#Claire Eliza Bartlett

[layaart]

Linné and Revna from We Rule The Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett.

#We Rule The Night #Claire Eliza Bartlett #book fanart #bookish art #Illustration #books #2022 fanart

[foldingfittedsheets]

I just read a nice queer book by an author and thought, ooh, alright, I’m gonna check out your other works. Dollars to doughnuts that author will write more wlw content for me to enjoy. So I picked up another book by them and it had this great setup for an enemies to lovers between the two female leads. And I kept waiting… and waiting… and nothing overt happened and then it just ended. I looked it up to see if it would be a series and it was just a slow burn, but no. I was so put out. I’m gonna pretend it was gay anyway, there was face touching.

#claire eliza bartlett #in case anyone was wondering #it was a fine book but I was just waiting for the shoe to drop the whole time #books #reading #winter duke was cute and gay and I loved it so I just took it on faith I’d get more gay shit

[mswyrr]

f/f book review: “The Winter Duke” by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Beautiful worldbuilding here. It’s YA Fantasy inspired by the history and culture of Early Modern Europe and focuses on a small duchy that has been able to retain its independence from the warmongering powers around it only because of the noble family’s special connection to “magic.” The dukedom is a city of ice built atop a lake whose merpeople are the only cultivators of magic known to Not Europe. 

When her entire (large!) family falls into a mysterious coma-like state, 16 year old Ekata has to solve the mystery, keep the wolves of war at bay, and figure out who she is.

Reasons why I liked it:

-Worldbuilding and descriptions are gorgeous. I especially recommend the audiobook. The reader is talented and I found the book really soothing to me recently when I was having some health issues. The icy world of cut-throat politics and eerie magic was enchanting.

-This is YA about a 16 year old protagonist who actually thinks and behaves in age appropriate ways*. The story itself is mature and bigger than her though: it knows Ekata needs to grow and understands the limits of that for someone at her stage of life. To be honest - at times she was annoying to me lol Because we’ve got so many hypercompetent 16 year old YA protags lol But by the last 30 percent of the book all her struggles came together into a conclusion that was satisfying across multiple dimensions - she comes of age as a member of her family, as someone making her first forays into romance, and as a political figure who gets the fantasy of power handed to her all at once but also the realism of what you can do within a system like this (absolute power is not what it’s cracked up to be!).

-The author retains neat politics inspired by Early Modern Europe but tosses the homophobia: being lesbian isn’t a source of pain for Ekata and there are multiple LGBTQ characters and an overall sense that gender and sexuality simply do not drive the (many, deep!) problems of this world. I don’t think it’s inappropriate to deal with homophobia in Fantasy settings, but it’s nice when an author has confidence in what they want to focus on and goes for it. There’s a clarity of vision throughout that I appreciated very much.

*I know the complex publishing and etc reasons why so many YA books are about someone who comes across as a 25 year old and I’ve enjoyed some of those but it can get wearying to have protags who are neither adult Fantasy or YA about actual teens

#wlw books #my meta #Claire Eliza Bartlett #my reviews

[bookcoversonly]

Title: The Winter Duke | Author: Claire Eliza Bartlett | Publisher: Little, Brown Books (2020)

#books #The Winter Duke #Claire Eliza Bartlett

[dogs-are-better-than-people]

We rule the night

Just finished We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett and I need a sequel ASAP

#we rule the night #claire eliza bartlett #ya books #ya reads

[theeestreaksoflavender]

“When I woke up, I thought you were drowning,” she said. Drowning.”

excerpt from The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

#the winter duke #claire eliza bartlett #grand dukes made grand tyrants #books #wlw #sapphic

[sapphicreadsdb]

Hi do you by chance have any sapphic fantasy recs? preferably adult fantasy but YA is fine too

sure! tho this could will get quite long... no links, sorry!, bc it was kicking up a fuss with those for some reason

+ = ya

pennyblade by j.l. worrad

lady hotspur by tessa gratton

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley (+)

she who became the sun by shelley parker chan

the scapegracers by h.a. clarke (+)

the third daughter by adrienne tooley (+)

the daughters of izdihar by hadeer elsbai

the malevolent seven by sebastien de castell

blackheart knights by laure eve

the warden by daniel m. ford

the unbroken by c.l. clark

dark earth by rebecca stott

witch king by martha wells

scorpica by g.r. macallister

the mirror empire by kameron hurley

now she is witch by kirsty logan

silverglass by j.f. rivkin

the woman who loved the moon and other stories by elizabeth a. lynn

...(this answer is how i discover there's a character limit per block so. doing this in chunks.)

fire logic by laurie j. marks

a restless truth by freya marske

when angels left the old country by sacha lamb (+)

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

an archive of brightness by kelsey socha

the bladed faith by david dalglish

the winged histories by sofia samatar

dragonoak by sam farren

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

daughter of redwinter by ed mcdonald

the last magician by lisa maxwell (+)

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

...

the black coast by mike brooks

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the enterprise of death by jesse bullington

mamo by sas milledge (+)

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos (+)

uncommon charm by emily bergslien & kat weaver

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the unspoken name by a.k. larkwood

brother red by adrian selby

the final strife by saara el-arifi

way of the argosi by sebastien de castell (+)

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

ghost wood song by erica waters (+)

into the crooked place by alexandra christo (+)

ashes of the sun by django wexler

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska (+)

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski (+)

the never tilting world by rin chupeco (+)

water horse by melissa scott

...

a master of djinn by p. djeli clark

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis (+)

among thieves by m.j. kuhn

black water sister by zen cho

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley (+)

the dark tide by alicia jasinska (+)

the library of the unwritten by a.j. hackwith

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth (+)

the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo

the councillor by e.j. beaton

these feathered flames by alexandra overy (+)

the factory witches of lowell by c.s. malerich

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

...

city of lies by sam hawke

bestiary by k-ming chang

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the winter duke by claire eliza bartlett (+)

master of poisons by andrea hairston

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

down comes the night by allison saft (+)

wench by maxine kaplan (+)

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (+)

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan (+)

the impossible contract by k.a. doore

burning roses by s.l. huang

the house of shattered wings by aliette de bodard

not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma

weak heart by ban gilmartin

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (+)

the devil's blade by mark alder

...

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia (+)

the true queen by zen cho

moontangled by stephanie burgis

a portable shelter by kirsty logan

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

all the bad apples by moira fowley doyle (+)

the drowning eyes by emily foster

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

miranda in milan by katharine duckett

the afterward by e.k. johnston (+)

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

in the vanishers' palace by aliette de bodard

summer of salt by katrina leno (+)

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

out of the blue by sophie cameron (+)

black wolves by kate elliott

the circle by sara b. elfgren & mats strandberg (+)

unspoken by sarah rees brennan (+)

thistlefoot by gennarose nethercott

passing strange by ellen klages

(and breathe)

#recs #q

[sapphicbookclub]

Pride Flag Book Recs! #3🌈

Need more diverse books for pride month? I’m bringing you some colorful suggestions for your rainbow shelves aesthetic! 

Feel free to check out my previous posts as well here and here! 

The Devotion of Delflenor by R. Cooper, The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose, The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe, The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart, These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite, Say You'll Love Me Again by Kiki Archer, The Key to You and Me by Jaye Robin Brown, The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt, The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker Chan, Welcome To Paradise by Lise Gold, A Flight in the Heavens by Gabrielle Gagne-Cyr, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri, Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard

Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee, Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour, The Noble and the Nightingale by Barbara Ann Wright, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sisters of Shadow by Katherine Livesey

I Think I Love You by Auriane Desombre, Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Uncharted by Ali Temple, The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler, It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland, Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley, Girls at the Edge of the World by Laura Brooke Robson, A Scheme of Sorcery by Ennis Rook Bashe

Happy Pride Month Reading!  ❤️💛🧡💚💙💜

#pride month #sapphic books #lgbtq books #lgbt books #queer books #lists

[lgbtqreads]

hi!! i know this has beeb asked before but not for a while and I thought there might be some releases since then, so : any Queer High Fantasy? I've been recommended Priory of the Orange Tree before. Thank you!!

Not sure when the last time was but here’s what’s currently on my radar! (You can also find these here, and an asterisk means it’s not out yet: https://lgbtqreads.com/sff/spec-fic-by-subgenre/) I bolded some of the ones that are newer or coming out in the next few months.

MG

*Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp – NB

Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith – NB

YA

Female Protags

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco – L

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L,B

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B

The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine – B

Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines

Rule by Ellen Goodlett

Havenfall by Sara Holland

*Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis

The Afterward by EK Johnston

Empirium by Claire Legrand – B

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – BA

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B, A

The Third Daughter and The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

Male Protags

Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson

The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler

Skybound by Alex London

So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas – T

Non-Binary Protags

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF

*A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien

Adult

Female Protags

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin

The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell

Rook & Rose by M.A. Carrick

The Night and its Moon by Piper CJ

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

*Warmongers by C.L. Clark

The Gardener’s Hand by Felicia Davin

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey

The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart (Amz)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Malice by Heather Walter

When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Male Protags

Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley

The Cadeleonian series by Ginn Hale

Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune

A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

*Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton

Stagsblood Trilogy by Gideon E. Wood

Genderqueer Protags

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

[wondereads]

WLW Book Recommendations

Happy Pride!

Recommendations are under the cut due to the size of this post. The books listed below are:

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Crier’s War by Nina Varela

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Seven Devils by L. R. Lam and Elizabeth May

Malice by Heather Walter

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (high fantasy)

Yes, this book is a monster, but it is well worth your time. Told from multiple perspectives spanning a huge fantasy world, an ancient evil is waking up, and humans must be prepared. This book does a great job of blending many different cultures into one narrative, and the way it deals with organized religion is better than any other book I've ever read. While this is a fantasy over a romance, the sapphic relationship in this book is top tier. It develops slowly and naturally; it's not big and sweeping like a lot of romance in fantasy, but the smaller things really come through.

Crier's War by Nina Varela (high fantasy)

In a fantasy world, humans are ruled over by automae, artificial beings that were initially created by humans but have now taken over as the 'superior' beings. Ayla's family was killed by the king, and she vows to take revenge by killing his own family, his only daughter, Lady Crier. I find the history of the automae very interesting in this book, and Crier's story in particular has a lot of good reveals. While this is an intense high fantasy, there is a bit of humor in it. Told from both Ayla and Crier's perspectives, I find it incredibly funny that a human girl is scheming how to assassinate a princess while said princess is experiencing her first crush on said human girl.

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (high fantasy)

This book is set in a world inspired by ancient India, and tells the story of a maidservant and princess. The maidservant has a dark past that involves illegal magic and old societies, and the princess has been imprisoned by her cruel and despotic brother. This book is very much on the slower side, but some people prefer that. Similar to Priory, this book is told from multiple points of view, not just the two main characters. The unrest in the kingdom is slow and creeping but happens steadily and realistically. Also, concerning the romance, I actually quite like that the two main characters, Priya and Malini, don't exactly have a very healthy relationship.

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett (high fantasy)

One of my favorite books, The Winter Duke is about Ekata, one of the many children of the duchy of Kylma Above. All she wants to do is leave this place and her family to pursue her dreams of scholarship, but when her family falls into a permanent sleep the day before her departure, she must step up to rule. As someone who loves political fantasy, this book is right up my alley, and yours too as long as that's something you like. I really like that this book explicitly states that Ekata has zero interest in men romantically and is only interested in women. Her romance with Inkhar definitely brings out the YA aspects of this book. Ekata is forced to grow up so quickly, it's nice to see her have a crush and get flustered over it like any teenage girl.

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide (mystery thriller)

At a predominately white private school, the only two Black students are targeted by an anonymous texter, Aces. Though they have nothing in common, they team up in order to uncover Aces and protect their secrets. Plot wise, this is by far my favorite thriller I've ever read. It's tense, it'll keep you on the edge of your seat, and it discusses institutionalized racism, especially in academia, masterfully. One of the main characters, Chiamaka, has a great sideplot of coming to terms with her sexuality. However, when it comes between her safety and her romance, I love that she keeps a level head on her shoulders and always chooses the former. (There is also MLM rep in this book with the other POV character.)

Seven Devils by L. R. Lam and Elizabeth May (space opera sci-fi)

An intergalactic empire spreads across the universe, and it's up to a ragtag group of rebels to stop it. Eris was once heir to the entire empire, but she gave that up to be part of the Resistance, and one mission may be the deciding factor in the universe's continued freedom. While Eris is technically the main character, this is fundamentally an ensemble cast with multiple perspectives. This book has quite a bit of LGBTQ+ representation, including a sapphic relationship between two of the POV characters. While not a huge focus of the book, their relationship is sweet and touching.

Malice by Heather Walter (high fantasy)

Malice is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty following Alyce, the Dark Grace, who is reviled but used by all in the kingdom of Briar. Alyce dreams of escaping Briar until she starts to master her powers and meets the Princess Aurora. I will admit that I prefer the plot to the romance in this book for the most part, but the ending really gets me sometimes. Alyce's powers and her people's history are so interesting, and Aurora is a great, understanding, and kind love interest.

Stay tuned for more pride recommendations all throughout this month!

#books #recommendations #lgbt #pride #fantasy #mystery #science fiction #wlw #sapphic #lesbian #bisexual #pansexual #the priory of the orange tree #the jasmine throne #the winter duke #crier's war #ace of spades #seven devils #malice

[beautifulfaaces]

Masterlist - Female Green Eyes

2000s

Addy Miller

Ava Kolker

Amirah Johnson

Beatrice Kitsos

Caitlin Carmichael

Ella Ballentine

Ella Rubin

Isla Johnston

Larsen Thompson

Mackenzie Foy

Megan Scott

Melissa Collozo

Sky Katz

90s

Alana Boden      

Alba August

Aleece Wilson

Alexandra Tikerpuu

AJ Michalka

Ali Collier

Alicia von Rittberg

Alina Bobyleva

Alina Boz

Alina Kovalenko

Alycia Debnam-Carey

Allegra Carpenter

Amine Gülşe

Amy Forsyth

Anna Grace Barlow

Brec Bassinger

Breezy Eslin

Brenna O’Brien

Cailin Russo

Caitlin Carver

Camren Bicondova

Catherine Missal

Chloe Grace Moretz

Danielle Campbell

Dove Cameron

Eda Ece

Emma Appleton

Ester Expósito

Esti Ginzburg

India Gants

Frances Encell

Isabel Hodgins

Jella Haase

Jenna Boyd

Júlia Molins

Katerina Tannenbaum

Laura Bilgeri

Lauren Froderman

Lauren Jauregui

Lauren Potter

Leonie Benesch

Lexi DiBenedetto

Lilli Camille Schweiger

Lola Rodríguez

Louisa Connelly-Burnham

Lucy Boynton

Luna Marie Schweiger

Madeleine Coghlan

Madisen Beaty

Madison Davenport

Madison Lintz

Marielle Scott

Meredith Mickelson

Mia Healey

Natacha Karam

Nell Tiger Free

Paula Beer

Pauline Burlet

Pinar Deniz

Rachel Matthews

Riley Voelkel

Romi Van Renterghem

Sabrina Bartlett

Savannah Baker

Sophie Turner

Stephanie Styles

Tiera Skovbye

Ulrikke Falch

Vanessa Grasse

Willa Holland

80s

Abbey Clancy

Abbie Cornish

Alex Paxton Beesley

Alexa Chung

Alexa Davalos

Alexandra Turshen

Alissa Jung

Alison Sudol

Amanda Seyfried

Amy Winehouse

Ana Beatriz Barros

Ana de Armas

Angelina Häntsch

Avigail Harari

Bar Paly

Beren Saat

Carrie MacLemore

Claire Boucher

Clara Alonso

Darla Baker

Eliza Coupe

Elizabeth Knowelden

Elle Evans          

Emilia Clarke

Emily Baldoni

Emily Tremaine

Esther Povitsky

Felicity Jones

Genevieve Angelson

Georgia King

Haley Webb

Hannah Ware

Hilarie Burton

Isidora Goreshter

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Jen Lilley

Jenna Dewan

Jessica Keenan Wynn

Jessica Lowndes

Joy Lauren

Julia Hartmann

Julie Marie Berman

Kate Lambert

Kate Phillips

Katie Cassidy

Katie Leclerc

Kayla Ewell

Krysten Ritter

Laura Bell Bundy

Lauren Cohan

Lindsey Kraft

Lucy Hale

Mallory Jansen

Marcella Lentz-Pope

Maria Sole Mansutti

Meg Steedle

Meghan Ory

Melissa McIntyre

Monika Reithofer

Paige Spara

Priscilla Quintana

Rachael Taylor

Razane Jammal

Rebecca Breeds

Sara Canning

Sarah Power

Shelley Regner

Tammin Sursok

Yasemin Kay Allen

70s

Adamari López

Alison King

Amber Valletta

Angela Kinsey    

Anna Torv

Artemis Pebdani

Becki Newton

Brandy Clark

Brooke Elliott

Charlize Theron

Christina Applegate

Constance Zimmer

Dorian Brown Pham

Erica Durance

Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Morrison

Jessica Chastain

Jill Flint

Julia Parker

Kathy Kiera Clarke

Keri Russell

Leslie Bibb

Melissa McCarthy

Niki Karimi

Portia de Rossi

Sabrina Grdevich

Sarah Rafferty

Stephanie Waring

Traci Dinwiddie

60s

Alexandra Paul

Amy Ryan

Catherine Tate

Elisabeth Shue

Emily Procter

Francie Swift

Gia Cardis

Julianne More

Kelly Rutherford

Marcia Cross

Mary Page Keller

Melina Clarke

Natascha McElhone

Rebecca Stab

Sherry Stringfield

50s

Allison Janney

Chloe Webb

40s

Diane Keaton

#masterlist #masterlist female green eyes #90s fem green eyes #2000s fem green eyes #80s fem green eyes #70s fem green eyes #60s fem green eyes #50s fem green eyes #40s fem green eyes

[sapphicbookoftheday]

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Today's sapphic book of the day is The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett!

Summary: "An enchanted tale of intrigue where a duke's daughter is the only survivor of a magical curse.

When Ekata's brother is finally named heir, there will be nothing to keep her at home in Kylma Above with her murderous family. Not her books or science experiments, not her family's icy castle atop a frozen lake, not even the tantalizingly close Kylma Below, a mesmerizing underwater kingdom that provides her family with magic. But just as escape is within reach, her parents and twelve siblings fall under a strange sleeping sickness.

In the space of a single night, Ekata inherits the title of duke, her brother's warrior bride, and ever-encroaching challengers from without—and within—her own ministry. Nothing has prepared Ekata for diplomacy, for war, for love...or for a crown she has never wanted. If Kylma Above is to survive, Ekata must seize her family's power. And if Ekata is to survive, she must quickly decide how she will wield it.

Part Sleeping Beauty, part Anastasia, with a thrilling political mystery, The Winter Duke is a spellbinding story about choosing what's right in the face of danger."

#lesbian #queer #sapphic #wlw #booklr #lgbtq #book recommendations #book recs #queer lit #books #lgbt books #lgbtqia #lgbt #ya #ya books #young adult #young adult books #fantasy #high fantasy #ya fantasy #retelling #the winter duke #claire eliza bartlett

[cheshirelibrary]

12 Whodunit YA Books to Read if You Love Knives Out

[via Epic Reads]

Authors from the Golden Age of the whodunit like Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Slayers would be delighted to see what the whodunit has evolved into. From the numerous literary subgenres it has spawned to Hollywood fervently snatching up, remaking, and cooking up mysteries, it seems as though people are finally uncovering the mystery of the whodunit junkie.  

All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana Urban

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes

Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

You Were Never Here by Kathleen Peacock

Sadie by Courtney Summers

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

#cheshire library #book list #ya book list #mystery books

[the-patchwork-kid]

Week 3! With some gifs along with it! I also threw in the star ratings I gave them (out of five).

I also have a goodreads if anyone wants to follow me along on there!

8/14 - 8/20

#booklr #booklover #art #my art #illustration #digital art #percy jackson #pjo fandom #mark of athena #hoo #heroes of olympus #city of girls #elizabeth gilbert #with the fire on high #elizabeth acevedo

[valkyrisms]

FREE BOOKS TO GOOD HOME

hello all, I am giving away a bunch of books! idk if anyone here would be interested in them, but if you are just shoot me a message and I’ll send them to you, free of charge. they’re all in good condition. I have the names of them listed below the cut, divided up by age. please help me get them out of my apartment ✨

Middle Grade

Magyk & Flyte - Angie Sage

Kingdom Keepers #1 - Ridley Pearson

Felice and the Wailing Woman- Diana Lopez

You Only Live Once, David Bravo - Mark Oshiro

Young Adult

City of Bones series #1-6 - Cassandra Clare

Cursed - Frank Miller & Thomas Wheeler

Hex Hall series #1-3 - Rachel Hawkins

We Rule the Night - Claire Eliza Bartlett

Adult

30 Second Mythology

Agents & Spies Anthology

Lovecraft Collection

The City We Became : N.K. Jemisin

Big Book of Reel Murders - Otto Penzler

Hiddensee- Gregory McGuire

A Court of Thorns and Roses series #1-3.5 - Sarah J. Maas

The Perfect Assassin - K.A. Doore

#personal #books

[beautifulpaxielreads]

Last book I...

Thanks to @storytime-reviews for the group tag.

Bought: Devotion by Hannah Kent, and Beyond the end of the world (The other side of the sky #2) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Borrowed: Romantic outlaws: The extraordinary lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon from the library. I originally wasn't going to borrow anything, but I saw this one on the shelves and I just HAD to read it.

Gifted: The long way to a small, angry planet (Wayfarers #1) by Becky Chambers

Gave to someone else: I think it was The Lake House by Kate Morton

Started: The understudy by Julie Bennett, and A far wilder magic by Allison Saft

Finished: The secret of laughter: magical tales from classical Persia by Shusha Guppy

Gave 5 stars: A psalm for the wild-built (Monk and robot #1) by Becky Chambers

Gave 2 stars: I tend not to rate books that low, if I'm not enjoying a book I normally DNF it. The closest rating to 2 I gave was The winter duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett, which I read last year and rated 2.5. Not even really sure why I finished it in the end, I guess I didn't want to let it beat me.

Didn't finish: A universe of sufficient size by Miriam Sved (this had promising elements but I hated one of the POV characters), and Pemulwuy: the rainbow warrior by Eric Wilmott. I was quite sad to DNF that one because of its subject matter, but I was in a bad reading slump and needed to start afresh.

Anyone else who wants to do this and hasn't, feel free to take this as your invitation!

#beautifulpaxiel reads #booklr #tag games #bookish fun