Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Romeo and Juliet, But Make Them Lesbians

Fate's Bane by C.L. Clark

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 The Clan Aradoc and Clan Fein, two clans of the fens, have tenuous peace brought about by the taking of Agnir of Clan Fein into Clan Aradoc as a ward/hostage. For almost as long as she can remember she has been both a part of and apart from the Clan, learning their ways and growing up amongst their children, but never truly accepted as one of them. Except for Hadhnri, Chieftan’s daughter, who thinks of Agnir as not just of the clan, but as someone […]

“She didn’t want mercy. She wanted them to burn.”

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

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I wanted this book because of the cover, because, holy crap look at that woman’s arms. I’m shallow, OK? But yes, while Touraine is incredibly hot, this is also an intense and unflinching look at colonialism and belonging. Touraine was conscripted as a child of five into the Balladairan legions from conquered Qazāl, derogatorily called the Sands. All traces of her life before were beaten out of her – the language, the culture, her own name. By contrast, Luca is the Balladairan princess, used to […]



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