#melissa bashardoust

[the-viola-urge-to-be-cesario]

These are my favourite books with bi representation.

[delilahmidnight]

So i feel like these are the only two books like this that ive ever encountered in my 30 years of reading, but there have to be more. I want more books like these. I want more fairytales where a girl saves someone she loves, and its not her love interest. I want the greatest love story to be between family, blood or otherwise. PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANY REC ME!!!!

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Queer Fantasy About Monstrousness and/or Villainy

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (YA) Briar Girls by Rebecca Kim Wells (YA) Malice by Heather Walter Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

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[ace-artemis-fanartist]

Recently re-read Girl, Serpent, Thorn so I thought I'd try a mock cover.

[miasbraindump]

I don't think I have a favourite trope...

...girl who hurts everything they touch + love interest who isn't affected/don't care >>>>>>

[queereads-bracket]

Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Round 1

Choose a book:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

The Rise of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee

Voting ended onSep 21, 2024

Book summaries below:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story. As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison. Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming…human or demon. Princess or monster. Fantasy, young adult, retelling, romance

The Rise of Kyoshi by F. C. Yee

F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice who is still feared and admired centuries after she became the Avatar. Fantasy, young adult, adventure, epic fantasy

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

Have you read Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (2017)?

YES

NO

Voting ended onNov 15, 2024

[bookcub]

Best Books Read in February 2023

A recap of the best books I read each month of 2023

An Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

I read this because my sister loved it and she's got good taste! This is a book from the perspective of a fig tree about a family over the course of a few decades. It's a multigenerational novel about generational trauma, yet it feels quite mystical. It's emotionally heavy but really beautiful.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

I was assigned this book for class and I'm glad because I wouldn't have read this on my own. It follows a Black teenage boy who was arrested for a murder and is imagining his trial as a movie. I highly recommend it, very emotional and harrowing.

Honorable mentions:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

A story inspired by Sleeping Beauty and a Persian myth, where the princess is also a monster, so to speak. I'm excited to reread this.

Lost in the Moment and Found Again by Seanan McGuire

Another fascinating installment in The Wayward Children series, proving why this is one of the few series I continue to follow.