#viano oniomoh

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Cupid Calling

m/m romance about two men who sign up for a reality dating show - a shy artist who wants to fall in love to get over an ex, and an aspiring personal trainer who wants a free vacation to get away from his loving but overbearing family for a while

bi & demi-bi British-Nigerian MCs

#cupid calling #viano oniomoh #demisexual books #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #this is good I enjoyed it! #good characters not an excessive amount of drama and I read it really fast #I thought the demisexuality was done pretty well!

[queerafricans]

Read some books by Queer Africans this Pride month

#literature #gina yashere #eusebius mckaiser #Fatima Zahra Amzkar #olumide makanjuola #jude dibia #maneo mohale #viano oniomoh #ani kayode somtochukwu #ndiilokelwa nthengwe #nigeria #namibia #morocco #south africa

[geekynichelle]

I've brought up the tropes I'm not a fan of in monster romance before, as well as my desire for more Black women in the genre so the minute I saw the cover of Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh, I had to read it. I'd love to see more in this universe. You can pretend his wings are folded behind him like Goliath from Gargoyles 😭

Malachi [purple demon man]: I bet she's thinking about REVENGE. 

Joy: *thinking about Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball*

#Sweet Vengeance #Viano Oniomoh #Demon Boyfriend #Monster Romance #My Art

[ingloriousgigi]

"It’s a match seemingly made in heaven. Except, Malachi doesn’t expect Joy’s thirst for vengeance to taste so sweet, and Joy doesn’t expect a freaking demon to revive everything in her she’d thought long-dead." —Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh

#sweet vengeance by viano oniomoh #viano oniomoh #monster romance #black romance #short books #favorite book #hot topic

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Fragments of a Fallen Star by Viano Oniomoh

goodreads

Moira Karl-Fisher is ready to do anything to bring her parents back from the dead, even embark on a desperate trip across the sea in an attempt to find the missing pages of a spell to turn back time. She’s barely spent one night away from her island when she’s nearly killed for being a MagiK, and now owes her life to the eccentric Nailah, another MagiK who apparently runs her own ship, and makes Moira’s insides twist with unwanted heat. After agreeing to aid Nailah on a quest that promises magic, danger, and adventure, Moira finds her search for a happiness she thought long gone, turning into so much more.

Mod opinion: I haven't heard of this romance before, but it sounds sweet.

#fragments of a fallen star #viano oniomoh #polls #trans books #trans lit #trans literature #lgbt books #lgbt lit #lgbt literature #fantasy #romance #trans woman

[thingsreadinthedark]

Still reading • • •

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 54%

Small Joys by Elvan James Mensah 62%

Red Island House by Andrea Lee 42%

Perfect Peace by Daniel Black 40 %

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond 15%

Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate 24%

The Urgent Life by Bozoma Saint John 18%

Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh 63%

Random thoughts:

I feel so incredibly lucky to be able to read black women writers at work it’s such a magnificent experience. It’s life affirming and eye-opening and a specific look into all these incredible women writers lives and I’m learning about folks I don’t know a lot about on a person level and I love to read their thoughts and see their connections and linkages to each other. It’s incredible

Matthew Desmond is like — he’s Tim Wise of this America shit. Tim Wise with nothing but pure facts, not to say Tim Wise ain’t got facts because both of them got facts on facts! Poverty, by America has got me in its grip. It’s so good.

Red Island House is weird but also what I need sometimes. It’s such a unique and gothic sort of novel in its execution. It’s giving African gothic and im here for it.. I love the dynamic of the married couple — gorgeous, well educated Black woman who speaks multiple languages experiencing Africa moved from the US to Italy married an Italian, who built this crazy masterpiece of a house in Madagascar. It’s different, but engaging. So much going on in the town it’s giving Edwidge Danticat vibes.

Perfect Peace is traumatizing. I love Daniel Black but I’ve reached a place in this book where I’m scared for everyone involved. It’s a lot. Well-written as usual but my heart is beating outta my chest!

Small Joys is a sleeper hit. It’s so fucking good. Levels and layers to this shit good. Mensah is really making me feel like I’m in a mix of Queenie and I May Destroy You!

Pillars of the Earth — I’m loving this novel as a homestead type of novel. An anchor to come back to, it’s my long story to continually engage with when I want my brain to feel connected to a people.. a world.. something. Yo only crazy readers know what I mean by that. If you’ve ever read Harry Potter, LOTR you know what I mean by that. I get why people read long series that never end it’s like a place to stash your mind.

Urgent Life is good but boring

Sweet Vengeance sweet hot and dirty and you know what it’s fun can’t complain

Other things I’ve been reading

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman

More

Books I forgot that I was reading

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Vergese

The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr

Surrender by Bono

More

#updates #chantel’s reading diary #goodreads #currently reading #recently read #chantel's reading notes #Abraham vergese #Bozoma Saint John #Bono #Mary Karr #Ken Follett #Melissa Febos #Elvin James Mensah #Andrea Lee #Daniel Black #matthew desmond #Viano Oniomoh #claudia tate

[the-bi-library]

Bisexual BIPOC books

Here is the part one of my bisexual BIPOC books posts where I post books with MCs that are both bi and BIPOC

If You Still Recognise Me by Cynthia So A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar Son of Sin by Omar Sakr The Disasters by M.K. England Lulu Sinagtala and the City of Noble Warriors by Gail D. Villanueva Last Chance Dance by Lakita Wilson Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Notna by J.D. Cunegan To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose She is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran When the Stars Alight (The Essence of the Equinox, #1) by Camilla Andrew The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz Fall Into You by Georgina Kiersten A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar When It All Syncs Up by Maya Ameyaw Bidding for the Bachelor by Jackie Lau Bearly A Lady by Cassandra Khaw Between Bookshelves by Olívia Pilar Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar by Anahita Karthik I'll Be the One by Lyla Lee Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh The Nightmare-Verse series: A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney

#bisexual #bisexual representation #bisexual pride #bi books #bisexual books #sapphic books #achillean books #booklr #book blog #queer books #lgbt books #lgbtq books #bi4bi #bi4bi books #bisexual romance #bookblr #book tumblr #Bi rep #black books #asian books #indigenous books #bipoc books #Queer bipoc books #queer bipoc #My posts

[life-of-an-asexual]

ace and aro books

went on a deep dive to find some aspec rep for myself and this is some of what i came up with. not official recommendations since i haven't read most of them, but they exist and i've put several of them on my own TBR list. these are all books i haven't seen on other rec lists, and i've done my best to confirm that the rep is aspec

if any of y'all have read these, feel free to share your thoughts or correct me if i've gotten something wrong

(organized alphabetically by title and separated by age demographic; mixed genres; subject to being updated)

(ftr just because an author is not specified to be ace or aro does not necessarily mean they are allo; i include that info if i happen to come across it, but i am not going out of my way to track down the identities of every single author)

(some of these books contain themes or scenarios that may be triggering for some readers; i have only done research to ascertain the ace/aro rep; if you find certain topics upsetting to read, it is your responsibility to do the research necessary to determine if a book is appropriate for you and to proceed into a story at your own discretion)

updated 3.28.24

~Mod Q

A Milky Way Home by Hsinju Chen = adult, romance; transmasc/cis f biace4panace romance, described as low heat (author is nonbinary)

A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers = adult, science fiction; asexual MC, various other rep, coast guard in space

Alchemy by Marie S. Crosswell = adult, mystery; asexual lesbian MC, genderbent Sherlock

All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher = adult, romance; ace4ace m/m romance, identity discovery

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows = adult, fantasy; allosexual aromantic MC in a poly relationship

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon = adult, science fiction; aroace side character, intersex MC, themes of oppression and racism

Blank Spaces & Finding Your Feet by Cass Lennox = adult, romance; both feature asexual MCs (second one features a trans LI)

The Bone People by Keri Hulme = adult, magical realism; aroace MC, themes of family and identity, deals with child abuse

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia = adult, fantasy; aroace nonbinary MC, queernormative world-building

Catch Lili Too by Sophie Whittemore = adult, fantasy; asexual non-human MC, paranormal murder mystery

Chosen. Again. by J. Emery = adult, fantasy; asexual MC, saves the fantasy world as a teen then has to do it again as an adult

The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong = adult, sci fi-fantasy; asexual MC and found family dynamic

City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault = adult, fantasy; various rep including aspec (author is acearospec)

Coffee Cake by Michaela Grey = adult, romance; asexual MC, m/m relationship, mystery elements

The Crows by C.M. Rosens = adult, horror; ace (and aro?) major character, fucked up eldritch horror

Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh = adult, romance; demisexual biromantic MC, m/m romance, dating show setting, super fluffy

The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz = adult, science fiction; sapphic ace MC with a robot LI

Devon's Island by Si Clarke = adult, science fiction; aroace POV character, queernormative worldbuilding, various other rep

Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West = adult, romance; gray-ace MC, butch4femme friends-to-lovers, various other rep

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace = adult, science fiction; aroace MC, dystopia, focus on platonic relationships (author is aroace)

From the Dark We Came by J. Emery = adult, paranormal; demisexual MC, m/m romance, vampires

The Heartbreak Handshake by J.R. Hart = adult, romance; asexual MC with a non-binary LI, fully chaste (author is autistic, adhd, and nonbinary)

How Not to Summon Your True Love by Sasha L. Miller = adult, romance; ace MC and ace LI, paranormal elements

Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss = adult, romance; asexual MC in an f/f relationship

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky = adult, romance; demisexual MC, m/m relationship, mistakenly sent love confessions

Perfect Rhythm by Jae = adult, romance; rural lesbian romance with an asexual LI

Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia Donovan = adult, mystery; asexual autistic MC, middle-aged protagonist (author is autistic)

Rising from Ash by Jax Meyer = adult, romance; asexual MC in an f/f romance

The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann = adult, romance; asexual MC, fake-dating (author of Let's Talk About Love)

Second Chance by Chelsea M. Cameron = adult/new adult, romance; demi bi MC in an f/f relationship, exes-to-lovers

Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed = adult, romance; demisexual MC in an f/f romance, pure fluff

Squared Away by Annabeth Albert = adult, romance; gray-a/demi MC, m/m romance with child acquisition

Stake Sauce: The Secret Ingredient Is Love. No Really by RoAnna Sylver = adult, paranormal; gray-a MC, deals with trauma

That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert = adult, romance; demisexual MC, fake-dating, m/f age gap romance

Thaw by Elyse Springer = adult, romance; asexual MC, an opposites-attract f/f romance

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers = adult, science fiction; multiple ace characters, various other rep, space travel

The Trouble by Daria Defore = adult/new adult, romance?; gay aromantic MC, college setting

Upside Down by N.R. Walker = adult, romance; ace4ace m/m romance

We Go Forward by Alison Evans = adult, contemporary; aroace MC, centralized friendship

Werecockroach by Polenth Blake = adult, science fiction; aroace MC, deals with mental disability, also there are aliens

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Common Bonds = anthology, speculative fiction; stories that highlight aromanticism and focus on platonic relationships

Goddess of the Hunt by Shelby Eileen = poetry, mythology; an exploration of Artemis being aroace

Queerly Loving = anthology, various genres; asexual and aromantic rep, various other rep including trans, polyamorous, and platonic relationships

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A Dark and Starless Forest by Sarah Hollowell = young adult, paranormal; various rep including ace-spec, chosen family dynamic

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt = young adult, thriller/mystery; several asexual characters

Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace = young adult, science fiction; aroace MC (according to author)

The Art of Saving the World by Corrine Duyvis = young adult, science fiction; asexual MC

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp = young adult, mystery; asexual (and aro?) MC

Belle Revolte by Linsey Millery = young adult, fantasy; biromantic ace MC in an f/f romance

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria = young adult, fantasy; major ace character, various other rep, centralized platonic relationship

Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC (demi-biromantic according to author)

Clariel by Garth Nix = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC, prequel to the Old Kingdom series

Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski = young adult, science fiction; asexual (and arospec?) MC

The Facts and Legends of Callie Catwell by Sophia DeRise = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC with lesbian LI

Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor = young adult, fantasy; several aspec characters

Forward March by Skye Quinlan = young adult, contemporary; asexual lesbian MC

Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari = young adult, science fiction; demisexual MC and asexual MC (author is aroace)

From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey = young adult, fantasy; demisexual lesbian MC, aspec secondary characters

Good Angel by A.M. Blaushild = young adult, graphic novel; angel characters where asexual, aromantic, and agender are the assumed default but is explored with nuance

Help Wanted by J. Emery = young/new adult, fantasy; questioning aspec MC (and gender questioning)

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie = young adult, science fiction; aroace MC, various other rep

Immoral Code by Lillian Clark = young adult, contemporary; asexual POV character, friendship dynamic with "fuck the rich" vibes

Island of Exiles by Erica Cameron = young adult, fantasy; asexual (secondary?) character, various other rep including intersex

It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano = young adult, contemporary; asexual-questioning MC, gray-a side character, deals with a toxic friendship

The Last 8 by Laura Pohl = young adult, science fiction; aromantic MC, alien invasion apocalypse

Little Black Bird by Anna Kirchner = young adult, fantasy; questioning aspec character

Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee = young adult, romance; trans male MC with asexual LI, m/m romance, fake dating

Meet You By Hachiko by Loren Greene = young adult, contemporary; aroace-spec MC, focus on friendship

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko = young adult, fantasy; asexual secondary character, centralized platonic relationship

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath = young adult, historical; asexual MC, emphasized friendship, all main characters are also disabled

The Rhythm of My Soul by Elin Dyer = young adult, mystery; aroace MC, ballet academy setting

Running with the Pack by A.M. Burns and Caitlin Ricci = young adult, contemporary; ace LI, polyamorous romance

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand = young adult, horror; asexual POV character (all MCs are also sapphic), themes of grief, paranormal elements

Sea Foam and Silence & The Ice Princess's Fair Illusion by S.L. Dove Cooper = young adult, fairy tale; queerplatonic retellings in verse

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow = young adult, science fiction; demisexual (biromantic) MC, post-alien invasion dystopia

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman = young adult, contemporary; asexual (and aro?) MC, deals with family death

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson = young adult, contemporary; asexual MC, themes of family trauma and multiracial identity

Switchback by Danika Stone = young adult, thriller; aroace MC, survivalist situations

Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor = young adult, steampunk; aroace MC, various other rep, cat-and-mouse game

That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger = young adult, contemporary; asexual MC, deals with the aftermath of a school shooting

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria = young adult, fantasy; aroace MC (author is aroace)

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver = young adult, fantasy; aromantic (and ace?) MC, f/nb queerplatonic relationship

Vanilla by Billy Merrell = young adult, contemporary; asexual MC, m/m relationship, coming-of-age

What We Devour by Linsey Miller = young adult, fantasy; asexual MC (biromantic according to author)

Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt = young adult, contemporary; asexual MC

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A-Okay by Jarad Greene = middle grade, graphic novel; asexual MC, deals with self-discovery and body image

Come Drink With Me, Gold and Jasper, East Flows the River by Michelle Kan = all ages?; described as aromantic chinese fairy tales

The Dragon of Ynys by Minerva Cerridwen = all ages, fairy tale; aroace MC (author is aroace)

Hazel's Theory of Everything by Lisa Jenn Bigelow = middle grade, contemporary; questioning aroace MC, themes of self-discovery

The Faerie Godmother's Apprentice Wore Green by Nicky Kyle = all ages?, fairy tale; major aroace character, focus on friendship

#representation #original post #asexual #aromantic

[rainbowd00dles]

I finished reading Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh

It's an Adult, super fluffy, low angst book about a bachelorette style dating show where the MCs fall for each other instead.

I usually prefer low angst in books but this was a little too low angst for me, so if you're into pretty much fluff the entire time, this is for you!

That being said I loved the MCs, also there's no third act break up which is refreshing! Also the MCs are bi and demi!

[lgbtqreads]

Could you please recommend me books with bi black male mc?

Sure, try Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert, This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender (MC does not ID as bi on page, but is clearly multi-gender attracted), Things We Couldn’t Say by Jay Coles, Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh, and I haven’t read Rebekah Weatherspoon’s Harbor yet, but it’s mmf (and they’re all Black), so I’m assuming there’s at least one character in there who fits. 

[wishfulreverie]

I forgot to update on this book, but this ended up being one of my faves from February!! I loved Joy and Malachi’s interactions and the s*x scenes were very steamy 🤭

It’s a Demon x Human Romance 💘

Be aware: the content warnings can be found on Viano Oniomoh’s website for all her books!! It is a dark romance !

It’s part revenge plot and with some romance and smut so, just know what you’re getting into 🫶🏽

#wishfulreverie books 2024

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

Ok so these are all from my tbr but since you said quantity over quality I thought you might appreciate this anyway? Anyway: A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert, Faebound by Saara El-Arifi, Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh, The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann, and I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

oh worry not, Oniomoh and Jackson are already on the list

[queerafricans]

CUPID CALLING features:

1 Black bisexual hero + 1 Black demisexual hero

both competing alongside 28 other bachelors for the heart of 1 bachelorette 😱

The very last thing they should be doing is falling for each other 😩

PREORDER 🔗 vianooniomoh.com/cupid-calling

#Viano Oniomoh #nigeria #literature

[the-book-queen]

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CW: Rape

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KU Title

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A prince on the way to a party gets robbed by a group of ruffians led by The Scottish Robin Hood, who is actually a young widow out for revenge on the earl who killed her husband.

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Opposites attract. Teammates turned roommates. The team's new backup goalie + the superstar young winger.

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An unyielding Highlander who is supervising an archaeological dig on his estate clashes with a headstrong English bluestocking who is interested in the excavation.

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[rottengurlz]

hi hi begging pleading for more book reccs bc im adding to my cart right now 😁🤲🏽 (ILY MUWAH)

GAHHHHHH ILYSM

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh

Exodus 20:30 by Freydís Moon

The Wrath And The Dawn by Renée Ahdieh

A Flame In The Night by Morgan Dante

The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley

The Prince by Katharine Ashe

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

I don’t normally recommend this book because I get embarrassed that it’s one of my ALL TIME favorites but Little Fire by Hollee Mands (the 2nd book is even better)

#everyone should read the wrath and the dawn series at least ONCE in their life actually #make sure to look up any triggers for all these books ilysm!!! #IF U WANT MORE RECS JUST LET ME KNOW #asks

[dhurrbyang]

most beloved tree,

please give me book recs☹️

ok my favourite read of this year was absolutely 'if beale street could talk' by james baldwin. i HIGHLY suggest that. like i LOVE that book so much ughh. also the hunger games! (i haven't read the prequel but i will).

also because you like romcoms, i would really suggest reading 'cupid calling' by viano oniomoh, 'they hate each other' by amanda woody, 'flame in the night' by morgan dante & 'season's change' by cait nary. trust me, these are TOP TIER romance recs. (this year was a really good year for romance for me 'cause i read like 5 romcoms only but i loved all of them!!)

also, i read 'little fires everywhere' by celeste ng this year and really liked it but i still LOVE 'everything i never told you' by her more which i read last year (that one is an all time fave too!).

two other books i really liked were 'such a fun age' by kiley reid (literary fiction) & 'the space between worlds' by micaiah johnson (queer sci-fi: it's part of a duology but it's a self contained story & can be read as a standalone. the 2nd book hasn't released yet.).

#book recs #asks #navya <333