#Georgina Gentry

[dear-indies]

hi cat & mouse! Southern gothic Ethel cain anon here - so sorry my original ask was so tricky but tysm for the amazing list I really appreciate it!! 💗 if you don't mind me being cheeky, do you have any suggestions for Taylor Russel alternatives please? Particular her look/vibes in bones & all please - again so sorry for my original ask but tysm for answering it & being so patient! Hope you guys are doing well

FKA twigs (1988) Afro Jamaican, English, Spanish, possibly Egyptian - Honey Boy.

Jasmine Cephas Jones (1989) African-American / English - Blindspotting.

Kylie Bunbury (1989) Afro Guyanese / Swedish, Polish, English, and German - Big Sky.

Teyana Taylor (1990) African American and Afro Trinidadian - A Thousand and One.

Sophia Brown (1991) Black British - The Witcher.

Carlacia Grant (1991) African-American - Outer Banks.

Georgina Campbell (1992) Afro Jamaican / English - Barbarian, Suspicion.

Kiana Madeira (1992) Portuguese / Irish, Unspecified First Nations, Black Canadian - Fear Street.

Hayley Law (1992) Afro-Jamaican - Door Mouse.

Nesta Cooper (1993) Black Canadian and White - See, Travelers.

Ashley Moore (1993) African-American, Cherokee, and White - I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Moonbear (1994) African-American - is queer - Betty.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994) African-American / English, German, Norwegian, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish - is queer - Yellowjackets, Scream.

Sierra McClain (1994) African-American - 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder - Ameican Honey, Conversations with Friends, Hellboy, Utopia.

Ella Balinska (1996) Afro Jamaican / Polish and English - Resident Evil.

Zendaya (1996) African-American / German, Irish, English, Scottish - Euphoria, Dune.

Tati Gabrielle (1996) Korean / African-American - You, Kaleidoscope.

Antonia Gentry (1997) Afro Jamaican / English, other - Ginny & Georgia.

Nia Sondaya (1997) African-American - Yellowjackets.

Kiana Ledé (1997) African-American, Swedish, Mexican, Cherokee - All About the Washingtons.

Erin Kellyman (1998) Afro Jamaican / Irish - is a lesbian - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Dede Lovelace (1998) Afican-American - Betty.

Kayla Maisonet (1999) Afro Puerto Rican / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Imani Lewis (1999) African-American - First Kill.

Here you go!

#fc help #rph #rpc #black fc

[femori]

MUSE  LIST  (non-carrd  edition)

film

amber  freeman,  mikey  madison,  scream  5

anita  ‘needy’  lesnicki,  amanda  seyfried,  jennifer’s  body

bex  warren,  hari  nef,  assassination  nation

cassandra  ‘cassie’  swann,  sasha  lane,  daniel  isn’t  real

deena  johnson,  kiana  madeira,   fear  street

evie  jackson,  nathalie  emmanuel,  the  invitation

hallie  mcdaniel,  tati  gabrielle,  scream  2

heather  duke,  kaitlyn  dever,  heathers

jill  roberts,  emma  dumont,  scream  4

kirby  reed,  jemima kirke,  scream  4

lily  leblanc,  mila  kunis,  black  swan

lydia deetz, tbd, beetlejuice (film)

mckayla hooper, alexandra shipp, tragedy girls

rochelle  zimmerman,  lovie  simone,  the  craft

sadie  cunningham,  brianna  hildebrand,  tragedy  girls

sarah  fier,  juliet  landau,  fear  street

taylor  gentry,  angela  goethels,  behind  the  mask

original  characters

pamela  clarke,  jaz  sinclair,  fear  street  (1960s)

valerie  marie  beaumont,  emma  dumont,  affilliated  slasher  oc

tv

agatha   &  dorcas  night,  adeline  rudolph  &  abigail  cowen,  caos

ava daniels, hannah einbinder, hacks (horror based?) -- TEST

carmilla  karnstein,  natasha  negovanlis,  carmilla:  the  series

coco  st  pierre  vanderbilt,  leslie  grossman,  ahs:  apocalypse

ellie williams, bella ramsey, hbo's the last of us -- TEST

lark  feldmont,  billie  lourd,  ahs:  red  tide

madison  montgomery,  sophia  anne  caruso,  ahs:  coven

mallory,  billie  lourd,  ahs:  apocalypse

marienne bellamy, tati gabrielle, you -- TEST

queenie  sidibe,  gabourey  sidibe,  ahs:  coven

sarah  ‘belle  noire’  cunningham, frances  conroy,  ahs:  red  tide

vanessa  ives,  eva  green,  penny  dreadful

zoe  benson,  hannah  einbinder,  ahs:  coven

video  games

claudette  morel,  angelica  ross,  dead  by  daylight

rin  yamaoka  /  the  spirit,  karen  fukuhara,  dead  by  daylight

yui  kimura,  devon  aoki,  dead  by  daylight

yun-jin  lee,  park  so-dam,  dead  by  daylight

literature

laura,  samara  weaving,  carmilla  novella

maggie leigh, jahkara smith, nos4a2

podcast

agnes  montague,  eline  powell,  the  magnus  archives

basira  hussain,  golshifteh  farahani,  the  magnus  archives

georgina  ‘georgie’  barker,  wunmi  mosaku,  the  magnus  archives

jude  perry,  bae  doona,  the  magnus  archives

melanie  king,  eliza  dushku,  the  magnus  archives

nikola  orsinov, no  faceclaim, the  magnus  archives

#THE MURDERED GIRLS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS. [ gen. out of char ] #dnr.

[2000sfm]

JUST  ANNOUNCED  🎬  !  @2000sgossip  published  the  official  cast  for  twilight,  the  vampire  diaries,  gossip  girl  &  the  oc  -  everyone  wonders  if  they  will  be  just  as  good  as  the  original.  their  publicist  just  needs  to  make  sure  they  follow  the  hollywood 101 rules  &  if  they  launch  their  social  media  account  within  24  hours,  they  will  take  over  the  trends.

evangaline  "evie"  sutton  hannah  dodd  as  esme  cullen

aimee  archer  fivel  stewart  as  georgina  sparks

dinah  clarke  antonia  gentry  as  alice  cullen

sebastian  "bash"  guerra  froy  gutierrez  as  ryan  atwood

charlie  ahmadi  yara  shahidi  as  rebekah  mikaelson

(  hannah dodd,  cis woman,  she/her  )  —  🎬  just  announced,  EVANGALINE “ EVIE “ SUTTON  is  casted  as  ESME CULLEN  in  upcoming  TWILIGHT reboot.  the  twenty-eight  year  old  is  trending  as  people  are  debating  if  the  pink cigarettes stashed in a louis vuitton purse, the downpour off a english coast’s shoreline, heart shaped sunglasses shielding a hungover gaze, placing roses wherever one goes that  they  are  known  for  is  enough  to  make  them  as  good  as  original.  a  quick  google  search  shows  that  their  fans  call  them  beguiling,  but  internet  trolls  think  they’re  more  unsteady.  i  guess  their  newest  interview  for  variety  where  they  talk  about  coming back into the spotlight after a minor hiatus  will  let  people  to  know  them  better.  (  lis,  30,  pst,  she/her, gun violence  )

(  fivel stewart,  cis woman,  she/her  )  —  🎬  just  announced,  aimee archer  is  casted  as  georgina sparks  in  upcoming  gossip girl  reboot.  the  twenty six  year  old  is  trending  as  people  are  debating  if  the  baby blue french tips, interacting with fans like they're best friends, baking on instagram live at 2 am, never-ending supply of santal 33, selfies with no makeup on  that  they  are  known  for  is  enough  to  make  them  as  good  as  original.  a  quick  google  search  shows  that  their  fans  call  them  congenial,  but  internet  trolls  think  they’re  more  tactless.  i  guess  their  newest  interview  for  variety  where  they  talk  about  one of her many on-set blunders  will  let  people  to  know  them  better.  (  rie,  20,  gmt+8,  they/them, needles/lizards/vomit  )

(  antonia gentry,  cis woman,  she/her  )  —  🎬  just  announced,  DINAH CLARKE  is  casted  as  ALICE CULLEN  in  upcoming  TWILIGHT  reboot.  the  twenty five  year  old  is  trending  as  people  are  debating  if  the  lingering whiff of lavender following her everywhere she goes , shelves of methodically categorized books , long hair pulled into a braid , sipping mug after mug of coffee at all hours of the day    that  they  are  known  for  is  enough  to  make  them  as  good  as  original.  a  quick  google  search  shows  that  their  fans  call  them  incorruptible,  but  internet  trolls  think  they’re  more  harebrained.  i  guess  their  newest  interview  for  variety  where  they  talk  about  how she spents her free nights knitting sweaters for her three cats  will  let  people  to  know  them  better.  (  meg,  twenty six,  est,  she / her, n/a  +  optional  filming  process  of  the  show  !  )

(  froy gutierrez,  cis man,  he/him/his )  —  🎬  just  announced,  sebastian 'bash' guerra  is  casted  as  ryan atwood  in  the oc  reboot.  the  twenty three  year  old  is  trending  as  people  are  debating  if  the  family dinners around the table, being the knight in shining armor, picking sunflowers, movie scripts, and always having sunscreen  that  they  are  known  for  is  enough  to  make  them  as  good  as  original.  a  quick  google  search  shows  that  their  fans  call  them  nurturing,  but  internet  trolls  think  they’re  more  irresolute.  i  guess  their  newest  interview  for  variety  where  they  talk  about  how he rescued his dog  will  let  people  to  know  them  better.  (  ooc  diana,  27,  est.,  she/her/hers, drunk driving !  )

(  yara shahidi,  cis woman,  she/her  )  —  🎬  just  announced,  CHARLIE AHMADI is  casted  as  REBEKAH MIKAELSON  in  upcoming  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES reboot.  the  twenty-five  year  old  is  trending  as  people  are  debating  if  the  adolescence spent under the burning lights of hollywood, dying flowers placed within braids on the crown of one’s head, sneaking out of a limo in the dead of night, sunset hues of pink and gold as a storm of turbulence approaches that  they  are  known  for  is  enough  to  make  them  as  good  as  original.  a  quick  google  search  shows  that  their  fans  call  them  vehement,  but  internet  trolls  think  they’re  more  preoccupied.  i  guess  their  newest  interview  for  variety  where  they  talk  about  the yearning for more mature roles  will  let  people  to  know  them  better.  (  lis,  30,  pst,  she/her, gun violence  ) *ziggy’s wc

#appless rp #oc rp #accepted #celeb rp #new rp #THESE ARE FANTASTIC AHHHHHHHH

[sietemaravillas]

qué fcs les gustaría ver?

ni ni, im jinah, kiana ledé, martina cariddi, yaya urassaya, erin moriarty, zoe kravitz, quintessa swindell, lee taemin, alice pagani, chabeli sastre, yeeun jang, las chicas de blackpink, marina ruy barbosa, sakurada dori, laura harrier, afra saraçoğlu, chase sui wonders, emma corrin,  nana komatsu, cierra ramirez, hunter schafer, lee joobin, sun yihan, neelam muneer khan, luka sabbat, alva bratt, olivia welch, jessica sula, sarah gustafsson, melissa barrera, antonia gentry, song kang, kim doyeon, morgan taylor campbell, blanca padilla, victoria strada, minnie nicha, zion moreno, claudia salas, ryan destiny, camila queiroz, haskiri velazquez, alisha boe, anya taylor-joy, phoebe tonkin, odessa young, kim dahyun, miles heizer, adrian öjvindsson, nam joohyuk, nhung hong, samantha logan, simay barlas, moon gayoung, taylor zakhar perez, felix lee,  hyunjin, reina hardesty, léa, luise befort, debóra nascimento, yeri, zendaya, ella purnell, froy gutierrez, barbara palvin, banitha sandhu, maría gabriela de faria, lovie simone, rowoon, adria arjona, jessica lowndes, ashley moore, winnie harlow, kylie bunbury, sydney sweeney, casimere jollete, baek yebin, zoey deutch, ana de armas, jung  jinsoul, tashi rodriguez, ástrid bergès-frisbey, becky g, manon bresch, nailea devora, emma mackey, brittany o’grady, savannah smith, georgina amorós, duckie thot, sasha luss, carla salle, madeleine madden, rachel keller, adeline rudolph, greta onieogou, lily collins, khadijha red thunder, naressa valdez, fatin jadmani, camila morrone, seychelle gabriel, jung chaeyeon, hwang yeji, christina nadin, victoria pedretti, elizabeth lail, barbie ferreira, cindy kimberly, vivi, yang hye-ji, halle bailey, yooa, benedetta gargari, jang yeeun, jessica alexander, gabbi garcía, luca hollestelle, millie brady, chungha, lisa vicari, sydney park, priscilla quintana, kawennahere devery jacobs, laura berlin, riccardo mandolini, oscar isaac, daniel sharman, harris dickinson, björn mosten, zethphan smith gneist, bright vachirawit, ncuti gatwa, steven yeun, henry zaga, win metawin, brig lundy paine.

¡de momento se me ocurren estos rostros! espero que alguno te sea de utilidad.

lavander.

#fcs. #admin: lavander.

[barbaryhq]

qué fcs esperan ver por acá???

¡hola anon! te dejo una lista por acá:

masculinos: dylan arnold, timothée chalamet, jacob elordi, wolfgang novogratz, tom holland, lee felix, lorenzo zurzolo, evan mock, choi soobin, eli brown, kedar williams stirling, kim taehyung, aron piper, nico hiraga, finn cole, mason gooding, ash stymest, jeon jungkook, min yoongi, kim namjoon, hwang hyunjin, bang chan, brandon flynn, alex fitzalan, edvard olsson, jack kilmer, carlos cuevas, thomas doherty, archie renaux, mark mckenna, rudy pankow, dominic fike, deaken bluman, tanner buchanan, josh o'connor, kit young, nick robinson, franco masini, cha eunwoo, park jimin, jack mulhern, tom holland, hyunjin hwang, joseph morgan, matthew daddario, sebastian stan, angus cloud, bright vachirawit, maxence danet-fauvel.

femeninos: emily alyn lind, macarena garcía, claudia salas, georgina amorós, diana silvers, odessa a'zion, zión moreno, savannah smith, zendaya, antonia gentry, anya taylor-joy, maya hawke, maría pedraza, julia schlaepfer, lucie fageted, snow kong, jo yuri, myoui mina, hirai momo, park jihyo, margaret qualley, madelyn cline, madison bailey, maude apatow, sarah waisglass, amanda arcuri, kim minjeong, yu jimin, xiu jiaqi, fernanda ly, florence pugh, dua lipa, abigail cowen, jennie kim, vivi, sana minatozaki, nana komatsu, zendaya, hunter schafer, kiana madeira, kiana ledé, ryan destiny, sydney sweeney, chase sui wonders, jesse mei li, amita suman, anne winters, hailee steinfeld, kim dahyun, lalisa manoban, joy, fivel stewart, renée rapp, molly gordon, giovanna grigio, lizeth selene, lee ho-jung, kim jisoo, razan nassar, jeon somi, kristen stewart, lily james, lily collins.

GATE.

#sugerencias

[fates-rph]

mwf?

naomi scott, maya hawke, alexia demie, jordan alexander, anya chalotra, chelsea zhang, antonia gentry, natasha liu bordizzo, marlo kelly, mishti rahman, emma mackey, aimee lou wood, bridget satterlee, florence pugh, alisha boe, elizabeth gillies, danielle campbell, sofia carson, giovanna lancelotti, georgina amoros, olivia cooke, vanessa morgan, victoria pedretti, zoe kravitz, geraldine viswanathan, and hailee steinfeld !    members ?

#mw #mwf #new rp #appless rp #pjo rp #percy jackson rp #university rp

[mediaeval-muse]

Book Review

The Leopard Prince. By Elizabeth Hoyt. New York: Warner Forever, 2007.

Rating: 2.5/5 stars

Genre: historical romance

Part of a Series? Yes, Princes #2

Summary: The one thing a lady must never do... Wealthy Lady Georgina Maitland doesn't want a husband, though she could use a good steward to run her estates. One look at Harry Pye, and Georgina knows she's not just dealing with a servant, but a man. is fall in love... Harry has known many aristocrats---including one particular nobleman who is his sworn enemy. But Harry has never met a beautiful lady so independent, uninhibited, and eager to be in his arms. with her servant. Still, it's impossible to conduct a discreet liaison when poisoned sheep, murdered villagers, and an enraged magistrate have the county in an uproar. The locals blame Harry for everything. Soon it's all Georgina can do to keep her head above water and Harry's out of the noose...without missing another night of love.

***Full review under the cut.***

***Mild spoiler under “Other” section.***

Content/Trigger Warnings: sexual content, drunkenness, parental abuse, references to torture, sexual coercion, and animal mutilation

Overview: After really enjoying The Raven Prince and not really enjoying Wicked Intentions, I figured I’d read something else in Hoyt’s Princes series to see if Wicked Intentions was a fluke for me. Turns out, it might be The Raven Prince that’s the fluke. I had hoped I’d get a romance that was focused on overcoming class obstacles, and there was a little of that. However, I couldn’t really get invested in the main mystery or in the protagonists’ relationship, as it seemed both were surface-level and without many stakes until about 200 pages into the book. Thus, this romance only gets 2 and a half stars from me, not because the romance was problematic, but because I just couldn’t connect with anything that was happening.

Writing: Hoyt’s prose is fine for the genre she’s writing in; it’s not full of poetic expressions - it’s simple and gets the point across fairly efficiently. I don’t think that’s a bad thing for romances, as the point isn’t to wow your reader with elaborate metaphors. Hoyt knows how to reach her audience, and I commend her for that.

However, I do think she relied a bit too much on expositional dialogue. Characters will have extended conversations that deliver a lot of information - about their pasts, about the setting, etc. - and while I think most of it was important, I soon grew tired of being told instead of shown. I do think some expositional dialogue can work well - for example, if a character exhibits odd behavior for a good part of the book then reveals the origins of that behavior, I think that works because it keeps the reader wondering. But so much is dumped on us in the first half of The Leopard Prince that I felt like exposition was being substituted for purposeful craft.

Moreover, I think Hoyt’s shoe-horning of the fairy tale themes worked just as poorly in The Leopard Prince as in The Raven Prince. Georgina, our heroine, would babble about fairy tales at seemingly random moments, and the themes of her tale did not parallel the events of the book as a whole, which made the whole tale feel out-of-place. It felt like a gimmick rather than an integral part of the story, and I wish Hoyt had done more to make the two narratives parallel one another.

Plot: Most of the plot revolves around a mystery. Someone has been poisoning the sheep on the estate next to Georgina’s, and most people think it’s Harry, our hero, because of his past with the owner, Lord Granville. On the surface, it seems like a good setting for a plot about class; Granville (and Georgina) have all the power, and servants and villagers (like Harry) have to fight against that power in ways that don’t bring aristocratic wrath down on the entire population.

Unfortunately, it seemed like the mystery was treated as an excuse to throw the two protagonists together for the first 200 pages. Harry and Georgina would go around questioning people about the sheep, and the scenes felt incredibly insubstantial. Though Hoyt tried to show the stakes of the mystery by saying that Harry would be arrested and villagers would starve if the culprit wasn’t caught, there wasn’t much to make me feel like these stakes were real. We don’t really get to know any characters who would be threatened with starvation, nor did I care enough about Harry to be concerned with whether or not he was arrested (more on that below). Personally, I think this book would have worked a lot better if Hoyt had just admitted that the mystery was a secondary interest and Georgina was merely using it as a way to exercise her power over a servant. At least then there could have been some growth and an exploration of class dynamics.

Around 200 pages, my interest piqued a little more due to the intensity of the mystery being heightened. It’s also around this time that discussions of class were beginning to happen more frequently, which I liked. I do wish more was done in the first 200 pages to emphasize class difference so that when these conversations happened, they felt more significant - maybe Harry’s way of going about solving the mystery is based in his knowledge of the lower class, while Georgina gains them access to people and knowledge that is reserved for the gentry. Maybe there’s pressure for Georgina to marry higher because of some family history or something. I think reforming the first 200 pages to show off class dynamics would have gone a long way in making the barriers to the relationship and the stakes of the mystery feel real.

Characters: Georgina, our heroine, has some admirable qualities (like prioritizing the well-being of her tenants over her personal income), but other than that, she’s fairly useless. She doesn’t bring much to the table in terms of solving the mystery (she doesn’t use her status to gain access to people) and she seems completely ignorant in everything from how to run an estate to how to seduce a man. I don’t mind a little naivete in some heroines, but Georgina had no ambitions other than to get Harry into her bed. It made her feel shallow.

Harry, our hero, is devoid of any personality that would have made him interesting. He’s gruff and not really afraid to defy conventionality, but that’s mostly it. Granted, he does have his quirks - he likes to carve little animals out of wood, but as nice as that is, it didn’t really show much about who he is as a character - it was just used so that there would be something tangible to use to frame Harry for the sheep killings (a little carved animal is found at every scene). I would have liked to see more of a connection between him and the poorer villagers so at least it would have felt like he had more of a reason to be invested in the mystery. Granted, I think he gets more interesting around page 200, when his relationships with Bennet (his half-brother) and Will (a kid he pseudo-adopts) brings out more of his admirable qualities, like loyalty to family.

Side characters are largely bland in that they don’t do much. Georgina’s sister, Violet, has her own woes to deal with, but her plot seems to be a distraction, and Violet doesn’t seem to undergo much independent growth. Lord Granville is a bit too overtly sexist to be believable, but at least he’s consistent. Georgina’s brothers seemed to be included just to throw some male authority around, when needed. I did like her brother, Tony, why seemed to care for his sisters’ emotional lives. I wish he was more involved throughout the book. Probably the most interesting character, for me, was Bennet, Granville’s second son who was conceived during an affair between the aristocrat and Harry’s mother. Bennet, at least, seemed to make use of his privilege by standing up to his father and being vocal about wishing he was raised by his mother. Will also had potential, but he seemed to be included to make plot points more convenient. I wish he had his own arc, however small.

Other: Try as I might, I couldn’t get invested in the romance between Georgina and Harry because I felt like I was expected to care about them and their relationship solely based on scenes where I was told they noticed each other’s bodies. None of their interactions felt like they were truly getting to know one another; even when they talked about their pasts or Georgina forced Harry to listen to her fairy tale, it’s very clear that Georgina still has power over Harry based on social rank and class, so it felt like she was entertaining herself more than anything. When they did get together, it felt like it was purely out of lust; there wasn’t much that made me think they enriched each other’s emotional lives, so I didn’t quite believe they were connecting beyond a surface level. Later, when class became a more pressing issue, I don’t think Hoyt showed that it was a significant barrier to their relationship, nor do I think the issue was resolved in a meaningful way - it just simply wasn’t as much as an issue because Georgina gets pregnant. I do think the class dynamics could have been done well if the book acknowledged Georgina’s power over Harry and more was done to portray them as intellectual (if not social) equals (I’m thinking along the lines of Jane Eyre, which also has an employer-employee relationship that ends up working). The mystery could have been a good way to do this, but alas, it seemed like Hoyt didn’t take advantage of that.

TL;DR: The Leopard Prince suffers from bland characters with no real chemistry between the hero and heroine. Moreover, the mystery had little urgency and though the discussion of class had potential, it wasn’t treated as a significant barrier to the relationship or a real lived experience.

#book reviews

[treason-and-plot]

Bunty’s voice is artificially light.

Bunty: Oh. Well, I suppose someone has to stay here and keep an eye on things. And if my memory serves me correctly you were always just as bad at skiing as you are at tennis. So… it’s just Pat and the children who are going to the snow, then?

Georgina’s eyes meander across the rug, to rest on a sooty black hole the size of a thumbnail which she remembers being caused by a sizzling ember leaping out of the fireplace several winters ago. Patrick had already gone to bed and she had dozed off the couch while reading a book, and the smouldering carpet had set off the fire alarm, the noise of which had nearly given her a heart attack. Patrick had come galloping down the stairs, terrified that the house was on fire, that he would find her burnt to a crisp. When he saw that she was alright he had been so relieved there were tears in his eyes. Nowadays, sometimes even a week will go by before she gets a text or call, and he only asks how she is from force of habit.

Georgina: I’m sure Océane will be going as well. Bunty: Who? Georgina: The au pair. You’ve met her several times. Bunty: The pretty blonde French one? Georgina: Yes, Mother. That one.

Bunty’s lips are vivid-red against her suddenly pale skin, her voice thin and brittle.

Bunty: I cannot believe I’m hearing this, Georgina. How could you have been so foolish as to let this happen? I told you to hire somebody homely but oh no, you wouldn’t listen-

Georgina interrupts with a scoffing sound.

Georgina: You know Mother, Océane told me at her interview that people wouldn’t hire her to be their nanny or au pair just because of what she looked like. Wives were afraid that their husbands would fall in love with her, that she’d break up their marriages. And I looked her in the eye and said ‘Océane, as long as you do your job and the children are well cared for, I really couldn’t care less what you get up to with my husband.’ And she laughed, because she thought I wasn’t being serious.

Crinkles of uncertainty appear on Bunty's alabaster forehead.

Georgina: As it turns out, though, Océane is as virtuous as she is gorgeous. And Patrick is way too fond of playing the role of the passive-aggressive victim to risk being caught with his hand in the cookie jar. So to speak.

Bunty’s eyebrows shoot up.

Bunty: So he isn’t having an affair? You had me worried for a moment there, darling. That sarcastic sense of humour of yours will be the death of me. Georgina: No, Mother. Patrick isn’t. But-

Georgina stares in teeth-grinding frustration at her mother. Georgina knows how much it means to Bunty that her children are deemed happy and successful, that to the outside world at least their lives look picture perfect. How important it is that she can go to the charity luncheon today and brag about Roy’s stellar career, Douglas’s equestrian achievements, her son-in-law Patrick’s ever-expanding wine business and he and Georgina’s privileged, landed gentry lifestyle. 

Georgina also knows how much alcohol is available at such events.

Bunty: What is it, darling?

Georgina: Nothing. You know, it’s getting quite late, Mother. You should be getting home. You don’t want to be late for your luncheon, do you?

#georgina #bunty #5 years later #simblr stories #sims 3 story #sims storytelling #Sims 3 #ts3 story

[rayonfrozenwings]

A Present for Solstice

Hey @mehlisssa here is your fic for the KoA Fic Swap!  It’s a Chaol and Dorian Fluffy drabble/fic so I hope you like it. :) @faeriequeenofthewest and @rayonfrozenwings  AO3 Link Here.

Summary: Winter Solstice is coming up, Chaol has been seeing a new lady called Lithaen. Chaol is smitten and Dorian teases him about it constantly because it is much more fun to be a single man in Rifthold. This Drabble takes place with Dorian and Chaol going on a shopping trip for a solstice gift.

Tags: Brotp: Chaol and Dorian, Fluff, Friendship, Brotp, Pre Tog, Set before Throne of Glass and after The Assassins Blade. references canon, not AU.

Words:1858

A Present for Solstice

Chaol

Chaol stalked up the steps to Dorian’s tower, the day was already getting away from them, he had gone on his run this morning and burned off the extra tarts Lithaen had managed to procure for him the night before. He needed to get Lithaen’s solstice gift so he could give it to her before she left. As she was not needed to attend the royal family while they were at their country estate in Ararat for Solstice, she and a small group of servants would leave the glass castle for the holidays. Last week Dorian was staying with Chaol, “it’s more fun socialising without the courtiers and mother looking over my shoulder” he had said a twinkle in his sapphire eyes. Chaol tried to wipe a smile from his face at the memory finally reaching the landing.

He rapped his knuckles across the door and waited for his friend to open it. A muffled sound came from within and Chaol pushed open the oak door after several minutes of waiting. The room was “cozy” and books covered every surface. Dorian was just emerging from his dressing room, Dark hair perfectly arranged, and wearing dark pants and a blue tunic with silver stitching that brought out the blue in his eyes. “Are you ready to go yet?” Chaol asked. “I’ve been ready for hours, I wasn’t going to go outside to fetch you however, I saw you running in the snow this morning - sometimes I think you are mad.” Dorian said with a grin on his face, the lie flying off his tongue as he quickly grabbed a fur lined coat and gloves. “Really? Sorry I kept you - well then, I guess we don’t need to stop at the kitchens on our way to the carriage.” Chaol replied with a knowing tilt of his head. “Oh, it's never the wrong time for pastries Chaol, whether you’ve had breakfast already or not!” and he quickly rushed down the stairs towards the kitchens, leaving Chaol to catch up.

The carriage rushed along the crowded streets, Dorian was carefully eating a blackberry pastry beside him, trying not to get crumbs on his coat and the streets were full of people getting supplies for the season. The green roofs of Rifthold were peeking out underneath the fresh snow and the streets were turning to a grey slush beneath the carriage wheels, evergreen foliage with red berries was arranged around the outside and inside the fogged up windows to add pops of colour to the otherwise white and grey landscape. The carriage rushed through the slums and into the wealthier part of town, where all the finest establishments were. Lithaen wouldn’t mind a simple gift but Chaol wanted to show her how much she meant to him so had decided to look in the more upmarket stores of Rifthold. Not to mention that Dorian was more suited to the finer things in life. Chaol while the son of a Lord had grown up with what was necessary and had not managed to kick the frugal habit much to Dorian’s horror. “I think we are here,” Chaol said as he noticed the carriage slowing down and the shops becoming clearer through the window. “Perfect! I just finished.” Dorian wiped his hands on a handkerchief and put them inside his ermine gloves, opening the door and stepping outside. Leaving Chaol to follow. Dorian looked at the store and assessed the window display, quickly turning back to Chaol. “What? What’s wrong?” Chaol asked, looking past him, worry lining his features. “This is the shop?” Dorian asked, the exasperation clear in his voice, “I thought you liked this girl!” “I do, and this shop is great, it has some nice items and its reasonable, so Lithaen won’t feel too out of place when she wears it.” he replied. Dorian looked at his friend as if he were a small child. “I don't know if she would care about that? Isn’t the attraction of seeing a Lord, getting the gifts a Lord may give you and then showing them off?” Dorian asked as he raised a knowing eyebrow. “Lithaen isn’t like that, and I’m not a Lord, I'm not even a Lord’s son, I’m just the Captain of the Guard.” Chaol brushed past Dorian into the shop and Dorian reluctantly followed.

Dorian

The Shop was not what he would call “high quality” but not much was these days, it was getting harder and harder for the merchants in Ardarlan to get their hands on reasonably priced goods. Silks from Ellwye and Fenharrow were draped along the back of the shop, an annex off to the side allowed for customers to try things on and have them tailored to fit. The clothes up the back were of simple fabrics and makes, but well made. It was not a shop Dorian would get his own clothes from. But it was better than most out there. Dorian watched as Chaol browsed the fabrics looking for something in particular as his hands quickly brushed over the different silks and satins. “See anything you like?” Dorian asked, trying to be as polite as he could in such a small shop with nothing else to do. He tried looking around, but there were not very many places for a man of his size to stand comfortably amongst the wares that seemed to have been jammed into every corner and alcove, stocking the shop for the gifting season. “Not anything I was looking for... I wanted to get her something with a swan on it, we saw one in the garden once.” Chaol replied quietly as he continued to walk past all the silk scarves. “Well now that I know what we are looking for why not ask?” the words rolled in his mouth like a smooth caramel. “Excuse me sir, do you happen to have any scarves with a swan or swans on them?” and then the corners of his mouth turned up, giving that dazzling Havilliard smile. “I’m afraid I do not sir, but I might have some with other birds on them?” the merchant was trying to remain calm as his eyes lit up knowing who was standing in his shop and then the light fading as he realised he had now likely disappointed him. “Ah Chaol, see - no swans. Would you maybe like a pigeon?” humor coated the words and Chaol stood there as resolute as always, “I am afraid a pigeon just won’t do your highness, perhaps we should leave and try another establishment.” Chaol walked out past Dorian and into the street, completely straight faced, leaving Dorian to say goodbye and follow.

“I can’t believe you did that!” Chaol said moments later. “Did what? They didn’t have what we needed, why waste time in there when we can go to Harold’s and get the scarf you saw last week.” He threw another grin towards Chaol. “How do you know Harold’s has the scarf?” Chaol, stood outside the smaller shop, arms crossed and feet firmly in place. Dorian looked back, the shop behind them didn’t even have a sign, It’s goods probably all counterfeit or stolen Dorian thought, though the merchant seemed to have an honest enough face. “I know Harold’s has that particular scarf because last week when you left on “errands” and wouldn’t let me come I had someone follow you.” Dorian shot back in a forceful whisper. “Who?” he spat out. “Never mind who, am I right? are we going to Harold’s or is there something else you aren’t telling me… are you perhaps into cross-dressing and Harold has made you a dress out of blue taffeta for the season? While the cat's away? Am I right?” said Dorian, mischief coating every word. Chaol’s eyes softened “No. You are not... I am not... Fine. Lets go get this scarf and be done with it.”

Chaol

The two of them walked down the street, snow crunching under their boots. It was only a block and a half until they reached the merchant who usually dealt with the royal family, well Dorian anyway, Georgina would never set foot on the streets of Rifthold with the riff-raff. The ladies in their winter dresses and coats walked past trying to place the two of them, eyebrows of many furrowing in thought. Something familiar, but not quite able to place the two gentlemen. They were both the right age to be eligible bachelors and looking for a potential wife among the gentry, and many of the women fluttered their eyelashes or blew a kiss their way. Dorian seemed oblivious staring straight ahead to their destination, but Chaol knew he loved the attention, it was why they often snuck out to parties in Rifthold. “To meet the lovely ladies the city had to offer” as Dorian would say. Chaol rolled his eyes as another young woman brushed past them, a little closer than was necessary. “Do you think you might head out at all for the solstice?” Chaol asked, trying to lessen the quiet between them and ignore the bright smiles of young ladies as they walked. “I think so, I heard that Ms Bardingale was back in town and planned on throwing another party like the one last spring, that could be fun.” the twinkle in Dorian’s eye, and the smile that lit up his rosey face, let Chaol know he was joking. That party had been a disaster, a party full of assassins and courtesans. Chaol nearly lost it when Dorian danced half the night away with a young girl in a white mask. He was not doing that again. The King would kill him if he ever found out. Dorian started laughing as they reached Harold’s. “Oh you know I’m joking” he slapped Chaol’s arm, “I actually plan on locking myself in my tower and reading some new books that are due to arrive-  not having to attend mother’s court daily will mean I have a lot more time on my hands. I might even be able to get out of the religious services if I pretend I went with them.” He winked and his hand grazed across his chin in thought. “Maybe we can have a winter solstice dinner though, I think Philippa said they were still going to make a feast if I stayed, and I’ll need someone to eat it with?” he stopped on the street outside Harold’s and waited for Chaol’s answer. “Of course I’ll have winter Solstice dinner with you, you are my best friend.” A smile spread across Chaol’s face as he said it and he couldn’t help but notice the relief spread across Dorian’s own and his posture relax, “And if I didn’t, who's to say I’d get fed anyway with the rest of the staff leaving with your parents or running off to their own families.” Chaol’s smile traveled right up to warm his golden brown eyes. Dorian started laughing as he opened the door. Chaol patting him on the back as they walked inside, silver bells tinkling announcing their entrance in search of the Blue scarf with swans on it.

#chaol #dorian #brotp #fan fic #reneewritesfanfic #koa fic swap #i haven't written for these two before so hopefully its not too ooc #tog #throne of glass #set before tog #and after the assassins blade #sjm #fan fiction #one shot #fic swap #chaorian

[dear-indies]

Hello lovely! Happy Pride !! I hope your day/night is going well because you deserve it ! I was wondering if you could possibly help me on a final girl fc who’s half white? The other half doesn’t matter to me, if they have horror resources that would be amazing ! Age range is around 20-30ish? Thank you so much I hope the rest of your month is as kind and as generous as you xoxo !

Georgina Campbell (1992) Afro Jamaican / English - Barbarian.

Kiana Madeira (1992) Irish, Unspecified First Nations, Black Canadian / Portuguese - Fear Street.

Jessica Henwick (1992) Chinese Singaporean / English - Matrix.

Ashley Moore (1993) African-American, Cherokee, and White - I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / Italian - Day Shift.

Midori Francis (1994) Japanese / White - Unseen.

Frankie Adams (1994) Samoan / White - The Expense.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994) African-American / English, German, Norwegian, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish - is queer - Scream.

Shalom Brune-Franklin (1994) Afro Mauritian / English - The Tourist.

Taylor Russell (1994) Black Canadian / European - Bones and All.

Sophia Taylor Ali (1995) Pakistani / Sicilian Italian, Danish, Norwegian, German - Uncharted.

Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German - Resident Evil.

Ella Balinska (1996) Afro Jamaican / Polish and English - Resident Evil.

Devyn Nekoda (2000) Japanese / English and Welsh - Scream.

also:

Aiysha Hart (1990) Saudi Arabian / English.

Sarah Kameela Impey (1991) Indo-Guyanese / British - Lady Parts.

Aisha Dee (1993) African-American / White.

Fola Evans-Akingbola (1994) Nigerian / British.

Jessie Mei Li (1995) Hongkonger / English - is a gender non-conforming woman who uses she/they.

Natacha Karam (1995) Lebanese / Irish.

Lulu Antariksa (1995) Indonesian / German.

Hanako Greensmith (1996) Japanese / English.

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Tahitian, Chinese, Japanese / European.

Antonia Gentry (1997) Afro-Jamaican / English.

Piper Curda (1997) Korean / English and Scottish - is aspec - Legacies.

Lauren Tsai (1998) Taiwanese / Polish, Italian, English, German, Irish.

Here you go! Happy Pride to you too sweet anon!

#fc help #rph #rpc

[plotbunnyshipper]

Book Recommendations

Instead of writing I’ve been spending my time re-reading so many of my favorites in my free snippets of time. I figure I’ll list a few in case anyone might feel the need for picking up a new book that may become one of their favorites.

Fantasy is always a favorite of mine in its many sub-genres, also first person storytelling is not a requirement but helps for immersion in the story when done well. And listing these out and going over them again it just reinforces my love of snark and sarcasm and antiheros.

I also have zero hesitation about starting a series a few books in, or in the middle and then going through everything else. (Did this with Black Jewels Series, Chronicles of the Shadow War, The Hollows). Tend to have a lot of YA in here because I grabbed lots of random when I was younger, and nowadays don’t get to read as much brand new other than new authors on Ao3.

List here (not in any sort of order), details below the cut. When the whole/most of series is fantastic I try to list the series rather than the individual book. If you see some in here that you also love and want to suggest a few not listed back at me, please feel free. Even if these aren’t ones you know or love, feel free to recommend, here or in an ask, even an anon one. I love reading, I’m not grabbing as much random published as I used to but published or online, it’s all good. I still remember the first fanfic author that I adored. To this day I’ll still go back and reread the Sailor Moon fic she wrote because it was just that good, so really. This list is by no means complete, they’re just the ones I have on my Kindle and closest bookshelf.

Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont and George Lucas

Uprooted by Naomi Novik 

Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner

Various throughout the designations below by Neil Gaiman

Neverveil series by Amy McNulty  

The Sleeping Prince Series by Melinda Salisbury

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard

Fairy Keeper by Amy Bearce

The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede

The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede

Anne McCaffery - Harper Hall/Pern series, Tower and Hive series, Acorna series

The Black Jewels Series by Anne Bishop

Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas

Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake

Necromancer/Firebug Series by Lish McBride

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

The Hollows by Kim Harrison

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

The Others Series by Anne Bishop

Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Wicked Saga by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Antigoddess series by Kendare Blake

Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost 

Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton

Hunter: Thieves series by Lexi Blake

Dissonance series by Erica O’Rourke 

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The Last Girl by Joe Hart

Secondborn series by Amy A. Bartol

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen

A Madness So Discrete by Mindy McGinnis

VIP series by Kristen Callihan

Lonely Kings series by Ava Lore

High Fantasy

Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont and George Lucas (Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn, Shadow Star). Picked it up what ended up being the second book randomly at the library, not reading anything about it and was like that name, Elora sounds really familiar, and then hmmm this Thorn Drumheller seems an awful lot like Willow from the movie. Had loved the movie and was very happy to figure out that this was a ~15 years later sequel. 

Uprooted by Naomi Novik - Pulled me in at the start and was a wonderful read. First Person, which I love, pulled in familiar myth and fairytale elements as well as great original elements. Same world but different characters sequel is Spinning Silver - also very good but not as good as the first. If you need additional reasons to read the author is one of the ones helping with Ao3 - “Her own adventures include pillaging degrees in English literature and computer science from various ivory towers, designing computer games, and helping to build the Archive of Our Own for fanfiction and other fanworks. Novik is a co-founder of the Organization for Transformative Works.“

“Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon. Of course that’s not true: he may be a wizard and immortal, but he’s still a man, and our fathers would band together and kill him if he wanted to eat one of us every ten years. He protects us against the Wood, and we’re grateful, but not that grateful.”

Queen’s Thief Series by Megan Whalen Turner - Good god do I love an antihero. And a first person thief? It takes me back to my love of the Raven Ring. The worldbuilding, the (as much as I find the term obnoxious due to overuse in almost any story that incorporates BDSM to describe someone baiting or attempting to top from the bottom) sass, the antagonizing by the main character. It is a YA so when things happen that are ‘reveals’ later on you’ll notice them, they’re not “OMG I’m so surprised!” but it’s very, very well done. First book - Aces, second book also fantastic, third....hmmmmm would like the POV’s from the first and second books rather than this new one, but has a great scene I’ll quote below.

The Thief (Book 1)

“Are you really named after the god of thieves?” “I am.”

“Well, how could they tell what you were going to be when you were just a baby?”

“How did they know what you were going to be when you were a baby?”

“My father was a duke.”

“So my mother was a thief.”

“So you would have to grow up to be one, too?”

“Most of the people in my family thought so. My father wanted me to be a soldier, but he’s been disappointed.”

Behind us I heard Pol grunt. He no doubt thought my father’s disappointment was justified.

“Your father? He did?”

Sophos sounded so surprised that I looked over at him and asked, “Why shouldn’t he?”

“Oh, well, I mean…” Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head, ready for blushing.

“What surprises you?” I asked. “That my father was a soldier? Or that I knew him? Did you think that I was illegitimate?”

Sophos opened and closed his mouth without saying anything.

I told him that no, I wasn’t illegitimate. “I even have brothers and sisters,” I told him, “with the same father.” Poor Sophos looked as if he wanted the ground to swallow him.

The King of Attolia (Book 3) condensing down a tiny bit with the [...]’s

The king couldn’t lie on a deathbed with a sense of dignity. The attendants were all on the verge of breaking into laughter, and the king, far from minding, was enjoying every minute of it.

The queen’s lips thinned.

“I am very sorry,” the physician said helplessly.

“Stop apologizing and hurry.”

“Your Majesty, I…” Petrus looked as if he was about to cry.

Ornon spoke firmly from behind the doctor. “Your Majesty is upsetting his physician.” […] The doctor bent over the wound again. The king made a face, but was silent. The doctor looked up momentarily in astonishment but returned to his work, eager to finish before this reprieve passed.

The king lay still and made no sound. As Petrus pulled his first stitches tight, the king took a deeper breath and didn’t let it go. After a long count of ten, he softly released the breath and took another.

There were three people between Costis and the queen. Costis knocked all three of them aside like pegs in a counting game and dropped to his knees in time to catch the queen as she collapsed into his outspread arms.

He’d seen her, white as wax, from the corner of his eye and, seeing her waver, had known she was fainting, but too late to do anything but catch her.

“The queen!” someone shouted in alarm, and the king erupted like a wild animal caught in a snare. […] “My stitches, my stitches!” the physician yelled.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

“Damn your stitches!” he snarled. “Let me up.” […] He splayed his hand across the king’s face and slammed his head back hard against the pillow. Keeping his hand planted on the king’s face, he leaned over and roared into his ear, “The queen is fine!”

Eugenides was still. The men around the bed froze as well.

“Irene?” the king called.

“She fainted. That’s all,” Ornon said more quietly. “There is a great deal of blood. She is a woman and she was upset. It is not a surprising reaction.” […] On the bed, Eugenides stirred restlessly. “Upset at the sight of blood?” he said. “Not my wife, Ornon.”

“Your blood,” the ambassador pointed out.

Eugenides glanced at the hook on his arm and conceded the point. “Yes,” he said. […] “Get on with it,” said the king. He hardly seemed to notice when the stitching began. He looked toward the doorway, toward the queen, but spoke to the Eddisian Ambassador. “I think, in future, Ornon, I will stick to upsetting my physician.”

Stardust by Neil Gaiman - Lost too many copies, including my first edition of this by lending it out and never getting it back. I’m having trouble trying to say why you need to give these Neil Gaiman books a chance but goodness, all of them, all of them! I’ve never read a bad one. He’s got a beautiful and enticing way of writing - Favorites in order American Gods, Good Omens, Smoke and Mirrors (short stories), Stardust, Ocean at the End of the Lane, Coraline, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.

American Gods

“You working for our man then?” asked the bearded man. He was not sober, although he was not yet drunk.

“It looks that way,” said Shadow. “What do you do?”

The bearded man lit his cigarette. “I’m a leprechaun,” he said, with a grin.

Shadow did not smile. “Really?” he said. “Shouldn’t you be drinking Guinness?”

“Stereotypes. You have to learn to think outside the box,” said the bearded man. “There’s a lot more to Ireland than Guinness.”

“You don’t have an Irish accent.”

“I’ve been over here too fucken long.”

“So you are originally from Ireland?”

“I told you. I’m a leprechaun. We don’t come from fucken Moscow.”

Neverveil series by Amy McNulty - First person, great worldbuilding. Also representation of POC for the majority of characters if you’re looking for a book with that particular feature. Cyclical, fallible main characters, overall a fast and enjoyable read.

The Sleeping Prince Series by Melinda Salisbury

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salisbury

Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard - YA

Fairy Keeper by Amy Bearce - Loved the first of this series, not as much the following books, first one, Fairy Keeper, is definately worth the read. YA

The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia C Wrede Classic, some of my first favorites.It is a youth series but I will never ever stop loving it. Also the Magic & Malice books.

The Raven Ring by Patricia C. Wrede - the first time I remember falling in love with the antihero as a young reader. It is fantastic.

Anne McCaffery - Read Dragon Drums in 5th grade by random pickup at the library and was hooked. From there went through the other Harper Hall/Pern series, then the Tower and Hive series, then the Acorna series. A great mix of both fantasy and sci fi, and fantasy with sci fi history.

Dark Fantasy

The Black Jewels Series by Anne Bishop - it was difficult to get into this at first, for me, I owned the series for a couple years could not get into it no matter how many times I read the first chapter. Then I picked up and read one of the “short stories” more of a novella, “The Prince of Ebon Rih,” in Dreams Made Flesh. One note - ignore the names of the three main male characters. Just... I love *LOVE* this series but ‘Daemon,” “Lucivar,” and “Saetan SaDiablo” are...just ignore that and you’re good. Strong women and men, family and friends, who have a fierce love for each other, tremendous amount of snark that I adore, if only there were more books on Surreal, and Saetan, and Tersa, and Rainer, and Chaosti, and the First Circle of the Dark Court, and anyone, I would read any additional stories in this series. There are so very many passages I’d use to try and draw interest so I’ll just grab a few

Karla let out a screech that raised the hairs on Saetan's neck.

"You've got tits!" Karla pulled open the blue jacket, revealing a silver, just as skimpy top. "So do I, if you call these lovely little bee stings tits." Smiling the wickedest smile Saetan had ever seen, she turned back to him. "What do you think?"

He didn't stop to think. "Are you asking if I think they're lovely or if I think they're bee strings?"

Karla closed the jacket, crossed her arms, and narrowed those ice-blue eyes. "Sassy, isn't he?"

"Well, he is a Warlord Prince," Jaenelle replied.

Ice-blue eyes met sapphire eyes. Both girls smiled.

Karla shrugged. "Oh, all right. I'll be a polite guest." She stepped up to Saetan, and that wicked smile bloomed. "Kiss kiss."

He refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing him wince.

Yet another

"Are you lost?" 

Daemon glanced over to where Lucivar leaned against a doorway. "I'm not lost," he snapped. Then he stopped pacing and sighed. "But I am very confused." 

"Of course you are. You're male." Grinning at Daemon's snarl, Lucivar stepped into the courtyard. "So if one of the darlings in the coven offers to explain things to you, don't take her up on it. She'll sincerely be trying to help, but by the time she's done 'unconfusing' you, you'll be banging your head against a wall and whimpering."

"Why?" 

"Because for every five rules you'd learned in Terreille about a male's proper behavior in a court, the Kaeleer Blood know only one of them—and they interpret it very differently." 

Daemon shrugged "Obedience is obedience." 

"No, it's not. For Blood males, the First Law is to honor, cherish, and protect. The second is to serve. The third is to obey." 

"And if obedience interferes with the first two laws?" 

"Toss it out the window." 

Daemon blinked. "You actually get away with that?" 

Lucivar scratched the back of his head and looked thoughtful. "It's not so much a question of getting away with it. For Warlord Princes, it's almost a requirement of court service. However, if you ignore an order from the Steward or the Master of the Guard, you'd better be sure you can justify your action and be willing to accept the consequences if they won't accept it, which is rare. I got into more trouble with the High Lord as my father than as the Steward."

And another

In lieu of a knock, she walloped the study door once and then stomped up to the blackwood desk where Saetan sat watching her, a glass of brandy raised halfway to his lips. 

Daemon and Lucivar, comfortably slouched in two chairs in front of the desk, just stared at her. 

Now that she was there, she wasn't quite as willing to address the High Lord directly, so she half turned toward Daemon and Lucivar and tossed out the question, "Don't I have the right to decide if I want a male in my bed?" 

The air behind the desk instantly chilled, but Lucivar said blandly, "Graysfang?" and the air returned to normal. 

The smirk in Lucivar's voice had her turning toward him fully. "I don't know about you, but I'm not used to sleeping with a wolf." 

"What's wrong with Graysfang staying with you?" Daemon asked. 

The soothing tone he was putting into his voice only infuriated her. "He farts," she snapped, then waved her hand dismissively. "Well, so do the rest of you." 

Someone made a choking sound. She thought it was Daemon. 

"Do you resent his being there because he's a wolf or because he's interfering with another kind of male warming your bed?" Lucivar asked. 

Maybe it hadn't been meant as a slur that she used to be a whore, but she took it as such because then she could vent her temper on him. "Well, sugar, from where I'm standing, there's not much to choose between you. He takes up more than his share of the bed, he snores, and he gives slobbery kisses. But if I had to choose, I'd pick him. At least he can lick his own balls!" 

A glass hit the desk with an ominous thunk.

Surreal closed her eyes and bit her lip. 

Shit. She'd been so focused on being mad at Lucivar, she'd forgotten about the High Lord.

Different book in the series, Queen of the Darkness

“I could have handled that bastard.”

Falonar looked insulted. “It’s a male’s right to defend and protect.”

Surreal bared her teeth. “I’ve heard that song before, and-”

“Then you should heed that song, Lady - and respect it.”

“Why? Because poor little me isn’t capable of handling myself in a fight?” she said with venom-laced sweetness.

“Because you’re deadlier,” he snarled. He paced a few steps away from her, swore, paced back. “That’s why males defend, Lady Surreal. Because you females are deadlier when you’re roused-and you’re merciless when you’re riding the killing edge. At least if I go down first in a fight, I don’t have to deal with you afterward.

”Not sure if she’d just been complimented or insulted, Surreal said nothing.

Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas - First person, great worldbuilding, very very similar elements to Anne Bishop’s Black Jewels series in everything from the mannerisms, to the Illyrians vs Eryins, to the need of draining power descriptions and customs (I was 100% convinced it was Anne Bishop venturing into first person and ghostwriting an alternate version of the Black Jewels world for a long time). Didn’t care for the romantic lead in the first book, thankfully the hinting of book 1 transitioned into book 2 and <3 oh I love it. Supposedly a sort of inspired by classic fairy tales (like beauty and the beast) but it’s not like you’re sitting there reading a progression of that story like other books do. The Throne of Glass series is also very good, more original but again very Anne Bishop in it’s feel/wording (the purred words, midnight voices, the level of protectiveness bowels turned to water when terrified) 

Really enjoy the series but since I posted so much of Anne Bishop I figure I’ll just do a quasi related suggestion of threesomes that I found fun and funny. Court of Wings and Ruin... for now editing to avoid spoilers

“You never know until you try,” Helion purred.

The three of them in bed...with him? I must have been blinking like a fool because [<3] said to me, Helion favors both males and females. Usually together in his bed. And has been hounding that trio for centuries.

I considered--Helion’s beauty and the others...Why the hell haven’t they said yes?

[<3] barked a laugh that had all of them looking at him with raised brows.

[<3] just came up behind me and slid his arms around my waist, pressing a kiss to my neck. Would you like someone to join us in bed, Feyre [...]?

My skin stretched tight over my bones at the tone, the suggestion. You’re incorrigible.

I’d think you’d like two males worshipping you.

My toes curled.

Mor cleared her throat. “Whatever you’re saying mind to mind, either share it or go to another room so we don’t have to sit here, stewing in your scents.” 

I stuck out my tongue. [<3] laughed again, kissing my neck once more before saying, “Apologies for offending your delicate sensibilities, cousin.”

A Court of Frost and Starlight

If both of us went in there, I knew my sister would see it as an attack.

So it would be me. Alone

[<3] kissed my brow. “If someone propositions you, tell them we’ll both be free in an hour.”

“Och.” I waved him off, banking my powers to a near-whisper within me.

He blew me a kiss.

I waved that away, too, and slipped through the tavern door.

Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake -

Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance

Necromancer/Firebug Series by Lish McBride - first person, hilarious, and fantastic

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

Oh, good, he was crazy and scary. What an awesome combination. I let  go of his wrists with one hand and leverages myself back enough so I could pull my T-shirt out of his grip. I dropped to the floor, knowing full well that he let me do it.

Freaks & Other Family

I tried to walk on my own to Mrs. W’s car, but Ramon got tired of watching me wobble like a baby deer and scooped me up and carried me.

I grinned at him. “Take me to bed or lose me forever.”

“I can’t believe you’re Top Gun-ing me right now. We almost died.”

“I’m going to blame the head injury,” I said, patting his chest. “You’re supposed to say, ‘show me the way home, honey.’“

“I will do no such thing, and you can’t blame it on the head injury, because you say those kinds of things to me all the time.”

“This is true. Let’s go on a crime spree then, and we’ll blame that on the head injury.”

“You can’t even walk. We need to get you home so you can rest,” Ramon said firmly.

“Yeah, so we can then explain to James how we both managed to completely rune the top-of-the-line tuxedo rentals we’re wearing.” Top-of-the-line to me. James had sneered openly at them before throwing up his hands in despair, which wouldn’t stop him from berating us. If anything, I think he’d find it more insulting somehow, and the fact that we’d ruined only semi-decent tuxes instead of really nice tuxes would just be salt in the wound.

Ramon paused as we both thought that over. Mrs. W pulled ahead of us, fishing her keys out of her clutch.

“Shit,” Ramon said. “I hadn’t thought about that.”

We both stared out into the night, silent as we contemplated our impending dooms.

“Head injury,” we both said at the same time.

“We can definitely blame the suits on that.”

“And if he doesn’t buy it,” Ramon added, “then you can just pass out again.”

“Deal.”

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

American Gods by Neil Gaiman as someone who was always a fan of Gaiman, and have been pleased with how the miniseries is doing with it’s adaptation because this has been a love since I got my my hands on it. It doesn’t hurt that Mad Sweeny’s chaotic love of fighting is personified so well by OitNB’s Pornstashe. The only thing I was dissapointed in was due to my prior knowledge of Norse Mythology and the whole “You can call me Wednesday” thing was shouting out what appeared to try and be a “reveal” towards the end. Fantastic incorporation of mythology and characterization. Just...love. Ocean at the End of the Lane is also

The Hollows by Kim Harrison - Again, couldn’t start at the start but jumping in mid series and I was in love. First Person, amazing worldbuilding

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card - very well done. Hate the male vocal reader he uses for his audio books (something about his voice grates on my nerves) but I’d suffer through to listen to this. A great twisting of various fairy tale elements into this, clever things that I wouldn’t have considered at the time of reading this. Very well done. Very. 

The Others Series by Anne Bishop - Not as loved as the Black Jewels but it has some characters I’m invested in now so I’m reading any and all of the series.

Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead - Main character is a succubus by contract, having to corrupt souls to fulfill her contract with Hell and none too pleased about it. I was agonizing waiting for these to be released.

Succubus Blues (Book 1)

Statistics show that most mortals sell their souls for five reasons: sex, money, power, revenge, and love. In that order. 

I suppose I should have been reassured, then, that I was out here assisting with numero uno, but the whole situation just made me feel.. . well, sleazy. And coming from me, that was something. 

Maybe I just can't empathize anymore, I mused. It's been too long. When I was a virgin, people still believed swans could impregnate girls. 

Nearby, Hugh waited patiently for me to overcome my reticence. He stuffed his hands into well-pressed khakis, leaning his large frame against his Lexus. "I don't see what the big deal is. You do this all the time.” 

That wasn't exactly true, but we both knew what he meant. Ignoring him, I instead made a great show of studying my surroundings, not that that improved my mood. The suburbs always dragged me down. Identical houses. Perfect lawns. Far too many SUVs. Somewhere in the night, a dog refused to stop yapping. 

"I don't do this," I said finally. "Even I have standards.” 

Hugh snorted, expressing his opinion of my standards. 

"Okay, if it makes you feel better, don't think of this in terms of damnation. Think of it as a charity case.”

Wicked Saga by Jennifer L. Armentrout - First person, apparently I have a thing for snarky, territorial, hand sized coworkers in UF books.

Wicked

“Tink.” I sighed.

“Whatever. I think you should just get some action from him and kick his ass to the curb.”

My mouth dropped open. “Okay. That is the most bizarre string of advice I have ever heard. You don’t like him, but you think I should have sex with him and then get rid of him? And obviously I can’t because he’s a member of the Order.” That was the one thing I didn’t tell Tink --what Ren truly was. “You make no sense.”

“I make perfect sense. In my world, you don’t even have to like another to have sex with them. It’s all about the natural urges to get it on and...”

As Tink ranted on about the peculiars of his species’ particular mating preferences, I picked up the sugar canister and dumped a small pile of sugar on the counter.

“You just need to let those animalistic--holy brownie balls!” Tink dropped to his knees in front of the pile of sugar. He started moving the tiny granules to another pile, counting softly. “One, two, three, four, five, six...” Pausing, he glanced up with a frown. “Where did you learn that?”

I shrugged as I bit down on my lower lip. “Saw it on an episode of Supernatural.”

and

“Okay.” I placed the stake on the bistro table then reached up, tucking my hair back. “I can explain, Ren, but I need you to let him go.”

“You heard the woman,” Tink said. “Let me go.”

Ren’s gaze flew from the brownie to me. “You want me to let this thing go?”

“He’s my thing--I mean, he’s not a ‘thing.’ He’s a brownie, and he’s okay. He’s not going to hurt anything. I swear.” Walking over to where Ren stood, I ignored the way Tink Glared at us. “Please.”

“He’s a brownie, Ivy. What in the hell is he doing here?” He turned his gaze back to Tink, and the brownie paled since the edge of the knife was still near his throat. “And what do you mean he’s yours? I come into the kitchen and he’s sitting in a bowl of Frosted Flakes like a walking, talking rat.”

“I am not a rat, sir! I am a brownie and damn proud of it, you overgrown--”

“Tink,” I warned, then wrapped my hand around Ren’s wrist. His emerald gaze flicked to mine. My heart was slamming against my ribs. As upset with Tink as I was, if something happened to him...

“His name is Tink?”

I nodded, “Well, that’s what I call him.”

“Am I high? I’ve got to be high.” He glanced back down at Tink and scowled. “Is he wearing doll pants?”

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips - Another random library snag. Greek gods in a modern setting, full of apathy from a millennia of existence

Antigoddess series by Kendare Blake

Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost - first person, great world building, fallible characters, lots of character investment over the series, sexy.

Meredith Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton - surprised myself by pretty consistently thinking - ‘While I like the varied and inventive sex, I really like the characters so I wish there was less sex and more story” when usually I don’t have complaints about the amount of sex in any given story, I’m cool with PWP works but I was hoping for some magic fix for Andais, like making her mortal and giving her another child then cutting out a good amount of the crazy due to those actions. Didn’t happen. Merry and her harem of men get it on for significant portions of especially the second onwards books, and again I can appreciate lots of magical explicit sexytimes I also wanted more progress on the characters. Also pet peeve of disliking men with long hair was constantly reinforced with a majority of the fae having waist/ankle length hair. The movie that played in my mind gave them haircuts really fast.

Hunter: Thieves series by Lexi Blake

Dissonance series by Erica O’Rourke - always enjoy when there is a new idea/twist and the reality bending in this was quite nice. YA, but I could not put it down.

Sci Fi & Dystopian

The Host by Stephenie Meyer - Was drawn to this one by the cover, it’s a gorgeous eye with a pupil ringed in (according to the story silver, but the cover makes it look icy) brightness. I walked past it a hundred times going “Ohh Pretty!” before finally springing for the audio book from the library - was exceptionally well read. Did not pay attention to the author or read any info about it and enjoyed it very much. Had I realized it was by the lady who wrote Twilight I wouldn’t have read it, I’m glad I didn’t realize and did listen to it. Very well done dichotomy of the main character(s) as two distinct personalities and thought processes. YA verging on New Adult about the aftermath of a relatively peaceful alien invasion. According to the things I’ve heard/memes I’ve seen of Twilight this author has a thing for a team whoever and team whoever2 triangles.

The Last Girl by Joe Hart

Secondborn series by Amy A. Bartol

General Fantasy or More YA

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton - fantasy western

Beastkeeper by Cat Hellisen

A Madness So Discrete by Mindy McGinnis - 

New Adult

VIP series by Kristen Callihan - fun, fast read, first person, Bands

Lonely Kings series by Ava Lore - again, fun, fast reads, first person, bands

#Reccomendations #Books I love

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evangaline  "evie"  sutton  /  hannah  dodd  /  esme  cullen

aimee  archer  /  fivel  stewart  /  georgina  sparks

dinah  clarke  /  antonia  gentry  /  alice  cullen

charlie  ahmadi  /  yara  shahidi  /  rebekah  mikaelson

sebastian  "bash"  guerra  /  froy  gutierrez  /  ryan  atwood

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What’s in a Name? Favorite Romance Novel Names

What’s in a Name? Favorite Romance Novel Names

In the comment section of the review of Passion’s Treasure/Just Say Yes by Betina Krahn that I reviewed, our colleague Mary Ann Landers asked about the name of the book’s heroine, Treasure Barrett. That query got me thinking about romance novel names: do I have favorite ones? I certainly do! Some of My Favorite Romance Novel Names: Bandit’s Embrace by Georgina Gentry, Zebra, 1989, artist…

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#book blog #names #romance #romance books #romance novels #romancebookblog

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🔹#StepbackSaturday🔹Reveal Time! My book was Nevada Dawn by Georgina Gentry. It’s book 11 in the Panorama of the Old West series. If you like outlaws in historical romance, then this old west HR is for you! 🔺 the prompt came from @pinkcowlandreads so show her some love on her page. #stepbacksaturdayreveal #stepbacksaturday #bloggerchallenge #romancereader #historicalromance #bookstagram #readromance #readingisfun #saturdayfungames #bloggersofinstagram #thechaiseandloungeblog https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6J_-TAlcR/?igshid=15lfz5psazqzf

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Mwf?

i know my members have mentioned jordan alexander, anya chalotra, antonia gentry, natasha liu bordizzo, and chelsea zhang, and if i can add to that, i'd say maya hawke, margaret qualley, ryan destiny, samara weaving, sofia carson, cindy kimberly, odeya rush, georgina amaroso, naomi scott, alisha boe, geraldine viswanathan, beanie feldstein, bree kish, vanessa morgan, madison bailey, victoria pedretti, mishti raman, emma mackey, danielle campbell, natalia dyer, normani, and yara shahidi !

#mw #mwf #new rp #appless rp #pjo rp #percy jackson rp #university rp #college rp #mythology rp

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To Tempt A Texan- A Novel By Georgina Gentry (2005, Paperback) $2.00

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&toolid=10039&campid=5337702801&item=293579233847&vectorid=229466 To Tempt A Texan- A Novel By Georgina Gentry …

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