So Glad (Solo Wing Pixy x Reader)
Sorry it took so long, I had to move at the last second between writing and editing this. Probably super OOC.
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You don’t think you’ve ever seen the airport this packed. Everywhere you look, the Osean flag is waving. White and blue hangs from wall to wall, on streamers and draped down the escalators where those returning would descend from. Families and friends crowd around terminals, waiting for loved ones to arrive. You can barely hear the PA system over the excited chatter. It’s not surprising. The war with Erusea had ended only a few weeks ago, and many of the soldiers were finally coming home. It’s not like you’re in any position to judge, anyway. When your heart isn’t rising in your throat, it’s trying to burst out of your chest. Flying through tunnels at supersonic speed? No problem. Picking up your former wingman from the airport? Terrifying.
Of course, it was still way more complicated than that. Your entire relationship with Pixy was way more complicated than that.
Back in your mercenary days, you were infamous for being quiet and stand-offish, working with others only when the mission called for it. When Pixy was assigned to your wing, you had expected no different. You assumed the partnership would last a mission or two before being sent your different ways. To your surprise, he called you buddy and from that moment on, the two of you were attached at the hip. He managed to drag you out of your room to share meals together and get you to actually interact with the people you worked with outside of battle. In exchange, you got him to join you in reading almost every single book in the tiny library in the town outside the base. He had been your first friend in a long, long time, and, eventually, that friendship evolved into something more. What started from wandering eyes slowly turned into lingering touches and flirty one liners. No one was surprised when the two of you shared a tipsy victory kiss when everyone was celebrating after Directus.
You become a mercenary because you didn’t have anything left. You had no home to go back to, and no family to call your own. The sky was the only thing you had and you had been content to keep it like that. The time you shared with Pixy changed all that. Suddenly, you were thinking about your future. Wondering what would happen to you when Belka finally surrendered. Wondering where Pixy was going to go next. Wondering if you could follow him, wherever that would be. You had even wondered if the two of you had to be mercenaries anymore. It was human nature to fight with each other, but maybe the two of you could find a little peace.
His betrayal destroyed you. You barely remember the trip back from Waldreich, the details getting lost to the fuzz of time and trauma. You do remember the nukes going off and the blinding light, and then Joshua fucking Bristow’s voice over the radio. You hadn’t paid attention to what he was saying, too busy trying to make sure that everyone was still alive amidst the screaming of all your warnings going off at once. You remember the missile striking your plane, the only one that could have fired it having a bright red wing. You remember everyone yelling at him to stop, to think about what he was doing while you had to take evasive maneuvers. To this day, you wonder if you could have shot him down then. He was outnumbered, but if it came to it, you don’t think you could have pulled the trigger.
In the end, you didn’t have a choice. Pixy was willing to murder his former comrades, willing to destroy the world, and there was no one else who could stop him. Maybe you could have talked him down then, but the rage you had felt had been blinding. You weren’t sure if you were going to survive the battle, but at that point you didn’t care anymore. One of you was going to die. No matter what happened, no matter what you chose, your world was ending. If this was your last fight, then you were going to win. And you did.
That night had not been a pleasant one. You spent most of it standing vigil at PJ’s bedside, until Mallory, his girlfriend, and the rest of Crow Team had arrived. They hadn’t kicked you out, but they were nearing the occupation limit and you figured that he would be better off with his friends and loved ones and not someone who had completely failed to protect him. The rest of the night was spent in the dingy little bar they had on base, doing your best to drink the rest of the year away. It was strange, drinking alone while everyone around you was celebrating. Celebrating you, specifically, even. You never liked the attention, and you just wanted to mourn. Nobody else would have.
A little girl barrels into your leg, dragging you out of your less-than-pleasant thoughts. She’s closely followed by her mother, who gives you a rushed apology before chasing after the excited toddler. You have to fight the giggle, but you can’t hide the smile. Of course, the world didn’t end that day. PJ proposed as soon as he woke up, ironically forgetting about the flowers again, and when he was healed up, the two of them got married. They even had a kid. Madison was only about seven, but she already had a good head on her shoulders, so you didn’t feel any guilt when Mallory joked about how you were spoiling her. What could you say? She was your only and favorite niece.
You managed to make a normal life for yourself. Technically you were still a mercenary, but you had worked for Ustio and Osea almost exclusively as a “strategic advisor.” Currently you were stationed in North Point, assigned there in order to teach the new ace Mobius how to deal with Yellow Thirteen. From your understanding, you had been trained by the same man, though you had left Shilage in the eighties. It was a steady, mostly safe job. You had an apartment that had more than just cardboard boxes in it, and you even managed to maintain normal, healthy relationships with those you worked with. You hung out with Crow Team when they were in town and only got blackout drunk on New Years. Time had passed, and you moved on. At least you thought you did.
That documentary flipped your entire life on its head. You hadn’t even planned on watching it, the idea of someone idolizing the Demon Lord made you sick to your stomach. You weren’t proud of your actions. But PJ had been interviewed by that Brett Thompson guy, and had been sent an advanced copy of it. He insisted that it would be fine, it would only be people that knew you were the Demon Lord, and you all would get a couple of beers and poke fun at it. The mood was good, everyone ready for a bit of fun, but everything changed when the first words were spoken.
The drink slipped out of your grip, the can thumping to the ground. Even after so many years, you recognized him immediately. Even though the last time you had heard that voice was during a screaming match, it was the same voice that haunted you every time you woke up from a nightmare. Even though they didn’t show his face, you had that smile memorized, tucked away in your happy, quiet dreams. It couldn’t be. You had shot him down yourself, watched as his plane exploded. You swore that you didn’t see a parachute, knowing that he was too proud to do anything but die for his ideals. But there was no doubt about it. He was-
Pixy was alive.
What the fuck.
You spent the entire movie staring blankly at the screen, just letting the shock roll over you. What exactly were you supposed to feel at this moment? Hatred? Terror? Did it make you a horrible person to be relieved that he was alive, and that he at least wanted to see why borders were so important to people? You were never particularly good with your emotions, and right now you were feeling all of them at once. The paralysing shock didn’t leave your system until Pixy had said his last message of “Thanks, friend. See you soon.”
See you soon? Yeah, you could arrange for that. You knew people. In fact, you probably knew were he was at this moment. Assuming you weren’t going crazy, he was in Usea. Somewhere in Delarus if you were right about the language on the signs. That was hardly an exact location, but you knew he was near a border, likely also fighting Erusea, which narrowed it down significantly. Even if he wasn’t on the border exactly, Delarus was a small country. You grew up near there, in a country that hadn’t fought against the Erusean takeover. You could figure it out. Hell, if you timed it right, nobody would even know you were gone. Unfortunately, Crow Team had gotten to know you too well and stopped you on your way out, claiming they didn’t want “another Bristow Incident” and “you were still needed for the war.”
Admittedly they had a point, so instead you had called an old friend of yours, Harrison Sharp. He was the one who helped you become a mercenary, and who negotiated most of your contracts. If anyone could help you hunt Pixy down, it would be him. The man was practically an encyclopedia of who was who in just about any military. Claimed that it was to keep an eye on potential talent, should they become disgruntled with how the higher ups were running things. Sharp himself remained almost completely neutral, so the price you paid for the information was that you had to wait until the end of the war, and that Pixy knew that you were looking for him. Much to your surprise, he had agreed to meet you in Osea.
And so here you were, waiting at a terminal in the civilian airport with a sign that had way too much glitter on it. Madison had overheard that you were picking up a “pixie” and insisted on it. PJ also insisted since he thought it would have been hilarious and you went along because you couldn’t resist the Combined Beckett Puppy Dog Eyes. And because you were still feeling a little malicious towards your old wingman, even if you were pretty sure you were past wanting to murder him. At least not in front of all these witnesses.
You didn’t know what flight he was supposed to be on, only what time he was supposed to arrive and what terminal he was supposed to be at, so you had been sitting there for about an hour. The nervous questions you had been asking yourself for the past month continue to bubble up in your stomach, despite knowing that they were logically improbable. What if he didn’t actually want to see you and had just left while you weren’t looking? What if something had happened and he actually died before the war ended? What if it had all been some guilt-induced halucination and you really did murder Pixy ten years ago? The questions keep flowing in until you finally see him. The tall figure standing at the top of the escalator, with the light brown hair and the same beat up uniform he was wearing in the documentary. He’s also frozen, and just as in awe as you are to see you again.
You kind of want to hug him. You also kind of want to strangle him. Either way, you’ve realized that you were not emotionally prepared for this. It was one thing to know that he was alive, but it was another thing entirely to see him standing right in front of you giving you that same stupid, cocksure grin that he wore when you were partners. You both make your way towards each other, only breaking eye contact to avoid obstacles. Every time you lose sight of him a jolt of panic courses through you, and you fear that he’s just going to disappear completely, just like he did all those years ago. Those fears only seem to alleviate when you finally reach each other, standing only a few feet away.
He looked different. Older, and more tired, but he had the same smile. When the two of you lock eyes, you recognize that he has the same clever glimmer in his eyes. Pixy’s grin softens into something more, the rare little wisp of a smile that barely tugs at his lips but is far more genuine. Something he only shared with you. “Hey, buddy.”
And like that, the dam broke. The mask of cold indifference you had carefully crafted and held in place for the past ten and a half years finally cracks and comes crumbling down around you as you march right up to him. Impulse overtakes logic and you slap him as hard as you physically can. Without giving him a second to react, you grab him by the collar of his jacket and drag him down until you’re the same eye level.
“YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! I thought you were DEAD! For TEN YEARS! Then you fucking pop up in a documentary of all things, and it turns out that you, Mr. Borders-Are-The-Root-Of-All-Evil, finally figured it out, and instead of apologising like a normal person, decided to head for the single most dangerous battlefield in order to make up for it!”
People are staring now, and you’re making a scene, but you can’t find it in yourself to care. You’re panting and shaking but you just can’t let go of Pixy’s jacket, even as he rises back to his full height. Tears are falling, and you don’t even realize until he gently brushes one away and rests his hand on your cheek. His other arm is wrapped around your waist, and you’re not quite sure if it’s to be closer or to make sure you don’t just topple over. You hate that it’s comforting.
He looks you dead in the eye. “I wanted to apologize. I shouldn’t have done the things that I did, and I shouldn’t have said those things to you.”
Despite everything, you can’t fight the weak little smile gracing your lips, and you can’t help but lean into his hand, still resting on your face. “Larry. You are the most stupidly reckless man I’ve ever met.”
“I know.” He tightened his arm around your waist, drawing you closer. When he leans down, he brings himself close enough that you can see the slightest bit of green in his eyes, and you can feel the warmth of his breath on your lips.
“I love you.” And with that, you tug on his collar, and he gladly goes with it. Your lips meet in the middle, and though it’s almost more smiles than kisses, it still leaves you breathless. Through the whistles and the cheers of the still onlooking crowd, and Larry’s laugh rumbling in his chest, mixing with your own, the only thought you can really put together is how you are so, so glad the both of you are alive.
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~2021 Reading Challenge~
~Books Read~
Nonfiction
Methodism: Empire of the Spirit - David Hempton
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd
Down and Out: In Eighteenth Century London - Tim Hitchcock
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century - Jeremy Black
Empires of the Imagination: Politics, War, and the Arts in the British World 1750-1850 - Holger Hooch
The Medici: Power, Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance - Paul Strathern
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Habsburgs: To Rule the World - Martyn Rady
The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women - Rosalie Gilbert
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners - Therese Oneill
The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies - Jared Diamond
A Natural History of the Future - Rob Dunn
American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic - Nancy K. Bristow
To Marry an English Lord - Gail MacColl and Carol McD. Wallace
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty - Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things - Jenny Lawson
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) - Jenny Lawson
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson
I’m Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come: One Introvert’s Year of Saying Yes - Jessica Pan
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to follow the Bible as Literally as Possible - A.J. Jacobs
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron
ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction from Childhood Through Adulthood - Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. & John J. Ratey, M.D.
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert
The Hilarious World of Depression - John Moe
Hunger - Roxane Gay
The Comfort Book - Matt Haig
How Democracies Die - Steven Levitsky
The Day the World Stops Shopping - J.B. MacKinnon
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and their race to save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts - Joshua Hammer
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket - Richard Holmes
Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the present day - Peter Ackroyd
London’s Sinful Secret: The Bawdy History and Very Public Passions of London’s Georgian Age - Dan Cruickshank
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 - Simon Sebag Montefiore
The Habsburgs - Martyn Rady
Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind - Yuval Noah Harari
Nature’s Mutiny: How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present - Philipp Blom
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Highly Sensitive Person - Elaine N. Aron
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan
Classic Literature
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (1861)
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell (1854)
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham (1908)
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1868 & 1869)
The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (1895)
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (1937)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte (1847)
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850)
The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851)
Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne (1872)
Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (1883)
Persuasion - Jane Austen (1817)
(Wow, I really slacked on my Classics this year...! 😳 Shame on me!)
My Top Five Faves (in no particular order):
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Persuasion - Jane Austen
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
Fiction/Literature
(I confess I’m too lazy to separate the books further into different genres.😊)
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Henna Artist: Bk 1 - Alka Joshi
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur: Bk 2 - Alka Joshi
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Malibu Rising - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
My Policeman - Bethan Roberts
The Pull of the Stars - Emma Donohue
Act Your Age, Eve Brown - Talia Hibbert
Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks
Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion - Fannie Flagg
The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren
The Dating Plan - Sara Desai
The Flatshare - Beth O’Leary
Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne
Anne of Manhattan - Brina Starler
The Cafe by the Sea - Jenny Colgan
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
The Trouble With Hating You - Sajni Patel
The Paris Apartment - Kelly Bowen
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land - Anthony Doerr
No Offence - Meg Cabot
Beach Read - Emily Henry
The Duke & I: Bridgerton Bk 1 - Julia Quinn
Romancing Mister Bridgerton: Bk 4 - Julia Quinn
The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
Just Last Night - Mhairi McFarlane
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Very Sincerely Yours - Kerry Winfrey
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
To Have and to Hoax - Martha Waters
A Curious Beginning: Veronica Speedwell Mystery #1 - Deanna Raybourn
A Perilous Undertaking: VS Mystery #2 - Deanna Raybourn
A Treacherous Curse: VS Mystery #3 - Deanna Raybourn
A Dangerous Collaboration: VS Mystery #4 - Deanna Raybourn
The Last Chance Library - Freya Sampson
Objects of My Affection - Jill Smolinski
Always in December - Emily Stone
A Holly Jolly Diwali - Sonya Lalli
The Party Crasher - Sophie Kinsella
Shopaholic to the Stars - Sophie Kinsella
Christmas Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
Wedding Night - Sophie Kinsella
I’ve Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella
I Owe You One - Sophie Kinsella
Love Your Life - Sophie Kinsella
The Paper Palace - Miranda Cowley Heller
The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer
Just Haven’t Met You Yet - Sophie Cousens
The Lonely Hearts Hotel - Heather O’Neill
The Library of Legends - Janie Chang
Twice Shy - Sarah Hogle
The Christmas Bookshop - Jenny Colgan
The Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker
The Holiday Swap - Maggie Knox
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Forest of Vanishing Stars - Kristin Harmel
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Second First Impressions - Sally Thorne
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
Science Fiction/Fantasy
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
His Majesty’s Dragon: Temeraire Series Bk 1 - Naomi Novik
Throne of Jade: Temeraire Series Bk 2 - Naomi Novik
Black Powder War: Temeraire Series Bk 3 - Naomi Novik
Empire Of Ivory: Temeraire Series Bk 4 - Naomi Novik
Victory of Eagles: Temeraire Series Bk 5 - Naomi Novik
Tongue of Serpents: Temeraire Series Bk 6 - Naomi Novik
Crucible of Gold: Temeraire Series Bk 7 - Naomi Novik
Blood of Tyrants: Temeraire Series Bk 8 - Naomi Novik
League of Dragons: Temeraire Series Bk 9 - Naomi Novik
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Circe - Madeline Miller
Firebird - Mercedes Lackey
Gwenhwyfar - Mercedes Lackey
Dune: Bk 1 - Frank Herbert
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
The Book of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Foundryside: Bk 1 - Robert Jackson Bennett
Shorefall: Bk 2 - Robert Jackson Bennett
Catherine House - Elizabeth Thomas
Arabella of Mars: Bk 1 - David D. Levine
The Midnight Bargain - C.L. Polk
The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Star Wars: Master and Apprentice - Claudia Grey
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis - James Luceno
Star Wars: Ahsoka - E.K. Johnston
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Bk 1 - N.K. Jemisin
The Broken Kingdoms: Bk 2 - N.K. Jemisin
The Kingdom of Gods: Bk 3 - N.K. Jemisin
The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix
The Clockwork Dynasty - Daniel H. Wilson
Black Water Sister - Zen Cho
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch - Rivka Galchen
Switch - A.S. King
The Jasmine Thorne - Tasha Suri
The Two Towers: Lord of the Rings Bk 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien
La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Bk 1 - Philip Pullman
The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Bk 2 - Philip Pullman
The Scribbly Man: Children of D’Hara Bk 1 - Terry Goodkind
Hateful Things: Children of D’Hara Bk 2 - Terry Goodkind
Wasteland: Children of D’Hara Bk 3 - Terry Goodkind
Witch’s Oath: Children of D’Hara Bk 4 - Terry Goodkind
Into Darkness: Children of D’Hara Bk 5 - Terry Goodkind
Good Omens - Terry Pratchet & Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - Christopher Paolini
Rose Daughter - Robin McKinley
Mistborn: Bk 1 - Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension: Bk 2 - Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages: Bk 3 - Brandon Sanderson
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
Three Parts Dead: Bk 1 - Max Gladstone
A Darker Shade of Magic: Bk 1 - V.E. Schwab
A Gathering of Shadows: Bk 2 - V.E. Schwab
Gideon the Ninth: Bk 1 - Tamsyn Muir
Assassin’s Apprentice: Farseer Trilogy Bk 1 - Robin Hobb
Royal Assassin: Farseer Trilogy Bk 2 - Robin Hobb
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
The Lighthouse Witches - C.J. Cooke
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Circe - Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Trilogy - N.K. Jemisin
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - V.E. Schwab
Children of D’Hara Series - Terry Goodkind
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
YA Books
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
We Hunt the Flame: Bk 1 - Hafsah Faizal
We Free the Stars: Bk 2 - Hafsah Faizal
Cinder: Lunar Chronicles Bk 1 - Marissa Meyer
Winter: Lunar Chronicles Bk 4 - Marissa Meyer
Stars Above; Lunar Chronicles Collections - Marissa Meyer
Uprooted: Bk 1 - Naomi Novik
Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron: The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim
Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim
Scavenge the Stars: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren
A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray
Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray
Come Tumbling Down: Bk 5 - Seanan McGuire
The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna
By the Book - Amanda Sellet
Rogue Princess - B.R. Myers
The Evil Queen - Gena Showalter
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
Instructions for Dancing - Nicola Yoon
Dark and Deepest Red - Anna-Marie McLemore
Excuse Me While I Cry Ugly - Joya Goffney
Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale
Eve of Man - Giovanna & Tom Fletcher
The Cruel Prince: Bk 1 - Holly Black
The Wicked King: Bk 2 - Holly Black
The Queen of Nothing: Bk 3 -Holly Black
Gods & Monsters - Shelby Mahurin
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
Spin the Dawn: Bk 1 - Elizabeth Lim
For the Wolf - Hannah Whitten
The Library of the Dead - T.L. Huchu
Three Dark Crowns: Bk 1 -Kendare Blake
Wicked Fox - Kat Cho
Entwined - Heather Dixon
Chaotic Good - Whitney Gardner
If the Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy
Every Day - David Levithan
Blood Like Magic - Liselle Sambury
Prudence: The Custard Protocol Bk 1 - Gail Carriger
The Raven Boys: Bk 1 - Maggie Stiefvater
The Bone Witch: Bk 1 - Rin Chupeco
Strange the Dreamer: Bk 1 - Laini Taylor
Muse of Nightmares: Bk 2 - Laini Taylor
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal
The Last Hours Trilogy - Cassandra Clare
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
A Great and Terrible Beauty Trilogy - Libba Bray
The Cruel Prince Trilogy - Holly Black
Six Crimson Cranes - Elizabeth Lim
The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer
Strange the Dreamer Duology - Laini Taylor
Middle Grade/Children
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey: Bk 2 - Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Bk 3 - Trenton Lee Stewart
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages: Bk 4 - Trenton Lee Stewart
The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict - Trenton Lee Stewart
A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel
Stuart Little - E.B. White
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Graham
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
The Whatnot - Stefan Bachmann
Cinders and Sparrows - Stefan Bachmann
Liesel & Po - Lauren Oliver
The Wishlist - Eoin Colfer
The Barren Grounds - David A. Robertson
Stay Alive: Breakdown - Joseph Monninger
Strangeworlds Travel Agency - L.D. Lapinski
The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle
A Wind in the Door - Madeline L’Engle
A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeline L’Engle
The Amulet of Samarkand: Bartimaeus Series Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud
The Golem’s Eye: Bartimaeus Series Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy’s Gate: Bartimaeus Series Bk 3 - Jonathan Stroud
The Ring of Solomon: A Bartimaeus Novel - Jonathan Stroud
The Last Siege - Jonathan Stroud
The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood and Co Bk 1 - Jonathan Stroud
The Whispering Skull : Lockwood and Co Bk 2 - Jonathan Stroud
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
Bliss - Kathryn Littlewood
Reverie - Ryan La Sala
The Case of the Missing Marquess - Nancy Springer
The House of Secrets - Chris Columbus & Ned Vizzini
The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann
The Doldrums - Nicholas Gannon
The Doldrums and the Helmsley Curse - Nicholas Gannon
Magyk: Septimus Heap Bk 1 - Angie Sage
Flyte: Septimus Heap Bk 2 - Angie Sage
Physik: Septimus Heap Bk 3 - Angie Sage
Queste: Septimus Heap Bk 4 - Angie Sage
Siren: Septimus Heap Bk 5 - Angie Sage
Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom - Sangu Mandanna
Lintang and the Pirate Queen - Tamara Moss
The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail - Richard Peck
The Oddmire: Changeling Bk 1 - William Ritter
The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Dark Prophesy: The Trials of Apollo Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Burning Maze: The Trials of Apollo Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The Tyrant’s Tomb: The Trials of Apollo Bk 4 - Rick Riordan
The Tower of Nero: The Trials of Apollo Bk 5 - Rick Riordan
The Sword of Summer: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Hammer of Thor: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Ship of the Dead: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The Lost Hero: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 1 - Rick Riordan
The Son of Neptune: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 2 - Rick Riordan
The Mark of Athena: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 3 - Rick Riordan
The House of Hades: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 4 - Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus: The Heroes of Olympus Bk 5 - Rick Riordan
The Blackthorn Key: Bk 1 - Kevin Sands
Mark of the Plague: Bk 2 - Kevin Sands
The Assassin’s Curse: Bk 3 - Kevin Sands
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone: Bk 1 - Jaclyn Moriarty
The Whispering Wars: Bk 2 - Jaclyn Moriarty
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating - Adiba Jaigirdar
Alone - Megan E. Freeman
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
The Mysterious Benedict Society Series - Trenton Lee Stewart
A Tale of Magic - Chris Colfer
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - Julia Nobel
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
The Scarecrow and His Servant - Philip Pullman
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeline L’Engle
Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud
Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud
The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan
The Heroes of Olympus Series - Rick Riordan
Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks
Amulet: Bk 1 The Stone Keeper - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 2 The Stonekeeper’s Curse - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 3 The Cloud Searchers - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 4 The Last Council - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 5 Prince of the Elves - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 6 Escape from Lucien - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 7 Firelight - Kazu Kibushi
Amulet: Bk 8 Supernova - Kazu Kibushi
Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
Pashmina - Nidhi Chanani
Smile: #1 - Raina Telgemeier
Sisters: #2 - Raina Telgemeier
Guts: #3 - Raina Telgemeier
Earthian: Volume 4 - Yun Kouga
Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 1 - Matsuri Hino
Shuriken and Pleats: Volume 2 - Matsuri Hino
The Story of Saiunkoku: Volume 9 - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura
Sailor Moon: Short Stories Volume 1 - Naoko Takeuchi
Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 1 - Yuu Watase
Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden: Volume 2 - Yuu Watase
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 1 - Izumi Miyazono
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 2 - Izumi Miyazono
Everyone’s Getting Married: Volume 3 - Izumi Miyazono
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Promise - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Search - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: The Rift - Gene Luen Yang
Avatar the Last Airbender: Toph Beifong’s Metalbending Academy - Faith Erin Hicks
Amulet Series - Kazu Kibushi
Snow, Glass, Apples - Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Monstress: Volume 1: Awakening - Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Bk 2 - Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev
Earthian - Yun Kouga
The Story of Saiunkoku - Sai Yukino & Kairi Yura
Poetry
Crush - Richard Siken
Depression & Other Magic Tricks - Sabrina Benaim
(I read much more poetry than this over the course of the year, of course, but these two were the only collections I read in their entirety.)
LGBTQ
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Chain of Gold: The Last Hours Bk 1 - Cassandra Clare
Chain of Iron: The Last Hours Bk 2 - Cassandra Clare
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue: Bk 1 - Mackenzi Lee
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy: Bk 2 - Mackenzi Lee
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks: Bk 3 - Mackenzi Lee
Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin
Timekeeper: Bk 1 - Tara Sim
Chainbreaker: Bk 2 - Tara Sim
Firestarter: Bk 3 - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
Honey Girl - Morgan Rogers
Autoboyography - Christina Lauren
My Policeman - Bethan Roberts
A Great and Terrible Beauty: Bk 1 - Libba Bray
Rebel Angels: Bk 2 - Libba Bray
The Sweet Far Thing: Bk 3 - Libba Bray
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao
My Top Ten Faves (in no particular order):
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Written in the Stars - Alexandria Bellefleur
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
DNF’ed Books (did not finish)
Fix Her Up - Tessa Bailey
My Top 25 Faves Overall (in no particular order):
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The House of the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune
Temeraire Series - Naomi Novik
Mistborn Trilogy - Brandon Sanderson
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Circe - Madeline Miller
Timekeeper Trilogy - Tara Sim
Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall
Red, White & Blue - Casey McQuiston
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Trilogy - Mackenzi Lee
Lockwood and Co Series - Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus Series - Jonathan Stroud
The Trials of Apollo Series - Rick Riordan
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge - M.T. Anderson
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking - Susan Cain
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
We Hunt the Flame Duology - Hafsah Faizal
The Peculiar - Stefan Bachmann
(Okay, fine, I lied! lol My Top 26 Faves Overall, because I just COULDN’T find one more I could bear to take off the list. ^.^)
(My End of the Year Book Asks here.)
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