TheSmuttyPagemaster
Give me your trashiest trash and kinkiest kink for I am the mistress of all that goes "boo" or "please Sir, may I have another." Historian by trade. Remember kids, everything is political!!!
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Seraph
Lily Mayne
I’ve already mentally prepared myself to kill the screaming, murderous monster in the cage outside our camp.
I’m used to it. It’s what I do here. Kill monsters and other people. And this monster, Seraph, is particularly unstable—has been since the moment he arrived from Collector Mary’s monster menagerie to the west, where the military stashed him away.
He’s in pain. I can see it. But he’s not a mindless beast. Not like some of the others think.
When I start guarding him in his cage every night, I begin to see the person beneath the agony that tortures his every waking moment. I begin to see who Seraph could have been if he hadn’t been twisted into this monstrous creature.
I realise that I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to kill him, even for his own sake, but it doesn’t matter anyway. He’s already dying, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. Not even when new visitors at our raider camp bring with them secrets about Seraph. Secrets the military has tried to hide.
Secrets that reveal the true extent of the horror he’s been put through.
And now… Now, I will kill anyone who tries to hurt him again.
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Just finished reading the entire series with my 9 year old. And the amount of conversations we had to have about basic issues throughout was rather insane.
When I was a child reader my takeaway was that this book was about anti isolationism pro multiculturalism and a serious canary call to warn about what happened when a rising nationalist right and fascism takeover (not so far in the past when they first came out and even more horrifying to see the parallels now).
The series is beautiful, haunting really at how truly flawed my two favorite characters of the series were - Dumbledore and Snape. That affection withstood the test of time. Because they're meant to be flawed .
It is the other less intentional choices that are problematic and undermine that larger progressive everyone is valuable and everyone matters claims. Bullying, body shaming, triangulation and abuse by faculty at a boarding school ....and especially the very assimilationist or trope leaden depictions of any non white non British character or race (goblin etc). As a historian many of the connections of the house elves to slavery felt flat and I got way to much ick at the parallels between the lost cause rhetoric and pro confederate push to paint the picture of a happily enslaved person. With no real reason or mechanism for it to advance the plot in meaningful ways.
The world is magical. The storytelling masterful. The creator?.... A now blight upon this earth. Mind your business lady Voldemort and let the happy people be happy ya turf ass-be-otch and stop ruining the fun for al the he she theys thems and queerdos that make the world go round.
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I read this a few months ago but I really loved Claire and despite my belief that I would not ..... I actually loved the whole forest chase kinkiness. It made the book feel way more adventurous than it was and made the connection between the two leads more intense - but tied to the always weird but also always fun pay to play dynamic. I would read again and it was def on the sweeter side of the genre.
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The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett
In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree spontaneously erupted from his body. Even in this canton at the borders of the Empire, where contagions abound and the blood of the Leviathans works strange magical changes, it’s a death at once terrifying and impossible.
Called in to investigate this mystery is Ana Dolabra, an investigator whose reputation for brilliance is matched only by her eccentricities.
At her side is her new assistant, Dinios Kol. Din is an engraver, magically altered to possess a perfect memory. His job is to observe and report, and act as his superior’s eyes and ears--quite literally, in this case, as among Ana’s quirks are her insistence on wearing a blindfold at all times, and her refusal to step outside the walls of her home.
Din is most perplexed by Ana’s ravenous appetite for information and her mind’s frenzied leaps—not to mention her cheerful disregard for propriety and the apparent joy she takes in scandalizing her young counterpart. Yet as the case unfolds and Ana makes one startling deduction after the next, he finds it hard to deny that she is, indeed, the Empire’s greatest detective.
As the two close in on a mastermind and uncover a scheme that threatens the safety of the Empire itself, Din realizes he’s barely begun to assemble the puzzle that is Ana Dolabra—and wonders how long he’ll be able to keep his own secrets safe from her piercing intellect.
Featuring an unforgettable Holmes-and-Watson style pairing, a gloriously labyrinthine plot, and a haunting and wholly original fantasy world, The Tainted Cup brilliantly reinvents the classic mystery tale.
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Moss'd in Space
Rebecca Thorne
USA Today Bestselling author Rebecca Thorne delights in a brand new cozy science-fiction series...for fans of Martha Wells and Olivia Waite! Features original inside art!
Torian Razner finally bought a starship, and contrary to Amelia’s assessment, it was not “a meteoric sign of stupidity.” Sure, the alien starship may have been abandoned for a century, and it may be covered in moss now… but it’s Torian’s ticket to freedom, regardless of what her ex… ah, captain… said.
Except Torian’s first flight reveals a surprise passenger: the moss is actually an organic computer with a snarky attitude and serious abandonment issues. The target of its loathing? The immortal alien who built it (and then parked the starship, with Moss inside, and forgot about it). The same alien who just found Torian and accused her of “stealing” the ship.
It’s entirely possible that Amelia was right about this meteoric stupidity.
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The Reimagining of Thornwood House
Jaleigh Johnson
A witch and her young ward discover a magical, walking house and learn the true meaning of home in this cozy, enchanting novel from New York Times bestselling author Jaleigh Johnson. Evelyn Sharpe is accustomed to dealing with natural disasters as a land witch, but she longs for a life with a little less danger for her and her adopted daughter, Ruby. So when the opportunity to take over as Caretaker of Thornwood House—a sentient home that acts as the magical heart of the village of Iskendra—arises, it seems almost fated. When they arrive in sunny Iskendra, Evie and Ruby find the house is nothing like what they thought. First of all, it has walked away from the address. Thornwood House is grumpy, guarded, and extremely hesitant to allow the two witches through its doors. Armed with gentle hearts and wild magic, Evie and Ruby begin to form tentative bonds with the house and the citizens of the small town. But there’s something deeply damaged about the building seeping into the forests surrounding Iskendra, and Evie will have to use all her power to protect the roots she’s started to grow.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him...
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
C.S. Lewis
Narnia… the land beyond the wardrobe door, a secret place frozen in eternal winter, a magical country waiting to be set free.
Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realize they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell.
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Disappoint Me
Nicola Dinan
After a rough tumble and maybe-serious head injury, a disillusioned trans poet falls for a charming corporate lawyer in a love story that grapples with the explosive ghosts of relationships past, romantic and familial, from the Lambda Award-nominated author of Bellies, Nicola Dinan
“Fell down the stairs and woke up a trad wife.”
Max is thirty, a published poet and grossly overpaid legal counsel for a tech company. With a lifetime of dysphoria and fuccbois rattling around in her head, Max is plagued with a deep dissatisfaction during what should be the best years of her life. After taking a spill down the stairs at a New Year’s Eve party, she decides to make some changes. First things first: a stab at good old-fashioned heteronormativity.
Max thinks she’s found the answer in Vincent, a corporate lawyer and hobby baker, whose trad friendship group may as well speak a foreign language, and whose Chinese parents never pictured their son dating a trans woman. This uncharted territory may have rough terrain, but Vincent cares for Max in a way she’d long given up on as a foolish fantasy.
Yet Vincent is carrying his own baggage from his gap year in Thailand a decade prior: an explosive entanglement with a mysterious, gorgeous traveler. Voice-driven, warm, and poignant, Disappoint Me is an exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bourgeois domesticity that asks if we are defined by our worst mistakes.
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Triple Sec
T.J. Alexander
A jaded bartender is wooed by a charmingly quirky couple in this fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com, set in the exclusive world of high-end cocktail bars.
As a bartender at Terror & Virtue, a swanky New York City cocktail lounge known for its romantic atmosphere and Insta-worthy drinks, Mel has witnessed plenty of disastrous dates. That, coupled with her own romantic life being in shambles, has Mel convinced love doesn’t exist.
Everything changes when Bebe walks into the bar. She’s beautiful, funny, knows her whiskeys—and is happily married to her partner, Kade. Mel’s resigned to forget the whole thing, but Bebe makes her a unique since she and Kade have an open marriage, she’s interested in taking Mel on a date.
What starts as a fun romp turns into a burgeoning relationship, and soon Mel is trying all sorts of things she’d been avoiding, from grand romantic gestures to steamy exploits. Mel even gets the self-confidence to enter a cocktail competition that would make her dream of opening her own bar a reality. In the chaotic whirl of all these new experiences, Mel realizes there might be a spark between her and Kade, too. As Bebe, Kade, and Mel explore their connections, Mel begins to think that real love might be more expansive than she ever thought possible.
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Shots and Barbs (Deep Earth Dating, #2)
Lily Mayne
Nuni
Look, I’m an extremely busy, handsome, charming guy. I am a paragon of physical perfection, I run a wildly successful architecture firm, and I take care of my family. I don’t have time to organise a ten-year anniversary party for my business, so it just makes sense to hire someone else to do the work.
Except as soon as I see my new event planner, Anita Chaudhary, with her dark eyes and no-nonsense attitude and sensible shoes, I decide maybe I should be involved in the process. Just, you know, for the sake of being thorough.
But mainly so I can keep butting heads with her. She’s competitive and cool-headed and infuriatingly competent, all of which I begrudgingly find attractive. And those sensible shoes of hers drive me wild.
But she’s also human. And we all know that humans and demiurgus don’t exactly mix…
Anita
Nuni var Rorik is arrogant, pompous, egotistical, vain, bullheaded… need I go on?
He’s a frat boy in an expensive suit. A know-it-all. A big, muscular demiurgus with perfect hair and flawless skin and a distractingly beautiful face. He rankles me like no one else.
But I can’t stay away from him.
Which is definitely not good. I’m his event planner, and my boss is extremely strict when it comes to… ahem… client relations.
When our barbed words and competitive needling explode into something hotter than it has any right being, my job and reputation are on the line. I can’t stand the thought of being seen as irresponsible or less than the best, but I can’t stop myself when it comes to him.
So we just have to keep it a secret.
Shots and Barbs is a MF monster/human romcom and is the second in the series Deep Earth Dating, which features a range of diverse pairings and is for an adult audience only.
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Godsbane
Lindsey Richardson
Everything you know about your gods is a lie.
Born into a ruling family, Ivy Fellows is no stranger to power. In a nation devoid of magic and forced to worship the Golden Pantheon, Ivy has used her position to loudly oppose the gods, earning her enemies and a slanderous nickname. When the King dies without an heir, Ivy must take her ailing father’s place at the Ascension Vote to stop the most powerful man in Corinth from taking the throne.
Armed with weapons, wit, and secret earth magic in her veins, Ivy is ready to make the cross-country trek to the capital city, even if it means traveling with the battle-famed Captain Callan Murphy, a man with a reputation even larger than her own. But securing him as an ally, leads to more than Ivy bargained for.
A forbidden discovery of rebellion, bargains, prophecy, and destiny, culminates in an earth-shattering revelation that upends everything Ivy believes to be true. Faced with a new reality, Ivy must navigate her rapidly expanding magic and growing feelings for Callan to accomplish the change the fate of her country, her world, and herself.
Godsbane, the first book in a planned fantasy romance duology, is perfect for fans of the descriptive prose of Crowns of Nyaxia, the vibes of The Plated Prisoner Series, the political intrigue of Game of Thrones, and the layered adventures of Throne of Glass
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Taken—A Thorned Thistle Dark Romance
Merrigan Calder
In a remote Scottish cottage, a dangerous operative keeps the woman he's been watching for weeks—and dares her to see how long she can resist.
DOREN
I was supposed to watch her. Protect her from a distance. Instead, I took her. Now she's mine—locked away where no one can find us, where I can study every reaction, every shiver, every moment her resistance cracks. I won't force her surrender. I'll wait until she begs for it.
LILLET
He kidnapped me. Locked me away in a cottage at the edge of nowhere with no hope of rescue. I should hate him—I do hate him. But he's patient where he should be cruel, gentle when I expect violence. And the way he watches me makes me wonder what would happen if I stopped fighting.
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Remnants (Silver Games Book 1)
Jess Stevens
A girl with strange abilities must choose a side in a war between gangs… and the two men she loves.
In the ruined streets of Los Angeles, the game is simple. Whichever gang controls the Silvers controls the city. Their blood is the electricity that powers everything.
Lissa Metarro is a Silver who doesn’t want to play the game.
Instead, she wants to live freely with her best friend, Tayna, who could maybe be more than a friend if they weren’t always so concerned with hiding from the gangs and trying to make it to the next day alive.
But dreams of freedom are ruined when Tayna is killed in a horrible accident, and Lissa is kidnapped by the Cards, the most powerful and lethal gang in the city.
Lissa must learn to navigate a new life as she’s forced to serve the Cards as a Silver Queen. And not just any Queen. Her strange and exceptionally powerful silver catches the attention of Gideon Valmontry, the Ace—the leader of the Cards—and a brutal man, who is used to getting what he wants. And he wants Lissa. Not just her body and her silver blood but her heart, too.
But Lissa’s heart is the last thing she has that is hers alone, and she won’t give it to Gideon, even if part of her wants to. Especially not when rumors of a rebel group begin to swirl and, with it, a new hope that a different sort of life might still be possible.Remnants is the first novel in the Silver Games series. It is a dark fantasy romance with elements that may be triggering to some readers including explicit content, depictions of violence, and more. Please see the author's note and content warnings at the beginning of the book.
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