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The Sunshine Court spoilers

this one post about dichotomy of attack vs guard dog was one of the few things i kept thinking about when i was reading this book and how jean's story kind fit into that in few ways:

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maybe jean wasn't even meant to be only an attack dog (on the court), but also a starved, obedient one (like the first quote says). a person only doing what was told to him, not to speak out of his turn, never to choose basically anything for himself. starved for his freedom. and trained to attack others on the court to win his master, Riko and Ravens their games.

this whole book was really about the change of how jean thought of himself, slowly and painstakingly learning that maybe he did deserve better. he was waking up from this horrible nightmare, being constantly on lookout for the worst things to happen, trying to overcome his training which was beaten into him since years prior, and fit into the box that his family's name put him into. thinking he was always treated the way he deserved. flinching at the names of people that caused him harm and lashing out only at those that weren't above him.

UNTIL!! until a few helping hands saved him. renee's reassurance and support and words to look out for new things to appreciate life. kevin's help of finding a new place for him where he would be safe and had a chance to start a new life, and neil getting rid of his worst enemies and cleaning out the path before him - he finally found out he could still breathe, to find friends who cared about him, new places to see and things to learn! (like riding a motorcycle if cat teaches him, and ceramics with jeremy, and cooking with laila).

someone he could trust again.

#im fine (lying) - oh look! a neil josten reference #next book when someone tries to get too close to jeremy jean will go into overprotective mode so fast i just know it #jean moreau #tsc #tsc spoilers #the sunshine court #tfc #the foxhole court #all for the game #aftg #jerejean #jeremy knox #neil josten #renee walker #kevin day #the sunshine court spoilers #mine #gif:books #gif:other #long post #sorry if it doesnt make sense i just had to get this out of my brain

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I decided to finally make a part two of this post, it took me half a year longer than I anticipated, but I rushed to finish it at least for June.

🏳️‍🌈 Happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley – The best kind of subtle romance I have ever read. Includes mysterious pocket watch, solving bomb threats in Victorian London, a lady scientist, changing of future based on occurring events, an adorable clockwork octopus, and so much more! Did I mention the best, most beautiful romance I didn’t even expect to get?? Read it! (mlm main characters)

All out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by multiple authors, edited by Saundra Mitchell – This book was so refreshing to read!!! Retellings of fairy tales but queer and poc and mostly happy. I enjoyed each of the short story so so much, I don’t have words to say how much I loved this book, just, can we please have more stories like that? Thank you.

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman – Ever wanted a book with a main character boy and girl who won’t end up together by the end of the book? Then this is a book for you. Frances and Aled do not only become best friends who won’t end up together, but there’s even more diverse characters than these two main ones. This book even has an ace (demi) sexual representation, which I was very excited about, and the main character is biracial bisexual girl. There is lot of fandom talk and a radio show drama (kind of similar to Welcome to Night Vale). But also talks about other important topics like deciding that college might not be for everyone despite them being a great student in high school.

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee – It’s a cute and sweet superhero themed futuristic story, first book of a trilogy I think. The main character is Vietnamese American bisexual girl, Jessika Tran, whose parents are both superheroes, but she doesn’t have any powers. She starts working for a company she later discovers belongs to town’s villains, but with time she learns that not everything about superheroes and villains is perfectly black and white. Also she’s working there with her crush, so that’s a bonus. It’s a really great book, there’s wlw romance and lot of diversity, action and silly scenes. The history behind the people’s superpowers and worldbuilding was really interesting too. The sequel is also already out, featuring a poc trans boy as the main character, who is part of Jessika‘s friend squad.

The Gentleman‘s guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee – A book everyone here should read!! A historical roadtrip with lot of angst, fluff and mutual pining of two of the main characters. It takes place in 18th century Europe. Monty is kind of an asshole, some moments you will hate him then you will love him, but as the journey progresses so does he. He travels with his sister, Felicity, and his best friend (and crush!) Percy, to visit few cities in Europe before he has to start work in his fathers company. This book addressed lot of issues, like white privilege and racism in that time period, sexism and ableism. But it’s also an adventurous book that’s funny and charming, and makes you feel really happy one moment and sad the next. There are also pirates!

Dreadnought by April Daniels – This is a first book of a duology about a lesbian trans girl Danny who receives superpowers after witnessing death of the superhero Dreadnought, which means she now has to become the new Dreadnought. But with the powers also becames real the ideal vision of her body, that she always wanted. She is very happy about it, but it also means she has to face her family and best friend and explain why she looks different. On top of that she has to help the other superheroes with stopping the new threat to the city, the villain who killed previous Dreadnought. Trigger warnings for transphobia, but it’s really worth to read.

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – I’ve seen mixed reviews of this book but personally I loved it. It’s a fantasy YA with lgbt protagonist, that I don’t have enough of. Sal is a genderfluid, also bi? pan? thief who enters a competition to become one of Queen’s Assassins. Basically the last one standing (or rather living) takes the place. Sal knows how to fight and survive but also needs to learn other things to win this position. Like taking classes of writing/reading which teaches him a lady of court they previously stole something from, whom Sal quickly starts to like more than they should, with the competition at play. For me it was a really great book to read and I can’t wait to read the sequel!

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli – I had to read this one quickly before Leah on the offbeat came out, and it was a joy to read this one too! Again so much representation, I love Becky’s books and the Simon vs world. This story is about Molly who has had a lot of crushes but never actually dated anyone. She’s jewish, has anxiety, is fat, loves her family, is very creative, and has another crush on a guy who is her coworker. There’s so much cuteness in this book, I was smiling and crying the whole time reading it. More for representation: her sister is gay, she has two moms, a new Korean-American pansexual friend (who her sister totally likes) and more. I need to meantion trigger warnings for fatphobia, because of part there with her relative, it made me cry so much, it was very reletable and I hated it but there was very good closure for it in the end, which I’m happy about. Anyway read this book, overall it’s a cute and happy book with lots of fluff!

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli – I loved Leah from the Simon vs book, so I was really happy we got more focus on her. She’s fat and funny, unapologetic about who she is, in her words: “basically your resident fat Slytherin Rory Gilmore”. There was mentions she likes boys as well as girls. Because of a tour for her college she goes with Abby to see where she will live the next few years and stuff happens. And then there’s also their high school prom, which she thought she was ready for, but maybe she’s not ready for at all. I’m not even going to write more, it’s an amazing book, I cried so many times.

Timekeeper by Tara Sim – This story takes place in a Victorian era Britain where clock towers are needed for time to flow correctly. Therefore there is lot of mechanics who repair said clock towers, because if the clock stops, the town around it stops in time as well. The main character Danny is one of those mechanics in London, but his father is trapped in a town that Stopped and Danny needs to find a way to save him. But after someone tries to sabotage a clock tower in a small city, Danny is assigned in that town to fix it, and he eventually finds out that the myths he heard – that in clock towers could sometimes be seen beings, spirits of the towers – might actually be true. This book was so nice to read, there was the atmosphere of the Victorian era, mystery, cute mlm romance and awesome female characters.

I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson – I cried a lot reading this book. At first it actually took me few months to read past first two chapters, because the writing style was so different from what I was used to, but after that I got absorbed in it very quickly. It’s a story about two siblings, Noah and Jude Sweetwine, who both go through some difficult times, with family, school and personal stuff, it’s about making mistakes and fixing mistakes. It’s about love, art, sibling struggles and growing up.

Other books that I read and loved and definitely recommend:

Of Fire and Stars - Audrey Coulthurst (f/f fantasy romance)

We are the Ants –  Shaun David Hutchinson (m/m)

In Other Lands -  Sarah Rees Brennan (bi mc, m/m)

Release – Patrick Ness (m/m)

Our dark duet – V.E. Schwab (sequel of duology, agender character, not much romance at all in this duology, it‘s one of my favourites)

A Conjuring of Light – V.E. Schwab (a beautiful fantasy, last book of trilogy, happy ending for m/m pairing whose each story is important throughout the whole series. Again, one of my favourite series)

Magnus Chase and the Ship of Dead - Rick Riordan (I don‘t want to spoil here but it‘s good, genderfluid representation since book two, more in this final book)

Ice crypt - Tiana Warner (sequel of the Ice Massacre, wlw romance between mermaid and human girl, who knew each other since childhood, there is third final book, Ice Kingdom, already out, but I still haven‘t read it..)

Happy reading!

(tagging few people who i think might enjoy it ♥♥: @eradne, @poefinn, @twomillionfreckles, @eliotcoldwater, @queen-max, @tsukiyam-a)

#lgbt #lgbt+ #lgbt books #litedit #ya books #lgbt+ books #lgbt representation #books #book recs #books recommendations #mine #gif:other #gif:500 #gif:books #long post #sorry im not putting in under read more #i want more people to read all these book and cry about them with me #the watchmaker of filigree street #adsom #mcga #of fire and stars #we are the ants #love simon #leah on the offbeat #the upside of unrequited #tggtvav #radio silence #not your sidekick #all out #mask of shadows

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Books read in 2017: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

‘Are you going to enlighten me about London now? What’s there? What’s so damn important?’

‘A friend, like I said.’

‘There isn’t.’

‘He hasn’t met me yet.’

#the watchmaker of filigree street #lgbt books #litedit #natasha pulley #lgbtlit #eradne #look what i finally made #i love this book so much!! i want to reread it now #mine #gif:bks17 #gif:books

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Books read in 2017:  Ice crypt (Mermaids of Eriana Kwai #2) by Tiana Warner

I’d always loved Meela the way she was, and I wouldn’t have changed anything about her — but seeing her as a mermaid awoke something new inside me. We were the same, now. We could have a life together. I wanted to kiss Meela right there in front of everyone.

#litedit #ice massacre #tiana warner #wlw books #lgbt books #ice crypt #meela x lysi #hey please go read these books its really good #its got mermaids and women badass warriors #and wlw slowburn romance #did i mention mermaids?? #mine #gif:bks17 #gif:books

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Books read in 2017: Dreadnought by April Daniels

I see a world that is terrified of me. Terrified of someone who would reject manhood. Terrified of a girl who knows who she is and what she’s capable of. They are small, and they are weak, and they will not hurt me ever again. My name is Danielle Tozer. I am a girl. No one is strong enough to take that from me anymore.

#dreadnought #april daniels #danielle tozer #lgbt+ books #lgbt books #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #trans female superhero with awesome worldbuilding and other great characters!! #i cant wait to read the sequel #this book is so good please go read it

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Books read in 2017:  Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

There were two kinds of monsters, the kind that hunted the streets and the kind that lived in your head. She could fight the first, but the second was more dangerous. It was always, always, always a step ahead. It didn’t have teeth or claws, didn’t feed on flesh or blood or hearts. It simply reminded you of what happened when you let people in.

#our dark duet #this savage song #monsters of verity #veschwab #oddedit #tssedit #v.e. schwab #kate harker #august flynn #soro flynn #and allegro the cat i love so much #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17

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Books read in 2017:   Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer 

And when Holly was long gone, soaring beneath the hallway’s ancient oak beams, Artemis said, ‘I don’t like lollipops.’

It was a woefully inadequate response, and Artemis was instantly appalled with himself. Pathetic really: I don’t like lollipops. No self-respecting criminal mastermind would be caught dead even using the word lollipops. He really would have to put together a database of witty responses for occasions such as this.

#artemis fowl #artemisfowledit #eoin colfer #litedit #lordzuuko #foolishlilthing #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #moodboards #books #subtle ace references with the colors which i had to include #except the gold #but there really needed to be gold in this edit #im quite happy with how this turned out #im still stuck on the second book but next month i have more free time #so i hope i will finish at least two more books from this series #gif:500

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Books read in 2017:  Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

“Knowing you is a lot better than just the idea of you, you know. Like the whole thing you do at school with the… intimidatingly smart and glaring at everyone, but you’re a huge marshmallow underneath.”

Abby snorts. “I am not a marshmallow. You’re the marshmallow.” She pokes Jess in the shoulder.

#not your sidekick #authorcblee #yalitedit #lgbt books #c.b. lee #jess tran #abby jones #bookedit #lgbt #idk what else to tag #woc and bi main lead?? #so many girls #really nice story #really great relationships?? #pleasee read it #i cant wait for the next book #mine #gif:bks17 #gif:books #gif:500

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Books read in 2017: Release by Patrick Ness

Adam suddenly felt like he was falling, like the centre of the bed beneath him had opened up and he had tumbled through, leaving Linus on the lip, looking down on him, too far to reach. All the time. He felt like this all the time. That everyone up there was out of reach. Linus, even Angela sometimes, definitely his family.

#Release #Patrick Ness #releaseedit #litedit #lgbtinlit #lgbt books #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #bookedit #this book is so good please go read it

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Books (re)read in 2017:  Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

And then Bram stretches his legs forward and pushes his knee into mine. Which means the rest of the period is pretty much devoted to staring at Bram’s knee. There’s a place where his jeans are fraying, and a tiny patch of brown skin is barely visible between the fibers of the denim. And all I want to do is touch it. At one point, Bram and Garrett both turn to look at me, and I realize I’ve just sighed out loud.

#simonvsedit #svthsaedit #simon vs the homo sapiens agenda #becky albertalli #litedit #bookedit #svthsa #yaedit #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #posting again see if it goes in the tag #bram greenfeld #simon spier

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Books read in 2017:  Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

I just sort of want to say something before we continue. You probably think that Aled Last and I are going to fall in love or something. Since he is a boy and I am a girl. I just wanted to say – We don’t. That’s all.

#radio silence #alice oseman #litedit #yalitedit #books #lgbt books #frances janvier #aled last #asexual #bisexual #demisexual #ace tag #bi tag #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #gif:500 #im actually quite happy with this edit #also i wasnt expecting actual asexual or demi character!! that was such a nice suprise #and biracial bisexual female main character!! #so i need to tag it as such #for more people to read this book #bc its was so cool

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Books read in 2017: The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson

I wade across the dance floor, scouring the bobbing heads for his. As the chorus kicks in, I swear under my breath. I turn round in a slow circle. He’s got to be here somewhere. Then I see him, fighting his way across the dance floor towards me. I break into a grin and push my way through the crowd. We collide in the middle of the dance floor.

‘It’s your song!’ I yell.

‘No it isn’t,’ Leo yells back. ‘It’s ours.’

#the art of being normal #yaedit #litedit #lgbt books #lisa williamson #theartofbeingnormaledit #booklr #moodboard #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #even tho i have some issues wiht this book i still loved it a lot #like the part where this quotes from at the end of the book #that was really cute and sweet

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Books read in 2017: A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic trilogy), V. E. Schwab

Kell returned the drink to Lila’s hand and then frowned as he noticed Alucard. His brother pointedly ignored the captain’s presence and poured himself a very large glass. “What are we drinking to?”

“The living,” said Rhy.

“The dead,” said Alucard and Lila at the same time.

“We’re being thorough,” added Rhy.

#a darker shade of magic #adsom #shades of magic #acol #dailyschwab #veschwab #lila bard #kell maresh #rhy maresh #alucard emery #holland #agos #acol spoilers #a conjuring of light #a gathering of shadows #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #i love this series so much OTL #i hope this looks nice?? #i found some people who i like to imagine these characters like #and i like the few edits where lila isnt white so #also i forgot is alucards cat esa is white or not?? my memory isnt great with details #but i like to imagine her as a white cat #blood // #injuries //

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Books read in 2017: You know me well, Nina LaCour & David Levithan

It was always just me. It was always just you. We thought we were special, but we were always the subjects of two separate sentences.  

#you know me well #ykmwedit #ykmw #lgbt books #youknowmewelledit #nina lacour #david levithan #litedit #books #mine #gif:bks17 #gif:books #moodboards

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Books read in 2017: The Princess Saves Herself In This One, Amanda Lovelace

- women are some kind of magic

#the princess saves herself in this one #amanda lovelace #litedit #poetry #books #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #gif:500 #gif:1k #i tried something idk

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Books read in 2017: Welcome to Night Vale a Novel, Joseph Fink

“I pawned that tear to you all those weeks ago for a reason. And I don’t know what that reason was. Everything I do is for a reason, and I know none of them. Everything makes sense, and the sense is hidden from me. We live in a pattern that we’ll never detect, and that will shuffle us through invisible hierarchies to the actual death of us. We are together on this. And I don’t know why, and I never will, and we just are.”

#wtnv #welcome to night vale #jackie fierro #diane crayton #josh crayton #cecil palmer #wtnv novel #mine #gif:books #gif:bks17 #gif:500 #i love this book so much!!! #the characters are so amazing #i dont know why i read it this late but im so glad i did anyway