#This Wicked Fate

[sapphic-book-tournament]

Hey, all I'm trying to get a sapphic book tournament set up if anyone has any ideas and would want to participate please comment your favorite sapphic book and follow!

#sapphic #sapphic books #lesbian #lesbian books #seven husbands of evelyn hugo #one last stop #this poison heart #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #mooncakes #she gets the girl #criers war #satisfaction guaranteed #delilah green doesn't care #astrid parker doesn't fail #paper girls #girls of paper and fire #hani and ishu's guide to fake dating #henna wars #adiba jaigirdar #cheer up #this spell can’t last #this coven won’t break #something to talk about #leah on the offbeat #payback’s a witch #she drives me crazy #last night at the telegraph club #girl serpent thorn #malice duology

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Day 5: JOMPBPC: Pink Books 🩷

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #pink books #afterglow #phil stamper #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #clap when you land #elizabeth acevedo #the black flamingo #dean atta #beautiful books #amazing authors #lgbt+ #raven baxter #i love books

[melanielocke]

Book recommendations - Queer POC books

Some more book recommendations, this time I'm focusing on Queer PoC books, all by authors of color. All the books shown in the picture are UK editions. I generally like it when books have a UK paperback edition because they're a lot cheaper than US hardcovers, usually also cheaper than US paperbacks, and release the same week as the US hardcover. I don't think these editions are always available if you live in North America, but to those living in Europe, buying UK editions can save you a lot of money. Other parts of the world I honestly don't know which editions are easiest to come by. Only downside for UK editions is that sometimes there are some with a redesigned cover that is very ugly. Of the books shown here, only the Witchery has a different cover than the US edition but in this case I like both.

Starting with this Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This is a duology, the second and last book was released last June and so this is a complete series. It is inspired by Greek mythology, and specifically, the myth of Medea, and follows Briseis, who was adopted and inherits an estate from her aunt whom she never met. Briseis has always been able to make plants grow, and is immune to poisonous plants, and at the estate she discovers her birth family had these same gifts, and they keep a garden with some of the most poisonous plants in the world. This book has some great characters, and Briseis was adopted and raised by two sapphic Black mothers, who also play a big role in this series. This series has also served as inspiration for the Lightwood's magic garden in Flowers Bloom

Also by this author: Cinderella is Dead, which I'd also recommend, the Vanquishers, a MG which I did not read

Upcoming books: My Dear Henry, a Jekyll & Hide retelling (3-2023); You're not Supposed to Die Tonight, a slasher horror (6-2023)

Next up is Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

This is a sapphic love story with a MC of Indian decent. At New Years's Eve, just before midnight, Ash is hit by a car and dies instantly. She gets the offer to become a reaper, who guide the city's dead to their afterlife. But Ash can't forget Poppy, her girlfriend, and will do anything to get to see her again.

I haven't seen a lot of people talk about this book, but I really enjoyed it. The main focus is the romance here, and it's more romance with a fantasy aspect to it than fantasy.

Other books by this author: there are several other older books, none of which I've read

Upcoming books: The Mermaid of Black Rock (9-2023), a sapphic book about a girl with no memory found in the sea and a girl who falls in love with her

The Jasmine Throne is the only adult series I put in this list (the rest is YA), and is a fantasy trilogy set in an India inspired world. Book 1 and 2 are out now.

Malini is a princess who is imprisoned in an old temple by her dictator brother, an emperor obsessed with religious ideas revolving women gaining purity and immortality by being burnt alive. Malini refused to burn for his sake.

Priya is a maidservant who travels to the temple every night to clean Malini's chambers. Before her land was conquered by Malini's family, Priya was a temple child, and she had passed through the magical deathless waters once, but all the temple children were murdered except a few who survived and she has to hide her past.

Malini and Priya eventually start working together, with the goal of restoring the throne to Malini's other, oldest brother who'd abandoned the throne to become a priest.

Other books by this author: The Books of Ambha duology, adult fantasy, and What Souls are Made of, a YA Wuthering Heights retelling

Upcoming books: Book 3 of the series, scheduled for 2023, currently no release date known

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas is one of my personal favorites of this year. It's the first book in a YA fantasy duology set in a world inspired by Mexican culture. In this world, the sunbearer trials are held every ten years to replenish the energy of the sol stones and keep the sun alive and evil gods at bay. Ten demigods (called semidioses) are chosen by Sol to compete in a set of trials. The winner becomes the Sunbearer and gets to replenish the sol stones. The loser becomes a human sacrifice that is necessary to replenish said stones.

Semidioses are divided in gold and jade categories, depending on if their parent is a gold or jade god. Gold gods are the most powerful gods, ruling over things like the earth, the seas, fire etc, while jade gods are considered less powerful and their children too. There haven't been any jade competitors in the Sunbearer trials in over a century, but that year, two are chosen.

Teo is the transgender son of Quetzal, the goddess of birds, and he never expected to be chosen for the trials. The other jade is Xio, the son of Mala Suerte, god of bad luck. The other 8 competitors are all gold semidioses, including Teo's best friend Niya, daughter of Tierra, god of the Earth and the twin children of the fire goddess, Aurelio and Auristela. Compared to many of the others, Teo does not have a lot of powers and will have to fight with everything he has to survive.

The fantasy world in this book is modern second world, so while everything is different from this world, there are equivalents of instagram and tiktok for example, and they have trading cards featuring different semidiose heroes.

Other books by the author: Cemetery Boys, Lost in the Never Woods, I've read both and they're very good

Upcoming books: book 2 of the sunbearer trials (expected in 2023), companion/sequel to Cemetery Boys (fall 2024), untitled book pitched as gay titanic in space (2024), Just Max (a contemporary set in college, 2024).

I don't think it's likely there'll be 3 books coming out in 2024 but that's the information I currently have

The last book in the picture is the Witchery by S. Isabelle

This book features four witches and two human boys. Logan only recently found out she's a witch and transferred to a school for witches, and so far she's no good at it. But she's taken under the wing by the Red Three, three Black witches and the most powerful witches at the school. Thalia, a greenwitch, Iris, a deathwitch and Jailah, the most powerful witch at school, want to end the curse that's plaguing their town, and want Logan's help to do it.

Every year, there's a Haunting Season during which wolves come out of the swamp and kill people. The witches can protect people, to some extent, but the Red Three want to end the Haunting Season once and for all.

This book has a total of 6 POV's, which can make it confusing but I think it worked well. All the characters were interesting, but there wasn't enough space to flesh them all out as much as I would have liked. Still, I think the story was great, and would recommend it. There's not much focus on romance, but Jailah is a lesbian which is why I included it on this list.

Other books by this author: The Witchery is her first book

Upcoming books: another book is expected to be released in 2023. I have no idea what this book is about

Let me know if there are specific recommendations you'd like me to cover next time, I think I'll make more posts like these because it's lots of fun. Also, if you've read any of the books I recommend and want to talk about it, let me know, because I don't have a lot of people to talk about my favorite books with

@alastaircarstairsdefenselawyer @life-through-the-eyes-of @astriefer @justanormaldemon @ipromiseiwillwrite @a-dream-dirty-and-bruised @amchara @all-for-the-fanfiction @imsoftforthomastair @ddepressedbookworm @queenlilith43 @wagner-fell @cant-think-of-anything @laylax13s @tessherongraystairs @boredfangirl16 @artist-in-soul @bottomdelioncourt @ikissedsmithparker

#book recommendations #queer books #poc books #qpoc books #This Poison Heart #This Wicked Fate #Kalynn Bayron #The Jasmine Throne #the Oleander Sword #Tasha Suri #The Witchery #S Isabelle #the Sunbearer Trials #Aiden Thomas #Afterlove #Tanya Byrne

[the-final-sentence]

I wanted to use it to love and be loved in return.

Kalynn Bayron, from This Wicked Fate

#This Wicked Fate #Kalynn Bayron

[lgbtqreads]

New Releases: June 21, 2022

New Releases: June 21, 2022

The Loophole by Naz Kutub Syyed is pining for his ex, who left home to—save the world? He doesn’t know much more, except to wish he’d gone along when Farouk asked. But Sy is shy and timid, from a controlling Indian Muslim family, and wants most to make a life and home with people he loves. Then he meets Reggie, an heiress—is she magical or just rich?—who, in exchange for his kindness, offers to…

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#Carlos Allende #Coffee Shopping Murder Love #Epically Earnest #Jobs for Girls With Artistic Flair #June Gervais #Kalynn Bayron #Molly Horan #Naz Kutub #Rosalie Knecht #Saara El-Arifi #The Awesome Autistic Guide for Trans Teens #The Final Strife #The Loophole #This Wicked Fate #Vera Kelly: Lost and Found

[nickthebookworm]

{14.07.22}

Currently reading:

I absolutely loved This Poison Heart and I'm thoroughly enjoying This Wicked Fate as well! I need to read Cinderella is Dead at some point too.

#this poison heart #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #bookish #booklr #bookworm #book #books #currently reading #my reads #books & libraries #bookshelf #book cover #book shop

[sixthrangerknight]

I'm not a huge fan of the "I'm 17" immortal x an actual 17-year-old romance trope, but Marie and Briseis get a pass because of how much I'm enjoying the rest of these books and how cute Bri's crush on her is.

#this poison heart #this wicked fate #book club

[daniellesreadingnook]

The duology has Greek mythology roots and characters like Hecate, Medea, Persephone and so many others.

The author knows how to give a new spin on mythology that you will love!!

Check them out if you haven't done so already!!

#danielle's reading nook #booklr #book podcast #book podcaster #podcast #podcaster #book podcasting #podcasting #this poison heart #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #hecate #medea #persephone #greek mythology #briseis

[richincolor]

We have four books on our radar this week. Which of them are on your TBR list?

Echoes of Grace by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Tu Books

A tragic accident in the young lives of sisters, Graciela (Grace) and Mercedes (Mercy) Torres, sets off a chain of events in which Grace flounders to restore her relationship with her sister while swimming against a current of strange, bewildering echoes.

Flashbacks, premonitions, and visitations from the other side all weave a mysterious tapestry that weighs heavily on Grace’s shoulders as she tries to navigate memories of a time three years earlier when she ran away from home and lost a week of her life.

In the present—amidst the mundanities of college homework and dating—Grace tries to figure out if the things happening in her world are memories or premonitions, warnings of things yet to unfold. As she recovers time lost, Grace comes closer to reconciling with Mercy, even as she remembers, bit by bit, the horrible thing that happened to her when she spent a week with her maternal grandmother in Mexico—a grandmother she had been told was long gone.

The things her regained memory reveals shed light on old family secrets. -- Cover image and summary via Goodreads

We Weren't Looking to Be Found by Stephanie Kuehn Disney-Hyperion

Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior?

Camila’s Colombian-American family doesn’t have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she does?

When Dani and Camila find themselves rooming together at Peach Tree Hills, a treatment facility in beautiful rural Georgia, they initially think they’ll never get along―and they’ll never get better. But then they find a mysterious music box filled with letters from a former resident of PTH, and together they set out to solve the mystery of who this girl was . . . and who she’s become. The investigation will bring them together, and what they find at the end might just bring them hope.

From award-winning author Stephanie Kuehn comes a breathtaking tale of friendship and healing. Both poignant and timely, We Weren’t Looking to Be Found is complex, hopeful, and heartbreaking all at once.

This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart #2) by Kalynn BayRon Bloomsbury

Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart. If she is to locate the missing piece, she must turn to the blood relatives she's never known, learn about their secret powers, and take her place in their ancient lineage. Briseis is not the only one who wants the Heart, and her enemies will stop at nothing to fulfill their own ruthless plans. The fates tell of a truly dangerous journey, one that could end in more heartache, more death. Bolstered by the sisterhood of ancient magic, can Briseis harness her power to save the people she loves most?

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi Del Rey Books

Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, of the resistance. Clear is the blood of the slaves, of the crushed, of the invisible.

Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the empire from the red-blooded ruling classes’ tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes.

Anoor has been told she’s nothing, no one, a disappointment, by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the empire. But when Sylah and Anoor meet, a fire burns between them that could consume the kingdom—and their hearts.

Hassa moves through the world unseen by upper classes, so she knows what it means to be invisible. But invisibility has its uses: It can hide the most dangerous of secrets, secrets that can reignite a revolution. And when she joins forces with Sylah and Anoor, together these grains of sand will become a storm.

As the empire begins a set of trials of combat and skill designed to find its new leaders, the stage is set for blood to flow, power to shift, and cities to burn.

#echoes of grace #we weren't looking to be found #this wicked fate #the final strife #weneeddiversebooks

[ihatecoconut]

the writing inspiration of TODAY is to be the next kalynn bayron

#kalynn bayron #cinderella is dead #this poison heart #this wicked fate #writing #writer #write #writers #author #inspiration #if she can do it so can i!!!!!

[sapphic-book-tournament]

#this poison heart #this wicked fate #cinderella is dead #bisexaul #lesbian books #sapphic books #sapphic book tournament #kalynn bayron #vote #Ya books #romance books #lesbian #lesbian parents #princesses #cinderella

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Day 25: JOMPBPC: Genre

The original 1978 pride flag made out of contemporary books, which is my favourite genre! 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #genre #the original pride flag #1978 pride flag #happy pride 🌈 #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #this winter #alice oseman #nate plus one #kevin van whye #the lesbiana's guide to catholic school #sonora reyes #spin me right round #david valdes #lark and kasim start a revolution #kacen callender #if i was your girl #meredith russo #you should see me in a crown #leah johnson #beautiful books #amazing authors #lgbt+ #pretty flowers #i love books

[melanielocke]

My favorite books of 2022

Unfortunately, no picture for this post, and I won't talk a lot about each book so it becomes readable. If you want to know more about a certain book or talk about it, send me an ask! Since I read 110 books this year, this list will only feature books that were also published in 2022 and the list will be in order of me reading them because there are simply too many to play favorites.

The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea - Axie Oh

Misrule - Heather Walter

A Cruel and Fated Light - Ashley Shuttleworth

So This is Ever After - F.T. Lukens

This Wicked Fate - Kalynn Bayron

Sofi and the Bone Song - Adrienne Tooley

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - Foz Meadows

The Oleander Sword - Tasha Suri

A Taste of Gold and Iron - Alexandra Rowland

The Sunbearer Trials - Aiden Thomas

A Restless Truth - Freya Marske

Ocean's Echo - Everina Maxwell

Lord of Silver Ashes - Kellen Graves

Fire Becomes Her - Rosiee Thor

Silver in the Mist - Emily Victoria

#the girl who fell beneath the sea #axie oh #misrule #heather walter #a cruel and fated light #ashley shuttleworth #so this is ever after #f.t. lukens #this wicked fate #kalynn bayron #sofi and the bone song #Adrienne tooley #a strange and stubborn endurance #foz meadows #the oleander sword #tasha suri #a taste of gold and iron #alexandra rowland #the sunbearer trials #aiden thomas #a restless truth #freya marske #ocean's echo #everina maxwell #lord of silver ashes #kellen graves #fire becomes her #rosiee thor #silver in the mist #emily victoria

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

Nesha Reads: This Wicked Fate

The same team is back. I love it when I get to continue the story with the same reader behind it and I love me some Jordan Cobb. Her voice 🤌🏾 

#Nesha Reads #Nesha Reads This Poison Heart #Nesha Reads This Wicked Fate #Briseis Greene #BFCD Spooky Season #Queuetober #Nesha Reads This Poison Heart Duology #This Poison Heart #This Poison Heart Duology #This Wicked Fate #books #black books

[quoteablebooks]

The moonlight danced against her skin, and she pressed her face to my hair and whispered my name over and over again like a prayer, like a plea, like a thank-you, like I love you.

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

#This Wicked Fate #Kalynn Bayron

[sassysnowperson]

Sass Talks Books: This Poison Heart + This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

This was the start of my reading vacation - kinda. I had already read the first and started the second. But I finished the second on my first day of reading vacation, so I'm counting it.

Basic Plot: A black girl with plant-magic is living in New York city with her moms when she receives news that she inherited a house upstate from her biological relatives she never met. Turns out they had plant-magic too! And the house is sorta spooky in a fun to explore sort of way.

My Thoughts: I wanted to like this more than I did. It was solidly fine, but the writing didn't grab me. On the upsides - the protagonist was likeable and her moms were great, and the three of their relationship was my favorite part of the book. I'm a sucker for a good family relationship. But the plot felt oddly-paced. I finished This Poison Heart and my first thought was - that's not a book. That's half a book. The narrative threads weren't resolved, new problems and tensions and characters were showing up in the last five pages. It ended, it didn't finish. So - either the author can't write an ending OR the story got spread over more than one books.

Fortunately, after reading This Wicked Fate, I can report its the two books thing. This Wicked Fate DID have an ending, and it was solid. Still not for me - the narrative tension and rise/fall just didn't land right, and the narration felt flat at times. However, I'm glad it exists, even if it didn't land on my heart. If I had a precocious girl in mind around 10-16, especially if they were black, loved plants, and/or loved Percy Jackson/Greek Mythology, I'd push the book at them without hesitation, tell them to give it a try.

#sass talks books #book review #this poison heart #this wicked fate #Kalynn Bayron #queue