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lynorlane · 4 months

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Year End Book List

Well I was going to talk about the absolute best twelve books that I read this year, anticipating having to narrow it down as I do every year. Then I started looking through my list, and um, maybe the challenge will be finding twelve? Jeez. I refuse to believe that there weren’t 12 perfect-blow-me-out-of-the-water books that I could have read this past year, so I will accept that I apparently…

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#ann patchett #cse cooney #edgar cantero #i have some questions for you #margaret rogerson #martha wells #no one will come back for us #premee mohamed #quan barry #rebecca makkai #saint deaths daughter #sarafina el-badry nance #sorcery of thorns #starstruck #system collapse #these precious days #this bodys not big enough for both of us #we ride upon sticks

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crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington · 11 months

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his daughter is not a weapon!

#ethan winters #karl heisenberg #resident evil 8 #re8 #resident evil village #rebhfun #resident evil #resident evil fanart #miss D and her man thing #i hope to god this does not start discourse #be fr #u really think ethan is in the wrong for turning down his deal #turning down a deal from a man whos first impression was stabbing him and throwing him into a death pit #'yeah but he stabbed him because ____'#BRO HE STABBED HIM #IT DOES NOT MATTER #karl is not a good person #just because he was willing to ally with ethan does not make him a saint #he wanted to use ethans daughter #why would u tell the man who has been fighting his way through ur family to save his baby daughter #that u want to use said baby daughter #it was a bad deal please dont try to twist it to make it seem like ethans stupid for turning it down #karl is stupid for thinking hed accept and then refusing to elaborate and throwing him into his jet engine hole #this doesnt mean i dont like karl #im just tired of people tyring to make karl look better by making ethan look worse #cmon man #this concludes another crumb essay in the tags

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ourstaturestouchtheskies · 1 year

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Joan of Arc Praying - Eleanor Fortesque-Brickdale // Joan of Arc - William Etty // Strangers - Ethel Cain

#joan of arc #saint joan of arc #jeanne d'arc #eleanor fortescue brickdale #william etty #strangers #strangers ethel cain #preacher's daughter #ethel cain #art #art history #lyrics #lyric art #tw death

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the-z-part · 9 months

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I've been trying to figure out how to pitch Saint Death's Daughter to the Locked Tomb girlies because like they have a lot in common, but at the same time the tone is super different, so if you go into SDD expecting TLT you'll be wrong but also I really think they'll like it!

And it just came to me:

Saint Death's Daughter is the Barbie to The Locked Tomb's Oppenheimer

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #saint death's daughter #books #this is kind of wild but I'm correct #anyway read saint death's daughter

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aroaessidhe · 4 months

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read in 2023: ghosts

The Immeasurable Depth of You

All That Consumes Us

The Spirit Bears Its Teeth

Saint Death’s Daughter

Sixteen Souls

Painted Devils

Radiant

He Who Drowned The World

She Is A Haunting

#read in 2023 #ghost books #I read so many more books with ghosts haha #all that consumes us #sixteen souls #she is a haunting #painted devils #saint death's daughter

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drastrochris · 3 months

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Hi! Go read Saint Death's Daughter!

Do you like Gideon the Ninth, and Harrow, but want to think about if she were sunshine and rainbows?

Let me tell you about Lanie Stones!

She's got:

This whole religion thing around her.

Toxic relatives.

But if SexPal was royalty.

Best friend: Dead friend.

It's a baby. I'm not going to be a jerk to a frickin' baby.

Did you order the skeleton war? I've got a delivery here for "skeleton war," and it has your address.

#saint death's daughter #gideon the ninth #it's a good book #go read it #palamedes sextus #a baby #skeleton war #necromancer is best-romancer #c.s.e. cooney

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literary-illuminati · 6 months

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50 pages into Saint Death's Daughter and I will admit that my extremely uncharitable first reaction is 'publishers have really noticed The Locked Tomb, huh"

#saint death's daughter #C.S.E. Cooney #sff #tht #it's fun so far! but like

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lesmisscraper · 4 months

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The Last Moment of Valjean, Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 5.

Clips from <Il cuore di Cosette>.

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submissive-and-readable · 4 days

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Saint Death's Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney

Publisher: Solaris

Genre: Fantasy

If you like:

Necromancers who love pink 💕

The Locked Tomb series

Found family

Queernorm world-building

Skeletons and bones

Intricate magic systems

Footnotes!

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Synopsis

Lanie Stones, the daughter of the Royal Assassin and Chief Executioner of Liriat, has never led a normal life. Born with a gift for necromancy and a literal allergy to violence, she was raised in isolation in the family’s crumbling mansion by her oldest friend, the ancient revenant Goody Graves.

When her parents are murdered, it falls on Lanie and her cheerfully psychotic sister Nita to settle their extensive debts or lose their ancestral home—and Goody with it. Appeals to Liriat's ruler to protect them fall on indifferent ears… until she, too, is murdered, throwing the nation's future into doubt.

Hunted by Liriat’s enemies, hounded by her family’s creditors and terrorised by the ghost of her great-grandfather, Lanie will need more than luck to get through the next few months—but when the goddess of Death is on your side, anything is possible.

Content warnings

death, murder, violence, torture, kidnapping, slavery

gore, body horror, blood

familial abuse, child abuse, domestic abuse: physical, verbal and emotional

parental death

self-harm for magic purposes

abusive relationship

animal cruelty, animal death

grief, depression

fantasy racism and xenophobia

physical confinement

childhood chronic illness

alcohol

Review

Saint Death's Daughter is the first book of the trilogy, followed by Saint Death's Herald, but it wraps up the main arc well-enough that it can be read as a standalone.

This is a wildly ambitious novel that, according to the acknowledgements, took over ten years to write? and it shows. The amount of world-building that goes into the gods, the magic system, the different countries as well as their respective cultures and forms of governance is simply astounding.

Although the synopsis is an accurate summary of the events of this book, every turn still took me by surprise, and I never knew what to expect.

Our protagonist, Miscellaneous "Lanie" Stones is full of heart and gumption. I loved her love; Lanie loves her friends and her reanimated creations and life and Death so earnestly and sincerely, with her whole heart, in spite of her upbringing. I'm also obsessed with the fact that, even though she is a necromancer, she loves bright colours and dressing in poofy pink dresses.

Not to say that this book is all sunshine and rainbows; Lanie goes through it, and this book turned out to be much darker than I had expected. (Check the content warnings!) But she manages to get through it with her newfound friends and family.

It's also really interesting how Lanie has a literal allergy to violence; violence is basically a given in most fantasy novels, so reading about how Lanie navigates violence in a world full of nothing but was fascinating.

Honestly, I could go on about this book for hours, but I think it's best to go into this knowing less about what happens.

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gale-sized-hole · 1 month

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So used to romance writing mode that it’s weird to shift into what I have realized is just “evil Bildungsroman” mode but here we are!

#ouiser.txt #Saint Death’s Daughter really did something to me I guess

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wearethekat · 2 years

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July Book Reviews: Saint Death’s Daughter by CSE Cooney

Library book I picked up on a whim, despite the rather disappointing cover. And I’m glad I did, because this book was excellent, easily one of the top three new books of this year. The first section reminded me rather of Gideon the Ninth (contains: quirky bone atrocities, necromancy, deeply concerning interpersonal relationships, evil family, violence). But then there’s a seven year timeskip, and after a bit more Necromantic Atrocities and violence, the plot takes an abrupt turn into a plot that felt to me like The Goblin Emperor (contains: incredibly detailed original worldbuilding, found-family narrative, focus on character relationships even to the detriment of plot.)

Mind, both GtN and TGE are rightfully beloved, and if you like them you may not like this book. I don’t want to set an impossibly high bar. comparisons are subjective and based on my judgement of the Vibes only etc etc. But this really is a very good book. It centers on Miscellaneous “Lanie” Stones (yes, all the names in this book are like that) misbegotten daughter of a line of executioners and assassins. She’s a necromancer who is, unfortunately, literally allergic to violence, which rather curtails her options. When her parents abruptly die, their creditor comes to claim the ancestral bone abode-- forcing Lanie to write to her vicious, dangerously unstable older sister. While Nita is able to stay the creditor for a while, her abrupt return plunges Lanie into a host of other troubles and plot ensues. And that’s only the first bit, not touching on the latter four-fifths found family plotline for spoiler reasons.

Also, did I mention there’s footnotes? There’s footnotes. Mostly detailing obscure quirky bone atrocity worldbuilding details. Strictly speaking, the footnotes aren’t necessary; the worldbuilding is fantastically detailed and unique, but you don’t have to follow any of the fiddly details to understand the plot, despite the intimidating explanation of the calendar system the book opens with. But the footnotes add a lovely touch. Oh, and another thing-- this book is also wonderfully casually queer. The main romance plot (done with a light touch that never dominates the plot) is f/nb, and many of the secondary characters are queer in one way or another.

Final verdict: highly recommended. I was not exaggerating when I said it was one of the best things I’ve read so far this year.

#my book reviews #july book reviews #cse cooney #saint death's daughter

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rhetoricandlogic · 1 year

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700 Pages of Pure Narrative Magic: Saint Death’s Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney

Martin Cahill

Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:00pm

Miscellaneous “Lanie,” Stones is a necromancer, the first one born to the infamous Stones family in ages. But there’s a condition: Lanie has a severe allergy to violence. So terrible is her condition that even the touch or presence of one who’s performed recent harm will cause an allergic reaction. And so, Lanie must be kept from her assassin mother and executioner father. Raised by the revenant Goody Graves, Lanie finds comfort in books and ghosts. As the novel begins, Lanie’s mother, father, and their aunt are dead—possibly murdered—she can’t raise them to ask what happened, and the family’s enormous debt has been called in right away.

And so begins Saint Death’s Daughter, debut novel by the World Fantasy Award-Winning writer, C. S. E. Cooney, truly one of the best books I’ll read this year; a novel about death that has entered my personal Top 10 for, well, life.

There’s only so much I can say about this feast of a book. The rest must be experienced, but I will do my best to convince you to pick up one of the best debut novels I’ve read in the last five years. C. S. E. Cooney is a writer with a one-of-a-kind voice, unafraid to go to extremes to illustrate a point, or lay bare the truth of a moment. The world of Liriat Proper comes alive with each frenetic swipe of her pen, painting in detail after detail with rich, evocative, beautiful language. Cooney is a writer who hears, “show, don’t tell,” and laughs in the face of such a tenet. “Show? Why I’ll show with the very best of them!” And she will, pointing out each and every facet of a character’s clothing, their facial tics, what their magic looks like to others but tastes like to them, the intricacies behind divine ritual and personal ritual, giving just as much importance to how someone takes their tea as how a god takes their worship. “And tell? Oh, how I’ll tell!” as she uses footnotes and in-world writing, storytelling and didactic lessons, every narrative device under the sun to enrich every corner of her world. By the end of the first hundred pages, Stones Manor and Liriat Proper will be just as real to you, dear reader, as the heartbeat under your skin and the marrow in your bones.

And while some novels can live off of this robust and layered and well-thought worldbuilding, Saint Death’s Daughter is even more replete with complex, contradictory characters of all makes and models with needs and wants that spark and fizz off of one another, creating clashes of magic, manner, and might. Cooney does not loose a single arrow from her quiver of characters that is fletched with drab, ordinary feathers, but rather, everyone she fires onto the page arrives in a burst: fully-realized, always finding their mark, dripping with detail and a fire in their heart. You will see, in a matter of sentences, how wonderfully human Cooney’s characters are: Mak, Lanie’s brother in law and ensnared falcon-warrior; Lanie’s dreadful, self-important sister, Aminita Stones, vicious and terrible, the mosaic of her heart off-kilter and missing a piece; Canon Lir, a fire-priest of the many-gendered god Sappacor, whose heart and grace and friendship they’ve given to Lanie ever since they were young. Cooney’s deft hand at those little details that brings a person or a golem or a ghost to inextricable life is on full display, page after page.

But this is the story of Saint Death’s daughter first and foremost, and it would not succeed if said daughter couldn’t carry the weight of her own story on her shoulders. I’m here to tell you that Miscellaneous Stones most certainly can. It is thrilling to watch her grow from an young allergy-riddled necromancer by navigating the demands of a ghostly ancestor withholding information, a royal who only wants to use her for her own gain, and a sister that sees her only as a punching bag. And as she grows older and life becomes more complicated, Lanie Stones does not balk at the challenges before her but, as she was raised, puts her nose to the grindstone—or into a book. Across almost 700 pages of pure narrative magic, and learning of the challenges facing the Stones family, the Brackenwild Royals, the threat of the Blackbird Bride, and more, the most joy I had was in watching Lanie Stones grow up, as a necromancer, an aunt, a sister-in-law, and a friend to those alive and dead. Cooney takes a classic bildungsroman, injects it with glitter, adrenaline, and un-death, and shows us every shade and joy that comes from that struggle toward adulthood and knowing yourself.

I could go on and on about Saint Death’s Daughter, the inimitable and breathtaking debut novel from C. S. E. Cooney, I really could. But you will be better served by reading it and exulting in the rich language, the beautiful narrative friction between people, magics, and nations, and letting Cooney reach out an ethereal hand to pull you into the world of Lanie Stones. Take her hand, reader, and journey into a world of stone, flame, birds, and yes, death. But death need not be scary. In the right hands—in Lanie’s hands and in the shadow of Saint Death herself—it can be as comforting as an embrace.

#C.S.E. Cooney #Saint Death's Daughter #mahreviews #long post

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ourstaturestouchtheskies · 1 year

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Scenes from the Life of Joan of Arc - Albert Maignan // Strangers - Ethel Cain

#alright besties i'm back at it again with the joan of arc posting #joan of arc #jeanne d'arc #saint joan of arc #strangers #strangers ethel cain #preacher's daughter #ethel cain #art #art history #lyrics #lyric art #tw death

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theprissythumbelina · 2 years

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Get to Know Me Better Tag

I got tagged by @sergeantnarwhalwrites and @thetruearchmagos for this tag, thank you both! Rules are to answer the questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better.

Favorite Color: I’m a big blues person, but I do like a nice burgundy.

Currently Reading: Saint Death’s Daughter (Its soooo good), Dragonflight, and whatever I have to for classes.

Last Song: Enchantress by Two Steps From Hell, but I’ve had Through Glass by Stone Sour stuck in my head for like, 3 days.

Last Series: The Sandman on Netflix!

Last Movie: Uhhhhhhhh...I genuinely don’t know.

Sweet/Savory/Spicy: Sweet, I’m definently not a spice person.

Currently Working On: I’m trying to rest between TA-ing, going back to school, and working a weekend job, but right now its research proposals for a couple potential grants. I may have the occasional breakthrough creativity.

Tagging @italiangothicwriteblr , @goneahead , @shawdios , @equusgirl-writes , @duskforged , @moonscribbler , @aschlindartroom , @aohendo , @thewriteflame

#tag games #get to know me better #I do not watch movies much #Love tv shows though #read Saint death's Daughter if you get the chance!

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aroaessidhe · 8 months

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2023 reads

Saint Death’s Daughter

slowbuilding and intricate queer fantasy in a world with 12 gods and different forms of magic

Miscellaneous “Lanie” Stones, a necromancer born into an infamous family of royal assassins who’d rather stay away from All Of That, has to call her dangerous older sister back home to deal with family debt

but she causes some much bigger problems, and leaves Lanie to deal with them, plus her child and the child’s traumatized father

a revenant housekeeper. a vengeful 7 year old with too many knives. a parliament of wizards who turn into birds. a dog called underwear. there's a lot going on in here

#Saint Death’s Daughter #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #ok as we all know i struggled to get through this......very much......#it's very. a lot of infomation and worldbuilding and yet small scale and not a Ton happening....#- I think if I had listened to it as an audiobook that wouldn't have bothered me so much but that was not the case #clearly i just don't have a big enough attention span to for books that you need to take time with #i feel like. the entire first section when she's a teenager could have been skipped or massively shortened #or even have it be a series of connected novellas lol #love the quirkystrange writing and character names and stuff!#and like there ARE so many cool ideas and things in here and I think it will stay in my mind for sure #i can tell there's a lot of love in here #i definitely think you should check it out if it interests you!!!

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shsenhaji · 2 years

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📚 June Reading Round-Up 📚

So, I read some great books in June, as well as in May. Since I didn’t do a reading round-up for May, I’ll include them here.

Books I read in June:

- Penric’s Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold (Penric my beloved)

- Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree (so cute and cozy)

- Sword Dance by AJ Demas (loved the romance)

- Saffron Alley by AJ Demas (very fun, cute, entertaining)

- Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger (re-read)

- The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (epic yet intimate, unexpected in the best of ways)

- Hunger Pangs by Joy Demorra (Fluff and Fangs edition - loved the worldbuilding and character development and prose)

- The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert (short but entertaining read, loved the characterization)

- A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (ARC; review to come)

- A Deal with the Elf King by Elise Kova (loved the premise, the characters, and the romance)

- Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett (re-read)

Books I read in May:

- Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E. Cooney (amazing!!!!)

- Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson (loved the themes and character development, as well the worldbuilding)

- Gleam by Raven Kennedy (great character growth)

- Spy x Family Volumes 1, 2, 3 by Tatsuya Endo (so funny and cute and all the found family feels)

- Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (read up to Fullmetal Edition Volume 3; favourite anime, love the manga so far)

- The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard (re-read, so funny and emotional)

- The Hanged Man by KD Edwards (great sequel)

- The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul by Victoria Goddard (so immersive and amazing and satisfying)

- Witchlings by Claribel Ortega (very cute)

- Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (great read, loved the themes and worldbuilding)

- Heaven Official’s Blessing Volume 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Hualian invented love, Xie Lian my beloved)

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