#dark restraint

[polycraftory]

August 2024 Reads

This Month's Favs

Gabe @words-writ-in-starlight (wordswritinstarlight on Storygraph) : The Husky & His White Cat Shizun (2ha) Volume 6 by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat. Runner up is the whole Murderbot series by Martha Wells (on a re-listen). They refuse to pick favorites.

Nic (businesswife) : The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco for fav novel and Re-Living My Life with A Boyfriend who Doesn't Remember Me by Gin Shirakawa was their favorite manga.

Meghan (edgybutfemme): The Husky & His White Cat Shizun was also probably my fav, with the final Guardian by Priest as a very close second. Literally any month I read a 2ha volume it'll be hard to pick a different fav book.

We had an absolutely wild August, but thankfully we managed to fit some reading in (especially devouring some of the manga we got at AnimeNYC)!

You can find the reviews for all of these on our individual Storygraph accounts. You can look us up by the names at the top of each of our graphics, or find the links on our website polycraftory.com (I'm not linking them because tumblr hates external links!)

We'll also be making video reviews for some of our favorites soon. You can find both a spoiler free pitch video and a full review with some spoilers on our TikTok & Youtube right now for The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller. We'll also be posting videos about Dark Restraint / The Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert in the next few days.

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"Your big brawny monster of a man threw himself in front of me. I don't think I'm allowed to hate someone who took a bullet for me. It's really fucking inconvenient."

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint (Icarus)

[polycraftory]

Meghan discusses some of her favorite queer and polyamorous romance books! Since she mostly reads series, she gives overviews / recs for four series that she's (mostly) read this year: Reaper Series by Rin Chupeco, The Last Binding by Freya Marske, Sex Wizards by Alethea Faust, and the Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert.

If you want to read Meghan's book reviews, you can check out their Storygraph account. They have reviews for most of these books on there already (and if they don't have one up for one of the older books, feel free to put in a request and they'll post one)!

This video was too powerful to upload directly to Tumblr, so we've brought it over from Youtube so it'd still be play-able right here.

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

She's so fucking strong, but even strong people need a place and time to crumble.

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"Does drinking really make you forget all your problems?" "Sometimes." He shrugs. "Sometimes it just makes them all seem so much worse. It's a gamble."

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint (Ariadne & Dionysus)

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

I miss him like I'd miss a limb. I didn't expect that. Our chance of being together was always nonexistent, but that doesn't seem to matter to my heart. It's a foolish organ, wishing on stars.

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"Hello, darling, you've reached Hermes. I don't know why you're calling me instead of texting. Pretty sure this could've been an email. If you're still here, I suppose you can leave a voicemail after the beep. No promises on ever getting back to you. Ta!"

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint (Hermes' voicemail)

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

I was just a fucking kid. Trauma can make you grow up fast, but in the end, it's not a substitute for the life experience that comes with a few decades on this goddamn rock orbiting the sun. I'm grateful to the kid I was. He did what it took to survive, to bring me to her. The cost is barely worth counting.

Katee Robert, Dark Restraint