Nobody is more surprised than me that I actually enjoyed those

[failte_aoife]

Well, not all of those but this entry featured a couple of books I started with not very high hopes and then ended up enjoying...well and a couple I hated so it's not quite a sign of the end-times.

Fantasy

Aliette de Bodard: Of Dragons, Feasts and Murder

The major nobody-is-more-surprised book. It's set in the Dominion of the Fallen universe where

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[ikel89]

Together they fight crime and are sarcastic. Also, the author uses a reasonable amount of words to describe things.
It is your glowing recommendation alone that makes it possible that I’m considering lifting the de Bodard embargo. Please acknowledge that power and use it wisely.

lesbians and magic in a Ruritania-type country
Still marvelling at how powerful the curse of paella lesbianism I mean boring ffs are that one can have this premise and not be fab. Anyway, can this Floodtide be read as a standalone? If I grow desperate.

a Victorianesque world where demons are real, look mostly human, are hot and are more or less second class citizens and we follow some dude with a sad childhood and his demon boyfriend trying to solve the mystery of some disappeared demons
It’s been three days since my text to you about this. I’ve reread my demonic floating boyfriends review, for science, so it is now with scientific evidence that I’m saying this: this summary could work equally well for the demonic floating boyfriends. I want this on the record.

With every next word I read about Zarin Saltan, a flower in my soul wilted, Beauty & Beast-style. Transformation into a sad, hairy monster with temper issue to commence soon.

I appreciate your expletive and service to us in relaying the anthology of Unicorn dildos in more detail than your - I can see that now - restrained goodreads review. I do not know what it takes to write about portal-opening demonic dildos from unicorns in lesbian femdom, but I now know it can be done.

Still on the fence if I ever wanna give Alexis Hall a try tbh.

No wait...I guess that could be the main reason why this didn't work for me.
OH GOD. the hilariosest thing -__-

I am so surprised that all of your non-fiction choices are about Britain. Shocked.

[failte_aoife]

Anyway, can this Floodtide be read as a standalone? If I grow desperate.

I think you would get...most of it. The MCs in the first three books were posh ladies and the MC from Floodtide is a servant girl so she doesn't interact with them as much but there's probably some stuff that is going to make only sense if you've read the previous books. (Also...it's not a straight romance...or y'know a non-straight romance XD She's clearly developing feelings for someone but in that book it doesn't yet lead anywhere)

Transformation into a sad, hairy monster with temper issue to commence soon.
In the future I will be more careful with what I share but it's probably already to late now and I'm imprisoned in your castle with your huge library.

. I do not know what it takes to write about portal-opening demonic dildos from unicorns in lesbian femdom, but I now know it can be done.
I wish I had never known it but something something wise Gandalf quote about how we can't choose our burdens

I mean I wouldn't recommend Hall's Fake boyfriend book unless the British heat fries your brain so much that you have no brain capacity for anything more complex left.

I'm full of surprises :D

[ikel89]

That solves it, I don't think I wanna bother with marginally-less-boring lesbians XD

but it's probably already to late now and I'm imprisoned in your castle with your huge library.
Only for 14 days of self-imposed quarantine, we're not beasts here in UK.