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soo book thoughts, yes? yes. 

QoS: I’m worried for Aedion and I hope that Aelin gets him out and also saves Dorian, and also kills the king because I hate the king for the shit he did to Aelin. Also I really wish she didn’t have to see Aborynn again. Seeing him again brings me to hate him more (and i hope he dies in a fiery pit and I don’t see or hear from him ever again). 

CRG: Well damn Eleanor, just come through crashing the wedding party/reception/rehersal in your helicopter and then announce that you found Rachel’s father. Great thinking, Elle. GREAT THINKING. Also what Charlie Wu did made me sad because I wanted him and Astrid to be together (I still don’t like Michael and I never will fight me)/ Also Kitty Pong and that lady, the consultant, I think it was? I don’t know what it is about her, but I have a feeling about her...I don’t like her. I don’t know why, but I do.

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Review: Behind The Sun, Above The Moon by Ziggy Schutz, Paige S. Allen, Brooklyn Ray, J.S. Fields, S.R. Jones, Alex Harrow, Emmet Nahil, Sara Codair, Anna Zabo.

A Queer anthology inspired by magic and the cosmos, a vast and beautiful place where planets, stars, comets—entire galaxies, even—live without borders, specifications or binaries. Stories span science fiction, science fantasy, contemporary, fabulism and magical realism, and celebrate Non-binary and Transgender characters

Everyone one of these writers in this collection brings something that made me want to keep on reading their stories. The first short story pulls you in and keeps you in until the very end of the collection as we see the importance of friendship and connection in stories such as ‘Twice-spent Comet’ to the final story ‘Death Marked’ where we see the importance of family. 

To see such great representation in fiction is rare, so this compilation really is a treat for me, as this book is packed with well formed and really well developed characters that even in these short bursts make for excellent reading and make you yearn for the story in full. For me this is especially true of ‘Twice Spent Comet’ which I feel would be a great graphic novel too, but also stories such as ‘Ink And Stars’ you can’t leave me hanging like that!

A brilliant collection of short stories, I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a dash of scifi or magical realism that hits right throughout the whole of this book. 

(I received an ARC from NetGalley for honest review). 

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Book Rec List if you love Carry On

Thanks for 500+ followers on this little side blog!! As a thank you, here is a book rec list for Carry On lovers! Most of the books have queer male protagonists and possess noted other similarities to Carry On. (It goes without saying you should also read everything else Rainbow Rowell has written). Happy reading!

Young Adult Lit 

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Why you will love it: ✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist  ✓ Takes place in a magical training camp (mermaids! trolls! elves! harpies!) ✓ Enemies to lovers ✓ Boyfriend with wings! ✓ Subverts gender norms within fantasy genre

The Magicians Trilogy by Lev Grossman ✓ Takes place at magical grad school ✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist  ✓ Read the books first but the TV adaptation is pretty great too!

Openly Straight and Honestly Ben by Bill Konigsberg ✓ Raf is a sarcastic gay mess, Ben is a sweet confused bisexual mess  ✓ Takes place at (non-magical) boarding school  ✓ Friends to lovers to enemies to friends to lovers

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee ✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist (from the 18th century) ✓ Friends to lovers (with angst for days) ✓ Fun/romantic/exciting/hilarious/touching and amazingly clever writing ✓ Tight breeches/bandits/pirates/drunken shenanigans

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness ✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist  ✓ Subverts tropes of “the chosen one” stories ✓ Deals with protagonist’s anxiety disorder in a moving and beautiful way

I also recommend:

Thirsty by MT Anderson  Every Day by David Levithan I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson Wonders of the Invisible World by Christopher Barzak  The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray Timekeeper by Tara Sim A Darker Shade of Magic Trilogy by VE Schwab The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich Whatever...by SJ Goslee The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

New Adult/Romance 

A Charm of Magpies series and Jackdaw by KJ Charles ✓ Enemies to lovers ✓ Takes place in Victorian-esque England...but with magic! ✓ Mystery plot and sexual tension for days

An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the City) by KJ Charles ✓ Enemies to lovers ✓ Takes place in Victorian-esque England...but with (fake) magic!

The Ruin of a Rake (#3 in The Turner Series) by Cat Sebastian ✓ Enemies to lovers ✓ Sarcastic bisexual mess of a protagonist  ✓ Courtenay is a dead ringer for Baz

Mature Content (Cyberlove series) by Santino Hassell and Megan Erickson ✓ Enemies to lovers like whoah

Winning Bracket by Annabeth Albert ✓ (Non-magic) college setting ✓ Frenemies to lovers ✓ Sweet and not too smutty

Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan ✓ (Non-magic) college setting ✓ Roommates to lovers

---EDIT: due to information about Santino Hassell’s catfishing I’m taking these off the list!!!