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[blacksapphicguide]

First Kill (TV series)

2020s TV series | 1 seasons (Cancelled). Fantasy, drama, romance.

Plot points:

Vampire x vampire killer trope.

Vampire fantasy.

Supernatural world.

Family dynamics.

Enemies to lover romance.

Teen-high school romance.

Interracial lesbian couple (main).

Black sapphic characters:

Calliope "Cal" Burns [lesbian] Imani Lewis

Connections:

Calliope x Juliette - Calliette (interracial lesbian)

Sex & Nudity - Mild

Violence & Gore - Moderate

Abusive parents - death threats, choking, and slapping their children.

Staking.

Drinking of blood from (vampire) victims.

Profanity - Mild

Use of the word fuck, bitch, hell, etc.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking - Mild

Alcohol: social drinking.

Underaged drinking.

Teen drug use.

Frightening & Intense Scenes - Very Mild

[galathynius]

2023 reading log

the uncensored picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde / jan. 2-9 / 4 stars

buzz saw: the improbable story of how the washington nationals won the world series by jesse dougherty / jan. 9-11 / 4.5 stars

proposal by meg cabot / jan. 17 / 3 stars

sidelined: sports, culture, and being a woman in america by julie dicaro / jan. 12-17 / 4 stars

remembrance by meg cabot / jan. 18-19 / 3 stars

how sweet it is by dylan newton / jan. 19-20 / 3 stars

daughters of sparta by claire heywood / jan. 21-22 / 3 stars

highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert / jan. 22 / 4 stars

gentlemen prefer blondes: the diary of a professional lady by anita loos / jan. 23-26 / 3 stars

hell bent by leigh bardugo / jan. 26-31 / 4 stars

all about love: new visions by bell hooks / jan. 22-31 / 4 stars

daisy jones & the six by taylor jenkins reid / jan. 31-feb. 2 / 4 stars

everything i know about love: a memoir by dolly alderton / feb. 2-9 / 4 stars

emma by jane austen / feb. 11-19 / 4 stars

fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley / feb 19-23 / 3.5 stars

my dark vanessa by kate elizabeth russell / feb. 23-26 / 4 stars

throttled by lauren asher / feb. 26-28/ 2 stars

the locker room by meghan quinn / mar. 1-5 / 1 star

come as you are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life by emily nagoski / feb. 17-mar. 5 / 4.5 stars

pucked by helena hunting / mar. 5-11 / 3 stars

legendborn by tracy deonn / mar 12-23 / 4.5 stars

unadulterated something by m.j. duncan / mar. 23-25 / 4 stars

the fifth season by n.k. jemisin / mar. 26-apr. 15 / 4 stars

how to fake it in hollywood by ava wilder / apr. 16-19 / 3.5 stars

sharp objects by gillian flynn / apr. 19-22 / 4 stars

the homewreckers by mary kay andrews / apr. 22-25 / 3.5 stars

the kiss curse by erin sterling / apr. 25-26 / 3.5 stars

the wedding crasher by mia sosa / apr. 26-27 / 3 stars

let’s get physical: how women discovered exercise and reshaped the world by danielle friedman / mar. 25-apr. 27 / 4 stars

mile high by liz tomforde / apr. 27-may 6 / 1.5 stars

happy place by emily henry / may 6-7 / 5 stars

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid / may 7 / 4 stars

the spanish love deception by elena armas / may 8 / 2 stars

neon gods by katee robert / may 8-9 / 1 star

love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson / may 9-11 / 4 stars

the bodyguard by katherine center / may 11 / 4 stars

the intimacy experiment by rosie danan / may 11-12 / 3 stars

upgrade by blake crouch / may 12-13 / 4 stars

by any other name by lauren kate / may 13 / 3 stars

the dead romantics by ashley poston / may 15-17 / 4 stars

the ballad of songbirds and snakes by suzanne collins / may 19-28 / 3.5 stars

so many ways to lose: the amazin’ true story of the new york mets—the best worst team in baseball by devin gordon / may 13-jun. 4 / 4 stars

iron widow by xiran jay zhao / jun. 5-7 / 3 stars

the grace year by kim liggett / jun. 7-8 / 4 stars

the last magician by lisa maxwell / jun. 9-11 / 4.5 stars

little fires everywhere by celeste ng / jun. 12-14 / 4 stars

not a happy family by shari lapena / jun. 14-17 / 2.5 stars

the familiars by stacey halls / jun. 17-21 / 3 stars

the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe / jun. 21-22 / 3.5 stars

once more with feeling by elissa sussman / jun. 23 / 3 stars

the cheat sheet by sarah adams / jun. 24-25 / 1 star

how to sell a haunted house by grady hendrix / jun. 26-29 / 3 stars

little thieves by margaret owen / jul. 1-3 / 4.5 stars

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone / jul. 3-6 / 3 stars

the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna / jul. 11-12 / 4 stars

the lies of locke lamora by scott lynch / jul. 13-27 / 4.5 stars

seven days in june by tia williams / jul. 28-30 / 4 stars

bloodmarked by tracy deonn / jul. 31-aug. 2 / 4 stars

something wilder by christina lauren / aug. 3-4 / 3 stars

howl’s moving castle by diana wynne jones / aug. 4-5 / 4 stars

dark matter by blake crouch / aug. 12-13 / 3 stars

eat up! food, appetite, and eating what you want by ruby tandoh / jul. 30-aug. 14 / 4 stars

the silent companions by laura purcell / aug. 5-18 / 4 stars

mr. wrong number by lynn painter / aug. 19-20 / 2 stars

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld / aug. 20-21 / 4 stars

the last tale of the flower bride by roshani chokshi / aug. 21-23 / 4 stars

the hating game by sally thorne / aug. 23-25 / 2 stars

lessons in chemistry by bonnie garmus / aug. 25-26 / 2.5 stars

the godparent trap by rachel van dyken / aug. 27 / 2 stars

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy / aug. 27-29 / 4 stars

the atlas six by olivie blake / aug. 29-sep. 9 / 3 stars

wordslut: a feminist guide to taking back the english language by amanda montell / sep. 1-9 / 4 stars

practice makes perfect by sarah adams / sep. 10-11 / 3 stars

all systems red by martha wells / sep. 13-14 / 3 stars

do i know you? by emily wibberly and austin siegemund-broka / sep. 14-16 / 4 stars

same time next summer by annabel monaghan / sep. 17 / 3.5 stars

Ounder the influence by noelle crooks / sep. 18-22 / 4 stars

burn for me by ilona andrews / sep. 22-23 / 4 stars

the littlest library by poppy alexander / sep. 24 / 3 stars

the neighbor favor by kristina forest / sep. 25-27 / 3 stars

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters / sep. 28-oct. 5 / 3 stars

the ex talk by rachel lynn solomon / oct. 5-7 / 4 stars

change of plans by dylan newton / oct. 8-9 / 2 stars

coraline by neil gaiman / oct. 9 / 4 stars

you, again by kate goldbeck / oct. 9-11 / 3 stars

mrs. caliban by rachel ingalls / oct. 12 / 3 stars

summer sons by lee mandelo / oct. 12-19 / 4 stars

the death of jane lawrence by caitlin starling / oct. 19-24 / 3 stars

house of hollow by krystal sutherland / oct. 25-29 / 4 stars

white hot by ilona andrews / oct. 28-nov. 2 / 4.5 stars

twice shy by sarah hogle / nov. 4-5 / 3 stars

sexed up: how society sexualizes us, and how we can fight back by julia serano / nov. 2-10 / 4 stars

artificial condition by martha wells / nov. 11-14 / 4 stars

wildfire by ilona andrews / nov. 14-16 / 4.5 stars

between a fox and a hard place by mary frame / nov. 18 / 3 stars

revolting prostitutes: the fight for sex workers’ rights by molly smith and juno mac / nov. 18-20 / 4 stars

emily wilde’s encyclopaedia of faeries by heather fawcett / nov. 21-24 / 4.5 stars

love and other words by christina lauren / nov. 24-25 / 3 stars

the boyfriend candidate by ashley winstead / nov. 26 / 3.5 stars

the seven year slip by ashley poston / nov. 27-28 / 5 stars

how to fall out of love madly by jana casale / dec. 3-10 / 3 stars

ordinary monsters by j.m. miro / dec. 10-21 / 3 stars

rogue protocol by martha wells / dec. 22-23 / 4 stars

what you wish for by katherine center / dec. 25 / 3 stars

the blonde identity by ally carter / dec. 25-26 / 2.5 stars

just my type by falon ballard / dec. 26-31 / 2 stars

[toffyrats]

toff makes newsies content alert alert 🚨

hi guys ok context for this story (?) basically i was reading abt the donner party like a month ago and then i wanted to do a little character study ish thing w modern au newsies, but then like a quarter of it ended up being abt the donner party so. atleast i have something to feed my newsies followers with. yeah? yeah.

so tw for like. kinda weird mentions including death, cannibalism and so on n so forth. it’s not yk awful YOU KNOW WHAT i’m making this seem a lot more about the donner party than it actually is let’s just move on.

there’s some redfinch, ralbert (but its one sided ofc) and kinda implied javid? ? also kath n sarah hate eachother (for now). again its a character study but all of them so no single pov but cmon its me so its kinda albert centric. ok this is getting long lets begin

     “the donner party is sooo boring,” race groaned from where he was sitting with crutchie on a beanbag. “who cares about a whole bunch’a dead guys in a wagon?”

     “i find it interesting,” crutchie put in. “really emphasizes the human instinct to survive.”

     albert shook his head in disgust. “i would never eat another human. sounds gross.”

     “if you went that long without food, you would,” crutchie replied matter-of-factly. 

     “what was the point of all that, then?” race grumbled. “pretty much all of ‘em starved anyway. they coulda gotten off easier without eatin’ eachother.” he practically threw his book across the room into albert’s hands. “i’d rather starve than eat another person.”

     “they weren’t right in the head,” jack explained, not looking up from his book. “they were so hungry, they probably became demented.”

     “humans are animals,” crutchie added.

     albert snorted. “great job, crutch. want a medal?” 

     “no, i mean- no matter what, driven by hunger, thirst or exposure, we’re gonna try to live. even if that means eating our friends.”

     “ehh, i dunno.” jack tapped a finger on the top of his book. “i think i might be with william hook on this one. rather die from eatin’ too much than eatin’ too little.”

     albert leaned back in his chair, the front legs lifting up off the floor. “i don’t even think eatin’ people was the problem,” he mumbled. “if the reed guy didn’t take the stupid shortcut, they all woulda survived.”

     “man, if only,” race cut him off. “then they wouldn’t be in the history books at all and we wouldn’t hafta be crammin’ for the test right now.”

     “yeah, ‘we’ as in ‘not you’, race.” albert waved his friend’s book above his head. “i still have your book. we’s the only people studyin’.” 

     race opened his mouth to say something back when the door to the room opened and katherine walked in.

     “oh!” she seemed taken aback. “hi, guys! didn’t know you were in here.” she took a few steps in their general direction and stopped. “wait, are you supposed to be in here?”

     the four boys glanced around at eachother and shrugged almost in unison.

     “sorta,” albert said finally. “we’s technically supposed ta be in gym, but coach said we could study since we got a test tomorrow.”

     katherine gave an exasperated sigh and turned her course to the filing cabinet in the corner of the room. “nobody ever uses this room. you couldn’t have just stayed in the gym?”

     “gym’s awful.” crutchie shook his head. “well, i mean- for me, anyways.”

     katherine nodded in understanding, opening a cabinet starting to go through it. “you guys meet the new kid yet?”

     race immediately perked up. “there’s a new kid? no wa-“ 

     “you wouldn’t like him,” katherine deadpanned.

     “oh.” race’s face fell. 

     “well, what’s he like?” jack asked curiously, finally putting his book down.

     “quiet, reserved… uh, he’s kinda preppy looking-“

     “ew, yeah, okay, cut it right there.” race made a face and waved his hand infront of his face, making a ‘stop’ gesture. 

     “he sounds almost as boring as the donner party,” albert groaned.

     katherine shrugged, turning back to the file cabinet. “i like him.”

     “of course you do.” jack smiled and shook his head. “he seems like your typa guy.”

     “and of course you’re the only one that cares,” race smirked.

     katherine pinched the bridge of her nose with a long sigh. “race, please.”

     race threw his hands up in mock innocence. “hey, hey! i’m just sayin’!”

     crutchie closed his book and held his head in his hands, rubbing his forehead. “race, have you forgotten the only reason they broke up in the first place?” 

     “yeessss, crutchie, i know,” race forced out. “does this kid have a sister or somethin’?”

     katherine hesitated. “yes, he does.” her voice was curt, and she sounded like she didn’t want to further the discussion. 

     unfortunately, race was never good at picking up on other’s emotions. “what’s her name?”

      jack glared at him, but katherine spoke before race could figure out a way to deflect the blame somehow. “sarah. sarah jacobs.” 

     “jacobs, huh? what’s th’ guy’s name?” jack asked, diverting the subject.

     “david,” katherine sighed out, relieved. “you should talk to him, when you can. maybe not al and race, but-“

     “yeah, definitely not al and race,” albert said quickly, and race nodded in silent agreement. 

     jack suddenly got up and cracked his back, then his neck, then every single knuckle before finally saying, “alrighty then, me an’ crutch’ll go find ‘im. he should jus’ be in gym, yeah?”

     race stared at him with a blank expression. “how is even getting up out of a chair an entire process for you?” he asked finally, and albert snickered. 

     jack shot yet another glare in race’s general direction as he turned to help crutchie up. “you sure you don’t wanna come?” he asked when the shorter boy was successfully up on his feet. 

     “positive,” albert hummed. katherine gave a triumphant shout and pulled out a single paper from the cabinet. 

     “what’s that?” race pressed, curious as ever. 

     “oh, just a little list- it’s for the school newspaper.” she shrugged and glanced quickly between the four boys. ”i have to give it tooo…” she scanned the paper quickly for a name. “…finch cortes. i don’t assume any of you know what class he has right n-“

     “physics, room 203,” albert answered immediately, before katherine could even fully finish. “i mean- i think. how would i know?” the front legs of his chair hit the ground with a loud bang as he looked down at his lap, his face heating up. “it’s on the second floor,” he added quietly, fast enough that it almost sounded like one word.

      crutchie smiled and ruffled albert’s hair playfully. “don’t worry, you can trust red on his finch factopedia,” he assured katherine, and albert swatted his hand off of his head with a sharp scowl. 

     “ooohhkay then,” katherine nodded slowly, her eyes narrowing like she didn’t quite get what was going on. “well, i’ll go find him, then. thanks, albert, i’ll tell him you said hi.” 

     “wait- no!” albert desperately tried to stop her, but she was already out the door. 

     nobody could really understand how katherine’s brain worked. it was as if she were a machine, and anything you tell her to do, she will or won’t without any wavering decision- and she was notoriously bad at reading between the lines.

     “welp, we’d better get goin’,” jack said quickly, and crutchie agreed. 

     “no, wait! no, please! don’t leave me with him!” albert pleaded as he watched jack saunter out the door, eager as ever to meet a possible new acquaintance. crutchie pivoted and shot a sympathetic glance in albert’s direction. “sorry, al. you’re stuck wit’ him.”

     “to most, being stuck with me is a good thing!” race reassured albert mockingly, draping his arms around his friend’s shoulders. 

     and then it was just race and albert. and for some odd reason, it was a lot more awkward than usual, and the air cracked with an unusual tension.

     “so… you an’ finch, huh?” race asked after a moment, a crooked grin creeping onto his face. 

     albert shook his head quickly and wrung his hands nervously. “no, no,- it’s- not like i got a crush on ‘im or anythin’, i… it’s this brain of mine, the adhd, it, uh, chooses to fixate on the dumbest people at the most inconvenient times…” his voice trailed off, his unfocused eyes coming to rest on race. 

     his mind began to wander, his thoughts turning to static before they could even front. he shrugged it off- something he had gotten used to by now-and looked away. “you get what i mean.” 

     “i mean… i guess.” just the tone in race’s response let albert know he didn’t at all get what he meant. 

     just then, the bell rang, loud and steady, startling both boys out of the uncomfortable silence they had fallen into. 

     “saved by the bell,” race chuckled, stuffing his books into his backpack. he pointed at albert forcefully as he turned to leave. “don’t think ya got off easy, though. i still wanna know all about this fling wit’ you an’ birdie.”

     albert groaned loudly in response and flung his backpack over his shoulder lazily, hearing race talking to himself about albert cortes, finch dasilva, and a few other things in italian that albert couldn’t understand a word of.

     albert knew he wasn’t off the hook, he didn’t need race of all people telling him that. but he also knew that finch was in his last class, and maybe-for once- he wouldn’t be all sweaty and gross after gym and too self-conscious to even try to sit near him.

     no, he did not have a crush on him.

     he loved race, and no matter how much he wished for it to, it was never going to change. but maybe finch would take his mind off of it.

     no, albert is not thinking about that right now!

TEEHEE HOPE YOU ENJOYED please speak to me in the tags tell me what you liked and didn’t and whatever also yes ik crutchie would use a wheelchair in a modern setting but i dont even know how those work so yeah not touching thag until i do more research

[acotars]

books read in 2023

january

sweep in peace by ilona andrews

one fell sweep by ilona andrews

a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas

sweep of the blade by ilona andrews

sweep with me by ilona andrews

my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix

kiss her once for me by alison cochrun

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid

i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

love and other words by christina lauren

sweep of the heart by ilona andrews

the only living girl on earth by charles yu

witches get stuff done by molly harper

you had me at hola by alexis daria

her vigilante by lillian lark

inconvenient daughter by lauren j. sharkey

anon pls. by deuxmoi

you are eating an orange. you are naked. by sheung-king

legends & lattes by travis baldree

bad vibes only (and other things i bring to the table) by nora mcinerny

signs of cupidity by raven kennedy

bonds of cupidity by raven kennedy

crimes of cupidity by raven kennedy

read: 23

february

exciting times by naoise dolan

sweethand by n.g. peltier

you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi

something wilder by christina lauren

highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert

you deserve each other by sarah hogle

this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max goldstone

would you rather by allison ashley

read: 8

march

meet me in the margins by melissa ferguson

king of battle and blood by scarlett st. clair

the exotic by hampton sides

river of shadows by karina halle

alone with you in the ether by olivie blake

lovelight farms by b.k. borison

the soulmate equation by christina lauren

before i let go by kennedy ryan

haunting adeline by h.d. carlson

the lies i tell by julie clark

one jump at a time by nathan chen

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

all systems red (the murderbot diaries #1) by martha wells

before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi

read: 14

april

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

make a scene by mimi grace

sweeter than chocolate by lizzie shane

the kiss quotient by helen hoang

my favorite half-night stand by christina lauren

romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld

icebreaker by a.l. graziadei

the wedding proposal by john swansiger

circling back to you by julie tieu

by the book by amanda sellet

a lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins

love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

whispers of you by catherine cowles

the kiss curse by erin sterling

by the book by jasmine guillory

honey & spice by bolu babalola

one night on the island by josie silver

the bodyguard by katherine center

the reunion by kayla olson

the neighbor favor by kristina forest

crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo

do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka

just my type by falon ballard

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake

happy place by emily henry

dating dr. dil by nisha sharma

icebreaker by hannah grace

count your lucky stars by alexandria bellefleur

stone cold fox by rachel koller croft 

fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley

read: 31

may

the dead romantics

motherthing by ainslie hogarth

the woman in the library by sulari gentill

artificial condition (the murderbot diaries #2) by martha wells

the last word by taylor adams

you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose

read: 6

june

fourth wing (the empyrean #1) by rebecca yarros

the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna

love, theoretically by ali hazelwood

read: 3

july

the traitor queen (the bridge kingdom #2) by danielle l. jensen

the beast by katee robert

baldur's gate: descent into avernus by by james introcaso et. al

forget me not by julie soto

the wishing game by meg shaffer

read: 5

august

the true love experiment by christina lauren

pachinko by min jin lee

almond by sohn won-pyung, translated by joosun lee

hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey

read: 4

september

hey, u up? (for a serious relationship): how to turn your booty call into your emergency contact by emily axford & brian murphy

everyone knows your mother is a witch by rivka galchen

fangs by sarah andersen

a room with a view by e.m. forster

juniper bean resorts to murder by gracie ruth mitchell

one's company by ashley hutson

the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie

solita: a gothic romance by vivien rainn

you, again by kate goldbeck

the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen

my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine

the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde

the vampires of el norte by isabel cañas

her body and other parties by carmen maria machado

evil eye by etaf rum

the seven year slip by ashley poston

read: 17

october

keeper of enchanted rooms by charlie n. holmberg

the serpent and the wings of night by carissa broadbent

shy by max porter

down comes the night by allison saft

the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic by breanne randall

the hurricane wars by thea guanzon

read: 6

november

a witch's guide to fake dating a demon by sarah hawley

the wake-up call by beth o'leary

when in rome by sarah adams

the view was exhausting by mikaella clements and onjuli datta

hello stranger by katherine center

practice makes perfect by sarah adams

do your worst by rosie danan

read: 7

december

bookshops & bonedust by travis baldree

the fake mate by lana ferguson

read: 2

final count: 127/100

[mermaidsirennikita]

Hello! Happy Valentines day! I love your blog, and I’m wondering if you have recs for books with really solid friendships for the heroines? I’m rereading the wallflowers rn (my first historical series i ever read!) and I’m just delighted by how much the four of them like each other, and also how they get to do kinda silly stupid stuff together bc friends DO encourage each other to be deranged sometimes lmao

Yes! (And thank you.)

Offbeat rec, but I really love the way Lucia and Regin love each other in IAD--specifically Pleasure of a Dark Prince (Lucia's book) but in general. They're *technically* sisters, as all valkyries are, but they're really best friends and so ride or die for each other. When Lucia is like "I need to go on the run so my werewolf fated mate can't find me" Regin is all "I'm ON IT" and goes with her and helps her like, push Garreth down a ravine and attempt to crush him with cars. It's great.

The Mating Habits of Scoundrels by Vivienne Lorret has great, funny friendships. The girls are really supportive of each other, but they're also like... encouraging one another's worst fears. I think Wallflowers fans would really like this series--my favorites are The Wrong Marquess, How to Steal a Scoundrel's Heart, and Never Seduce a Duke.

Oooh The Fifth Avenue Rebels by Joanna Shupe has fabulous friendships. This is definitely a "friends encourage friends to go goblin mode" series, especially on Nellie's part. Nellie is like, always steering Maddy to cheat on her fiancee with Archer (to be fair, Nellie had.... a conflict of interest there, but she was Right) and taking Katherine to French balls to go hook up with masked men and stuff. And in her book especially, I think you really see how much she adores her friends, and how much she feels that "everyone is getting married and growing up and moving on without me" thing, which leads to a lovely friendship moment between all four.

Hell's Belles by Sarah MacLean OBVIOUSLY has an amazing girl gang that encourages women's wrongs.

Grace Callaway's Lady Charlotte's Society of Angels series by Grace Callaway has a group of crazy young vigilante girls, led by a much calmer, but secretly insane, Lady Charlotte. I just love how these girls will be like "LET'S KICK FLIP VILLAINS AND KISS BOYS".

Jennifer Ashley's first four Mackenzie books especially have really lovely, supportive friendships between the Mackenzie brides. Beth and Isabella are probably the closest, but they're all really tight and understanding of one another.

Adriana Herrera's Las Leonas series is only two books in thus far, but I've been LOVING the female friendships in that series. The women really GET each other, and I super enjoy the fact that there is like... an acknowledged bonding that goes beyond them being women in the 19th century, and goes into them being woc in a predominantly white European society especially.

And for books that have great friendships between men and women, I looove Frannie's relationships with the Scoundrels of St. James, especially Jack. Like, all these guys are a little in love with her (Jack least for sure because he actually gets that their love is platonic lol), but it's pretty quickly clear that it's like, this trauma bond situation where they actually just really GET each other and where they're coming from. So it's not like, objectifying in any way and she's more like the heart of the group, while also being great at forging things and such as that lmao.

[dear-indies]

Hello! Do you have any suggestions for a female fc who have resources kissing other women, ranging the ages of 22-35? Thank you so much in advance!

Putting queer ladies first:

Desiree Akhavan (1984) Iranian - is bisexual - The Bisexual.

Roberta Colindrez (1986) Mexican - is queer - Vida.

Monica Raymund (1986) Dominican Republic / English, Ashkenazi Jewish - is bisexual - Hightown.

Elizabeth Ludlow (1989) English, Dutch, German, Scottish, African - is queer and uses she/they - Peacemaker.

Danielle Brooks (1989) African-American - has chosen not to publicly label her sexuality but has dated a woman - Peacemaker.

Katie Findlay (1990) English, Chinese, Portuguese-Macanese, Scottish - is queer - Nancy Drew, Walker Independence.

Amelia Eve (1992) - is queer - The Haunting of Bly Manor.

Jacqueline Toboni (1992) - is queer - The L Word: Generation Q.

Arienne Mandi (1994) Chilean and Iranian - is pansexual - The L Word: Generation Q.

Midori Francis (1994) Japanese / Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Italian - is queer - The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994) African-American / English, German, one quarter Norwegian, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish - is queer - Scream.

Hannah Einbinder (1995) Ashkenazi Jewish - is bisexual - Hacks.

Brianna Hildebrand (1996) Mexican / German, English, Irish - is queer - Trinkets.

Lili Reinhart (1996) - is bisexual - Riverdale.

Ella Hunt (1998) - is queer - Dickinson.

Erin Kellyman (1998) Afro-Jamaican / Irish - is a lesbian - Willow.

Auli'i Cravalho (2000) Puerto Rican, Kānaka Maoli, Portuguese, Chinese, Irish - is bisexual - Crush.

Reneé Rapp (2000) - is bisexual - The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Savannah Lee Smith (2000) African-American - is bisexual - Gossip Girl.

Chloe Van Landschoot (?) Unspecified - is queer - From.

also:

DeWanda Wise (1984) African-American - Someone Great.

Laia Costa (1985) - Duck Butter.

Thaila Ayala (1986) Brazilian - Girls from Ipanema.

Georgina Reilly (1986) - Murdock Mysteries.

Jacky Lai (1989) Vietnamese - Shadowhunters.

Parveen Kaur (1988) Indian - Manifest.

April Rose Pengilly (1988) - Neighbours.

Danielle Savre (1988) - Station 19.

Mishel Prada (1989) Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, and Mexican [Spanish, Portuguese, African, Unspecified Indigenous], some French - Vida.

Charlotte Ritchie (1989) - Feel Good.

Nafessa Williams (1989) African-American - Black Lightning.

Priya Davdra (1987) Gujarati Indian - Eastenders.

Chantal Thuy (1990) Vietnamese - Black Lightning.

Samantha Mugatsia (1992) Kenyan - Rafiki.

Alejandra Onieva (1992) - Las pelotaris 1926.

Bárbara López (1992) Mexican - Juliantina, Señorita 89.

Macarena Achaga (1992) Argentinian - Juliantina.

Jodie Comer (1993) - Killing Eve.

Alexis Floyd (1993) African-American - The Bold Type.

Aisha Dee (1993) African Australian / White - The Bold Type.

Sheila Munyiva (1993) Kenyan - Rafiki

Jessie Pinnick (1993) - Princess Cyd.

Madelaine Petsch (1994) - Riverdale.

Sarah Catherine Hook (1995) - First Kill.

Sydney Meyer (1995) - Shadowhunters.

Maddison Jaizani (1995) Iranian / English - Nancy Drew.

Katherine McNamara (1995) - Love Classified.

Giovanna Grigio (1998) Brazilian - Rebelde.

María de Nati (1997) - Las pelotaris 1926.

Amaia Aberasturi (1997) - Welcome to Eden.

Begoña Vargas (1999) - Welcome to Eden.

Imani Lewis (1999) African-American - First Kill.

Here you go! Thanks to @katherine-mcnamara and @rey1x1!

I'd also suggest looking @sapphicmusing!

[lattehearted]

MUSE LIST (updated 11/30)

Disney

Daphne Tremaine (OC)

Delilah Tremaine (OC)

Diana Tremaine (OC)

Drizella Tremaine

Giselle Legume (OC)

Melody Andersen

Pacifica Northwest

Fandomless OCs

Alondra Santiago (modern witch OC)

Graziella "Hotshot" Kowalski (newsie OC w/ alt verses)

Liora Avram (affiliated werewolf OC)

Nasreen Shirazi (affiliated vampire OC)

Phoebe Rae Carter (supernatural hunter OC)

TTRPGs / Live Play Shows / D&D

Adaine Abernant / O'Shaughnessy

Aelwyn Abernant

Figueroth Faeth

Ivy Embra

Sandra Lynn Faeth

Winlynn Ariel Northeris (D&D OC -- air genasi bard)

Fire Emblem

Byleth Eisner (Three Houses)

Dorothea Arnault (Three Houses)

Hilda Valentine Goneril (Three Houses)

Ingrid Brandl Galatea (Three Houses)

Inigo / Laslow (Awakening and Fates)

Leonie Pinelli (Three Houses)

Lorelei von Menja (Three Houses semi-oc)

Maya Kirsten (Three Houses canon divergent semi-oc)

Owain / Odin (Awakening and Fates)

Severa / Selena (Awakening and Fates)

Yunaka (Engage)

Miscellaneous

Betty Cooper (Archie Comics / NOT Riverdale compliant)

Forte Castagna (Rune Factory 4)

Juliet Capulet (reincarnation AU)

Leah Walsh (Stardew Valley)

Sonia Nordskov Nevermind (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

Veronica Lodge (Archie Comics / NOT Riverdale compliant)

Wednesday Addams (90s movies and musical based)

Secret Menu

Abigail Lee-Dubois (Stardew Valley)

Alex Flores-Mulner (Stardew Valley)

Catalina Gonzales (dance instructor OC - incredibly loosely based on h*talia)

Diana / Ezaeur (Seduce Me: The Otome)

Matthew / Zecaeru (Seduce Me: The Otome)

Miu Iruma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

Hanako "Peko" Pekoyama (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)

Sam / Aomaris (Seduce Me: The Otome)

Sara Lance (DCTVU / Legends of Tomorrow ; heavily canon divergent and headcanon based)

Remy's Secret Menu

Albert Dasilva (Newsies)

Daniel "Spot" Conlon (Newsies)

Esperanza "Hope" Delgado (Newsies OC)

Hannah McGowan (Newsies)

Harriet Hook (Disney OC)

Jyn Erso (Star Wars)

Katherine Plumber (Newsies)

Luna D'Angelo (fandomless OC)

Margaret Houlihan (M*A*S*H)

Oliver "Mush" Meyers (Newsies)

Peg Hunnicutt (M*A*S*H)

"Poppy" Higgins (Newsies OC)

Sarah Jacobs (Newsies)

Testing

Annette Fantine Dominic (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Brady (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Constance von Nuvelle (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Cordelia (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Corrin (Fire Emblem: Fates)

Edelgard von Hresvelg (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Felix Hugo Fraldarius (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Hapi (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)

Julie Powers (Scott Pilgrim)

Kristen Applebees (Fantasy High)

Koriand'r / Starfire (DC Comics / mixed media)

Laurent (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Lissa (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Maribelle (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Mazey Phaedra (Fantasy High)

Olivia (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Ostentatia Wallace (The Seven / Fantasy High)

Ramona Flowers (Scott Pilgrim)

Robin (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Sam Nightingale (The Seven / Fantasy High)

Sumia (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

[skyofstorms]

Muses by Request | Masterlist

These muses are playable by request. This list only hase muse name, fandom and face claim.

Bruni | Frozen | Osaki Shotaro

Hades | Descendants/Greek Mythology | Ian Bohen

Reno Akujin | Final Fantasy VII | TBD

Padme Amidala | Star Wars | Natalie Portman

Allison Argent | Teen Wolf | Crystal Reed

Chris Argent | Teen Wolf | JR Bourne

Melanie Barnes | Marvel OC | Alexandra Daddario

Qrow Branwen | RWBY | Lee Donghae

Audrey Briarose | Descendants | Sarah Jeffrey

Artemis Crescent | Sailor Moon | Kwon Jiyong

Rebecca Daniels | Criminal Minds | Holland Roden

Caleb Danver | Covenant | Steven Strait

Clary Fairchild | Shadowhunters | Katherine McNamara

Cora Hale | Teen Wolf | Adelaide Kane

Chinami Kennedy | Resident Evil OC | Heo Yoorim

Loki Laufeyson | Marvel/Norse Mythology | Katie McGrath/Tom Hiddleston

Wanda Maximoff | Marvel | Elizabeth Olsen

Klaus Mikaelson | TVD/Originals | Joseph Morgan

Sebsatian Morgenstern | Shadowhunters | Will Tudor

Moon Heechul | OC | Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul

Harry Hook | Descendants | Thomas Doherty

Touka Kirishima | Tokyo Ghoul | Momo Hirai

Alec Lightwood | Shadowhunters | Matthew Daddario

Thor Odinson | Marvel | Chris Hemsworth

Kataigida Parthenopaeus | OC | Tom Ellis

Ciel Phantomhive | Black Butler | Yoon JeongHan

Evelyn Queen | Descendants | Sophia Carson

Lucy Quinnzel | DC | Ashley Benson

Natasha Romanov | Marvel | Scarlet Johanssen

Cassandra Rogers | Marvel OC | Chloe Moretz

Steve Rogers | Marvel | Chris Evans

Weiss Schnee | RWBY | TBD

Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | Dylan O'Brian

Finn Storm | Star Wars | John Boyega

Akali Tethi | League of Legends [K/DA] | Uchinaga Aeri

Sun Wukong | RWBY | Yan An

Arashi Yukihara | OC | Sana Minatozaki

Kira Yukimura | Teen Wolf | Arden Cho

[phoebehalliwell]

What would be your ideal cast for the next generation in 2023?

hmm that's difficult mainly bc i really don't watch that many teen drama so i don't have a solid list of actors in the appropriate age range lmao but i love a challenge nonetheless so here we go!!

for wyatt i would kind of love to cast something of an already famous person to kind of really hit home the idea of Legacy tm but the issue is bc wyatt is so big in narrative he kind of just. gets less plot. so that actually might not work. so tbh really i think the move would lowkey be casting a nepo baby. honestly i would love wyatt russell (same name besties?!?!?) but he is just a shade old. if you've only seen him in falcon and the winter soldiers i am begging you to expand and see his cali babe range.... he's in black mirror, 22 jump street, ingrid goes west, lodge 49... babes. like. beyond that, charlie hall who was in sex lives of college girls as that like. really manic guy whitney went out with. and then third option but also on the older side would be alex roe who played the male lead on the tv siren that i think like. only five people watched (excluding myself: four). i think he could swing the necessary earnest energy.

chris honestly should probably be The Star kind of hte one who brings the most draw to the show ideally someone who already has something of a fanbase in a gifset before i've used thomas doherty before who checks two boxes in that he already has an established fan base coming from both the descendant's franchise & also the gossip girl reboot and of course he is also devastatingly handsome in a very cliche way and we already know can play a slut. so that's actually three boxes. another option which i thnk would Slay but again he's a little older would be logan lerman <3 like. y'all see it rite? wild card would be tommy martinez.

for melinda i think a couple solid options would be sarah catherine hook from first kill, sarah desjardins from. well im gonna say yellowjackets but i know her from riverdale lmao. or kaitlyn dever from booksmart also potentially kaylee bryant from legacies or brenna damico from descendants

rest of the next gen under the cut ❤️

for the twins tamora & kat, ideally, they are played by twins. but i do not know a lot of famous acting twins those would have to be found. however, some actors i really like would be liv hewson from santa clarita diet (gone too soon, rip). i think louisa harland from derry girls could be really fun. katherine langford from. well. best known for 13rw but fuck that show. wild card would be storm reid from a wrinkle in time.

henry jr i will be honest i have no idea what he looks like in my head other than he has dark hair. so i'm just gonna spit out some options. archie renaux from shadow and bone. gavin leatherwood from sabrina maybe. mekki leeper from slocg. anirudh pisharody from 9-1-1. booboo steward from (twilight) julie and the phantoms. asher angel from shazam.

pj functionally serves as the leader of the cupitches so i would love to again see her as someone with a good amount of draw honestly i would love to see danielle rose russell as her like those scenes in legacies where she plays lizzie disguised as hope is the exact vibe we're going for. other excellent options imo would be madelyn cline or sabrina carpenter

parker and pj together kind of carry the emotional brunt of the cupitches mainly because peyton is so young it's just easier to defer to her sisters til she's old enough to properly shoulder the burden of a solo narrative. so w both pj and parker the actress needs to slay the solid exterior // cracks slip through; for pj that's the super cool capable princess form parker that's the badass unflinching warrior, both of them are hiding A Lot. so really, any of the pj castings could work for parker imo and vice versa. but some parker specific ones would be savannah lee may from julie and the phantoms, i love that she's kind of got like this baby faced nice energy but can play just like the mean girl. i would love that dichotomy w parker of someone who does not look violent always packing a knife you know? other than that: emma myers from wednesday, odessa azion, or emily alyn lind from gossip girl (tho between you and me eal is my personal fancast for penn)

for peyton she really is the baby of the family so again it would ideally probably be someone new to the scene bc they're so young but i think good existing options would be trinity likins who plays jellybean on riverdale or shay rudolph from the babysitters club.

and then as other casts for the eventual bianca mimi keene from sex education or amita suman from shadow and bone. for melinda's roommate ale mariselo zumbado from genera+ion possibly, ale's character is mexican so i would really love a mexican actress to be cast. google is not aiding me in this hunt. melinda's (new) whitelighter effie freya mavor from skins can defo do the scottish accent, i also think gracie dzienny from first kill & slocg could bring that necessarily wackadoodle energy. over with kat's plotline viola could be played by bola koleosho. more characters to come who ideally would also fit here but no spoilers yet !!

[anotherdaveyjacobs]

Spot would 100% be a Zuko-like character and you can't tell me otherwise; antagonist turned anti-hero when he realizes what the right choice is

I think his name would be Sean but he also has a large scar on his face the way Zuko does (probably still a burn bc let's be honest Spot would be a firebender) and when he meets Race for the first time he refuses to give his name so Race calls him Spot because

"you've got a little spot on your face, did you know?" with a shit-eating grin because Spot looks furious

Race would be an airbender (and use it to cheat at games)

and yeah the Firelord would probably be Pulitzer because that just makes the most sense

I suppose that would technically make Spot his son if the roles were the same

would probably make Katherine his illegitimate daughter, I'm thinking there was an affair with an Earth Kingdom woman and Katherine becomes a Kyoshi Warrior because. yes

David and Sarah are still twins, but only David is a bender (water); doesn't particularly like fighting but absolutely will kick ass to defend his family; doesn't kill if he can avoid it, is all about justice

Sarah is the fighter, she has no qualms about hurting the people who are hurting them; not sure which weapons she would use though

Les is also not a bender; I like the idea of him using hook swords, but he also doesn't hesitate to hurt their enemies (he's also not 8 years younger because this seems kind of impractical- maybe like 2-3 years)

Jack... I think Jack is a firebender who accidentally hurt someone in his anger and doesn't bend anymore; doesn't even tell anyone he's a firebender until there's this huge fight and all his friends are getting hurt and he has to in order to turn the tides

[hellsmouthhq]

mwf faces pls?

alaqua cox , bruna marquezine , aubin wise , cierra ramirez , alexandra shipp , sofia carson , lee sung kyung , carla gugino , reina hardesty , margaret qualley , sydney sweeny , diamond white , anya chalotra , simay barlas , yasmin finney , moon ga young , khadija red thunder , willa holland , kaia gerber , lee dahee , mickey madison , chandler kinney , amber midthunder , yang hyeji , madelyn cline , inbar lavi , katherine mcnamara , ana de armas , devery jacobs , yandeh sallah , kitty chicha , melisa pamuk , sarah catherine hook , angela sarafyan , adeline rudolph , laura harrier , kate siegal , bia arantes , tati gabrielle , zion moreno , anya taylor joy , sisi stringer , ozge yagiz , ana lambe , go min si , jeanine mason , rosamund pike , vanessa morgan , lee joobin , medalion rahimi , imani lewis , lucy boynton , wawwa nicha , jaz sinclair , victoria pedretti , camilla quieroz , ming xi , olivia cooke , varada sethu , and anna diop !!

[manilafm]

I was just curious if you have any most wanted Cis-Female characters from descendants/descendants: wicked world, and the loud house/the casagrandes franchise?

Our members would love to see Mal Bertha, Uma, Evie Grimhilde, Lonnie, Jane, Ally, Princess Audrey Rose, Freddie Facilier, Jordan, Dizzy Tremaine, Queen Belle, Lady Tremaine, The Evil Queen/The Wicked Queen/Queen Grimhilde, Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, Headmistress Fairy Godmother, Celia Facilier, Harriet Hook, and C.J. Hook from Descendants / Descendants: Wicked World !!

And we would also absolutely love to see Mrs. Rita Loud, Lisa Loud, Morag, Adelaide Chang, Polly Pain, Meli Ramos, Jenna, Sarah, Maddie, Carol Pingrey, Sam Sharp, Stella Zhau, Lindsay Sweetwater, Whitney, Katherine Mulligan, Kate Bernardo, Girl Jordan, Sidney 'Sid’ Chang, Charlie Uggo, Marnie Steppenberg, Brenda Wilkinson, Kiki Carlyle, Principal Ramirez, Jenna, Xander Coddington’s mother, Barbara, Myrtle, Ruth, Gayle McBride, Maria Casagrande-Santiago, Mrs. Rosa Casagrande, Mrs. Frida Puga-Casagrande, Carlota Casagrande, Mrs. Becca Chang, Cheryl Farrell, Agnes Johnson, Haiku, Margo Roberts, Meryl Farrell, Paula Price, Mazzy, Gina Galiano, Mrs. Kernicky, Dr. Shuttleworth, Fiona, Margarita, Maybelle, Miranda, Mrs. Flores, Mrs. Gurdle, Ms. Carmichael, Nadia, Scoots, and Mayor Theresa Davis from The Loud House / The Loud House Movie / The Casagrandes / A Loud House Christmas / The Really Loud House / A Really Haunted Loud House !!

[esterpacks]

hi there! just letting you know the actress' name is sarah catherine hook, not sarah katherine hook <3

just fixed it! tysm for letting me know <3

[youngfcs]

Hi Cib, could help to find a faceclaim for my oc? she's Jackie Taylor (from yellowjackects) she is supposes to be 16 - 17

Hello anon! I'll try to give options that look like the actress of the series ok?

Sarah Catherine Hook (17-27)

Thomasin Mckenzie (16-22)

Katherine Langford (17-26)

Jessica Alexander (17-24)

Liana Liberato (17-25)

Marlo Kelly (16-25)

(cib)

[cor-aeterna]

books I’ve read in 2023 + any thoughts as I have them (as of 9/17/23)

Fiction

Greywaren, Maggie Stiefvater

Transcendent Kingdom,Yaa Gyasi 

Ms. Gyasi PERFECTLY capturing the feeling of Being Divorced from christianity yet still having a longing for Something left in you

Young Mungo, Douglas Stewart

OUGH.  books that eviscerate you!!! (warning for molesting of a minor and period typical homophobia) 

The Mountain In the Sea, Ray Nayler

what if octopuses had Had Enough and started stabbing mfs. what then.

The Book of Etta, Meg Elison

The Female of the Species, Mindy McGinnis 

An Excess Male, Maggie Shen King 

Truckers, Terry Pratchett

Diggers, Terry Pratchett

Wings, Terry Pratchett

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Kim Fu

Sci Fi

The Scar, China Mieville

Perdido Street Station, China Mieville 

Iron Council, China Mieville

Kraken, China Mieville

Railsea, China Mieville 

Embassytown, China Mieville 

DELICIOUS. MWAH. CHEF KISS. my inner linguist is beside themselves with joy over this book 

Bable-17, Samuel R. Delaney

a language with no concept of the self and how it rewire ur entire brain!!! mr delaney your mind

The Invasion, Katherine Applegate

yes I’m finally reading animorphs as an adult and it slaps!! i would’ve fuckin LOVED these as a kid, I’m sad I didn’t discover them 15 years ago

also. WHEW Ms. Applegate does NOT fuck around!! murder and body horror right off the bat 

The Visitor, Katherine Applegate

The Encounter, Katherine Applegate

The Predator, Katherine Applegate

The Message, Katherine Applegate

The Capture, Katherine Applegate

The Stranger, Katherine Applegate

The Andalite’s Gift, Katherine Applegate

The Alien, Katherine Applegate

The Secret, Katherine Applegate

The Android, Katherine Applegate

The Forgotten, Katherine Applegate

The Beauty, Aliya Whiteley

Peace, Pipe, Aliya Whitely 

Axiom’s End, Lindsay Ellis

Truth of the Divine, Lindsay Ellis

All Systems Red, Martha Wells

reading murderbot diaries for the second time this year and and the hatred of corporations rlly hits :/

Artificial Condition, Martha Wells

Network Effect, Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells

Exit Strategy, Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells

This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

DELICIOUS. MUST READ

Autonomous, Annalee Newitz

The Terraformers, Annalee Newitz

Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro 

Translation State, Ann Leckie

Horror

Garden of Earthly Bodies, Sally Oliver

Winter Tide, Ruthanna Emrys 

The Vegetarian, Han Kang

The Death of Jane Lawrence, Caitlin Starling

On Sundays, She Picked Flowers, Yah Yah Scholfield 

delicious DELICIOUS prose, omg!!!  this is their first novel and it’s already SO GOOD, can’t wait to read more of faer writing in the future!!!! 

Leech, Hiron Ennes

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, Brom

Between Two Fires, Christopher Buehlman

This Census-Taker, China Mieville

The Route of Ice and Salt, José Luis Zárate 

Fantasy

Sunshine, Robin Mckinley

Deeplight, Frances Hardinge 

The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo

When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, Nghi Vo

Into the Riverlands, Nghi Vo

A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik

The Last Graduate, Naomi Novik 

The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik 

Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik

Uprooted, Naomi Novik 

A Marvelous Light, Freya Marske

Melusine, Sarah Monette

this series gives me ALL the fucked up interpersonal relationships!!! yes gd

The Virtu, Sarah Monette

The Mirador, Sarah Monette

Corambis, Sarah Monette

A Companion to Wolves, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear

The Wolf and the Woodsman, Ava Reid 

When the Angels Left the Old Country, Sacha Lamb 

what if a demon and angel who are Torah study besties schlepped all the way to Ellis Island to find a missing girl from their shtetl? and are also truly hopelessly forever devoted forever to each other (iykyk)

Babel: An Arcane History, R.F. Kuang

Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook, Christina Henry

How to Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell 

a mostly charming kid’s story, if markedly different from the movie (which personally I think is a better story and much more compelling).  Also in the book the dragons are fully sentient and TALK, yet the vikings still catch and “train” them as a rite of passage! ms cowell I have some Questions 

Terciel and Elinor, Garth Hix

The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro

Nonfiction

Becoming Jewish, Rabbi Steven Reuben and Jennifer Hanin

 very beginner friendly, presents info in bite size chunks organized by topic.  good jumping off point into further study, with further reading reccommendations in the back!  

however, it doesn’t acknowledge the Nakba and displacement/murder of Palestinians when discussing the state of Israel, and paints Palestinians as a monolith that have all unanimously “rejected overtures of peace” from Israel. :/ 

Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life - In Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), Sarah Hurwitz

this book lit a spark of joy and excitement and longing in me! made me excited to one day choose a name to go with bat Avraham v’Sarah 

Choosing a Jewish Life, Revised and Updated: A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends, Anita Diamant 

SO much information, yet presented in a welcoming and very newbie friendly way <3 organized by topic which is helpful!

Living a Jewish Life, Anita Diamant and Howard Cooper

excellent handbook on traditions, holidays, prayers, life cycle rituals, kashrut, and pretty much everything you need!  Mrs Diamant im blowing you a kiss <3

Pageboy, Elliot Page

Graphic Novels

As the Crow Flies, Melanie Gillman 

all of Melanie’s work is so precious and beloved to me, but this one!! WHEW. as a closeted child raised in evangelical christianity, and I remember how miserable it felt praying to a gd that (I thought) was either ignoring me or couldn’t hear my voice at all 

Spill Zone, Scott Westerfeld and Puvillan 

Batter Royale, Leisl Adams

Are You Listening, Tillie Walden

Trigun, Yasuhiro Nightow

little guy!!

Trigun Maximum, Yasuhiro Nightow

and then The Horrors 

Mob Psycho 100, ONE

adventures of my beloved Son, his friends, and his cringefail boss

Himawari House, Harmony Becker

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel, Jason Reynolds

Flamer, Mike Curato 

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Kate Beaton

[mermaidsirennikita]

And friends to friends with benefits to lovers recs? Bonus points for HR?

Yep! The "friends" vibe can be a little shaky because I generally am not a huge friends to lovers person, but I do LOVE friends with benefits to lovers

Historicals:

The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe--I mean to be fair Nellie and Lockwood are not friends at first. They hate each other. But they hate each other because they actually get each other, lol, so they begin a FWB deal that is complicated by the fact that he falls HARD. Some of my favorite sex scenes are in this book.

The Dueling Duchess by Minerva Spencer--In this one, they become like, kinda buddies and are fucking casually while traveling in this circus she's a part of (she's a sharpshooter). Then she feels betrayed, they separate, reunite a year later, and she's mad at him (and he's fallen for her).

The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham--This may work! The heroine is a scandalous rakess who goes on vacation to write her memoirs. She meets this lovely widower with two kids, and there's a spark but he's like "oh you are waaaay too much for me". Naturally, they then DO fuck and shit gets really out of hand lol.

The Lady Gets Lucky by Joanna Shupe--This is the ticket. Alice is a wallflower type who wants to learn how to seduce, and local rake Kit wants to be taken seriously and needs a recipe from her chef. They already know each other though he hasn't noticed her a lot, and he begins giving her seduction lessons. He, naturally, falls for her.

The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe--Different vibe wherein Katherine and Preston do hate each other at first (because he basically had no intention of marrying her and unintentionally led her on for years after their dads arranged the marriage--but accidentally hook up at a masked ball and become FWBs that actually like each other.

Unmasked by The Marquess by Cat Sebastian--OH THIS IS IT!!! Alistair befriends Rob, and becomes attracted to him... Only to find out that his new bestie isn't a man. (Rob is Robin, AFAB and NB, pretending to be a man in society.) They start fucking casually (including an amazing "from behind against a door with people on the other side of the door) but Alistair, much to Robin's horror, is FALLING.

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean--Another one that really works. Caleb has longed for Sesily from afar for years, but they're friends via his friendship with her sister. They start boning, and it goes from there.

How to Marry a Marquess by Stacy Reid--In this one, they're friends for years and she's clearly in love with him, but he believes she won't be able to handle the public scorn of being with him because he recognized and raises his illegitimate daughter and is a pariah. She pretends she's trying to attract someone else so he'll teach her how to attract a man, and... The big P in V is kind of slow burn, but they definitely get up to shit before that.

When the Duke Was Wicked by Lorraine Heath--Another one where the heroine is in love with the hero and trying to get him to help her find a husband, but this one is less sex lessons and more "shit accidentally got outta hand" (Rum On Lips TM). Lovingdon is nine years older than Grace but they're friends through their families; she's a lovely young lady, and he's a total rake because his wife and child died. They start... doing stuff and things.... as he tries to help her find a man lol.

Contemporary:

Reckless by Stella Rhys--Lol a perfect match. In this one the hero is a high-powered sports agent, and the heroine is his go-to work wife assistant who's become like, his closest friend. Then, while they're on a company trip she invited her fiance to join her on, she finds out her fiance is cheating on her, and she and dude hang out as he comforts her, and shit gets charged... And then shortly after he offers to fuck her in his office for funsies and things go from there lol.

Friends Don't Fall in Love by Erin Hahn--In this one, the hero was friends with the heroine's boyfriend (fiancee?) first. Her man was a country singer, she was a rising country star, and the hero wrote songs for her dude. Then she took a stand against gun violence asshole dumps her, she hooks up with the friend guy for one night, and then they go their separate ways... Until years later, when he's her landlord, she begins plotting a return to music, and she finds out he's been writing the erotic instagram poetry she's been into lmao. They start hooking up, but obviously, there's MORE.

Give Me More by Sara Cate--Hunter and Isabel have been married a good while, and they're on a road trip with their best friend Drake, who's been friends with Isabel since she met Hunter and friends with Hunter since they were kids. Hunter sees Drake and Isabel in a compromising situation (that isn't what it looks like, genuinely lol) and realizes he likes that... And he thinks he likes being cucked and watching them fuck, but it's actually that they're all in love with each other and he's bi and won't admit it to himself. DELICIOUS. BOOK. SO. HOT. SO. ANGSTY.

Exposed by Kristen Callihan--More frenemies to FWB to lovers, but still. The heroine has been doing PR for this major rock band the hero is a part of, and they've been a part of the same friend group since they were kids but hate each other. After he overhears her at a bar being like "JESUS CHRIST I NEED TO BE FUCKED WELL" he volunteers. It's.... hot. And of course the super hot sex turns into love, lol.