Post- / co-apocalyptic puzzle hunt with desert mythology overtones. Excellent character development.
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infryq says: Sequel to Black Sun (alternate pre-Columbian Americas, magic, religion, revolution) and triumphantly continues from there. CN for intrigue leaning unnecessarily on suicidal ideation, moderate gore
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infryq says: If you like Greek and Norse mythology, the bioengineering parts of Vlad Taltos, the biblical parts of Neverwhere, and the military teambonding parts of Peripheral, this book is for you. It is brutal, repeatedly, but incredibly sticky. CN: CA, SA, medical assault, emotional manipulation, gore
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It takes two to tumble by Cat Sebastian
4 stars
Some of Ben Sedgwick’s favorite things:
- Helping his poor parishioners
- Baby animals
- Shamelessly flirting with the handsome Captain Phillip Dacre …
infryq says: Solid gay historical romance, extra spicy, takes longer to arrive than KJ Charles but does so with luscious attention to detail.
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Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn, Mercedes Nunez
3 stars
Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the Otori Trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale …
infryq says: CN misogyny and sexual assault, though they are treated with such a feminist hand that the result is more energizing than defeating.
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The found and the lost by Ursula K. Le Guin
4 stars
[This book] represents the first time that all of Le Guin novellas have been collected in a single volume. Featuring …
infryq says: Deeply affecting
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infryq says: +the two sequels. A story of how fear-driven authoritarianism turns people into monsters, or perhaps how monsters find fear-driven authoritarianism a serviceable tool. More heartbreaking than the Netflix adaptation. CN: dehumanization, gore, child abuse, police violence, sui.
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
4 stars
In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings …
infryq says: Sisters lost and found. CN: misogyny, SA
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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
4 stars
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
infryq says: Camaraderie in a world where you don’t know where you’re going to find more stamina.
