#sweet and bitter magic

[mysticallilac]

i feel like i should just go and make a discord server for all those fantasy wlw books whose fandoms aren't big enough for a server on there own

so... if there's anyone interested in helping me moderate it-

edit: here's the link!

https://discord.com/invite/pYV6MRCKh7

[sapphic-book-tournament]

So, based on your votes, coming up next is our Sapphic Enemies to Lovers tournament! Tell me which books you would like to see on the bracket!

[bookishlyvintage]

Picnic Stack (fantasy edition)

Where we are: the House in the Cerulean Sea

When is the picnic: Tonight

Who are we with: Belladonna (and her eclectic companion she calls Death)

What's in the Sandwiches: Sweet & Bitter Magic (leave it to Witches to be vague)

What's the weather: Wild

What are we listening to: The Sunbearer Trials (and here I thought this was a date)

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - May 20th - Caused an All-Nighter

staying up late to read Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley while on a busy road-trip holiday was not the wisest decision I’ve ever made but it was so worth it to see how this brilliant standalone fantasy ended

[dykes-on-books]

What is up, bookworms! Chapter Two of Dykes on Books is now live on most major platforms, give it a listen and shout out what you think of it! Enjoy!

[ofdinosanddais1]

Well I just finished Sweet and Bitter Magic and I loved it. Satisfied my desire for a sapphic enemies to lovers.

[lottiesoka]

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

[phoenixkaptain]

Sometimes I reimmerse myself in Moomins and I can’t recall what I was going through but I remember the emotions that sparked from these characters. There was a sense of, “ah-ha.” And part of that was from watching the stop-motion version before anything else because I was recommended it on YouTube randomly, if I recally correctly, and part of it was that I was very into Hannibal at the time and Mads Mikkelsen playing Sniff will never not be funny and there was something so pleasing about little adventures where the importance was solely based on the characters and their desire to adventure.

And part of it was Snufkin and Moomin, because I couldn’t help but long for that type of relationship. One in which you think fondly of each other when you’re apart. You can spend hours watching clouds or listening to a river or simply talking about nothing and yet you still don’t get bored. The physical affection is brief, but the emotional affection is so tangible as to become physical. They are a sail on a boat, flowers in a vase; they don’t need each other they want each other. In a very “I could have been made for something else, but I chose it to be you” sort of way.

There was no greater romance, in my mind at the time. There was nothing more romantic than simply being reminded of someone by looking at something that person enjoys, or wondering what someone is thinking or doing, or simply. Waiting and being waited for. As Orpheus can’t resist the urge to look at Eurydice, Snufkin and Moomin both can’t resist the urge to know, to learn about, to love each other.

It may be romantic or it may be platonic or it may be interpreted differently by every single person who sees them, but it is, to me, the type of relationship I long to have. Not quite romance, more than friendship, different from siblings, everyone you know assumes that you know where the other is at all times… it’s something soft and delicate, fragile and sweet, and it was so different from romances I had read about in the past.

I suppose one could say that there’s a reason I love couples who laugh with each other, who take time to smile, who talk about meaningless trivialities, who are content just to lay side by side, feeling the wind and the grass and listening to the trees and the birds. It’s so full of yearning, so bittersweet, so hopefully pining, so carefully cradling. It enraptured me then, and it enraptures me even now.

[fangirlforthewin]

LGTBQ+ Protagonist Book Recommendations

Mostly young adult, but they're still good and highly recommended. These are all mostly fantasy because that's all I read, so I hope you like fairies, and prince/princesses, and pirates!

Please feel to add your favorite recs to the list!

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Captive Prince by C.S Pacat

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adriene Tooley

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Huntress by Malinda Lo

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Colthurst

Breaking Legacies by Zoe Reed

A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian

[givemeabreakimbig28]

bitter sweet is really gonna be reuniting the whole My Engineer cast im so excited

[between-the-pages657]

I thought this book was an enemies-to-lovers trope, but it’s more like grumpy/sunshine.

[sapphic-book-tournament]

Here we are! The bracket for the Sapphic Fantasy Book Tournament! Polls will start going up Tomorrow!

Edit: I see the spelling errors now, they’ll be fixed next round.

[skittytales]

“Her cloak flaring out behind her like a cape” girl what does that mean.

[frankmayo]

Harry Hewitt McCoy (1893-1937)

[dykes-on-books]

What is up! We just finished recording our next episode here, covering Sweet and Bitter Magic! The episode drops the 27th, but if you can't wait give us a follow here and on Patreon so you don't miss any bonuses! If you haven't given it a listen, our 1st episode is on most major podcast apps!🌈📚

Let us know what you think, and spread the word! This podcast is a silly passion project, but I hope that people will enjoy hearing us ramble about queer themes!

[goldengodcannibal]

Enjoying my final hours on TikTok