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ariparri · 2 months

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Hogwarts Mystery Masterlist

Blog masterpost | Cardverse Masterlist | Magic Awakened | Hogwarts Legacy

Veruca McQuaid

Bio

Portrait (Hogwarts)

Portrait (Post Hogwarts)

Y4-6 Design | Other Designs

Ship of DieRuca (Diego x Veruca)

The Missing Plaque

St. Patrick's Design & Reference

Gambat

Christmas Sweater

Daddy's Little Girl

Traditional Dancing

Halloween Art

Happy Birthday Veruca

Past, Present, Future

Nightmare

Loading Screen

Carson Ivey

Introduction

Portrait (Old)

Old Design

Potions

Post Hogwarts Portrait

St. Patrick's Design & Reference

Scavenger Hunt

Happy Birthday Carson

Valentine Card

Traditional Dancing

Loading Screen 1, 2, 3

Then vs Now

Sparkly Eyes

Caster Ship 1, 2, 3

Christmas

Coby McQuaid

Introduction

St. Patrick's Design & Reference

McQuaid Family

Patronus

Other Content

Fanart

Elroy McQuaid

Y8 Andre Hairstyle Concept

Y8 Skye Hairstyle Concepts

Y8 Penny Redesign

Y8 Merula & Ismelda Desings

Ismelda Redesign/Revamp

Ismelda Scene Redraw

Masquerade 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

✨Pain✨

Flipped AU

Mother's Day

Valentine's Cards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Hairstyle Wishlist

Beserker Rowan

Fiction

Dancing, Duelling, and Diego (pt.1)

First Kiss

Camping Trip

His Princess

Flowers

Collabs & Templates

Your OCs Here

Christmas Collab

Friendship Reward

Romance Reward

Scavenger Hunt

Chocolate Frog Card

Side Quest Template

#hogwarts mystery #hogwarts mystery masterlist #hphm #harry potter hogwarts mystery #veruca mcquaid #carson ivey #coby mcquaid

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stargazerlillian · 10 months

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Happy Pride Month, y’all! Here is a list of some of my canonically LGBT OCs.✨🏳‍🌈✨

Lesbian:

Marianne Mezmer

Rosita Lee Stewart

Gay:

Jamison “Wild Dingo” Armstrong

Pierre Alexander (married to Percy Livingston)

Timothy James Pipkin (eternally partnered to his Scottish fisherman lover who I have yet to name)

Bisexual:

Alannah Kerrigan (dating Jasper Avalon)

Finn Fishburne

Jareth LaFontaine (dating Billie Jo Stewart)

Jasper Avalon (dating Alannah Kerrigan)

Percy Livingston (married to Pierre Alexander)

Princess/Queen Hallai (dating and later married to Zephyra)

Transgender:

Donna LaFontaine (MtF, bisexual)

Mitchell Ray Stewart (FtM, bisexual, madly crushing on Donna LaFontaine)

Noble/King Zephyra (Genderfluid, bisexual, dating and later married to Hallai)

Noble/Princess Kashanti (Genderfluid, bisexual, dating and later married to Aureliano De Anda)

Sally Jones (MtF, lesbian)

Pansexual:

Billie Jo Stewart (dating Jareth LaFontaine)

Asexual:

Arnold Deacon (Demiromantic)

Aureliano De Anda (Panromantic, dating and later married to Kashanti)

Baxter Deacon (Aromantic)

Bibiana Dobrovolny (Heteroromantic, madly crushing on Arnold Deacon)

Elizabeth Lacey (Aromantic)

Herman Carol (Heteroromantic)

Lester Levine (Aromantic)

Rosie Gold (Heteroromantic)

Straight Allies:

Atticus Jones (dating Elora Angert)

Bill Hawkins (madly crushing on Rosie Gold)

Darren Kingsley

Elora Angert (dating Atticus Jones)

Undetermined/Unlabeled:

Ivey Kincaid (dating Zachariah Belasco)

Mary Kingsley

Zachariah Belasco (dating Ivey Kincaid)

#🌠#My OCs #Text Post #LGBT #These are namely notes for me to help keep track of them and who they are paired with but if these are of any good use...#... or interest to you that’s fine too!#Also some of these OCs literally did not have last names until I put them on this list so some of those may change in the future.👌

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theprincessivey · 3 years

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Something in the way, yeah -

#the princess ivey #princess ivey #princess #bbygrl #tattoos #late night #nirvana #spoil me #thicc

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spacecatontherun616 · 5 years

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Hello, lovelies! Tonight, I've decided to reopen my personal blog, @theprincessivey 🤗👑 It's been a while, but she's back, and ready for all new content, and soon enough, purchasable content as well. 😁 So show some love and give me a follow! 😘

#princess ivey #the princess ivey #bbygrl #bbygirl #honeybuns #gonemild #mombod #momswithtattoos #personal #getting personal #pantys

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carters-coffee · 3 years

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Can anyone recommend any blogs that write for the same characters I write for? I don't read fanfic a whole lot but it'd be nice to have it pop on my dash every so often.

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readingbooksinisrael · 4 years

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@beem-of-the-books asked for fairy tale retellings recommendations. It was really hard to get it down to a few, but here they are (and if you want more, or on a specific theme, you can always ask).

Enchanted Forest Chronicles/Patricia C. Wrede (though it doesn’t retell a specific fairy tale, instead retelling fairy tale tropes, it is the series that got me into fairy tale retellings so fiercely and so receives the place of honor in this list)-An improper princess runs away from her arranged marriage to get kidnapped by dragons (on purpose). Shenanigans ensue. The first three books are great, the last one not as much, but this is definitely a series I’ll recommend over and over and over again. (Middle Grade)

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig/Eugene Trivizas trans. Helen Oxenbury (most people choosing a fairy tale retelling picture book would go with a Jon Scieszka, but this is the book from my childhood that I loved)-Like the title says, but the house materials keep getting stranger and end in a fun surprise. (Picture Book)

The Goose Girl/Shannon Hale (it’s the first in a series, but only this one is a fairy tale, but they’re all really good)-Based on the fairy tale The Goose Girl, the book builds a wonderful magic system and tells the story of a shy, brave princess who can talk to the wind. (Young Adult)

Spinning Silver/Naomi Novik (to tell the truth I’d forgotten about this one at first because while it is based on a fairy tale it’s more as if it pulled a few threads out of it, than a real base, but I love it so so so much. It’s very important to me)-Based on Rumplestiltskin, it follows the two main characters in fantasy-Pale of the Settlement: Miryem, a Jewish moneylender’s daughter, and Irina, a newly-wedded tsarina, dealing with far too unhuman (and unwanted) husbands. (New Aduly)

Bonus:

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs/Jon Scieska

East/Edith Pattou

The Snow Child/Eowyn Ivey

The Princesses of Westfalin trilogy/Jessica Day George

I still haven’t read Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine properly, but I heard it’s really, really good.

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millennialgrandma · 2 years

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October Wrap Up

Ok, but where in the ever-loving hell did October go? Between the continued house hunt (entering month 7 of this endeavor), work, and unexpectedly busy weekends this month, I feel like I didn't read as much as I wanted to - and I definitely didn't write as much as I wanted to.

Things I Wrote

Look at me, a non-writer, still sort of writing things. Somehow every single one of my weekends this month ended up filled with other commitments so I didn't really get much of any writing done. The untitled 8th-year dreomione remains at a sad 1,200 words, but I have managed to flesh out the timeline and finish mapping defining moments so...there's that.

I might also...be working...on another lil sumthin sumthin...based on the hilariously embarrassing events known forevermore as Naked Presentation Day™.

Things I Read

Would you look at that! Another month where I failed to pick up even one single traditional book. In my meager defense, I have no defense outside of reading some larger fanfics. The internet besties and I finally finished our group-therapyread of Broken. I also read a couple of the parts of the Wait and Hope universe. So between that and WIPs I'm following, I'll just say that a bitch has been emotionally compromised all month long.

This month the internet besties decided we should read some shorter fics together in addition to the longer fics we're doing. As a result, Smut with Friends™ was born. I kicked us off by reading fate and plans to the class and we've read a handful of the Delightful Descent chapters to each other as well. Additionally, we've started doing birthday reads! Missed Connections was for the incomparable queen TLW and the TwilightToMidnight works were read for my little ray of sunshine, Deni.

Fiction:

NonFiction:

Fanfiction:

Complete: (approx. 495k words)

Husband Size by @senlinyu (dramione, M, 4.2k)

Seven Minutes in Hell(ishly Frigid Water) by @echoesofmyfootsteps (dramione, E, 3.3k)

Wait and Hope by @mightbewriting (dramione, M, 94.9k)

Do You Feel It Too? by @viridianatnight (dramione, E, 3.7k)

Rule number one (Chpt. 7) by @veelantina (dramione, E, 2.8k)

Broken by @inadaze22 (dramione, E, 297k)

Sight and Seeing by @mightbewriting (theo/blaise, M, 34k)

Reread: fate and plans by @senlinyu; embedded NSFW art by @elithien (dramione, E, 5.5k)

Arctic Wolf by @sodamnradd (dramione, M, 4.4k)

Missed Connections by @unseenlibrarian (dramione, T, 8k)

A Friendly Wager by @monsterleadmehome; embedded NSFW by @adra-art (dramione, E, 5.7k)

Harry Potter and The Grey Sweatpants Agenda by @im-a-monster-fucking-princess (hansy, E, 3.3k)

Blast from the Past reread: Lock The Door by TwilightToMidnight (dramione, M, 4k)

Blast from the Past reread: Veela And The Perils Of Losing Control by TwilightToMidnight (dramione, M, 5k)

Strangers by @roseharpermaxwell (dramione, M, 3k)

A Delightful Descent into Depravity by @heyjude19-writing, @mightbewriting, and @niffizzle (various pairings, E, 16k)

WIPs: (approx. 95.1k words)

Measure of a Man by @inadaze22 - Chapters 31-33 (dramione, E, 40k)

for the best by @hawthornewhisperer - Chapters 3-7 (dramione, M, 15.5k)

A Season For Setting Fires by @mightbewriting - Chapter 12 (dramione, E, 2.8k)

Let the Dark In by @senlinyuwrites - Chapters 6 & 7 (dramione, M, 10.4k)

Good by @lovesbitca8 - Chapters 1-4 (dramione, E, 26.4k) - only Chpt. 4 is new, but let's be real, who could read the update without rereading the prior chapters? Not me, that's for fucking sure.

Things I'm Currently Reading (Heading into November)

Well, here I am again, reading too many things. Obviously I have not started any of the traditional books I mentioned in August. My friend sent me Eowyn Ivey's The Snow Child which sounds like a lovely book to curl up with in November. The internet besties and I are having too much fun reading to each other, so now that we're done with Broken we've picked up Ina's Anchors in a Storm for group read (we're also reading for the best and Let the Dark In together, but those are captured above under WIPs). I'm continuing to read The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy as it is recorded. Lady Vengeance is read at the whims of @they-call-me-megs. I am 7 chapters in to Beginning and End and I haven't had a chance to pick it back up for a few weeks, which is absolutely killing me. And...I think that's it? Good god, it better be it.

#october wrap up #wrangling the words #books i've read #books i'm reading #fics i've read #fics i'm reading #apparently i'm writing?#i love how optimistic i am each month about reading traditional books #if i can just get through two more i'll have an even 20 for the year #seems unlikely though #monthly wrap up #2021 monthly reading list

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carewyncromwell · 3 years

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I don't know if you have done this yet, but Tonks is one of my favorite hp and hphm characters of all time! How is she around Carewyn? What do you interpret her as?

@raes-place also asked for Tonks! 💗

Tonks, like Tulip, has a lot of fun teasing and pranking Carewyn, while still being very fond of her. As a Hufflepuff, Tonks is all about loyalty to one's friends, and Carewyn -- once she brings someone into her inner-circle -- cherishes them with her whole heart, and Tonks loves that about her. Both Charlie and Tonks picked up the nickname "Carey" from Bill for their friend and call her that at every opportunity. Charlie and Tonks also both adore it whenever Carewyn expresses her great passion for both Muggle and magical rock music, which is seemingly so antithetical to the poised, "perfect" Mama Bear persona she puts out. Tonks in particular, when she, Charlie, and Carewyn are out and about somewhere where music's playing, like at a club, party, or concert, will coax the others into loudly singing along at the top of their lungs. All three of them love the Weird Sisters, but through Carewyn, Charlie and Tonks are also introduced to Muggle artists like Queen and KISS. One of Tonks's favorite Muggle songs to scream sing along to with her buddies is Bon Jovi's "Living On a Prayer," though of course, just as is the case when Carewyn sings with her friend Carson Ivey @ariparri-hphm, Carey-Bear sings it a lot prettier and on-key than Tonks does.

Tonks's outfit was partially inspired by this look, while Carewyn's wearing a dress kind of like the one featured in this Tiana Disneybound. (Tia is both my and my mum's favorite Disney princess, and I think Carewyn would enjoy her a lot too, even if her movie came out when Carewyn was an adult!) I played "Living On a Prayer" several times while drawing these girls' faces, but while coloring and such, I used Tonks's playlist for inspiration! ^.^

Send me a HPHM character request!

#hphm #hogwarts mystery #nymphadora tonks #carewyn cromwell #charlie weasley #my art #art requests #WHOAAAA! LIVIN' ON A PRAAAYER~#come on tell me you couldn't see charlie and tonks screaming that at the top of their lungs #tonks I love you but your hair is hard :I

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godzilla-reads · 3 years

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❄️ Reading in Winter ❄️

Winter and Spring are some of my favorite times to hunker down with a book, so I’ve put together some reading material for anyone feeling the urge this winter season. Poetry links are from the Poetry Foundation and the books lead to Barnes & Noble.

Poems to Read Aloud When it Snows Outside

“White-Eyes” by Mary Oliver

“Blizzard” by Linda Pastan

“Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

“Early Frost” by Scott Cairns

“Winter” by Timothy Liu

Children’s Books That Capture the Spirit of Winter

“The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats

“The Mitten” by Jan Brett

“Biscuit’s Snowy Day” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (A personal favorite of mine)

“The First Day of Winter” by Denise Fleming

“Bear Snores On” by Karma Wilson (Another personal favorite)

Books For the Young and the Restless

“The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak

“The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien

“Uprising: Three Young Women Caught in the Fire That Changed America” by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials Trilogy #1)

“Chains” by Laurie Halse Anderson (Seeds of America Trilogy #1)

Classics to Curl Up With

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens (I HAD to add this one)

“A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

Horror to Read by Candle Light As the Wind Howls

“The Terror” by Dan Simmons

“Dracula” by Bram Stoker

“At the Mountains of Madness” by H.P. Lovecraft

“The Winter People” by Jennifer McMahon

“Snowblind” by Christopher Golden

It’s Snowing and You’re Warm

“Doctor Zhivago” by Boris Pasternak

“The Princess Bride” by William Goldman

“Winter Hours” by Mary Oliver

“The Snow Child” by Eowyn Ivey

“The Shining” by Stephen King

Happy Reading!

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ariparri · 3 years

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Harry Potter OC Masterlist

HOGWARTS MYSTERY

HPHM Birthday List

HPHM Cardverse AU Masterlist

Veruca Carlyn McQuaid

Portrait

Character Profile

Hairstyle Redesign Sketches

Reference Sheet

Y4-6 Reference Sheet (Updated)

Friendship Quizzes

Friendship Reward

MC Then vs Now

MC Then vs Now 2

Father's Day

Carson Tauris Ivey

Reintroduction Post Portrait

Reference Sheet

Friendship Reward

MC Then vs Now

Family Crest

Coby Blake McQuaid

Portrait Introduction

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HOGWARTS LEGACY

Avis Ni Conraoi

Character Bio

Portrait

Designs

Conraoi Family Crest

Rohan Mac Uáid

Mac Uáid Family Crest

Mac Uaid Family

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MAGIC AWAKENED

All References

Caden Saunders

TBA

Isa Skyes

TBA

Raylene Karasu - Ivey

Short Facts

Marisol Áine Caplan

New Design

Calum Karasu-Ivey

Introduction Post

Carina Rowan Caplan

New Design

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POST HOGWARTS

Post Hogwarts Design

Ruairí Zacarías Caplan

Caplan Family Facts

Intro Post

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OTHER POSTS

Wand Design & Signatures

Amortentia

DieRuca Angst Alphabet

DieRuca Fluff Alphabet

MC Patronus

Glitter Bomb Fluff Alphabet

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FANFICS

Flowers

Camping Trip

Christmas Sweater

First Kiss

His Princess

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MINI SERIES

Beserker Rowan

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Part Five

Part Six

Part Seven

Part Eight

Part Nine

Hairstyle Wishlist

Part One

Part Two

Part One & Two Updated

Part Three

#masterlist #hphm master list

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syddsinister · 3 years

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[BODY] Hair: Exile:: Clover – Kavar Cleanslate Body: -Kalhene- ERIKA Mesh Body BoM v1.2 – Claudia Urdaneta Head: LeLUTKA EvoX BRIANNON 3.0 – Jaden Nova Lashes: ~Shiny Stuffs~ Retro Flirt Lashes – Tarani Tempest Eyes: -SU!- Lizabeta Eyes – Eleanor Hexem Skin: [Glam Affair] Vivi [LelEVOX] Velour Tone - Brownie NB – aida Ewing Body: VELOUR: Ipanema Body for Legacy – Curvy (Brownie) – Kiria Mama

[TATTOO/MAKEUP] Brows: .:the-HAUS:. Chioma III BOM Eyebrows Scar – Princess Usbourne Scars: .MILA. Facial Scars [EVOX BOM] Dark Left ALL – Mila Vanilla Freckles: KOONZ - Face Dots Freckles [LeLUTKA EvoX] Dark 4 – tuggy Amat Lips: Tutti Belli - BLACK BEAUTY LOVE LIPSTICK - Lidia Dallas Body Marks: Izzie’s – Body Imperfections 06, Body Moles dark, LeL Evo X - 05 Shadows, LeL Evo X - 05 Eyebags, LeL Evo X - Blemishes (dark), LeL Evo X - Face Moles V2 (dark), LeL Evo X - Neck Moles (dark), 09 Thong + Bikini Top Tan Lines (dark) – Izzie Button Tattoo: ((Mister Razzor)) Gaia Tattoo 100% – MathewThomson

[CLOTHING] Bikini Top: -Kalhene- ERIKA Micro Bra (Tintable) (Outfit 7) – Claudia Urdaneta Bottoms: -Kalhene- ERIKA Shorts (Outfit 9) – Claudia Urdaneta Socks: Sn@tch Danger Garter Socks (Black) – Ivey Deschanel Shoes: -Kalhene- ERIKA Sneakers (Outfit 3) – Claudia Urdaneta

[ACCESSORIES] Choker: REIGN.– TATTOO CHOKER – KenadeeCole Septum: -SU!- Tormey Septum – Eleanor Hexem Ice Cream: Junk Food – Pushout Purple – Late Billig Ear Piercings: RAWR! Neo HUMAN Earrings EvoX – Circe Boucher Rings: -Kalhene- ERIKA Rings (Outfit 2) – Claudia Urdaneta Nails: {SBS} Kalhene Erika Nails 8 Colors Hud – Sabrina1820

[EXTRA] Poses: STUN – Vidorra Conundrum Backdrop: Paparazzi – BACKDROP - Cyber City 2 – Drew Sunflower

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theprincessivey · 4 years

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Why are my front teeth so ✨fucking big✨

#the princess ivey #princess ivey #princess #bbygrl #bbygirl #teeth #yeesh #late night

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spacecatontherun616 · 5 years

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Warm like sunshine.

#gonemild #mombod #momswithtattoos #latenite #late night #belly ring #princess ivey #princess

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aliteraryprincess · 4 years

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Historical Retellings: 20th Century

@brooklynboos suggested some time period specific recommendations. So here are some retellings of “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” “Sleeping Beauty, and “The Snow Maiden” set in the first half of the 20th century. And I’ve got two Jazz Age ones in there for you. I’m sorry I couldn’t find more for that era!

Out of these I’ve only read The Snow Child. But I’ve read Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth, which was amazing, and I’ve heard really good things about Mercedes Lackey, Jane Yolen, and Genevieve Valentine. Lost Lake House is the only one I haven’t heard anything about. So someone read it and let me know how it is!

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth

The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey

Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

Lost Lake House by Elisabeth Grace Foley

#fairytalefebruary2020 #booklr #book recommendations #retelling recommendations #fairy tale retellings #books

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theinquisitxor · 4 years

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Favorite tropes book rec: The North

There’s something about an icy, cold northern land that draws me into the story. Here’s a list of books I’ve read with this setting, as well the the one’s on my tbr. Feel free to comment and make recommendations! I will keep this list updated as I read.

more book recs here!

Fantasy

-The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Bolvanger, Svalbard, the northern lights! One of the first books I have read about ‘the North’ and the first installment of one of my favorite series. middle grade/young adult

-A Conspiracy of Truths by Alexandra Rowland this is an adult fantasy that takes place in a northern fantasy land. Even though this isn’t primarily about the North, the setting and world building are fantastic. The story follows a storyteller, Chant as he’s been wrongly thrown in prison. adult fantasy

-The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden This is possibly the most wintery series I have ever encountered. It follows Vasya, a young woman growing up in medieval Russia and her abilities to interact with the folklore and fantastical around her. One of my favorite series and possibly best winter read. adult fantasy

-Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo The Shadow and Bone books are set in Ravka, a fantasy land based on Russia. In Six of Crows, the icy land Fjerdia is a location visited by the characters. All of Bardugo’s Grishaverse books have this theme that I so much. young adult fantasy

-Winter of Ice and Iron by Rachel Neumeier A fantasy book that takes place in a wintery setting. A country faces the threat of invasion and war, and it is up to the princess of this land to try to save her people. She comes across the man known as the Wolf Duke who might be the key. adult fantasy

-East by Edith Pattou a well loved retelling of East of the Sun West of the Moon. A young woman agrees to accompany a white bear in exchange to save her family. Takes place in Scandinavia and the mythical lands even farther to the North. young adult fantasy

-Hunted by Meagan Spooner This is a beauty and the beast retelling set in a russian type land. A batb retelling that I thoroughly enjoyed. It stays true to the original fairy tale, while also creating a new story and setting. Definite winter vibes, and Russian folklore. young adult fantasy

-Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik This is one of my all time favorite books. A fairy tale retelling set in Eastern Europe, following three main female protagonists. I can’t recommend this book enough. adult fantasy

The Girl From Shadow Springs by Ellie Cypher A shorter standalone novel that feels like a mix of The Revenant and True Grit. With a splash of Frozen. It’s a refreshing change, and the fantastical elements of the book were a favorite part. young adult fantasy.

-Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett This is a Nepal inspired fantasy about a young woman who leads an expedition up the highest mountain. But beware, because not everyone is who they seem. young adult fantasy

Fiction:

-The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah takes place in the 70s and follows a teenage girl Leni as her father decides to movie his family to Alaska in hope of outrunning his ptsd from the Vietnam War, but as the long nights of darkness descend on Alaska, Leni learns that she is on her own.

-To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey this is about an expedition to map and explore previously uncharted parts of Alaska by Conel Allen Forester and a group of men. The story also follows his wife, Sophie as she waits in Vancouver. Ivey does a amazing job describing the Alaskan wilderness and all the strange, unsettling things that happen out there.

-The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey is another one set in Alaska, and a retelling of a Russian fairy tale. Follows a couple, Jack and Mabel as they try to survive the Alaskan wilderness. They think they will never have children until one day the snow child Mabel makes out in the snow becomes a real child. Even more great descriptions of the cold darkness of the North and the psychological stress.

-I am still alive by Kate Alice Marshall This is a crime thriller/ survival story about a teenager who is sent to live with her father in northern Canada. Her father is attacked and killed and Jess is left to fend for herself.

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy is set in the near future where climate change has devastated much of the world’s animal population. A desperate woman follows what she believes to be the last migration of Arctic Terns in existence. It’s a bleak as it sounds, but so good.

Historical Fiction:

-Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is historical fiction about the Russian work camps that many Eastern European people were sent to. Many of these camps were in Siberia. This does take place in a Northern icy land, but not for good reasons. Its a harrowing and difficult read, but one that is important to something often forgotten in history.

-We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen This is a sweeping historical fiction novel covering seafaring in Danish history. Only part of the novel takes place in the Arctic, but it is really well done.

-The Bronze Horseman trilogy by Paullina Simmons A love story set during the siege of Leningrad in ww2. Another story that is difficult and about a very dark time in human history. I’m not quite sure where my feelings stand on this series, but I did enjoy the first one.

-We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen This is a sweeping historical fiction novel covering seafaring in Danish history. Only part of the novel takes place in the Arctic, but it is really well done.

-The Kristin Lavrensdatter series by Sigrid Undset This is a trilogy published in Norway in the early 20th century that follows the life of a noble woman in medieval Norway. it is a bit of a rare gem, but a series that has found a spot among my favorites.

NonFiction:

Arctic Dreams by Barry Lopez A gorgeous book covering almost every aspect of the arctic Language is a little dated (at least in my edition) but just a result of when it was published (newer editions may be updated)

TBR:

-The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell a story about a family in Russia that helps re-train wolves so they can survive in the wild. This one has been on my tbr for a long time, and I’m still hoping to read it one day. middle grade

-Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente another Russian fairy tale, about Koschei the Deathless. I’ve heard a lot about his and I hope to read it soon. adult fantasy

-The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews this a memoir about a woman who left her home in Great Britain and headed to Alaska. It seems like something I would enjoy reading, but I have yet to find it anywhere. memoir

-The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky is a novel about an Inuit shaman who travels across Canada looking to save her people teams up with a Viking warrior. adult historical fantasy

-Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer this seems like a beauty and the best retelling but with a wolf and a magical library with mirrors. It has ‘north’ in the title, so it seems like it fits the list. young adult fantasy.

-Ice Land by Betsy Tobin is set in Iceland and Freya must travel to find a golden necklace to save her people, but the threat of Christianity impedes her. fantasy

-Alaska by James A. Michener This seems like a multi-generational story set in Alaska from the frontier days up through ww2. historical fiction

-A Land so Wild by Elyssa Warkentin A novel about finding the northwest passage, and lgbt. historical fiction

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