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ace-artemis-fanartist · 1 year

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Joan from That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams.

This was one of my top fave books of this year! It has queer characters, monstrous fae, metal magic, sword fighting ladies, and so much more!

#joan sands #that self-same metal #brittany n. williams #Forge & Fracture Saga #lgbt books #booklr #queer books #artists on tumblr #my art

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justabooklovingmetalhead · 1 month

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New Releases of April 2024!

I’ve been really excited for Dear Wendy for so long! Can’t wait for it to come out :) I have no clue how I’m going to find time to read everything coming out this month tho 😅

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bookaddict24-7 · 13 hours

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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (APRIL 30TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

To A Darker Shore by Leanne Schwartz

The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson

Where Was Goodbye? by Janice Lynn Mather

I'll Be Waiting for You by Mariko Turk

Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan

The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard

The Notes by Catherine Con Morse

Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo

Pillow Talk by Stephanie Cooke, Mel Valentine (Illustrator)

What's Eating Jackie Oh? by Patricia Park

NEW SEQUELS:

Sound the Gong (Kingdom of Three #2) by Joan He

Saint-Seducing Gold (Forge & Fracture Saga #2) by Brittany N. Williams

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checkoutmybookshelf · 11 months

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Fae books are some of my favorite, so in honor of my favorite Irish poet, let's have a quick round-up of books with Fae!

OR Melling's The Chronicles of Faerie Series, which includes The Hunter's Moon, The Summer King, The Light Bearer's Daughter, and The Book of Dreams

Literally 99% of everything Juliet Marillier has ever written, with Dreamer's Pool and Wildwood Dancing being my favorites

Brittany N. Williams's That Self-Same Metal

Not one of my favorites, but Holly Black's The Cruel Prince has a metric ton of fae

Terri Windling's The Raven Queen (and the rest of the Voyage of the Basset Series)

Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and The Fowl Twins series

CE Murphy's Walker Papers series and Negotiator Trilogy

Illona Andrews's Magic Bites

Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales trilogy

Herbie Brennan's The Faerie Wars Chronicles

Gail Carson Levine's books, including Ella Enchanted, The Two Princesses of Bamarre, and The Princess Tales volumes 1 and 2

William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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whatmakesagod · 1 year

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#that self-same metal #brittany n. williams

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magnificentmonet · 4 months

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The Forge and Fracture Sage by Briytany N. Williams

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berrysweetbooks · 11 months

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That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

This story was so unique. I never thought Shakespeare, fae, Orisha blessed magic, and that there would be a Black actor and a sword expert. This book was a solid 3 ⭐️ for me, which isn’t bad. I enjoyed reading the book and I was continuously intrigued by the plot. Sometimes it felt like so many things were happening, so many good ideas present that the story struggled to contain it all. By this, I mean that the story felt like it didn’t fully resolve. I’m wondering if this is because it’s a series and the other books will complete the action or if it was an editing issue. I really liked Williams concept. I thought so many cool things were constantly being introduced. The orisha magic, the Fae’s increasing presence in London, the metal magic. There are so many moments that I loved. The duels. Anytime Joan did anything. The twins dynamic. But, the ending didn’t really resolve much of the conflict. I ended the book feeling like I was missing pages. It was good and I’m gonna continue reading the series. I feel this book is perfect for Shakespeare loving friends. A nice quick read.

#bookblr #currently reading #berry sweet reading log #that self same metal #brittany n. williams

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siriuslygrimm · 1 year

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Courage and Chaos

#BOOKREVIEW - Courage and Chaos - #ThatSelfSameMetal #blog

A Black girl in Jacobean London with expertise in swords and fighting becomes entangled in a Fae uprising that she may just have a unique ability to help halt in That Self-Same Metal (Forge & Fracture Saga #1) by Brittany N. Williams. Responsible for creating and maintaining the stage blades for The King’s Men, the acting company of William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage, sixteen-year-old Joan…

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thenerdsofcolor · 1 year

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With Swords and Shakespeare, 'That Self-Made Metal' is a Welcome YA Fantasy Adventure

Our newest writer @LaKaseCousino got a chance to read @BrittanyActs' "exhilarating" debut novel #ThatSelfMadeMetal, avail NOW for preorder!

Magic and superstition swirl around the world of William Shakespeare. While priests at the time decried belief in fairies, the practice of witchcraft, and women speaking on stage, the theater world managed to carve out space where anything was possible. To this day it is bad luck for actors to say “MacBeth” if they find themselves cast in the play, for fear of the curse that swirls around the…

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#Black Girl Magic #Brittany N. Williams #Fantasy Novels #NOC Review #Shakespeare #That Self-Made Metal #YA Fiction #young adult #young adult books

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mistwraiths · 1 year

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4 stars

I would like to thank YALLFEST and Brittany N. Williams, who I got to meet and she was so sweet, for this uncorrected proof ARC I got.

This was an actual delight of a debut! If you like historical fiction with fantasy, queer characters, Shakespeare and his plays, a wonderfully diverse world, this book is for you.

Joan is an easy to root for heroine and I loved the friendship and camaraderie between the company and Joan. I do feel like there's not really ~romance in this book but there is flirting and crushing and kissing. It does however feel awfully fast when we meet Rose, for Nick she's at least known for awhile.

The pacing of this book is super fast with everything happening very quickly over a short amount of time. I would have liked at least for a conversation or two to happen with Rose, especially since she lied and got them in serious danger. It was forgiven too easily in my opinion. Plus they were way too familiar and kissing after just like one interaction, imo.

I did like seeing the Fae really causing harm to random individuals because it shows how deadly they are. I would have also liked to know more about Auberon and his plans in general and Titiana as well, because we really don't get too much. Auberon felt a little bit like a posturing villain in some parts and not some terrible intelligent old Fae.

But I loved the Orisha giving their chosen children powers. I want to learn more of that. I enjoyed seeing parts of the play being played out and it being explained.

This book doesn't shy away from the gruesome attacks and the horrific treatment and racism of its time period.

Overall, this was an exciting and fresh debut and I'm excited for the next book. This is probably a 3.5 for me but I enjoyed it a lot so I rounded up.

#steph's book review #steph reads #brittany n. williams #2023 reads #that self same metal

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richincolor · 1 year

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As I was coming up with a shortlist of books to review later this year, I noticed that there were some really great looking fantasy books headed our way in 2023. Here are three that caught my attention, all by Black authors:

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker Tor Teen

Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen.

On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau—the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family—are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick—she’s cursed. Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule. Someone who will come for them next.

Cristina, once a talented and dedicated practitioner of Generational magic, has given up magic for good. An ancient spell is what killed their father and she was the one who cast it. For Clement, magic is his lifeline. A distraction from his anger and pain. Even better than the random guys he hooks up with.

Cristina and Clement used to be each other’s most trusted confidant and friend, now they barely speak. But if they have any hope of discovering who is coming after their family, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other and their family's magic, all while solving the decades-old murder that sparked the still-rising tensions between the city’s magical and non-magical communities. And if they don't succeed, New Orleans may see another massacre. Or worse.

That Self-Same Metal (Forge & Fracture Saga #1) by Brittany N. Williams Amulet Books

Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is a gifted craftswoman who creates and upkeeps the stage blades for William Shakespeare’s acting company, The King’s Men. Joan’s skill with her blades comes from a magical ability to control metal—an ability gifted by her Head Orisha, Ogun. Because her whole family is Orisha-blessed, the Sands family have always kept tabs on the Fae presence in London. Usually that doesn’t involve much except noting the faint glow around a Fae’s body as they try to blend in with London society, but lately, there has been an uptick in brutal Fae attacks. After Joan wounds a powerful Fae and saves the son of a cruel Lord, she is drawn into political intrigue in the human and Fae worlds.

Swashbuckling, romantic, and full of the sights and sounds of Shakespeare’s London, this series starter delivers an unforgettable story—and a heroine unlike any other.

Sing Me to Sleep (Sing Me to Sleep #1) by Gabi Burton Bloomsbury

Saoirse Sorkova survives on lies. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.

As the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince.

Saoirse should hate Prince Hayes. After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when Hayes turns out to be kind, thoughtful, and charming, Saoirse finds herself increasingly drawn to him-especially when they're forced to work together to stop a deadly killer who's plaguing the city. There's only one problem: Saoirse is that deadly killer.

Featuring an all Black and Brown cast, a forbidden romance, and a compulsively dark plot full of twists, this thrilling YA fantasy is perfect for fans of A Song Below Water and To Kill a Kingdom.

#blood debts #that self-same metal #sing me to sleep #terry j benton-walker #brittany n williams #gabi burton #book lists

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yourhandsomestepdad · 1 month

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Imagine…

Worm Barbie x reader smut!!

Warnings: nsfw 18+, piss kink, worm kink,

Ever since Barbie world and the real world made it easier to transfer between the two, I’ve loved visiting the gardens in Barbie land.

Nothing beats the perfect cut grass, nice smell of plastic nature, and most of all.. the worm Barbies!

Of course the worm Barbies never acknowledge my existence, they just go on with their wormy little lives, but I definitely notice them.

Untill one day when I was laying in the grass, admiring the little worm barbie village, one of them came up to me.

“You must be Y/N, it’s so nice to meet you!” The worm Barbie greeted me.

“How do you know who I am?” I inquired carefully.

“You’ve been visiting us for quite a while, and leaving…a rather potent sent around our village. It’s hard not to know you” The worm Barbie’s voice dropped into a sultry tone, making a heat rush to my nether regions.

“Yknow… I can sense that right?” She got closer, I could almost feel her soft breath on my skin.

“And, and what are you going to do about it..?” I responded cautiously.

“Do you want me to tell you or show you?” She crawled up my leg now, the hard on in my pants now obvious.

The woman (me) was too stunned to speak, as the worm Barbie started wrapping around my dick through my pants. I moaned lightly, allowing her to continue her antics.

She made her way to unbutton my pants with her little worm teeth, gesturing me to help her slide them down my legs along with my male panties.

The great thing about worms, is that they have no internal organs, or things inside their bodies. They’re just a long tube of flesh…

Like a fleshlight.

So I’m sitting there in the fucking dirt with this worm Barbie sucking me off and moving her whole body up and down my dick like a fleshlight.

God this experience was so fucking attractive I cummed within 3 minutes. My cum filling up the worm barbie bloated her out a little bit like a used condom. Of course she wasn’t satisfied with just that though.

“Piss for me little boy” she took herself off my cock to say that sentence, so I had to.

Once she got ready and back on my dick, I let out a stream of my hot piss into her mouth, but I pissed a lot more then I cummed, so as I pissed she bloated and bloated up untill she was a ballon and then suddenly

She popped

And spilt my cum and piss mixture all over their little worm village like acid rain, making all of the worm Barbie’s in the village start vomiting profusely and dying because piss and cum to a fucking worm Barbie is gross as fuck.

The end!!

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justabooklovingmetalhead · 7 days

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4.5 Stars

Some assorted thoughts on That Self-Same Metal: I thought this was really enjoyable! I found it really fun to read, with an enjoyable writing style, really great pacing, and just such amazing adventurous vibes. I also love what Williams did with the fae- they're treated as dangerous and even scary, while also enthralling. It was a nice breath of fresh air from other depictions of fae. I found the romance a little lacking in depth, but honestly I preferred that the book spent more time on the central conflict. It'll probably be developed more in the next book, anyways. I also loved the theater setting and all the sword stuff. I'm really glad there's more diverse historical fantasy like this, and I can't wait to read the next one!

#that self-same metal #brittany n. williams

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bookaddict24-7 · 1 year

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New Young Adult Releases! (April 25th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Other Side of Infinity by Joan F. Smith

The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst

Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

Becoming A Queen by Dan Clay

No Boy Summer by Amy Spalding

When We Had Summer by Jennifer Castle

An Improbable Season by Rosalyn Eves

That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

Robin & Her Misfits by Kelly Ann Jacobson

Vape by Cynthia Kadohata

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checkoutmybookshelf · 11 months

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Stabby Girls, Shakespeare, and Stagecraft, Oh My!

We have a guest bookshelf today! I was visiting my Nana's house, and it is her beautiful built-in bookshelves that serve as the stage for Brittany Williams's very fun That Self-Same Metal. This book hit literally every major keyword for me: It's set in Stuart England, it has a protagonist with a sword, there are fae involved, Robin Goodfellow uses they/them pronound, and William Freaking Shakespeare goes faerie hunting. It's also similar to Legendborn in that it brings in a West African (specifically in the area now known as Nigeria) inspirations for magic and spirituality, and I love that these aspects of culture are being highlighted both in the historical period of the novel and in contemparay publishing. Let's talk That Self-Same Metal.

I was sold on this book in one sentence: Joan Sands is William Shakespeare's fight coordinator. Then it got better, because there is a broken pact so the fae are loose in Stuart England and have their fingers deep in the Guy Fawkes plot. On top of that, we have Richard Burbage burbaging all over the stage and not doing the fight choreography properly and romance between our fight coordinator and one of the apprentice actors playing all the women's roles. This book is just immensely fun and full of easter eggs for Shakespeareans (professional and casual alike) and theatre kids.

One thing that this book does exceptionally is reflecting the gender fluidity inherent in the world of Elizabethan and Stuart theatre. Not only do you have the layers inherent in acting (in Twelfth Night, for example, you had a boy actor playing a girl who in story is disguised as a boy. There is nothing simple or linear there, it's a wibbly wobbly timey wimey mass) and I love that this book honors and recognizes that. We also have great Bi representation, because instead of trying to pull a love triangle between our main character and a cute boy and cute half-fae girl, the book goes:

I love it. It is perfection.

Pulling Puck--who has been played by actors all along the gender spectrum--out of the gender binary with they/them pronouns helps to really hammer it home, and we also have background characters across the sexual orientation spectrum as well.

Add to this the fact that the book also highlights the existence of Black people in Shakespeare's day and age and goes in complicated on different levels of racism--from casual to utterly dehumanizing and also to unquestioning acceptance from individuals (noticably not the system, though, which I appreciate)--and honestly the complexity and richness of the world is something that we just do not see in the pop culture mythos we have created around William Shakespeare and his world.

I'm not even gonna address whether the portrayals of historical characters in this novel are accurate or not. I'm not going there, it's too close to the authorship question and we literally do not know enough about Shakespeare in particular to even begin to ask questions of accuracy. I loved Dadspeare in this book; it was fun and made me happy while I was reading it. A+ no notes.

Overall, I had a ton of fun with this book, and despite wanting a little more length and depth from it (in terms of plot, mostly, if I'm being honest) I highly recommend giving it a read. It made my early modern scholar heart happy.

#brittany n. williams #that self same metal #that self-same metal #shakespeare #shakespeare books #shakespeare adaptation #ya novels #book recommendations #books and novels #books & libraries #books and reading #books

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just-a-bookish-reader · 1 year

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That Self-Same Metal Book Review

That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams My rating: 4 of 5 stars Thank you to Amulet Books and the people of YAllFest 2022 for the chance to read and review a very early edition of this novel. The premise of this novel was honestly exquisite, and I really liked certain aspects of it. I almost wonder if it would have done better for a different aged audience? I mean I am a 21 year old but it is marketed for YA. Right away I felt really rushed into things, just sort of tossed headfirst into the story, but after the initial shock of it I think the pacing started to settle with me. I will say that when a character died it didn't really hit me that hard, I was just like "ok?" and I was able to guess the sort of plot twist in the last few pages but my assumption is that it wasn't meant to be hidden, although I'm almost interested in what would have happened if it wasn't revealed at the end and we had to wait for the next book. I really liked the queer representation in this book, and I definitely have a specific person I prefer Joan to be with but that's serious spoiler territory and this is an ARC so I won't be adding spoilers until after the book has actually been released. I think that aspect was absolutely executed quite well, although I definitely have questions that I hope are answered in the second book. Overall, the pacing was a bit of a throw off for me, but once I got settled into the story, everything just flowed naturally for me, and it was very immersive!

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#that self same metal #brittany williams #brittany n williams #advanced reader copy #razorbill #yallfest 2022 #reviews #book review #review

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