#eden emory

[polycraftory]

We might have spent all of August being slowly run over by chronic health issues, but we'll be dead before we go a whole month without acquiring a couple (dozen) books.

This month, some books we're especially excited about are:

- Nic has already read Hide and Seek by Eden Emory and Ashley Pines in the week since we got it, and they absolutely loved it. They pitched it as "two toxic people play a state-sanctioned murder game, but make it erotica." Check the trigger warnings, though!

- Meghan loved the Folk series by Lily Mayne and she's vibrating out of her skin with enthusiasm for the Monstrous books, a series of m/m fantasy monster romances! A good chance that those will be a hit with the whole household 👀

- We have a whole shelf dedicated to @tkingfisher as Gabe continues to preach the good word to the rest of the house, and A House With Good Bones is already a favorite. Have you heard about houses haunted by generational trauma? Would you like to?

Also featuring Meghan's pigeon Perry being supervised by Gabe's pigeon Penelope! The real reason we've gotten into crochet is so we can have infinite creatures to put on our books in these pictures.

[transbookoftheday]

Hide n' Seek by Eden Emory and Ashley Pines

From Ashley Pines and Eden Emory comes a queer dark, smutty thriller set in world where the rich pay handsomely to watch the live-streaming event of the year. The desperate sign-up to play a game with life-changing rewards and life-ending consequences.

Victoria

I have nothing left. No family. No money. No future.

So when the games begin I have no choice but to enter.

I know I could die. But without the prize money I’m a goner anyway, the medical debt from my father's accident will eat me alive.

Years of cheer and track had prepared me for this. I was born to win this game.

It didn’t matter what it took. Blood. Sweat. Tears. My soul.

Nothing would stop me from getting that money.

Kohl

She would have been fine if I had never been born.

But he took it all from her.

I would do anything to repay her for what my father had stolen.

Sell my soul. My body.

Kill someone.

Hide n’ seek. That’s all it was supposed to be. Play the game, get the money.

But then I was handed a gun and a mask.

She wasn’t part of the plan.

So why the hell is she here?

Will you be watching or playing?

This will be the first book in a series with interconnected standalones. While they can be read out of order, it is recommended to start from Hide n’ Seek. This is a dark book with many triggers, please see the TW on the authors' website before continuing.

[vileladyvillain]

Ax & Nyx from Don't Stop Me by Eden Emory

[stepghost]

If your god could see you now, do you think he'd be pleased with how much of a whore you've turned out to be?

[sapphic-book-tournament]

Ugh, I was so sick all September but here’s a cute little graphic I made while I had COVID that wraps up what all I read during the summer!! Feel free to share opinions I’d love to talk!