#cayla fay

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My piece for @rainbowcrate’s March book box.

Cayla Fay’s Ravensong.

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The Hellgate was open, and her family was coming home.

Cayla Fay, from Ravensong

[redwiccanrobin]

Currently reading: Ravensong

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Happy Release Day to Ravensong by Cayla Fay!

Ravensong is the story of Neve’s latest incarnation as a budding goddess in the body of a teenager. Neve and her sisters are actually ancient Irish goddesses known as the Morrigan that live amongst humans to protect them. The triad are reincarnated every generation, but only on their eighteenth birthday do they remember their past lives. There’s a thousand years of memories inside of Neve and soon, she will join her older sisters in their fully fledged abilities. As her birthday approaches, all Neve wants to do is get through this lifetime without interacting too much with humans. Enter, Alexandria. (Like the library.)

Caya Fay truly knows how to write fleshed out characters. Alexandria is sweet and quirky, and the best contrast Neve’s brooding and snarky personality. That’s right, Ravensong has a top tier grumpy/sunshine ship. Neve’s sisters are also well developed, and their bond with Neve is both loving and full of enough teasing that you know that Fay actually gets how siblings operate. Even the band of side characters are detailed.

Ancient Irish mythology in the body of a teenage girl is the story I never knew I needed. It seems there’s more of Neve and Alexandra to come, and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

I received a DRC from Edelweiss and I was not required to give a positive review.

[stardustandrockets]

What's your favorite type of mythology to read?

Aside from Greek mythology, I have read much mythology from other cultures. However, Celtic mythology has always seemed interesting. I've read at least one book based on Celtic myths and that was Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer.

Ravensong is about 3 Irish war gods. There's demi gods, weird happenings with Hell, and accidentally falling in love with a human. It's pitched as Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Celtic mythology and I'm 100% here for it!

Synopsis is pinned in the comments.

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Book Review: Ravensong By: Cayla Fay

Post by: BookGirl Ravensong By:Cayla Fay Cover: So I did see this at ALA and it did grab my attention but I think it was more the title than the cover. I’m not generally a fan of characters on covers. I think this cover is on the boring side. But I did pick it up. Story: ★★ So this is a YA fantasy set in our modern world. It follows three sisters that are actually a god that has been reborn…

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Book Review: Ravensong By: Cayla Fay

Post by: BookGirl Ravensong By:Cayla Fay Cover: So I did see this at ALA and it did grab my attention but I think it was more the title than the cover. I’m not generally a fan of characters on covers. I think this cover is on the boring side. But I did pick it up. Story: ★★ So this is a YA fantasy set in our modern world. It follows three sisters that are actually a god that has been reborn…

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My three pairs of silly little gays and my three pairs of silly little sapphics

Yes, the last pair are my own characters, their names are Ivy (left) and Jane (right).

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🌈 Queer Books Coming Out in February 2024

🌈 Good afternoon, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ We Ate the Dark by Mallory Pearson 🧡 The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence 💛 Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada 💚 Your Shadow Half Remains by Sunny Moraine 💙 A Vicious Game by Melissa Blair 💜 Clarion Call by Cayla Fay ❤️ Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories edited by Sandra Proudman 🧡 The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton 💛 Truthfully, Yours by Caden Armstrong 💙 Outsider by Jade du Preez 💜 Cross My Candy Heart by A.C. Thomas 🌈 The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

❤️ An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson 🧡 The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older 💛 Never a Bridesmaid by Spencer Greene 💚 The Rewind by Nicole Stiling 💙 Good Christian Girls by Elizabeth Bradshaw 💜 The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha ❤️ The Terrible by Tessa Crowley 🧡 Blood Rage by Ileandra Young 💛 Call of the Sea by Emily B. Rose 💙 Sign Me Up by C.H. Williams 💜 Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts 🌈 Peaceful in the Dark by A.A. Fairview

❤️ We Are Only Ghosts by Jeffrey L. Richards 🧡 Dead Ringer by Robyn Nyx 💛 Somacultural Liberation by Dr. Roger Kuhn 💚 Stormbringer by Erinn Harper 💙 A Saga of Shields & Shadows by A.J. Shirley 💜 Ghost Town by R.E. Ward ❤️ I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante 🧡 The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor 💛 Remedial Magic by Melissa Marr 💙 Bloom by N.R. Walker 💜 Entwined by Alex Alberto 🌈 Queer Newark edited by Whitney Strub

❤️ Tristan by Jesse Roman 🧡 How to Live Free in a Dangerous World by Shayla Lawson 💛 Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos 💚 Of Socialites & Prizefights by Arden Powell 💙 Lost Harbor by Kimberly Cooper Griffin 💜 Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair by Laura Piper Lee ❤️ Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert 🧡 How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly 💛 Blackmailer’s Delight by David Lawrence 💙 Tile M for Murder by Felicia Carparelli 💜 Impulse Buy by Jae 🌈 Live for You, Die With You by Kalob Dàniel

❤️ Fairest of All by A.D. Ellis 🧡 Goddess of the Sea by Britney Jackson 💛 A Taste of Earth by Nico Silver 💚 The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z. Emily Zack 💙 How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith 💜 V is for Valentine by Thomas Grant Bruso ❤️ Crushed Ice by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James 🧡 When Tomorrow Comes by D. Jackson Leigh 💛 Bugsy & Other Stories by Rafael Frumkin 💙 The White and Blue Between Us by Kiyuhiko 💜 Guide Us Home by CF Frizzell & Jesse J. Thoma 🌈 The Friendship Study by Ruby Barrett

❤️ Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender 🧡 Heart2Heart edited by Annabeth Albert 💛 No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub 💚 Bless the Blood by Walela Nehanda 💙 Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter 💜 Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops ❤️ Prove It by Stephanie Hoyt 🧡 Mewing by Chloe Spencer 💛 Awakenings by Claudie Arseneault 💙 Born of Scourge by S. Jean 💜 Disciples of Chaos by M.K. Lobb 🌈 To Cage a God by Elizabeth May

❤️ Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly 🧡 What Feasts At Night by T. Kingfisher 💛 You Had Me at Merlot by Melissa Brayden 💚 Turning Point by Cathy Dunnell 💙 For the Stolen Fates by Gwendolyn Clare 💜 Season of Eclipse by Terry Wolverton ❤️ These Haunted Hills by Jana Denardo 🧡 Samson & Domingo by Gume Laurel III 💛 Lies that Bind by Rae Knowles & April Yates 💙 We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller 💜 The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa 🌈 Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

❤️ Out There by Iris Eliot 🧡 At Her Service by Amy Spalding 💛 Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

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Ravensong by Cayla Fay

Neve has spent lifetimes defending the mortal world against the legions of hell with her two sisters.

Unfortunately for Neve, in this lifetime, she is the only one of the Morrigan—a triad of Irish war gods—still stuck in high school and still without her full power. She’s been counting down the days until her eighteenth birthday, when she finally gets to shed the pretenses of humanity and grow into her divine power.

But then she meets Alexandria. And Alexandria is as determined to force Neve into some semblance of teenage normalcy as she is haunted by her own demons—both figurative and literal.

As they grow closer, Neve decides that humanity—and, perhaps, love—isn’t so detestable after all. Which makes it all the more dangerous when she realizes that something in Hell wants Alexandria, and it’s be up to Neve and her sisters to save her before Alexandria’s past catches up to all of them.

Genres: fantasy, mythology, romance

Get the book from Blackwell's with free worldwide shipping here!

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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

Relit by Various

ASAP by Axie Oh

Even if it Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn

Out of Body by Nia Davenport

Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos

The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton

No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub

I Hope this Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang

Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada

How the Boogeyman Became A Poet by Tony Keith

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Alex Ritany

Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo

You're Breaking My Heart by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

NEW SEQUELS:

Clarion Call (Ravenson #2) by Cayla Fay

The Cursed Rose (The Bone Spindle #3) by Leslie Vedder

All this Twisted Glory (This Woven Kingdom #3) by Tahereh Mafi

King Cheer (Arden High #2) by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, & Jamie Green (Illustrator)

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Happy reading!

[profiterole-reads]

Ravensong by Cayla Fay

Ravensong by Cayla Fay was a lot of fun. Neve and her sisters are the reincarnations of the three aspects of the Morrigan. Their duty is to guard the Hellgate.

This is the first part of a very dynamic duology. The marketing's comparison to Buffy feels right to me. I especially enjoyed the last few chapters.

There's major f/f, minor f/f and several other LGBT characters. Alexandria (like the library, what a great name!) has ADHD.

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6 janvier 1824

Mon cahier pour 1824 n’est pas fait : il faut que je me serve encore de 1823.

Je me suis dispensé cette année d’aller à la cour, le jour de l’an. Pourquoi aurais-je été présenter mon visage au milieu de cette ridicule ovation du Trocadéro. Je me suis dispensé d’envoyer des cartes quelle que part que ce soit. J’en ai aussi moins reçu que les autres années.

J’ai dîné vendredi, 2 Janvier, chez Etienne avec le colonel Jacqueminot et Saunier. On veut me porter au collège départemental de la Meuse, si j’échoue à Vervins. La chance est loin de présenter une certitude. Il y a là une intrigue ministérielle qui porte des Bassins, le beau-frère de Villèle, et au secours de laquelle viennent des libéraux assez prononcés.

Réunion le Dimanche 4, chez Cas. Périer. Chauvelin y pérorait. Transporté du calme de Pithon dans le mouvement de Paris, j’éprouve malgré moi le contact des autres, et je crois davantage à un succès d’élection très improbable. Je vais presque tous les jours chez Laffitte. Jeudi, jour de l’an, j’y ai conduit ma femme et mes trois aînés entendre une petite pièce jouée par les acteurs des Variétés. Ils se sont fort amusés. Ma Lise toussait et chaque fois que j’entendais sa toux, mon cœur était déchiré.

Le bon Hartmann a comblé mes enfants d’étrennes. C’est le seul bonheur de ce genre qu’ils aient reçu des étrangers. M. Hartmann n’y sera pas l’an prochain. Je veux en dédommager alors mes enfants. Lundi 5 janvier, je lis le fouillis emphatique de Salvandy. Mme de Duras l’appelle le solitaire en voyage. — Je ne fais rien, occupé que je suis à courir pour mes impositions. On m’a donné l’alarme en disant et répétant de toute part à Paris que je ne paie pas le cens d’éligibilité. J’ai peur que les ultras ne m’aient joué quelque mauvais tour. M. Clavier a été tracassé pour m’avoir délivré un certificat de contributions dans le mois de septembre.

J’ai dîné chez le duc de Vicence. Lui est bien maigre, bien attristé, ne rêvant que le tombeau. St-Aignan est d’une vive exaltation contre les ultras. Il y avait à dîner le Cte de Mercy-Argenteau, sa femme et sa fille. Le comte dit que le royaume des Pays-Bas est absurde. Il s’y trouve une seule administration et deux cours. Il faudrait une cour et deux administrations. Lady Parke, la femme de Bruce. Lord John Russel qui a fait la fameuse motion au dernier parlement relativement aux Bourbons. M. et Mme de Souza. Forbin qui met bien bas le roman de Salvandy. On ne parlait que du mariage de Mlle Gabrielle de Beauvau avec M. Talon, frère de Mme du Cayla. C’est Turenne qui a fait le mariage. On a cru être transporté au siècle de Louis XIV lorsque, ces jours derniers, le roi a dit : « M. de Turenne, je suis content de vous.»

J’ai été au soir chez Mme de Rumford. L’abbé de Pradt a bavardé le sacre de Napoléon. Il y avait aussi M. de Tracy, M. Gallois et M. Jamard. Il paraît que Léon XII est un grand chasseur et un homme de plaisirs. Aujourd’hui, Milleret m’a mené à Brie avec Nègre. Colot y est venu aussi. Beau temps et amicale réception. Le colonel Alexandre de Rigny va épouser Mlle Zéa. Si je n’étais pas un maladroit, moi aussi je marierais mes neveux.

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(CW: talk of religious trauma and Christianity)

One thing I've come to think about while putting these recs together to combat the bigotry of #JesusJune has been how growing up in church shaped me as a person. From a young age, you're taught not to do certain things because you'll be judged when you die and potentially go to Hell. Don't do drugs or drink under age; don't have premarital sex; etc. Those things made sense to me. Especially not having premarital sex.

When all of my peers seemed to be engaging in relationships and alleged sexual activity in high school, I had no interest. Even when I did start toying with the idea of dating in college, I hid behind "no sex before marriage" because it was easier than examining my feelings around why sexual situations made me so uncomfortable. I didn't have the language for what I was feeling and a lot of that has to do with the lack of queer rep in media. Sure, there were gay characters at this point, but they were generally caricatures and the butt of the joke.

It wasn't until 2015 when I found a tumblr post about asexuality that things finally started to click into place. I felt a little more whole. Once I found a term for what I was feeling, it started a whole other mess of issues in my personal life. The beginning of the end for several relationships, one of the worst semesters of college, but in the end, things turned out for the best.

Seeing these bigots try to "reclaim" a symbol that's been around longer than their religion is wild to me. The rainbow means so many things to so many groups of people. It's a natural, beautiful thing. If you're dealing with religious trauma, know that you are loved and the Jesus I came to know before becoming exvangelical would support the queer community because he preached love and acceptance. 🌈✨️

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NetGalley Review: Ravensong by Cayla Fay

Do you like Celtic Mythology? If so, you're definitely going to be interested in today's YA book review. Check it out!

Hey all, Sam here. Oops…sorry for getting around to this post so late today. David and I spent quite a bit of time searching through some of our remaining boxes, trying to find either a USB drive or external hard drive that had a couple specific files on it, or searching for a specific book in our collection…because I’m working on doing a read-through and then one more editing pass through an…

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February 2024 Young Adult Book Releases

🦇 Good afternoon, my bookish bats. I hope you're bundled up with a fur baby, hot bev, and good book as you ward off this (lovely) chilly weather. No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in January! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.

🩷 February 6 🩷 ✨ All This Twisted Glory by Taherah Mafi ✨ ASAP by Axie Oh ✨ I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang ✨ No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub ✨ Even If It Breaks Your Heart by Erin Hahn ✨ Who We Are in Real Life by Victoria Koops ✨ How The Boogeyman Became A Poet by Tony Keith Jr. ✨ Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry by Abby Elenko ✨ Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender ✨ Skater Boy by Anthony Nerada ✨ Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories by Various ✨ The Absinthe Underground by Jamie Pacton ✨ Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos ✨ King Cheer by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, Jamie Green ✨ Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo ✨ These Deadly Prophecies by Andrea Tang ✨ The Cursed Rose by Leslie Vedder ✨ Clarion Call by Cayla Fay ✨ Out of Body by Nia Davenport

🩷 February 13 🩷 ✨ The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna ✨ A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic by Yi Shun Lai ✨ This Day Changes Everything by Edward Underhill ✨ With a Little Luck by Marissa Meyer ✨ Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu, Mad Rupert ✨ The Boyfriend Wish by Swati Teerdhala ✨ Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley ✨ The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

🩷 February 20 🩷 ✨ A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal ✨ The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert ✨ Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli ✨ The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa ✨ We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller ✨ The Someday Daughter by Ellen O'Clover ✨ Conditions of a Heart by Bethany Mangle ✨ My Throat an Open Grave by Tori Bovalino

🩷 February 27 🩷 ✨ Fate Breaker by Victoria Aveyard ✨ Illusions of Fire by Nisha Sharma ✨ Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury ✨ Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana ✨ Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye ✨ Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek