence #lost #lookism #external validation

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

New Saint of Steel book ready for pre-order

I am very excited to find out that in early December, a new Saint of Steel book is coming out.

I enjoy these so much!

#saint of steel #world of the white rat #t. kingfisher #ursula vernon