Audrey Rose

Fantasy writer and author of DRAGONSONG. Likes: cats, sparkles, romance, stars, gloves, overusing emojis ✨💙💕🎶🦋 Dislikes: writing advice phrased as absolute and unsolicited critique. banner + sidebar image credit I am an adult in my thirties. If that makes you uncomfortable in any way, pls unfollow and feel free to ask me to unfollow you.

[mvashnic]

That scene tho. Did they have to go this hard? No. Do I appreciate that they did? Yes, tytyty.

[cam1lla]

My taste in men is like the opposite of “golden retriever himbo” I like Byronic intellectuals who are possibly sociopaths

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

i think when jonathan steinberg said on fathom's deep about black sails and storytelling that 'stories want to end' he literally rewrote something in my brain

[audreyrosebooks]

i liked ONE Marvelous Maisel or whatever it’s called gifset and now i have tons of “Based on your likes” Marvelous Maisel posts. just. dozens. tumblr pls i have never seen this show i just liked that one quote in the gifset HOW DID WE GET HERE

[armageddinouttahere-deactivated]

He had the sort of beauty that caused catastrophe in its wake.

Darius Calantis as depicted by @rhigu. The artist did a wonderful job on the portrayal of my deceptively pretty demon man and I'm appreciating all the little details and symbolism woven throughout more and more.

[golden-heretic]

❤️ A VERMILION CURSE 🗡️is looking for ARC readers!

In this post, you will find all of the available information about my 🌿 BatCat meets The Legend of Vox Machina 🏹 romantasy including synopsis, content warnings, tropes & other information regarding the ARC process.

❤️ Friendly Reminder that AVC includes a bi-FMC & a demi-MMC in a queer-normative fantasy world! 🗡️ Frequently described (by me) as: "Having the VIBES of Action-Adventure movies from late 90s/early 2000s like THE MASK OF ZORRO, THE MUMMY, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 & A KNIGHT'S TALE."

🔗 ARC Sign-Up form here: Link to send you to GoogleForms

[littlemisspascal]

[armageddinouttahere-deactivated]

WHEN THE STARS ALIGHT releases in less than a month!

Genre: Romantic fantasy, gaslamp fantasy, gothic fantasy

Age Range: 18+

Content warnings: Explicit sexual content, gore, body horror, cannibalism (ingestion of human flesh by a demon), abusive family dynamics

Themes: Light vs dark, religion vs science, first contact, sins of the father, tradition vs change, breaking cycles as well as repeating them

Logline: A star princess must use her wits to survive in the court of a heartless demon king, while caught in a deadly romantic rivalry between his two sons.

Summary:

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐀 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬.

Princess Laila Rose is a fallen star in human form. A beloved guardian to humanity. Yet in spite of these fantastical origins, she has never much believed in prophecies. That’s why when a demon of apocalyptic legend is presented to her in a block of ice, she feels fascination rather than fright. 

Curiosity kindles into mutual desire once he breaks free of his captivity. Far from the rampaging beast of mass destruction everyone expects—he is monstrously handsome, deviously articulate and alluringly mysterious, a prince among his kind. Eager to discover his origins, Laila travels from her idyllic seaside realm into a land of unspeakable horrors, relying on her wits to survive her journey. She arrives aiming to establish peaceful contact with the aid of the besotted prince. 

However, it becomes clear that the heartless demon king does not desire peace at all, only war and conquest. When diplomacy fails, Laila turns to the king’s suave and manipulative bastard son in the hopes that she can inspire both him and his trueborn brother to go against their father. But soon it is her heart she must keep from being torn between their centuries-old dangerous rivalry.

This gothic fantasy set in a vibrant gaslamp world is a must-read for fans of Catherynne Valente and Angela Carter. It’s written in lush, lyrical prose full of intricate worldbuilding, courtly intrigue, and magic that seeps through the pages. Beneath its light, romantic and whimsical veneer, you can expect darkness, brutality and passion.

Find out more!

[ancientbread]

big fan of the “I can’t fix him but I can follow him to his tragic and untimely end and love him even as he becomes corrupted and decays into a shadow of his former self” trope

[audreyrosebooks]

not a love triangle, not an ot3 but a secret third thing (two men who are enemies but also bitter exes are both irresistibly drawn to the same woman; bloodshed and dark magic ensues)

[entirelyuncanny]

i love codependent relationships in fiction i love watching two messy people unforgivably in love with each other shatter the world around them i love seeing interpretations of love as a cosmic disastrous redemptive force i love watching love consume people whole i love looking at romantic relationships and going "oh that is so fucked up! good for them"

[mossbawn]

don’t like it when people say you can’t have potatoes in ur fantasy novel without detailed explanation. who gives a fuck

[mossbawn]

“ohh in europe they didnt have those until” well its not europe is it. its middle earth its earthsea its some country somebody made up

[mossbawn]

“have detailed knowledge of your dragon’s anatomy and a foolproof scientifically backed explanation of how he can fly” he can fly because he’s a dragon. and because i love him

[audreyrosebooks]

[camelidae]

Somehow he still seems to enjoy basking in the sunlight and the quiet busyness of the birds and butterflies. They say necromancy is a dark art, but whoever reanimated the beast of the black swamp knew what they were doing.

[grecoromanyaoi]

knights are sooooooo good in horror settings like. blind following and unconditional loyalty to their liege. mistaking evil for divinity. unwavering faith to a corrupted cause. corruption in general (whether they’re the target or an accessory). so many good options…… *chefs kiss*

[exigencelost]

I have incurable Woman In The Margins Of The Story disorder.

[exigencelost]

She’s dead she’s immortal she’s haunting you she doesn’t care about you she’s muzzled she’s screaming at the top of her lungs she’s unnoticed she’s unforgettable she doesn’t have control over the story she doesn’t have control over her body she doesn’t even have control over her voice. And I’m obsessed with her.

[exigencelost]

This story isn’t about her but there would be no story without her. She’ll never get out of it and she’ll never die.

[zibah-ho]

I love you characters that hold grudges I love you anger as a defence mechanism i love you being consumed by anger I love you being destroyed by anger I love you being healed by anger i love you obvious anger I love you anger buried so deep it’s intrinsic to who you are I love you revenge nurtured so long it feels like a loved one I love you rage I love you temper I love you characters that grieve by lashing out i love you anger on behalf of others I love you characters comforted by their anger I love you wrath I love you fury I love you indignation I love you anger

[telltaletypist]

i think eventually we're all just gonna have to come to terms with the fact that it's impossible to tell a story with any degree of subtlety or nuance without risking a portion of the audience taking the "wrong message", and that's ok. art isn't meant to be strictly a teaching tool, and if you're goal is just to convince people or critique an idea, just write an essay or a polemic

[telltaletypist]

people taking the "wrong message" from a story isn't a failure of that story, it's a function of art itself