#lyrical press

[michellegflye]

Winter Solstice Author Edition out now!

Welp, I did another thing. 🙂 Winter Solstice was my second book, published in 2011 by Lyrical Press, now part of Kensington Press. It was a fun story to write and I was thrilled to have two books published by Lyrical Press, but Winter Solstice, unlike Secrets of the Lotus, was never published as a paperback. So I’ve never had it at my store, so it really feels new! I was super hesitant to…

[cathygeha]

REVIEW

Warrior’s Hope by Rebecca Zanetti

Dark Protectors #16

Growing up knowing you are the key to a prophecy and that your choices impact an entire realm – or more – making decisions about what direction to take and what man to choose is a big choice to make. Hope’s story and who she ends up with has been awaited through the reading of several books. She has spent time with Libby, Paxton, and dream-time with Drake of the Kurjan Nation. She feels her “time” has arrived and is ready to take that final step to keep her realm safe, believes she knows what that step is, and then…wonders if she is right or got things wrong.

I was looking forward to finding out how this segment of the story and the prophecy was handled and did find out although I had a bit of letdown. I am not sure if it was Hope being so “young” and seeming rather immature or that one character became even darker than he had leaned previously, or something else. I had a feeling, after the last book, that I knew which man Hope would end up with but still wanted to find out for sure.

This book provides the answer of which man, Drake or Paxton, Hope will be mated to, gives a hint of the work she and her mate will face in the future, if there are more books that they show up in. And my guess is that there will be more books as there were plenty of loose ends left to tie up if the author chooses to stay with this series. What loose ends? Well, enhanced women have a blood issue, the Kurjan Nation has a lot of repair work to be done by their new king and queen, and there are issues I wonder about like the Seven and what they will do now…and then all of the OTHER realms and beings and such.

The author mentioned 21 books written in this world though this is book 16 in the Dark Protectors Series. The books don’t have to be read in order but this book would benefit from knowing the backstory of Hope, Paxton, and Drake.

Did I enjoy this book? Not as much as I thought I would

Will I read more by this author? If the synopsis appeals – yes

Rating: 3 overall

Enjoyment: 2-3

5 because it needed to be written

Averaged to: 3

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Lyrical Press for the ARC – this is my honest review.

BLURB

An explosive love triangle comes to its passionate conclusion and decides the fate of battling nations in award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti’s Dark Protectors . . . As the only female vampire ever born, and the heir to two powerful immortal families, Hope Kayrs-Kyllwood has always felt the weight of fate and destiny. Now her heart is torn between two men and two different futures. It’s a choice between duty and love, peace and war, with the fate of everyone she loves hanging in the balance. As the leader of the Kurjan nation, Drake has always known that mating Hope is the best path to avoiding war. He’s counting on her to know the same. . . . Paxton has been Hope’s best friend and protector since they were children. He would kill and die for her without a second thought. In fact, he’s always known that would be his path . . . With deadly factions at her heels, Hope must decide whom to trust and where her loyalty lies—before the choice is taken away from her . . .

[b6d11f]

at my best, I'm a sacrificial lamb at my best, I am something you could handle

[jennyfromthebes]

(trying to subtly ask if a girl is trans) is she, y'know...

[image description: A photo of a pair of circular badge-style pins with a trans flag border and text reading "friend of john darnielle". end ID]

[miloverr]

[thekidsarentalright]

i’ve got all this ringing / jet pack blues

[uwmspeccoll]

It's Fine Press Friday!

A Classic Representation

The Greek Portrait is an anthology of English verse translations of eminent Greek poets, from Homer to Meleager, with the corresponding Greek text presented alongside. Numerous translators provided the translations, taking on the arduous task of translating essential works from the Classical Period, including epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry.

This 1934 edition was designed by British fine-press publisher Francis Meynell (1891-1975) and printed in an edition of 425 copies by Dutch book and type designer Jan van Krimpen (1892-1958) at the Press of Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem for Meynell's Nonesuch Press in London. The text was edited by English poet and critic George Rostrevor Hamilton (1888-1967) and printed on Pannekoek paper in Fleischman Greek and van Krimpen's Lutetia types.

The illustrations are by Mariette Lydis (1887-1970), an Austrian-Argentine painter known for her portraits, illustrations, and erotic engravings. She was a self-taught artist who began her career at a young age and had a history of creating what was considered controversial artwork during her lifetime. She gained recognition for creating lithographic depictions that celebrated lesbian and bisexual relationships. However, some critics of her work described the illustrations as "perverse.” We find these prints to be quite lovely, however.

-Melissa, Special Collections Classics Intern

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[wineonmytshirt]

clink, clink

[unvexes]

don’t worry, you and me won’t be alone no more.

[damiannasworld]

"Toiset samanlaiset"

Slush 2023, Helsinki 01.12.23

🎥 hannamahlamaki

[collegeboysam]

we now have the modern devil's minion au detail that whenever armandaniel break up daniel would be calling louis to ask him if armand has posted any sad stories about missing him on instagram (since they mutually unfollowed and blocked each other, as they usually do after every fight)

[michellegflye]

Another Branch of My Publishing Journey Begins with a Cover Reveal!

[yellowloid]

(forbidden) love, secrets, memories and regrets in am's 'tranquility base hotel and casino'

[haminamibami]

Just listened for the first time to A Penny, Revisited. My god I need so say about it so much that I can't say anything at all. My only comments as of this point in time are: 1. Bangers, as usual 2. "If I'm to be redeemed, who will forgive me but ghosts?" SHUT UP MATT DAHAN THIS IS NOT COOL ANYMORE

[naylasavannah]

I really did find a drive through smoke shop in the hood.

you really gotta be past the 10 to find something so in the cut.

Really every smokers dream.

Blunt Stories by Nayla Savannah

[imperfectnothing]

PRIVATE LOG

From: Dante (#291341)

To "Sirius" (@shenenenigans)

I'd give my body to be back again in the rest of the room (to be alone with you)

My dear Sirius,

In case you ever return to this place, I am leaving this here for you. I know you aren't truly dead, no matter what anyone else says. Noct gathered what remained for your body, save for the few flowers I could retrieve before he arrived, and I believe they are set to have your body incinerated, as per tradition. They are stunning but thn again, every part of you has always been extraordinary. I believe they are plum blossoms, or perhaps, cherry, which would be fitting, considering the inherent transience of life and the way you dissolved into nothing between my very fingers.

While everyone else thought it was just part of a costume, you and I both knew the truth. The buds and vines creeping through your skin, pushing up through the pores, blooming in their bloody beauty, they were tearing you apart with every breath you take. They feed off of your body and the longer and longer we danced like that, swirling around towards an inevitable doom, the more I realized that you were withering away right before my eyes. My direction in the darkness, my light within the night, winking in and out, lost in translation as the fog creeps in.

You've never wanted my love, Sirius, and I know that. I tried my very best to stay away, keep myself at an arm's length but I couldn't help myself, pulled in by your massive gravity, matter consumed by a black hole, drifting by the event horizon line. Your warmth underneath the palms of my hands, wrapping you up in my arms and protecting you from harm, never touching more than you want, never doing anything that crosses a line, but I know my whole existence is a burden onto you.

Giving myself up, sacrificing my life for you, you never wanted that, either. You have always known that I would die for you, that I have wanted to give my life for you, and yet whenever it's brought up, you grimace and there's a twitch in your eye, a sigh ready to be released from your rosebud lips.

Exhaustion, pain, complication, that is all I have brought you. I have tried to afford you comfort and safety in my touches but all I have done is tangle further the web of deception around you. I am too simple, too blunt, for your complex world of intricacies. I believe, were I to seek you out, you would not come with me, even if I offered you a safe harbor away from Noct. Whether or not you see the true danger that he poses to you, whether or not you want a safe harbor at all, it would be futile to offer my hand when you would not take it.

Know that you ever wish to find me, I will be ◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ [FILE CORRUPTED]