#S.L. Jennings

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23 sapphic books in 2023

Here’s a list of 2023 book releases with f/f pairings that you can add to your TBR and you can preorder now to support the authors!  

Science Fiction / Fantasy books:

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Ravensong by Cayla Fay

The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Lucha of the Night Forest Tehlor by Kay Mejia

The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero-Lacruz

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela

Contemporary romance books: 

Life is Strange: Steph’s Story by Rosiee Thor

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Out of Character by Jenna Miller

What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan

The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar

The Girl Next Door by Cecilia Vinesse

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

Mimosa by Archie Bongiovanni

The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley

Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

May 2023 bring you even more sapphicness and books! 🎆🎇

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Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 22 Great Queer Reads!

May is wrapping up, and with the end of May comes the end of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. There are so so so many great books coming out by AAPI authors starring AAPI characters, and so – here’s a list of some of our favorites! All of these are either BY AAPI authors, have AAPI main characters, or – in most cases – both! The contributors to this list are: Shadaras, Tris Lawrence, Nina Waters, D.V. Morse, Terra P. Waters, theirprofoundbond, Annabeth Lynch and an anonymous contributor.

Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad series) by C.B. Lee

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

“Eldest Daughter Seeks Her Wife” by N. C. Farrell from She Wears the Midnight Crown

Babel by R.F. Kuang

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie

Roadqueen: Eternal Roadtrip to Love by Mira Ong Chua

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Away With the Fairies by Annabeth Lynch

Meal by Blue Delliquanti & Soleil Ho

Firebird by Sunmi

After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang

Iron Widow (Iron Widow series) by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Problem with Wishes by Annabeth Lynch

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Hold Me (Cyclone series) by Courtney Milan

Sea Change by Gina Chung

Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee

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- MEET THE GIRLS-

Seires: The pervs of derry - IT x reader -

It's a black fem reader, NOT A CHAPTER

Warnings: bad words,gore, death, killing animals ( patrick), inappropriate touching, kissing, Racism, clowns, missing kids, fear.

THE "SISTERS"

Ana Hopper ( white girl, twin, eyes, Annie ) 🇺🇸/🇬🇧

Ana is the youngest of the girls, being 12, and she doesn't talk much. Her fear is losing everng she has in her life. She hates dolls and bugs.

Sarah Louis ( Gwen, Sue, little girl, S.L) 🇺🇸/🇨🇵

Sarah is the second youngest girl being 13 she loves art jokes, and she wants to be an actor one day. Her fears are being forgotten and unwanted.

Jennifer Smith ( Jen, S.A, Moody, Jenny ) 🇯🇲/🇺🇲

Jennifer is the middle child being 15 she loves reading, metal music, and food. Jennifer wants to be a doctor like Alice. Her fears are Spiders.

Rachel Devon ( ninki, glasses, smart ass, Love ) 🇺🇸/🇩🇪

Rachel is 16 years old, the second oldest in the house, aka the fun one. She's smart, and she knows it. She'll kill for her sisters if needed. She fears the men in derry and how they look at her like Beverly and. She doesn't like the dark.

Alice Harris ( Sis, Mom, Alex, Rex ) 🇺🇸/🇨🇦

Alice is the Mom of the girls. Even though she's 19, she works at the Derry Community Hospital for 20 dollars an hour. Her fear is being a bad role model for her "Sisters." and ruining their lives.

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This Post.

I'm finally doing it! A list of Adult (20s+) Nonbinary/Genderqueer/Transneutral and Trans men rep in SFF books(no romantasy). This will only be limited to main or major characters.

I've not read everything on this list, so some information could be inaccurate or missing e.g I might not know that a character is actually a POC or 40s+. I will also advise to check content warnings because some of the books listed here can get pretty gnarly.

Will occasional be updated

Keys: 🏳️‍⚧️=Trans Author,✊🏾= Author of Colour,🌈=POC,🧓🏾=40s+, ♂️= Trans man , ⚧️= Nonbinary,🎨=Comic

Claude from The Chatelaine by Kat Heartfield ♂️

Tarquin Mercator from The Devoured Worlds by Megan E. o'keefe ♂️

Yari from Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston ⚧️🧓🏾🌈✊🏾

Sol Katz from Dead Collections by Issac Fellman 🏳️‍⚧️♂️🧓🏾

Rosie from Persephone Station by Stina Leicht ⚧️🧓🏾

Rafe from Viscera by Gabrielle Squailia🏳️‍⚧️♂️

John Wyndham from The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall 🏳️‍⚧️♂️

Casey Ravel from the Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings ♂️🌈✊🏾

Ardent Violet from The Starmetal Symphony by Alex White🏳️‍⚧️⚧️

Gyen Jebi from Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾🌈

Shock Pao from Shock Pao by Ren Warom ♂️

Firuz-e Jafari from the Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia 🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️⚧️

Iktan from Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse ⚧️🌈✊🏾

Chih from the Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo ⚧️✊🏾🌈

Brennus from Wolf Among the Wild Hunt by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Dex from Monk & Robot by Becky Chambers 🌈(?)⚧️

Anima from In The Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu ⚧️🌈✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️

Eolo from The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie ♂️

Ridley from No Gods,No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull 🌈✊🏾♂️

Enae & Qven from Translation State by Ann Leckie⚧️🌈🧓🏾

Penfield R. Henderson, Aiden Chase, Blithe + others from Future Feeling by Joss Lake 🏳️‍⚧️♂️

Ilan from The Faithful Dark by Cate Baumer♂️

Various from The Tensorate by Neon Yang 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾🌈⚧️♂���

Alex Easton from What Moves the Dead by T.Kingfisher⚧️

Edie from Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🌈✊🏾

Nameless Man from The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg🌈🏳️‍⚧️♂️🧓🏾

Arén from A Promise Broken by S.L. Dove Cooper♂️

Erígra Lilún from The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️

Claire|Claude from Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault ⚧️

Dianthus from The Fate of by J.E. Lynn ⚧️

Asa from The Forgotten Lyric by Carolina Cruz⚧️🌈

Sal Hernandez from It Took Luke by Mark Bouchard & Bayleigh Underwood 🎨⚧️🌈🏳️‍⚧️

MCs from Time Will Devour His Children by Otava Heikkila🎨🏳️‍⚧️♂️🧓🏾🌈

Jonah from Dominion of Blades by Matt Dinniman♂️

Tet Sang from The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho♂️or⚧️🌈✊🏾

Marcus from Lesser Known Monsters by Rory Michaelson♂️🌈

Scorn from Emergent Properties⚧️

Misery Nomaki from The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️🌈⚧️

Taigan from The Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley⚧️🌈

Leiander from The Stones Stay Silent by Danny Ride♂️🏳️‍⚧️

The Plauge Doctor from The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw⚧️🏳️‍⚧️✊🏾

Aleph Null from Test by Christopher Sebela & Jen Hickman🎨⚧️

Joel Lodowick from My Heart Is Human by Reese Hogan🏳️‍⚧️♂️

Jules from Finna by Nino Cipri 🌈⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Dax from Shatter Minds by L.R Lam🌈♂️

Scout from The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August⚧️

Avery Ryu from Dead Space by Kali Wallace🌈⚧️

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No child, no matter what path they may have chosen, should be abandoned by the people who should love them the most. When two people come together and make the conscious decision to create a life, they have an obligation to protect and love that child until death.

S.L. Jennings, Dark Light

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Good Morning ☕️ Enjoy y'all a beautiful and blessed Tuesday

Always keep your head held high, child. For even the most timid mouse can wreak havoc on a great and mighty house. ~ S.L. Jennings - Light Shadows 👍💫💯 Stay strong, with hope and resilience in the face of adversity.

Connecting… 10:10am Tue, Jan 23 Selecting random music…

Sync my "Home Station" with he♥️rt 70s

CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT - LeAnn Rimes via he♥️rt Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden

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Every Book/Manga I Read in May 2023

Cruel as a Queen(Sons of Wonderland, Book 4) by Kendra Moreno

Tokyo Ghoul 1-14 by Sui Ishida

Death Note (Black Edition) 1-6 by Tsugumi Ohba

Twisted (Never After Series, Book 4) by Emily McIntire

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) by Rick Riordan

Game of Hate and Lies (Broken Kingdoms, Book 4) by LJ Andrews

Curse Touched (A Touch of Vampire, Book 2) by Becky Moynihan

Never. Never (The Grimm Files, Book 5) by Selene Charles

Magic Redeemed (Hall of Blood and Mercy, Book 2) by K.M. Shea

Mother Knows Best (Villains, Book 5) by Serena Valentino

City of the Dead (Resident Evil, Book 3) by S.D. Perry

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Defy the Fae (Vicious Faeries: Dark Fables World, Book 4) by Natalia Jaster

Raiser of Gales (Vampire Hunter D, Book 2) by Hideyuki Kikuchi

Mirror, Mirror (A Twisted Tale, Book 6) by Jen Calonita

Of Roses and Rituals (A Witch's Ever After, Book 2) by S.L. Prater

The Dark One (Vicious Lost Boys, Book 2) by Nikki St. Crowe

The Fae King's Prize (Between Dawn and Dusk, Book 3) by Jamie Schlosser

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A sampling of purple...

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Life happens. That was much more appropriate. Unfortunately, many of us found that out earlier than some. We found out just how awful life could really be. We found out that monsters were, indeed, real. They walked among us. They looked just like you and me. They came in the form of the people that we loved and trusted the most. The people whose only job was to love and protect us. Funny thing about life is that it never turns out the way you want it to. It’s never fair. It’s harsh and brutal. It kicks you when you’re down. It makes you wish you could give up and part with it just to have a semblance of peace. ― S.L. Jennings, Fear of Falling

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First day at Benfica

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No, You Don’t Automatically Owe Your Parents Love and Respect: A Reading List

Bug’s recent post about Turning Red, and especially all the thoughtful responses, made me decide to put together a list of Middle Grade and YA novels in which the parents are negligent, imperfect, judgmental, narrow-minded, and/or some combination of all four, and aren’t shown to be in the right by the end of the story. More importantly, while the child protagonist may face pressure from other characters to help/accept their parent, the book overall doesn’t suggest this is automatically The Right Thing To Do. I decided to leave off books where parents are straight-up abusive (like A Step From Heaven, What Jamie Saw, Rules of Survival, and The Great Gilly Hopkins,) because the parent(s) in those stories are unambiguously in the wrong—it’s clear to the reader, if not the protagonist, pretty much from the beginning that these are not good parents. This list obviously isn’t exhaustive, and I tried to include as many books as possible that were “genre fiction” (fantasy, sci fi, mysteries, adventures, most historical fiction) that subverts putting the burden on the child to accept their parent’s flaws, because those stories aren’t nearly as common as realistic fiction that tackles the imperfect parent.

The first section are Middle Grade novels, the second are YA novels and the last section are novels for adults that have child protagonists and are Alex Award recipients, an award “given to books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults”. I also tried to list the books in sections one and two approximately in order of suggested reading age, from youngest to oldest. Even though I have a bee in my bonnet about Middle Grade books being retroactively labelled as YA, I did include a few Middle Grade novels in the YA category (like Silent to the Bone and Homecoming,) which would almost certainly have been published as YA if the category had existed when the books came out. Animorphs isn’t included because I’m assuming if you’re reading this you’re already a fan of the series.

Final Caveat: I would strongly recommend all of these books, but some have aspects that haven’t aged well, ie, The Planet of Junior Brown was published in 1971 and its attitude towards mental illness is accordingly outdated, and The Letter, The Witch, and the Ring’s portrayal of gender exploration is similarly outdated, but again, it came out in 1972, and for the time it was incredibly subversive and ground-breaking.  

The “My Teacher” series by Bruce Coville, especially My Teacher Is an Alien

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs

Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

ParaNorman from LAIKA Studios

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn  

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

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Silverwing and Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel

His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman (although The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage unfortunately ret-cons this to some extent)

Silent to the Bone by E.L Konigsburg

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton

Homecoming by Cynthia Voight

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters by Gail Giles

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Hero by S.L. Rottman

Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney (a lot of Cooney’s books subvert the Mother Knows Best trope)

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

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The Death of Bees by Lisa O’Donnell (not a sequel to The Secret Life of Bees : )

Help for the Haunted by John Searles

[biandlesbianliterature]

Do you know of any non binary sapphic books?

Hmm, well, Ivan Coyote published most of their books while they IDed as a butch lesbian, but now IDs as non-binary. (And their books are all amazing.) I especially recommend Gender Failure, which is written with another non-binary author(/musician), Rae Spoon (review here). 

Freak of Nurture by Kelli Dunham talks about the author’s genderqueer lesbian identity (review).

Other non-binary books that are sometimes categorized as sapphic or have been reviewed at the Lesbrary:

Orlando by Virginia Woolf (review)

Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson (gender unspecified)

Lost Boi by Sassafras Lowrey (review)

A + E 4ever by i. merey

Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve (review)

First Spring Grass Fire by Rae Spoon (review)

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Sapphic books with non-binary love interests:

Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake (review)

The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist by S.L. Huang (review)

Mermaid in Chelsea Creek by Michelle Tea

The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta (demigirl MC and genderfluid LI)

Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (review)

Heart of the Liliko'i by Dena Hankins

A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams by Dax Murray has both sapphic main characters and a non-binary main character (review).

I know The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta has a prominent non-binary character and sapphic representation, but I don’t know the particulars.

There’s also a goodreads list of Non-Binary (Genderqueer, Genderfluid, Gender-Unspecified, etc) Fiction and Memoirs that may be helpful for you.

I hope that helps!

[lesbian-books]

Lesbian Authors

A.J. Adaire  Pat Adams-Wright  Dorothy Allison  S.W. Anderson  Elizabeth Andre  Mavis Applewater  Ann Aptaker  J.A. Armstrong  Michelle Arnold  Clare Ashton  K. Aten  Victoria Avilan  Darla Baker  Roslyn Bane  Ann Bannon  Solia Panche Bealti  Alison Bechdel  Georgia Beers  Sharon Marie Bence  Bridget Birdsall  Harper Bliss  Andrea Bramhall  Jaye Robin Brown  Anna Burke  Amalie Cantor  Brandee Carbo  Suzie Carr  Dawn Carter  C.L. Cattano  Becky Chambers  Kate Charlton  Sharon Cho  Barbara L. Clanton  Hannah Abigail Clarke  Shelby Cochran  Helen Corcoran  Jeanne Córdova  Audrey Coulthurst  Delores Cremm  Maggie Dane  Emily M. Danforth  Sandra de Helen  Barbara Dennis  Nicole Dennis-Benn Stefani Deoul  K.E. DePalmenary  T.L. Dickerson  Jennifer Diemer  Sarah Diemer * Jane DiLucchio  J.M. Dragon  Moondancer Drake  K.B. Draper  Cassandra Duffy  A.L. Duncan  Nann Dunne  Sarah Ettritch  Lillian Faderman  Sara Farizan  Leslie Feinberg  Anna Ferrara  Fannie Flagg  Jane Fletcher  Laura Foley  Katherine V. Forrest  Diane Fortier  Giselle Fox  Anna Furtado  Elisa M. Galbreath  Lynn Galli  S.L. Gape  Nancy Garden  Lyn Gardner  S. Anne Gardner  Pauline George  Ana B. Good  Parker Gordon  Erin Gough  Kimberly Cooper Griffin  Nicola Griffith  Agnes H. Hagadus  Anne Hagan  Radclyffe Hall  S.M. Harding  Ellen Hart  Nancy Ann Healy  Fran Heckrotte  Natasja Hellenthal  Dotti Henderson  Claire Highton-Stevenson  Gerri Hill  E.M. Hodge  Dayna Ingram  Isabella  Jae  Adiba Jaigirdar  Jo Jennings  Heather Rose Jones  E.A. Kafkalas  Karin Kallmaker  Riley LaShea  Stacey-Leanne  Lez Lee  Malinda Lo  Ann-Marie MacDonald  Renee MacKenzie  Prudence MacLeod  Lise MacTague  Lucy J. Madison  Rachel Maldonado  Siera Maley  Laurie J. Marks  Julie Maroh  Michelle Marra  Paula Martinac  Arkady Martine  Q.C. Masters  Andi Marquette  Pamela Mauldin  Robbi McCoy  M.K. McGowan  Gill McKnight  Ann McMan  Heather McVea  Mary Meriam  Ronni Meyrick  Martha Miller  Rogena Mitchell-Jones  K.A. Moll  Sallyanne Monti  Annette Mori  Bonnie J. Morris  Jaycie Morrison  Niamh Murphy  Charlene Neil  Natasha Ngan  Nik Nicholson  Baren Nix  Ocean  Paula Offutt Chinelo Okparanta  Chris Parsons  Angela Peach  Julie Anne Peters  B.J. Phillips  Ashley Quinn  Radclyffe  Cheryl Rainfield  Adan Ramie  Nina Revoyr  Rhavensfyre  Julia Diana Robertson  Nita Round  Morgan Routh  Joanna Russ  Laurie Salzler  Shamim Sarif  Lacey Schmidt  Sarah Schulman  Tina Sears  Cass Sellars  Merry Shannon  Fiona Shaw ** Kaden Shay  Djuna Shellam  Jen Silver  Jennis Slaughter  Adrian J. Smith  E.H. Smith  Vanessa Snyder  Alison R. Solomon  Raven J. Spencer  Ali Spooner  Rose Stone  Carren Strock  Rebecca Sullivan  Leandra Summers  Mariko Tamaki  Michelle L. Teichman  Keira Michelle Telford  Rae Theodore  M.E. Tudor  Vanda  Elle Vaughn  Missouri Vaun  Anastasia Vitsky  Tillie Walden  Sarah Waters  HollyAnne Weaver  Laney Webber  Louise Welsh  Caren J. Werlinger  K.D. Williamson  B.L. Wilson  Catherine M. Wilson  Barbara Winkes  Lee Winter  Jeanette Winterson  Chris Anne Wolfe  T.J. Wolfe  Jacqueline Woodson  Fiona Zedde  Kristen Zimmer 

* Also writes under the pen names Elora Bishop and Bridget Essex

** Not to be confused with the Irish actress of the same name

This list is subject to changes. Compiling a list of lesbian authors is a challenge because not all authors are out and my sources of information are limited. I had to rely on finding author bios, interviews, tweets, etc. in which an author mentions her sexual orientation. I also got many of these names from the Lesbian Authors Guild. 

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FALLEN REIGN by S.L. Jennings Release Blitz

FALLEN REIGN by S.L. Jennings Release Blitz

Fallen Reign is the final installment to S.L. Jennings Paranormal Romance Series, SE7EN Sinnners is AVAILABLE NOW! Synopsis Yesterday, I had the audacity to imagine a future. One that didn’t include hunting rogue demons and battling archangels to settle an ancient score at the expense of humanity. One comprised of a home and a family and all the things I’d longed for as a broken child. Then in…

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Автор: С.Л. Дженнингс Серия: Бесстрашные Книга 1: Страх падения   Итоговая оценка: 4\10 Дата прочтения: 08.04.2015 Аннотация: Не могу вспомнить, когда я в последний раз чувствовала себя в полной безопасности. Безопасность для меня — это роскошь, предназначенная для тех, кому посчастливилось иметь идеальное детство. Для тех, у кого нет уродливых шрамов, из-за которых я и нахожусь в постоянном изнурительном страхе. Я же бежала от страха всю свою жизнь. Но встретив его, я поняла, что больше не хочу убегать. Он напугал, но при этом и взволновал всю меня, каждую клеточку моего тела. Но я чувствовала это не из-за его татуировок или пирсинга. И не из-за того тепла, которое накрывало меня каждый раз, как только он оказывался поблизости. А только… из-за него. Невероятно красивого мужчины, угрожающего изменить обыденную рутину двадцати трех лет моей жизни и заставляющего меня посмотреть своим страхам в лицо. Меня зовут Ками, и я постоянно напугана. Но больше всего меня пугает то, чего я хочу. — Не беспокойся. — Он улыбнулся и крепко прижал меня к своей горячей груди. — Я тебя поддержу. И всегда поймаю, если ты оступишься. Только Блейн смог вот так просто затронуть скрытую часть моей души, чего до этого никому не удавалось. Он безоговорочно сокрушил все страхи своими татуированными руками. Отзыв: Да-да, очередной роман для разгрузки мозга, который, в итоге, загрузил меня своей занудностью. Предпочитаю я, чтобы вокруг героини было как можно меньше людей, а в этой книге вообще друзья у нее отвратительные. Лесбиянка (я спокойно отношусь к людям нестандартной ориентации, ради Бога, делайте, что хотите, но, если честно, американская толерантность (в каждом сериале и каждой книге сейчас однополая любовь) уже начинает доставать) и бабник. Оба неадекватные и раздражающие. Если парня еще можно понять, то подружку... нет, спасибо. С самого нач��ла было понятно, что ничего хорошего из романа не выйдет, поэтому ближе к середине я стала его перелистывать. Ну, в целом, я была права. Героиня с заскоками (ладно, допустим, детская травма, все логично), но на самом деле она просто эгоистка, которая закатывает всем и вся истерики. Я бы поставила парню, который реально терпел каждый ее заскок, каждый неадекват, большой памятник. Прямо огромный. Он все ей прощал. Все. Делал для нее все. А она над ним издевалась, прикрываясь своими заскоками, как могла. Мне могут задать вопрос: если я такое все не переношу, зачем я читаю? Справедливо. Объясню. Я ненавижу книги про этаких дев в беде. Открывая подобные романы, я ищу в них сильных героинь, которые много пережили, но изо всех сил борются с тем, чтобы не сломаться. Рассмотрим на примере «Моря спокойствия». Героиня потеряла буквально все. И она закрылась в себе, ее способ справляться – молчание и эксцентричная одежда. Но она очень и очень сильная. Я восхищалась ей всю книгу. Пережить то, что она пережила, и стараться исцелиться... Это поразительно. А вот героинь, которые лежат, страдают, а когда им пытаются помочь, тянут из добродетельных знакомых все соки и мотают им нервы... Нет, таких я презираю. Ужасно скучно, глупо. А конец... Я бы запретила автору писать, если честно. Итоговая оценка: 4\10

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Favorite Book Covers of 2016!

2016 was a great year for readers, with a ton of stunning covers to accompany the tales we all loved to get lost in these past 12 months.  Here is a list of some of my favorite book covers released in 2016, even some that I haven’t gotten around to reading yet! A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Feyre survived Amarantha’s clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though…