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darling-book-mage · 2 years

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♡ BOOK MAIL ♡

✶ Empire of the Vampire by @misterkristoff

✶ The Fair Isle Trilogy by @tessonja

✶ Curse of the Wolf King by Tessonja Odette

✶ Heart of the Raven Prince by Tessonja Odette

✶Kingdom of the Wicked by @kerrimaniscalco

✶ Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

✶ The Raven and the Rush by @sarahmcradit

✶ City of Gods and Monsters by @kaylaedwardsauthor

✶ Bow Before the Elf Queen by @authorjmkearl

☾ Now I’m on a book buying ban 😬

☾ QOTD: Any book mail lately?

☾ AOTD: So this is my first ever book mail since I mostly buy my books in the store.

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maepolzine · 4 months

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Reading Guide for Tessonja Odette Faerwyvae Universe

So, I decided to attempt to make a timeline/reading guide of the Faerwyvae universe series by Tessonja Odette. Though honestly these can be read in any order as almost all the books are connected but standalone.

I’ve done posts like this in the past when one author has several books set in the same universe. And then I realized I had never written one for Tessonja Odette’s Faerwyvae universe, which consists of three different series and a standalone book. This guide roughly matches the publishing date, as none of the series have a major time jumps in either direction. However, you did not need to read…

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#arranged marriages of the fae #book #entangled with fae #fae flings and corset strings #Faerwyvae #married by scandal #reading guide #tessonja odette #the fair isle trilogy

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staciass · 4 months

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Ok so I think I have a problem … an obsession with buying new books because although I said I wouldn’t until I made it through the books I already own I went and bought a new book on audible because I was really in the mood for something more fantasy based or fae-like so here we go !!

*** I’ve not read from this author before but I was going to pick up the book “Curse Of The Wolf King” but apparently this book is set in the same world and this trilogy takes place before that book and it has fae x humans so figured I’d give this a shot first and I’m honestly hoping they are all released if I do like this book !!!

#The Fair Isle Trilogy #To Carve A Fae Heart #The Fair Isle Book 1 #Tessonja Odette #fae x human #Fae x Human Romance #fae romance #fantasy romance #fantasy royals #reading blog #reading update #reading #december reads #fantasy books #currently reading #Fae Human Sacrifice #Authors I haven’t read before #books i own In audible #2023 reads

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atomatowriter · 9 months

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🌕and 🛰 ! Full moon and satellite

Do you write symbolism into your story? What does it represent?

Soooometimes? I find myself unable to write dragons without them having some symbolic meaning, though the meaning will change from world to world. Like the way that dragons represent a sort of distant age of wild in the Isles (the world of the Time's Sacrifice Trilogy) and in Terrafae (the world of the Fox Eyes duology and seasons of Terrafae quartet all of which I need to actually write) is very different from the way they represent me really hating billionaires in Ionnarah stories 😂. (Terrafae stories also have the "I hate billionaires" vibes, just not with dragons.)

And I would go so far as to say it's a tiny bit different between Terrafae and the Isles. In the Isles, dragons were powerful and mystical but also terrible and oppressive and they were eventually killed off by almost all the nations of the Isles banding together to fight against them. Dragons are looked back on with fear and rightly so, but also with a bit of a sense of awe. In Terrafae, dragons but as society advanced and it became The Thing among adventurers to hunt down dragons, they eventually either died out or retreated to such a point that people hardly ever saw them. So dragons in Terrafae are a part of the running theme of nature sort of being trampled on and stamped out by society's greed; whereas dragons in the Isles represent powerful magic and wonder, but they were also, in fairness, absolute menaces.

Anyway, that was a longer rant than I intended but dragons are the only examples I can think of so the answer is yes when dragons?

Do you have a character who is very dependent on another character? Is it healthy or unhealthy?

Oh, I have so many codependent characters. I love codependent babes. Zane has a tendency to fall in love with (platonically, sexually, or somewhere in between) people so quickly and just latch onto them in a way that is kinda concerning.

Alasdair is incredibly dependent on Nico and now Celin, and it's hard to answer if it's healthy or not. In many ways, they're good for him. In some ways, the fact that I know he would absolutely fall to pieces without them is...probably something that I would suggest he find some coping skills for if he existed in the modern world and I knew him lol.

Space related writing asks!

#writing asks #the time's sacrifice trilogy #wip: fox eyes duology #wip: seasons of terrafae #wip: asha crowe mysteries #pathfinder: ionnarah #wip: untitled fuck the dragon empire series #wip: untitled spy shit series #ch: zane belmonte #ch: alasdair verres the double wise prince

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stormlit · 1 year

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despite my...reservations with the show, it has reawakened my desire for grishaverse aus so a quick rundown:

molly is a kaelish healer, but she isn't fully aware of it? she's just got a good touch, she'd call it, and is excellent at healing people emotionally, but she's untrained and wouldn't think to consider herself grisha. she left the wandering isle a long time ago, working as a maid for rich ravkans (maybe even the royal family to get her known to more canons idk) to be able to send money back home, but with the war she volunteers to help healers on the battlefield, and then as the fold expands she moves to help refugees from the lost villages too.

nynaeve is from a tiny east ravkan village far from os alta that has always been protective of its grisha children, not wanting to send them far away, being unwelcome to the examiners, etc. though young, nynaeve is considered one of the leaders. however, the fold expands around the time a powerful grisha came through, and in the volcra-filled chaos, nynaeve loses track of her friends--and gains mistrust of this grisha. finding out that her friends, on the advice of this grisha, are heading to the little palace, nynaeve does the same; she gets there around the time of the attack on it, and in the wake of the devastation releases a wave of the most powerful unintentional healing/protective shield? almost? seen by anyone, let alone coming from an untrained grisha who knew she could heal, but didn't know the extent of her power. cannot stress enough how powerful this wave is. definitely ends up on alina's side and working at the spinning wheel, definitely not a fan of the little palace even though she does end up getting some training post-trilogy, definitely will tell snobby grisha what she thinks.

sadie isn't grisha. i originally wrote out a different thing but then i just had the thought of what if it's sturmhond's crew who rescues her from the terrible aftermath of the attack on her farm/murder of her husband, because that would also be an environment in which she could find reasons to live again but also be big on her revenge arc, as well as fully encouraging her ability with guns, and then working with nikolai to track down Bad Guys/traitors as a way to find reasons to live.

vex and the rest of vox machina are uhhh not little palace people at all, even though there's a fair number of grisha in their mix, but they do have the respect of a country's leadership in canon/have respected positions on the high council and why shouldn't that be ravka tbh. sometimes you need a gang of mercenaries idk what to tell you. she's suli but was raised away from that culture, along with her twin, by her awful father who is an ambassador and a terrible person, she's (probably) not grisha but is the best shot, would love nikolai's flying machines.

#also my muse for zoya especially and inej but that was a given #more aus will probably be coming but these are the most thought out/for charas i have most muse for atm alksjdf #i'm trying to figure out details on some others #OOC.

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lisa-lostinlit · 2 years

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✨ GIVEAWAY ✨ 💬 Which do you prefer: stand-alones, duologies, trilogies or longer series? 🤎📖 Today I’ve teamed up with @tessonja & @bookofmatchesmedia to share the absolutely gorgeous cover rebrand of the Fair Isle Trilogy! You won’t even believe this, but Tessonja did these covers herself!! 🤩 I’m so obsessed! (Swipe to see the naked books too!) This is an adult fantasy romance that’s perfect for fans of ACOTAR and The Cruel Prince. You can find the synopsis in the comments, and below you’ll find a giveaway where you can win the complete hardcover trilogy, signed! ✨ G I V E A W A Y ✨ GRAND PRIZE: • Signed hardcovers of To Carve a Fae Heart, To Wear a Fae Crown, and To Spark a Fae War • Series art work TO ENTER: • Must be following me (@lifeinlit), @tessonja and @bookofmatchesmedia • Like, comment, save, and tag 1 bookish friend EXTRA ENTRIES: • Share giveaway in story for 24hrs tagging @tesssonja and @bookofmatchesmedia • Tag 3 friends in a comment (you can do this up to 10 times on each post) • Search #TheFairIsleRebrandTour and enter the giveaway on each post through July 28th for more chances to win! RULES: Giveaway will end on July 28, 2022 at midnight PST, open to US/INTL, not affiliated with IG, must be 16+ or have parental permission to enter, must be a public acct to verify entries. Purchase link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0881JH7F8 . . . h a s h t a g s : #TessonjaOdette #ToCarveAFaeHeart #ToWearAFaeCrown #ToSparkAFaeWar #FairIsleTrilogy #EntangledWithFae #BOMMtours #BOMMIndieAuthors #booksaremylife #bookworms #bookish #bookaesthetic #bookshelf #bookshelfie #shelvesdecor #booksbooksbooks #bookstack #bookrecommendations #igreads #readersofig #cozyaesthetic #readreadread #romancereader #romancebookstagram #bookblogger #booknerdigans #hygge #hyggehome https://www.instagram.com/p/CgMuwWDuZ07/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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libraryinthecountry · 2 years

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★★ INTERNATIONAL GIVEAWAY ★ What’s a series that’s been on your TBR far too long? Today I’m featuring the GORGEOUS cover rebrand of @tesssonja’s Fair Isle Trilogy! Aren’t these covers stunning!? The covers were designed by Tessonja herself. I’m in awe. This new adult fantasy romance is great for fans of ACOTAR, The Cruel Prince, These Hollow Vows and Kingdom of Runes! Check the comments for the description and keep reading to enter a giveaway for a set of signed hardcovers! ★★ GRAND PRIZE // - Signed hardcovers of To Carve a Fae Heart, To Wear a Fae Crown, and To Spark a Fae War - Series art work ★ TO ENTER // - Must be following me, @tessonja and @bookofmatchesmedia - Like, comment, save this post, and tag a bookish friend ★ EXTRA ENTRIES // - Share giveaway in story for 24hrs tagging @tessonja and @bookofmatchesmedia - Tag 3 friends in a comment (up to ten times per post) - Search #TheFairIsleRebrandTour enter the giveaway on the other posts every day through July 28th, for more chances to win ★ RULES // - Giveaway ends July 28th, 2022 at midnight PST - Open US + Internationally - Not affiliated with Instagram - Must be 16+ or have parental permission to enter - Must be a public account to verify entries - Do not follow to unfollow later ★ HASHTAGS // #TessonjaOdette #ToCarveAFaeHeart #ToWearAFaeCrown #ToSparkAFaeWar #FairIsleTrilogy #EntangledWithFae #BOMMtours #BOMMIndieAuthors #BookOfMatchesMedia #bookstagram #fantasybooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CgKt9W9vmh-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thefairislerebrandtour #tessonjaodette #tocarveafaeheart #towearafaecrown #tosparkafaewar #fairisletrilogy #entangledwithfae #bommtours #bommindieauthors #bookofmatchesmedia #bookstagram #fantasybooks

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booknotesbyathina · 2 years

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[Cover Reveal & Giveaway] " Every young woman dreams of marrying a king. Everyone except for me. Because the king I am to wed has razor sharp fangs and a thirst for blood." I am really excited to share with you today the new beautiful covers of The Fair Isle trilogy by Tessonja Odette, who by the way designed them. It is an upper YA/ NA fantasy romance and it's part of the Married to Magic universe. The books are already out. *** Check out the synopsis in the comments & you can find the purchase link on my linktree. Also check out my post on my blog Book Notes by Athina for more information. *** Now to the giveaway: GRAND PRIZE: -Signed hardcovers of To Carve a Fae Heart, To Wear a Fae Crown, and To Spark a Fae War -Series art work TO ENTER: -Must be following ME @booknotes_athina , @tessonja and @bookofmatchesmedia. -Like, comment, save, and tag 1 bookish friend EXTRA ENTRIES: -Share giveaway in story for 24hrs tagging @tesssonja and @bookofmatchesmedia -Tag 3 friends in a comment (you can do this up to 10 times on each post) -Search #TheFairIsleRebrandTour and enter the giveaway on each post through July 28th for more chances to win! RULES: Giveaway will end on July 28, 2022 at midnight PST, open to US/INTL, not affiliated with IG, must be 16+ or have parental permission to enter, must be a public acct to verify entries. *** #TessonjaOdette #ToCarveAFaeHeart #ToWearAFaeCrown #ToSparkAFaeWar #FairIsleTrilogy #EntangledWithFae #BOMMtours #BOMMIndieAuthors #BookOfMatchesMedia #fantasyreader #fantasybook #bookaddict #bookcommunity #readingismagic #bookblogger #bookreviewer #greekbookstagram #instavivlio #vivlio #diavazo #eucitesc #mybookfeatures #over30sbookstagram #bookstamums #booknotes_athina #ipreview (at Bucharest, Romania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgXGzr0IKOz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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honestlybookreviews · 3 years

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I’ve got this book as an ARC for an honest review and as I said to the author my rating is 100 out of 10 ⭐️! From the beginning I didn’t really feel good about this book, I mean I loved the concept of it and what was going to happen, but I couldn’t really get into it. The beginning for me was slow, personally I need something to pull me in BUT from the 30% of the book in, I started to feel the connection to it and also it started to pull me in more. There were parts of the book when I was so shocked! I couldn’t really believe what happened even if I expected it. I’d love to tell my insight of what exactly it was but I don’t wanna spoil it because you HAVE TO READ IT yourself! The main character Evie is kind of like Feyre from A Court Of Thorns And Roses, she doesn’t trust Fae nor she wants to have anything to do with them. I love how she wanted an explanation and control over every situation she was in. She never really believed in magic and things associated with it. She is a very relatable person to be honest. From the half of the book till the end I was looking forward to the end but at the same time I didn’t want it to end because it was amazing and fast! The book ended with a cliffhanger, or at least that’s what I think. But oh my gosh, I just can’t wait for the next book to come out! I definitely don’t like myself for taking longer than a day to read this masterpiece! But it was worth it either way 😊

#Tessonja Odette #To Wear A Fae Crown #The Fair Isle Trilogy #book review #arc #fae #magic #water #earth #fire #air

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amethyst-wind-uk · 3 years

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Today’s (10/7/21) episode of The Owl House was *very* fun.

Spoilers below.

Edric got a date! Guy’s the least cool of the Blight siblings, but he’s got game. His date apparently uses They/Them pronouns, too (maybe it’s Barcus). Let’s get Emira with Viney to complete the set.

Also, the Blght siblngs genuinely have a loving relationship, which is just delightful. Edric and Emira really took it to heart to start treating Amity better after getting called on it in season 1, even if they still like to tease her (lovingly).

Luz is speaking more Spanish! Gus basically developed Sharingan-level illusions in this episode, while we got to see Construction Guild witches be essentially Earthbenders.

Luz has also graduated to tease-worthy from the twins, given that Luz is broadcasting how smitten she is with Amity, and everybody sees it (and tells her they see it).

Everybody except Amity. Who, after getting a reverse letting-her-hair-down moment that sent Luz into gay panic (and getting essentially invited out for a date in the human realm), found out via the metaphor-driven mutual confession.

Granted, it was in the middle of their first fight, but Amity got an important hair change out of it (she changed the colour to purple with brown bangs, but was already letting her brown roots grow out while it was still green - another sign that she’s moving further out from under her mother’s thumb), and Luz fought a dragon and earned a favour (kiss) from the fair maiden.

Lumity’s progressing steadily along, guys.

[P.S. When Amity talks about the door between realms, she frames it as something to connect the two worlds, not as a one-way ticket back to Earth. And Luz readily agrees. She has zero intention of leaving the Boiling Isles for good. Hope this comes to pass. Stories like Narnia and the His Dark Materials trilogy, which end with the portals closing behind the protagonists after they get home, are too bittersweet for this story.]

[P.P.S. Amity is SO good with kids, and also may be about to bring about the end of all things in short order.]

#TOH #Spoilers #TOH spoilers #The Owl House #The Owl House spoilers #Owl House #Owl House spoilers #Lumity #Luz Noceda #Amity Blight #Augustus Porter #Edric Blight #Emira Blight #WLW #Lesbian #Bisexual

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diavolodigitale · 3 years

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Dream Sequence. Julian

A-a-and it’s over! Thank god, this one was incredibly hard to finish. I apologize to all Julian fans in advance for writing this but I am not really sorry! Well, maybe only a little bit.

All parts of the trilogy: Lucio - Asra - Julian - All stories in PDF

A part of the "trilogy" about dream encounters dedicated to Julian (because he deserves it). Nothing special, just You (or the Apprentice, or the Reader, however you view it) and Julian spending some time together (if you know what I mean, which you probably don't, so go ahead and read it, it's pretty short, I promise). My character was male, but you are free to imagine whoever you want since there are no references to it in the text.

Genres: Romance, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Dreams, POV First Person, One-shot

Pairing: Julian/Apprentice(or Reader or You or Whatever)

Characters: Julian, Reader/Apprentice/You

Rating: G for Geez this one’s not so good ಠ╭╮ಠ

Size: around 2500 words yet again (what a coincidence, I know)

I open my eyes and see that everything around me is incredibly, terribly dull. It’s swamps as far as the eye can see, with only occasional floating isles of solid land. All of the trees are rotting and old. Their thin branches are reaching up like long eerie claws, with vines hanging everywhere, blocking many paths and obscuring the landscape. I cannot see the sun; the whole sky is covered with heavy clouds ready to burst any minute.

It doesn’t take me long to figure out whose dream this is. Being here alone brings me no satisfaction so I immediately venture to find the owner of this gloomy realm.

After a few minutes of aimless wandering, I finally spot a figure leaning on a broad tree trunk. I would have probably missed it, was it not for its white broad shirt floating in the wind.

Before I can come close enough to make my presence known, Julian looks in my direction. He doesn’t seem surprised and displays something more akin to mild excitement.

“I have not expected to see you here, but now that I have, I don’t want to imagine what would happen if I didn’t!” he shouts and waves at me.

I give him a smile and approach. My boots are already sodden and I am just glad to stand on the solid ground and not ankle-deep in mud.

“So, what are you doing here?” he asks, leaning back against the tree with arms crossed on his chest.

“Looking for you, of course,” I say, trying to shoo away the annoying insect that seems to have gotten stuck in my hair.

“Oh, how sweet of you,” he says and winks, grinning all the time. “You’re certainly a sight for sore eyes.”

“And why exactly are you here?” I ask. I know that the majority of ordinary people cannot control their dreams the way magicians do, but there still has to be a reason why Julian is in such a place out of all the possible options.

“As far as I can tell, it’s just your regular old meaningless dream, so, probably, no reason. Although now that you are here, I start to doubt that,” he says and squints at me, his gaze full of artfulness.

I roll my eyes and purse my lips.

“No, no, I’m serious!” he says hastily. “I just started to miss you, and now you’re here so I... I’m just glad to see you. And I do want to spend some time with you now since there’s hardly anything better I could be doing here.” The usual grin is back on his face and I cannot help but give him a smile in return.

“You are truly unbearable, you know that?” I ask, raising my eyebrow.

“Well, then…” he mutters and I notice how his back arches against the tree he is leaning at.

“Well, then...?” I repeat and raise my eyebrow even higher, waiting for him to elaborate. I can guess what crossed his mind, but with Julian I can never be sure about anything.

“Perhaps, I deserve to be disciplined…” he proceeds intriguingly, starring at me, hardly trying to hide the hunger in his eyes.

I shrug and curve my lips, pretending to have no idea what he is talking about.

Julian sighs impatiently and pulls me by my arm, making me bump right into him. I hear his breath quickening and feel the tight grip on my wrist which signals that he probably does not intend to let go.

“Let’s just say, you have my permission to be a bit more… rough today. I do deserve a punishment after all,” he whispers and gently traces my neck with the tip of his nose.

I sigh quietly. Sometimes I give in to one these moods of his, but it just cannot go on like this forever. Not the way he makes it at least.

“To deserve a punishment, you first have to actually convince me you did something bad, Julian,” I say and carefully pull away from him.

He furrows his brows as he is taken aback by my response. Soon, however, he plasters another toothy smile on his face and lightly tugs at my arm.

“Oh, so you want me to beg for it, I see. Fine by me, I even like this idea a little more…” he says and kisses me behind my ear.

I enjoy his closeness but cannot stop worrying that there is no getting through to him because of how obsessed he is with his feeling of guilt. I decide that there is no other way for me to resolve this other than changing my strategy, so I try to soften the expression on my face and push him against the tree.

“Actually, I thought, maybe I could ask you to be rougher with me,” I whisper, doing my best to sound sincere with my request, and rub my nose on his cheek.

I feel him tremble with his whole body and pray to all gods that my plan works.

“Me?” he asks in disbelief. I look up at him, my eyes full of plea and sincere wish, and he immediately gives in. “Right,” he says and lets out a nervous laugh,” I cannot be the only one who gets all the luxury. It’s only fair if I… If I…”

I nod agreeingly and tilt my head back a little, exposing my neck. I see the uncertainty in his eyes and stroke his face gently to encourage him.

I realise that I myself seem to start shaking, expecting eagerly for him to act, and I can neither understand why nor stop it. There is always a certain tension between us at moments like this, yet this time is feels different.

Julian wraps his arms around me, continuing to stare fixedly at one point on my neck. I feel my heart rate escalating and pray that he does something already because the wait is killing me.

He leans in and lands a few careful kisses on my neck. They seem to be as pleasant and gentle as always so I find myself enjoying them and even am able to relax a bit. Lingering uncertainly for a few seconds, he finally decides to give it a try and quickly bites me at the base of my neck. I yelp as it hurts a little more than I expected, and he immediately jerks back.

“I am so, so sorry!” he yells, his eyes round and full of guilt and fear. “Are you okay? Is there any blood? Let me take a look at it. I swear I didn’t mean to hurt you!”

I reach to the spot where he bit me before he does anything and feel it with my fingers. There obviously is no blood as he hasn’t bitten even remotely violently enough to pierce my skin. I exhale with relief and look at his worried face.

“Oh, please, forgive me, I will never do it again! What was I even thinking?” he says and pulls on his hair, sliding down the tree trunk.

I squat beside him and lift his face by the chin to make him pay attention to what I want to say.

“How are you feeling?” I ask, feeling the waves of guilt for what I made him do starting to wash over me.

“Horrendous,” he says, his eyes already trimmed with red. “And guilty, and sorry, and…”

“That’s also how I feel when I hurt you, Julian. That’s what I wanted you to understand,” I finally muster and feel the heavy burden lifted off my shoulders.

He squeezes his eye shut and bumps his head against the tree behind him.

“How foolish of me… I have never even thought about that before. I don’t know how you can forgive me for this,” he mutters. It looks like he wants to reach out and grab my hand, but decides to jerk back when our fingers nearly touch.

I take his hand into mine and the leather of his glove feels cool against my skin. We’re both exhausted so the sooner I end this conversation the better.

“I don’t want you to feel guilty or sorry, I just want you to respect yourself more. Don’t sell yourself short, you also deserve care and affection, just like everybody else,” I say, stroking his hand. “There is time and place for everything, of course, so if you want me to, I can treat you differently, but I don’t want to see how you look down on yourself all the time.”

Julian’s lips stretch into a wide sincere smile and he looks at me with all the warmth that a single person can hold.

“I am such a fool, even the manifestation of you I have in my mind is much smarter,” he says quietly.

I look at him questioningly, not understanding what he is trying to say.

“This single dream is the best and most useful one I have had in years. Now that you’ve opened my eyes... I will not make the same mistake when I wake up and meet the real you again, my darling,” he says and lovingly strokes the side of my face.

“Julian…” I begin, not even knowing how to approach this, “you do know that this is me, don’t you? I am not something you made up in your sleep, this is actually me.”

I watch his eyes that were so calm moments ago become wide again and slide closer to him. The last thing I want is for him to have a breakdown because of me.

“I am… the worst,” he simply says and sighs.

“That’s not true,” I object and kiss him softly on the lips. He returns my kiss with triple the force, and I feel like I’m melting under his touch.

All of a sudden, a big heavy droplet lands right on my nose and, disappointed, I am forced to open my eyes. Soon, many more of them follow, and before we know it, we are both sitting soaking wet under a tree that has absolutely no means to protect us from the rain.

I am worried for Julian so I look him up and down to make sure he is alright. I notice his now half-transparent shirt sticking to the skin on his chest and his shoulder and hastily look away, but he has followed my gaze and is already grinning at me again.

“We should seek shelter,” I say, trying to shout above the storm that is starting, and help him up from the ground.

“Agreed, I am not a fan of drenching in the rain, even if this is a dream. Come on,” he says and confidently wraps his hand around my waist, “I know just the place for us to hide.”

Soon the rain turns into a downpour and we have to run for our lives to avoid its stinging heavy droplets almost bruising our skin. The place is magical, after all, and so is the rain, so it’s much more unpleasant than any other rain I’ve ever experienced. I suspect that the place is in such a state of gloom precisely because of how Julian feels but I keep it to myself and follow his lead. Even while running, he holds my hand tight and turns around every minute or so to make sure I am fine and able to continue going.

I trust Julian to choose the path among identically looking withered trees the branches of which are interwoven with different sorts of creeping plants. My trust pays off when we arrive at a cave entranced which is carefully tucked away behind tall dry bushes. I definitely wouldn’t have noticed it if I were to look for shelter on my own.

The cave is rather small, there’s barely enough room for it hold two people and an impromptu campfire, but we manage. Most of the twigs we are able to gather are completely wet, so I have to use a bit of magic for the sparks to finally start the fire. Julian is ecstatic about what my magic can do while I am silently thanking Asra for teaching me this trick right in time for me to be able to use it now.

Being able to catch our breath in the modest sanctuary provided by the cave, we relax a bit and ponder over what we can possibly do here with such limited possibilities.

I sneakily peer at Julian to make sure he is okay (or so I tell myself at least). He’s in a better condition than I expected, breathing deeply and with his cheeks pink from running, but still drenched to the bone. I cannot help but lower my gaze a bit and notice that his shirt is now sticking all over his upper body, contouring every muscle.

It goes without saying that he immediately catches my glance and reveals his teeth in a predatory grin. I must’ve been gawking at him for too long. It makes me feel embarrassed so I shift my gaze to the fire before me.

“Oh, no need to be so shy, after all, my view here is not much worse than yours,” cackles Julian and slides closer to me.

I doubt his words, remembering that I am also wearing a travelling cape given to me by Asra on one of the holidays we celebrated together in our shop.

It suddenly dawns on me that I actually know the spell that can dry our clothes so I think about using it to help out Julian, but then hesitate. He doesn’t seem like he really needs it now and I am somehow amused by the idea of him staying the way he is.

“How are you feeling? Want me to dry your clothes?” I ask to get rid of the pricks of my conscience.

“No, I don’t think so,” predictably says Julian. “I haven’t felt this good in a while, actually. What about you?”

“I am… fine,” I say. I really am fine but feel hesitant about saying it because it seems to me that he wanted to hear something else instead.

Julian pouts and only nods silently to my reply.

Not knowing what to do, I take off my cape and wrap it around his shoulders to make sure at least the exposed areas of his skin are covered with soft cloth. It makes absolutely no sense since we’re still in a dream and I have a dozen other ways to help him if he wanted me to, but it just feels like the right thing to do.

His smile softens somehow and I see the tips of his ears, which are sticking out from his wet auburn hair, growing red.

“Come here,” he says and motions me to come sit on his lap.

I oblige and soon lean my back against his chest with his long legs resting on my sides. He lets his slender fingers slide into my hair, combing it and scratching the delicate skin on the back of my neck. It’s a very calming and pleasant feeling, so I close my eyes and let myself get some rest.

“You know…” I start, feeling that I simply have to say it.

“Mm?” he mutters, preoccupied with my hair.

“That… what you did… wasn’t so bad,” I say shyly, hoping he will still understand even with me sparing him the details.

Julian’s fingers stop moving and he tilts his head to take a cautious look at my face. Before he can come up with any ludicrous remarks on the topic, I hurry to elaborate.

“Well... it’s you, so I know you’ll never hurt me or… And I’ll also never really hurt you, so… You know… You understand, don’t you?” I ask pleadingly. This turns out to be much harder than I expected. “Sometimes I’m just not in the mood and I want to be gentle with you. You deserve it.”

“I do?” he only asks.

“Change my mind,” I reply playfully, thinking that I will most likely regret it later.

I hear him chuckle and a second later feel his teeth carefully nibble at the base of my neck a few times. It tickles more than it hurts so I follow the reflex and tilt my head back to make him stop.

“If I do, will I ever be able to change it back?” he asks curiously, slides his arms in front of me to hug me and begins to trace circles on my stomach.

“With enough effort, everything’s possible,” I say, positioning my body a bit lower to rest my head on his chest.

“That’s good to know.”

#The Arcana #Arcana #fiction #fanfiction #Julian #julian devorak #Julian x reader #julian romance #romance #pov first person #hurt/comfort #fluff #Dream Sequence Trilogy

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maepolzine · 3 years

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My Thoughts on The Fair Isle Trilogy by Tessonja Odette

Sharing my Thoughts on The Fair Isle Trilogy by Tessonja Odette

Normally when I do reviews, I do one book at a time in a series unless it’s Ruby Dixon’s books as I marathon the entire series and combine them all into one review. Usually, due to the fact, they are short and my opinion doesn’t vary from book to book. However, The Fair Isle Trilogy by Tessonja Odette I’m combining as I got all three books combined under one paperback book. So, I figured I might…

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#book review #fae #fantasy #folklore #Pop Culture #Review #tessonja odette #the fair isle trilogy #to carve a fae heart #to spark a fae war #to wear a fae crown #YA #ya fantasy #young adult

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📝🎥🌴

Sending hugs! 💕

Thank you Kiki! Sending hugs back! 💖

📝 - Story from your childhood.

So my mother had this crappy car with no security belts in the back (we were REALLY poor at the time). I was far too young to be sitting in front but my mom didn't want to risk an accident and put me in the passenger seat. It was fine until one day... she saw the cops in one of the villages we were passing through. She was already panicking about the fine she was about to receive, turned her head to look at me and... I wasn't there anymore. I was in fact curled on the floor of the car like a character from an action movie, hidden from view.

🎥 - Top 5 favorite movies?

1. LOTR (the entire trilogy)

2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

3. Willow

4. The Mummy

5. Legend

🌴 - A island you would visit?

The Isle of Skye. I fair VERY BAD in hot weather and I've always dreamed to go there.

#ask game #handmaiden of mischief is the sweetest

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Hey! If you're up for it, can you rec your top books of the year so far?

Absolutely! I will talk about books given the least excuse at all times. I’m going to do everything in my list for the year so far that I’ve starred, with the admission that the star can mean anything from “this was a fun few hours” to “NEW PERMANENT FAVE” so there’s a wide spectrum in here. Also I’ll say a bit about each but a reminder that I do slightly more detailed reviews of what I’m reading on dreamwidth.

“The Steerswoman” by Rosemary Kirstein. Really cool worldbuilding, would be better if the main characters were lesbians.

“Isle of Blood and stone” by Makiia Lucier. Fantasy set in an island kingdom in an age of sail and exploration, so there’s some super cool worldbuilding going on here too.

“The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics” by Olivia Waite. F/f historical romance that is SPECIFICALLY CALIBRATED TO KILL ME. If you, like me, are into embroidery and space and excellent ladies, I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

“Bringing Down the Duke” by Evie Dunmore. Suffragist romance novel! Some very fun banter. The love interest is kind of a dick but he gets it together eventually.

“Ninth House” by Leigh Bardugo. Dark supernatural academia. If that description intrigues you you’ll probably like it, though it’s less academia than one might want in all fairness.

“Red, White, and Royal Blue” by Casey McQuiston. I mean, I feel like all of fandom has heard of this book? M/m contemporary romance. Honestly hurts a little to read because of the alternate history aspects of it and may well hurt more now given The State Of The World, but is genuinely a really sweet romance.

The first three books in the atevi series by CJ Cherryh. For people who like both The Goblin Emperor and the Daevabad Trilogy--lots of extremely worldbuilt politics and also people are dicks with their own agendas. For when you really want to lose yourself for a day or twenty.

“The Princess Curse” by Merrie Haskell. Lovely middle grade retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, with a lot of shades of Hades and persephone.

“Tooth and Claw” by Jo Walton. Dragon comedy of manners. Need I say more?

“Get a Life, Chloe Brown” by Talia Hibbert. Just a nice little contemporary romcom.

“The Secret Lives of Color” by Kassia St. Clair. Nonfiction, what it says on the tin. Nice bite-sized chunks for reading in between other things.

“Gideon the Ninth” by Tamsyn Muir. I know the whole internet read this last year but I just finished it the other day and I LOVED it. Though I may love it less with sequels for Reasons. I have theories about the small excerpt of the sequel that I’ve seen. I will hope they are true theories.

Hopefully there will be a few in here that you are interested in reading!

#today is tuesday too #answered asks

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lisa-lostinlit · 2 years

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✨ Book Feature & Giveaway ✨ 💬 What are some of your favorite book tropes? 📖 𝘈 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦… ACOTAR meets Bridgerton and The Selection in this standalone fairytale retelling of The Little Mermaid. If you like enemies-to-lovers romance, bridal contests, and snarky fae royals, then you’ll love this swoon-worthy story in the Entangled with Fae series. Kiss of the Selkie is a complete stand-alone novel set in the same world as The Fair Isle Trilogy. Journey back to Faerwyvae or begin your adventure for the first time with this enchanting tale. Each book in the Entangled with Fae series can be read on its own and in any order. Happily ever after guaranteed. *NOTE this book is upper YA/NA featuring mature situations and some adult language. The romance is slow burn but leads to moderate steam. Thank you to @tessonja & @bookofmatchesmedia for gifting me a copy of this book and teaming up with me for a great giveaway! ✨ G I V E A W A Y ✨ GRAND PRIZE: • Signed hardcover of Kiss of the Selkie • Series swag pack TO ENTER: • Must be following me (@lifeinlit), @tessonja and @bookofmatchesmedia • Like, comment, save, and tag 1 bookish friend EXTRA ENTRIES: • Share giveaway in story for 24hrs tagging @tesssonja and @bookofmatchesmedia • Tag 3 friends in a comment (you can do this up to 10 times on each post) • Search #KissOfTheSelkieTour and enter the giveaway on all the tour hosts' posts every day for 14 days for more chances to win! RULES: Giveaway will end on January 13, 2022 at midnight PST, open to US/INTL, not affiliated with IG, must be 16+ or have parental permission to enter, must be a public act to verify entries. . . . h a s h t a g s : #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookphotography #bookblogger #TessonjaOdette #bookworming #CurseOfTheWolfKing #goodreads #reader #HeartOfTheRavenPrince #KissOfTheSelkie #readmorebooks #KissOfTheSelkieTour #cozyvibes #EntangledWithFae #BOMMtours #BOMMIndieAuthors #BookOfMatchesMedia #bookish #nakedbooks #beautifulbooks #yabookstagram #yabooks (at Bookstagram) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYPGcBIulhU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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