#zaya feli

[bi-bliotaph]

If anyone is looking for a queer dragon book similar to Fourth Wing, check out Wild Sky by Zaya Feli! Not only is there a military full of dragon riders, there is disability rep, and the most healthy queer relationship I could have asked for. They also take care of a baby dragon together while saving the world!! It’s one of my favorite books I’ve ever read

[petrichorsmemory]

Books Read in January

I have read 4 books in January:

1. "The Pale Horse" by Agatha Christie

2. "City of Ghosts" by Victoria Schwab

3. "Teeth" by Zaya Feli

4. "Claws" by Zaya Feli

Coincidentally most of them have been on my TBR for some time (and funnily enough, all seem to have almost monochromatic covers 😅)

I also started "Babel" by R. F. Kuang and "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jeanette McCurdy.

All in all, pretty good reading month for me.

[the-bi-library]

Bi enemies to lovers books 💖

Someone on twitter asked me for some enemies to lovers books with bi MC(s) and I thought of posting them here too💕

💕The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska 💕 Render to Silver by Catherine Labadie 💕 Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley 💕 The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation 💕 The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft 💕 Of Fire And Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 💕Down Comes The Night by Allison Saft 💕 Night Tide by Anna Burke 💕 Kissing Ezra Holtz by Brianna R. Shrum 💕 The Fever King by Victoria Lee 💕 Stag's Run by Zaya Feli

[windupnamazu]

—no matter what fate awaits us, i'll take your hand in mine and never let go next to you (next to you), here by your side, our souls cry out that this is where we belong!

01. ENVOY: could be the distance made this love visible Lunya & Hancock | Post-Shadowbringers | 969wc Lunya Lanya, Hancock Fitzgerald, and the art of lacking subtlety.

02. BARK: don't be so awoof! Lunya & Zaya | Post-Endwalker | 371wc Argos wants a little snack, as a treat. Sorry, Zaya.

03. UNION (free day): something about making cantaloupes into can-elopes Lunya & Kotone/H'lios | Post-Endwalker | 486wc Kotone and H'lios have a surprise for Lunya. Maybe even two surprises, if she's unlucky.

04. OFF THE HOOK: twelve forbid girls do anything! Pancake & Linnet | Post-Stormblood | 1423wc Just girls being girls.

05. BARBAROUS: like swords to the pit of my belly Lunya & Themis | Pirate AU | 909wc More than friends but less than lovers to enemies.

06. RING: like the hands on the clock, they'll go in circles back to their places Lunya/G'raha | Endwalker finale | 1143wc Fourteen years ago, a little girl learned something from the man who would give his life for hers.

07. NOISOME: smells like sardine spirit! Lunya, Babycorn, Cherrypit, & Himbo | ARR, flowrverse | 1155wc A little deodorant would go a long way, but I'm not sure you'd remember what that is either.

08. SHED: the gentleness hidden in the night Lunya/G'raha | Howl's Moving Castle AU | 244wc You found me in the future, and now it's my turn to find you.

09. FAIR: if we listen to each other's heart! Butter/Babycorn & uninvited guests | Post-Endwalker | 1202wc The tornado potato popoto chronicles.

10. DIVINE (free day): you, the destroyer (you, the destroyed) Lunya/G'raha | Crystal Tower quests | 763wc G'raha Tia and an uncomfortably close encounter with the deific kind.

11. ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY: you're the only one i wish would understand Rhea & Honoka | Post-Endwalker | 1240wc My heart is always filled with unrequited feelings for you.

12. DOWDY: dressed to impress (and distress?) Lunya & Babycorn | Castle in the Sky AU | 694wc Walk, walk, fashion baby(corn).

13. CHECK: i don't get intimidated (girl, i celebrate it) Tsuna/Hancock | Post-Stormblood | 993wc Checklist, 1 2 3 / you can tell me what you need ♫ (can it be me?)

14. CLEAR: got a secret (i can't keep it!) Coco & Reese | Endwalker | 1087wc There are better places to give your friend a crisis than the ground, you know.

15. PORTENTOUS: i can't sit idly (no, i can't move at all) Lunya/G'raha | Pastoral AU | 582wc Some people hear a scream in the middle of the night and close their curtains. G'raha runs toward it.

16. JERK: loot it or lose it! Lunya & Vertical | MMO Gamer AU | 272wc EVEYBODY SO MEAN 2 ME

17. TEASE (free day): i bet you play soccer 'cause you're a keeper! Lunya/G'raha & Zaya/Thancred | Misc high school AU | 782wc Two sets of teenagers, both alike in teenage cringefaility, On fair soccer field, where we lay our scene,

18. FISH OUT OF WATER: walking around on those—what do you call 'em? Lunya/G'raha & Cherrypit & Babycorn | Aquarium AU | 993wc Up where they walk, up where they run, up where they're just trying to leave their workplace so they can go on a date but you're like six and too cute to ignore—

19. WEAL: three of swords Felis | Pre-Calamity | 517wc They say bad luck comes in threes, so it makes sense that all three of them ended up in a shitty place by shitty circumstances.

20. HAMPER: cubone applin sinistea! Lunya & G'raha & Babycorn & Butter | Pokemon AU | 523wc Just because you can eat it doesn't mean you should.

21. GRAVE: the weight of living Lunya & G'raha | Pacific Rim AU | 393wc There's an albatross around your neck.

22. FULSOME: absolutely smitten Tsuna/Hancock & Lunya | Post-Endwalker | 586wc Live Lunya Lanya reaction.

[haveyoureadthisqueerbook]

I would like to submit The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec and the Icefjord Saga (both book 1, Teeth, and book 2, Claws) by Zaya Feli

These are all queued now! Thanks!

[the-lightbulb-and-the-octopus]

Trying to read too many books - Week 8

Read:

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Mercurial by Naomi Hughes

A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha

Teeth (The Icefjord Saga #1) by Zaya Feli

Claws (The Icefjord Saga #2) by Zaya Feli

Currently reading

As Above, So Below by Dana Isaly

Next on the tbr

A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

The Power by Naomi Alderman

The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) by Rin Chupeco (finally taking my friend's rec into account)

Total: 30/48 books

Trying to read too many books - Week 0

Because I really want to have an empty e-reader. That's it, that's the reason.

I made very secret calculations and the conclusion is that if I manage to read around 3,5 books per week, I should be done before 2024. That's the ultimate goal. I'm definitely not above fitting all of this into other projects like readathons or buddy reads - and I'm definitely going to change the preset tbrs that I will give in my updates because of ~feelings~

So for the first week, the tentative list will be:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Mask of Shadows (Mask of Shadows #1) by Linsey Miller

Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle

The Black Guard (The Long War #1) by A. J. Smith

[bucksdimple]

Wild Sky by Zaya Feli 🐉👬💙

[ace-artemis-fanartist]

Recently finished Wild Sky by @zayafeli, and it was so soft and sweet!

Sometimes a family is two dads and their dragon daughter.😌

[kind-destroyer-god]

Wild Sky is out now!

Do you like soft boys, slow burn romance, awesome world building, an intricate plot and

dragons?

I expected to like this book, since I liked all of Zaya Feli’s other books, but I did not expect how quickly and deeply it would suck me in! Two pages in and I already would die for Tauran and Kalai. The way their relationship builds is so great, because you can see not only how much they care for each other, but also how much they admire and respect each other. Don’t you crave some good romance where a couple learns to face outside conflicts while making each other stronger? This is it!

Also, the dragons? I was never much of a dragon person, not that I hate them or anything, but I didn’t really get the Eragon hype, you know? So I didn’t expect how I would love the dragons in this book so much! As soon as Leyra was born I was all like “if anything happens to her I will kill everyone and then myself”. Each dragon has a personality and they feel like real characters you can’t help but care about. It’s amazing!

The book is pretty long and there’s a lot going on, but at no point it feels confusing or info-dumpy, and the side characters are also great.

I highly recommend you give this a try if you like the books I usually post about, or fantasy LGBT+ literature in general!

Also, look at these boys:

They’re perfect!

(All art by Zaya Feli, because IT IS possible to be that talented at everything after all)

[robotcorsair]

Zaya providing the sad boys is just 😍🥰♥️😍🥰♥️!!

😂 I just need them in our lives already 😭

True... I am just waiting for Zaya to deliver me the sad boys so I can feel again... 😭 😭 😭  I don’t even know these boys and I already want to hug them...

[hiraiying]

“Tauran no longer thought about death and agony, but about Kalai’s elegant hands that were not only made for holding pens and quills, but for holding Tauran’s hands, too.”

— Wild Sky.

[the-bi-library]

Slow burn, enemies to lovers recs plsss <33

Here you go <3

💕Down Comes The Night by Allison Saft 💕 Night Tide by Anna Burke 💕 The Fever King by Victoria Lee 💕 Stag's Run by Zaya Feli 💕The Dark Tide by Alicia Jasinska 💕Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis 💕 Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley 💕 The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation 💕 The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft 💕 Of Fire And Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

[astudyinfic]

Books read in 2020

#81: Floodgates by Zaya Feli

My review:

I suffered through book 1.  I nearly died at the end of book 2.  Regardless of what people told me, I was terrified for this book.  But I was wrong.  Some pain but also some absolutely lovely moments.   

 Also, lions.

[hsincerely]

BOOKS READ IN 2020: teeth by zaya feli

“What if the Varg isn't really gone? What if it's in you? Trapped inside.”

Isa let out a laugh so loud it scared a seagull sleeping on a nearby post. “That's funny. It's really funny. Wanna know why? Let me tell you.” He leaned close to Karel, placing a hand on each of his shoulders until their faces were centimetres apart. “I'm too hopeless, Rakki. I didn't wanna kill anyone, you know. I never wanted to hurt anyone. I wanted to carve. I wanted to create, not destroy. All I do is hurt and kill and ruin, until this thing – this curse – ruins me.” He sighed deeply. “There couldn't possibly be a god inside me. I'm nowhere near powerful enough for that.”

[toynbeees]

i already sent an ask to @zayafeli screeching about iron breakers but uhh it’s time for more praise i guess? bc i cry over roanna sylver’s chameleon moon & isaac marion’s warm bodies but i guess i have a third fave series now?

basically it’s very fantasy and also very gay which is 10/10 the best combination of things. it was AMAZING and i can’t believe it took me so long to fucking read it. 

it’s very in-your-face gay without being one of those stories that tries too hard y’know? by which i mean while it’s very central to the story, since the two main characters get together in the end, it isn’t a story about being gay nor is it like, a big deal in the story or the worldbuilding. it’s just a thing thats accepted and i love that??? also (spoilers!) my fave character gets married in the epilogue!! so i’m very pleased!!

the writing style is pretty easy on the eyes, not too flowery or over the top bc i find that can make something difficult to read. but the simplicity doesn’t take away from the story either bc it’s just?? so easy and lovely to read?? and the plot isn’t too overly complicated either but it still has some gr9 plot twists etc etc im love!~

also the book itself has like, a little map at the beginning. it’s a super cute detail that i LOVE and i wish more books did that. seriously, it’s great. there’s also a list of characters so if you’re like me and feel the need to keep track of every minor character, it’s perfect

[bucksdimple]

ahh i just learned abt dandelion boys and i NEED to know where i can read it 👀 (also hope you're having a lovely week x)

Hey, you can't read it because it hasn't come out yet but if you click through the tag on my blog you can find more art and info about the book. The author, Zaya Feli, writes mostly historical fantasy and those books (Wild Sky, The Icefjord saga, Iron breakers) are some of my favorites so if you're interested in that genre I highly recommend them 😊 (and thanks, have a great week too).