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The Calyx Charm by May Peterson

Don't miss this epic fantasy romance between best friends who must overcome unrequited love, power-hungry parents, and even death to be together.

Second chances take many forms…

Violetta Benedetti knows how to hide things. She spent years concealing herself behind the persona her father expected of her. Now she hides in the dark corners of Vermagna’s underworld, lying low to keep her father from using her magic in his unending quest for power. 

But her biggest secret is her love for her best friend, who only knew her as Mercurio Benedetti, not the woman she is today. Now he's dead, and she’ll never be able to tell him the truth.

Tibario Gianbellicci was dead. And then…he wasn’t. Reborn as an immortal, he has powers he never imagined. Powers his crime boss mother wants to tap into to destroy their longtime rivals: House Benedetti.

But Tibario is hiding something, too: his best friend is a Benedetti—and the love of his life. With a second chance at life, he’ll have to risk revealing his heart.   

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Daily Book - Lord of the Last Heartbeat

Lord of the Last Heartbeat May Peterson Adult Fantasy / Romance (The Sacred Dark #1), 2019, 351 pg non-binary intersex MC (he/him) x queer cisgender male LI

Stop me. Please.

Three words scrawled in bloodred wine. A note furtively passed into the hand of a handsome stranger. Only death can free Mio from his mother’s political schemes. He’s put his trust in the enigmatic Rhodry—an immortal moon soul with the power of the bear spirit—to put an end to it all ...

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March Book Reviews: Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson

Picked this one up on hoopla since I've heard a bit about the author around. Magic user Mio is coerced by his mafia mother into extracting secrets from victims so she can control them. After a mission goes wrong, Mio flees to a house which turns out to be the home of an extremely cursed undead werebear and his household (also cursed). As Mio himself becomes entangled in the curse, he must work to fix it before it gets them all.

This book had a bewildering array of worldbuilding. There's the love interest, who is dead but also a ghost and also a bear. There's Mio's mafia mother, who has a red glowing eye and controls minds. Not to mention Mio's gift of controlling people with song, a mysterious war that's hardly mentioned, and an extremely complex and lightly explained curse. I don't mind a bit of complication, and in fact I prefer it over the shoddy stage scenery sort of worldbuilding. But I think the worldbuilding here wasn't explained clearly enough for multiple plot twists to be supported by it. With plot twists, you're supposed to think "AHA I should have known all along," not "what just happened??"

A solid romance plotline and very original setting, but muddled execution.

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his mug shot bc he's arrested for murdering a CEO when the real threat is that killer face card 🫦

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Are you talking about like this OP?

there's a thing may peterson once said about how trans women are always reduced to their privilege, i.e any time there's any sort of lashing out or moral discharge against a trans woman, the focus is always on the only axis of privilege the aggressor can target. its a thing to be mindful of especially as terfs utilize this tool to reframe arguments to victimize themselves

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my personal list of greek myth retellings that are actually good and do something interesting with the myth:

The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea, Mary Renault

Cassandra: A Novel and Four Essays, Christa Wolf

The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood

The Lost Books of the Odyssey, Zachary Mason

Here the World Entire, Anwen Kya Hayward

Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles, Jeanette Winterson

Achilles, Elizabeth Cook

Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad, Alice Oswald

Averno, Louise Glück

Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson

Antigonick, Anne Carson

Oresteia, Robert Icke

Antigone, Jean Anouilh

Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl

Girl on an Altar, Marina Carr

Los Reyes, Julio Cortázar

Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell

O Brother Where Art Thou, Coen Brothers

honorable mention to Ursula K. Le Guin's Lavinia which doesn't count on a technicality

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Mind you people say Kanye is acting out to this very day cause he lost his mom years and years ago. Megan hasn’t even gotten a fraction of that grace!

everyone cares about mental health when it comes to Kanye and excuses his antics. You can find articles about his guilt surrounding her death in 2023!!!

but Meg must take full personal responsibility regardless. Megan lost her mom even younger than he did. We don’t see black women as human.

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On September 24, 2013, the MCU officially crossed over into TV with the pilot for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. To help with the transition, the episode starred Clark Gregg's character Phil Coulson, who was already an MCU recurring character (though officially dead) and also featured Colbie Smulders returning in her role as Agent Maria Hill. The episode brought Deathlok and Daisy Johnson/Quake into the MCU, though neither were revealed as such at the time. The first team that was formed in this episode was made up of Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), Skye/Daisy Johnson (Chloe Bennet), Leo Fitz (Iian De Caestecker), and Jemma Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge). ("Pilot" Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, TV, Event)

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Clock it !!! He’s a fucking rapist.

And yet some men will try to justify it , where is my bear choosing ladies at

A person who is drunk like completely drunk should not be taken advantage of by predators.

the fact she became friends with him because he brought up he also lost his mother he targeted her and uses his mothers death as a way to manipulate a trauma bond and then he ended up harming, abusing and tormenting her im beyond pissed

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US Vogue May 1960

Sondra Peterson in a dove blue coat, sleeveless dress and lime green lining; both, thick textured silk. Neckline explanation: the flat bow tie is part of the dress, framed here in the square neckline of the coat. Mainbocher costume. Yellow gold and diamond jewelry by David Webb. Lime silk opera pumps by Delman.

Sondra Peterson dans un manteau bleu tourterelle, une robe sans manches et une doublure vert citron ; les deux, de la soie à texture épaisse. Explication décolleté : le nœud papillon plat fait partie de la robe, encadré ici dans l'encolure carrée du manteau. Costume de Mainbocher. Bijoux en or jaune et diamants de David Webb. Escarpins opéra en soie citron vert par Delman.

Photo Karen Radkai vogue archive

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March Book Reviews: The Immortal City by May Peterson

Book two of three, but not connected to the other two at all, so you could easily start here. Ari is a dove spirit, a person who died and then came back to life with powers. He lives in the immortal city of Serenity in thrall to its mafia-esque leader, and his life is in stasis because he's lost the memories of his former life and has no purpose or direction. When Ari encounters a strange mortal, Hei sends his life into turmoil and drives him to seek out answers about his past with a new urgency.

This is a very odd book. The worldbuilding here is just as chaotic and prone to throwing in new facts without warning as the first book, but I was more familiar with some of it this time around. The setting in this book has a sort of austerity that I'm not sure appeals to me-- the characters are limited to the city, which only has a bare handful of important characters and a relatively simple dynamic (run by the mafia). Interesting and novel, but not quite to my taste.

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otps:

Alex and Christine. A girl in a green coat and a long ponytail providing an escape for her bespectacled teacher. My otp for life, like you will have to use a crowbar to pry them from my cold, dead hands and even then you won’t succeed.

Alex and Sam. Artist/fashion designer and guitarist. The one that started it all and the one that gives off more of a “kiss my ass” vibe than Alex and Christine.

Alex and Eric. A very unexpected one but one that’s based out of food and a love of cooking and baking. Another one you’ll have to pry from my cold, dead hands.

Alex and Chuck (Schuldiner). Based off a headcanon I came up with about two summers ago where I thought they could be soulmates given their similarities in appearance (curly hair, cute crooked smiles, steely blue eyes, beautiful bodies; also helps they’re both Jew boys).

Alex and Falk Maria. I’m getting the weirdest “Irishman and Jew” vibe from this (Falk Maria/Christian is German, though, hence why I say it’s weird). But with the sheer amount of kinkery I’ve bestowed upon Alex, and one brief glimpse at the Powerwolf tag, it should make sense that I am drawn to these two.

Kurt and Krist. This has been rolling around in my head since 2012, but I never had the courage to fully explore it. There’s just something about the whole best friend dynamic about them, and the fact Kurt’s gone makes it all the more poignant in my eyes.

James and Richard. Same story here, but further back than that, though. Mates for life, and now one of their own is perhaps living on borrowed time. I think i started thinking of them in 2006 (when I was made aware that my body could produce a rush of feeling)? Thing is I’ve always been ashamed of my feelings that I probably would have been burned at the stake if I even thought of exploring them.

Joey and Lars, believe it or not. They’re more of a platonic pairing, more of a “buddy movie”/Men in Black dynamic, but they’re quite literally why I had so much fun writing now it’s dark.

Andy and Tina (from Quarter After Twelve). This will be elaborated on as the story progresses but Tina and John do cross paths with Andy at some point and feelings do ensue.

ot3s:

Jeremy, Spanakopita, and Zero (from Quarter After Twelve). All I’m going to say about this is hehehe.

Jed, Octavius, and Ahkmenrah. A new one that came about last night at around 6-ish. I’m swamped so I’ll have to finish some wips before I can do anything for these three, but I have written some things down this morning and I’ll have to let it ferment.