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The holidays are fucking hard

This Winter by Alice Oseman

December 29, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“When people know you’re mentally ill, most people either want to ignore it completely or they treat you like your strange, scary, or fascinating. Very few people are actually good at the middle ground. The middle ground isn’t hard. It’s just being there. Being helpful, if help is needed. Being understanding, even if they don’t understand everything.” ― Alice Oseman, This Winter “I think sometimes,’ says Nick, ‘you’re so scared of being a burden that it makes you terrified to ask for help. But you […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: alice oseman, Christmas novella, Dysfunctional Families, eating disorders, gay romance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, mental health issues, siblings, Young Adult Romance

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:52 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: alice oseman, Christmas novella, Dysfunctional Families, eating disorders, gay romance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, mental health issues, siblings, Young Adult Romance ·
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If you hit me with your cane again, you’re gone

a good myth is hard to kill by MajorGodComplex

December 22, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Kaz is a smart man, but not smart enough to reconsider snarking the most powerful man in the world when dragged out of Ketterdam and across the fold to work for him. Kaz isn’t worried. He’s got plot armor. The Darkling showed his hand much too early with all of that ‘together we’ll change the world’ bullshit.  Still, when the shadows begin to close in on him he can’t help but consider the possibility he may have miscalculated. ……………. Thanks to his black kefta, that’s […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: gay romance, MajorGodComplex, six of crows duology, the shadow and bone trilogy

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: gay romance, MajorGodComplex, six of crows duology, the shadow and bone trilogy ·
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Does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater

Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

December 19, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“She didn’t want this, she thought. She wanted to stop being afraid.. and she wanted a future that didn’t look exactly like her past. There had to be something they could do. This wasn’t living, it was just giving up while still breathing.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk “Farooq-Lane’s fist smarted as if it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face, because it had just been smashed against a douchebag’s face.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk Spoilers for The Raven […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: angst, brothers, Fathers and sons, fish out of water, gay romance, identical twins, lesbian romance, LGBTQ, Maggie Stiefvater, magical realism, Mothers and daughters ·
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The book, "Under the Whispering Door" by TJ Klune standing next to a wooden snowman.

“Sometimes, death is a blessing, even if we don’t realize it right away.”

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

December 17, 2022 by Dome'Loki Leave a Comment

I was gifted Under the Whispering Door Winter Solstice, 2021.  Narfna described it as a ‘warm hug’ in her review and I wanted to save it for when such a book was needed.  Somehow almost a year has passed and it sat on the shelf.  When looking for my next read I swear I could hear the book say, “You should read me before you get more books for this year’s Winter Solstice book exchange”.  The book had a point so I picked it up and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gay romance, LGBTQ, TJ Klune

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, gay romance, LGBTQ, TJ Klune ·
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You’re just gonna assume they’re a she?

Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

November 25, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

  I love him so, so much. But what I’ve realized through all of this is that we need other people too: siblings, parents, friends, more friends, a therapist. Even teachers sometimes. That doesn’t mean our relationship isn’t strong. ― Alice Oseman, Heartstopper Volume 4 I’ve been working my way through my recommendation list lately. As soon as I wrap up one series, I’m sad that it is over. I tend to go looking for something along the same lines. After falling in love with […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult Tagged With: alice oseman, anxiety and depression, British Schoolboys, gay romance, Graphic Novel/Comic, high school romance, LGBTQ romance, Mental Health, queer romance, Young Adult Romance

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Young Adult · Tags: alice oseman, anxiety and depression, British Schoolboys, gay romance, Graphic Novel/Comic, high school romance, LGBTQ romance, Mental Health, queer romance, Young Adult Romance ·
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The book "A Marvellous Light" by Freya Marske standing next to a pot of daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.

Elegantly written Edwardian fantasy, murder mystery, gay romance

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

March 29, 2022 by Dome'Loki 1 Comment

First of all, Thank you, again, llamareadbooks for gifting me this book in the Cannonball Book Exchange!  A book that combines several genres I enjoy was almost guaranteed to be a hit but it is the beautiful writing that makes this such a wonderful read. You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips.  You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house.  I’d like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you to stop talking about […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr14, Dome'Loki, Freya Marske, gay, gay romance, historical fiction

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr14, Dome'Loki, Freya Marske, gay, gay romance, historical fiction ·
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