#aroacebooks

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Aromantic Books Let's Go!

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath

Black Wings Beating by Alex London

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria

Immoral Code by Lillian Clark

Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor

The Last 8 by Laura Pohl

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Take Me To Your Nerdy Leader by Hailey Gonzales

Being Ace edited by Madeline Dyer

Queerly Loving edited by G Benson and Astrid Ohletz

Common Bonds edited by Claudie Arseneault, C T Callahan, and RoAnna Sylver

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon

The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

The Butterfly Assassin by Finn Longman

At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp

Switchback by Danika Stone

Tell Me How It Ends by Quinton Li

Awakenings by Claudie Arsenault

Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver

The Ice Princess's Fair Illusion by Dove Cooper

The Threads That Bind by Cedar McCloud

Not Your backup by C. B. lee

Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter

Natural Outlaws and Fractured Sovereignty by S. M. Pearce

Wander the Night by Sydney Cobb

Stones Stay Silent by Danny Ride

The Story of the Hundred Promises by Neil Cochrane

Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver

The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia

An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

The Loudest Silence by Sydney Langford

Lord of the Empty Isles by Jules Arbeaux

Our Deadly Designs by Kalyn Josephson

The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella

[kikithebooknerd]

Asexual Book Recommendations! #PrideMonth2023

Next up in my Pride Series is some recommendations for books with Asexual characters! I have included books with Aromantic, AroAce, and Demi

[arashisenshi]

Sooooo... This book thing I’ve been writing is now added to goodreads. (Though not showing up in searches yet, but the direct links work.)

So if you’d like to help a newbie author out, I have free advance reader copies (ARCs) to hand out in exchange for reviews. You can see the blurb in the screenshot below - DM me if you’re interested.

You get:

- a character-driven story in a medieval-ish low-fantasy setting; - one Leiander, a transgender aroace main character seeking to transition and just... live his life and maybe bake; - one Kevv’ach, a cinnamon roll Night Demon with partial amnesia who’s a bit of sweet tooth; - steadfast friends turned found family (and occasionally, a pair of mules); - absent gods who left behind mysterious blue monoliths; - strict gender roles dictating what jobs people have, what colors they wear, and what tattoos they get and a couple of fanatics hell-bent on enforcing them; - extensive travel through a plague-ravaged realm (I would brag about awesome fantasy maps here, but they will only be available in the final product, not the ARC); - a conspicuous lack of magic; or swords, or sorcery, or monsters of any sort (don’t call Night Demons monsters, you will hurt Kevv’s feelings) - even more giant statues; - a bunch of recipes to try for yourself, based on Romanian, Austrian, and... wherever cuisine baked goat cheese in walnut crust comes from; - named chapters! seven parts covering the legs of the journey! a pronunciation guide! extensive content warning! handy reference chart for timekeeping! a cameo appearance by my cat! eventually, I promise, a happy end!

[arashisenshi]

Two and a half years later... this is really happening <3

I plan to release it on March 24th, hopefully all the bureaucratic wrinkles will be smoothed by then!

The Stones Stay Silent

When a deadly plague sweeps the land, the priests of the Parents accuse those deemed to have incurred the gods' wrath. Leiander, unmarried and with interests unbecoming to the woman people consider him to be, flees for his life.

With the Night Demon Kevv'ach by his side and his deepest wish undiminished, he journeys to the Great Lith, said to still channel the magic of the Parents. He will beseech the gods to remake his body in the image of the Father, so the world sees him as his true self:

Leiander.

[arashisenshi]

The Stones Stay Silent

For over ten years, Lei has prayed to the Parents at the blue lith outside his hometown, yet the stone never fulfilled his wish.

When a deadly plague sweeps the land, the priests of the Parents drive people into a religious frenzy to appease the gods. "Leia", as people call him, unmarried and with interests unbecoming to a woman, falls victim to it.

Lei flees for his life with his friend Kevv'ach, a semi-corporeal Night Demon suffering from memory loss.

With old and new friends by his side, unanswered questions about Kevv'ach's link to the liths, and his heart's desire undiminished, Lei embarks on a new journey: to the Great Lith, the largest blue stone known to people.

He will beseech the Parents once more to remake his body in the image of the Father so the world sees him as his true self:

Leiander.

Going back to my editor in September. Probably out... in winter? Spring?