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layvender

i'm lay, she/her, 30s, queer. gothic lit girl trying to broaden my reading horizons.

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Gothic Literature
My Taste
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Rebecca
Dracula
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Jane Eyre
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The Beauty's Blade: Mei Ren Jian (Novel)Mistakes Were MadeEmmaHarley Quinn: Black + White + RedA Murder on the Appian Way (Roma Sub Rosa, #5)

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From the Cold

From the Cold

Mia K. Rose

She was born to be a lady of the court… not a woman who can kill a monster made of death. When a soul-stealing demi-lich stalks her father’s lands, twenty-year-old Claris seizes the one chance she’s ever had to break free of her gilded future. Joining the hunt means defying tradition, risking scandal, and possibly her life… but it also means finally becoming the warrior she’s dreamed of. Earning her place among the seasoned garde is hard enough. Resisting Torsten is harder. The aggravatingly handsome warrior with a roguish smile challenges her every step… and makes her wish her future weren’t already promised. As fae tricksters, corpse crawlers, and marauders close in, Claris’s blade skills are pushed to their breaking point, and so is the slow-burn desire she and Torsten can no longer ignore.But the demi-lich has a secret weakness… and exploiting it will demand a sacrifice Claris never expected. To save her people, she must decide what she’s willing to risk—her duty, her future, or her heart.

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An Oath to the Winter Winds

An Oath to the Winter Winds

L. N. Sefchik

What starts out as a quest for a friend's cure turns into so much more. Ever since the events at the watchtower, Sebastian cannot assuage his guilt over his best friend's fall to the Kingman's Curse. Desperate to escape the suffocating confines of the Vanis Aer Æther Guild, and find a solution against Colin's purgatorial state, he flees with Niamh and a group of boisterous explorers to the magical continent of Seda in the hope of a new start. But between a mishap with a cursed leyline, and misunderstanding a Titanian holiday, Sebastian cannot catch a break. Still, there may be a silver lining that grows a deep-rooted crush into the blossom of love. Niamh, on the other hand, is secretly struggling with her own feelings of inadequacy. After coming to terms that she is not cut out to be a mage, her reason for fleeing to Seda with her cousin's exploration guild transforms into a discovery that she was destined to walk a different path. With a new mentor and reinvigorated purpose, Niamh must learn what it means to surrender herself to both the spirits and her own heart. Together, they might have what it takes to save a beloved friend and face their intertwining destinies. An Oath to the Winter Winds is a slow burn fantasy romance great for readers who prefer big doses of medium-to-high-stakes plot that brings two friends intimately together with intention. This book can be read by itself, or as a supplemental standalone to the Carving Legacies series. The story does not end on a cliffhanger, instead it guides the reader to the next adventure if they choose to explore further. This book is intended for an audience aged 18+ for depictions of intimacy.

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    Enjoyment: 3.5Quality: 3.5Characters: 4.0Plot: 3.0

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