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Gender-bent re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty with a dash of Indiana Jones

The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

September 13, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – READER’S CHOICE/WHITE WHALE (I’m still planning on reading my original White Whale choice, but I just don’t have the brain space at the moment) Briar Rose, prince of the Kingdom of Andar, is born on the verge of death. His mother reaches out to a powerful witch, the Spindle Witch, to use her magic to save her son in exchange for sharing knowledge of terrible and forbidden magic. The Spindle Witch saves the prince, but the queen walks back on her promise. Seeking […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: ARC, cbr13bingo, gender bent, indiana jones, Leslie Vedder, sleeping beauty

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:55 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: ARC, cbr13bingo, gender bent, indiana jones, Leslie Vedder, sleeping beauty ·
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Don’t let the colors fool you

February 2, 2016 by tillie Leave a Comment

ODY-C is based on Homer’s Odyssey in a world where Zeus has killed off most of the men. ODY-C is a genderbent interpretation that’s completely warped out of its own mind in a psychedelic sci-fi god-ruled outer space. I mean the whole thing is nuts. Crazy colors, and sexual innuendos all over the place; think women breaking down doors with giant phallos’ and vagina-like spaceships. But don’t let the colors fool you. This is not an explosion of a book, it’s a slow, heavy journey. […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Western Tagged With: cobra, Comics, fantasy, gender bent, Graphic Novel, greek mythology, Mathildehoeg, Ody-C, queer, sci-fi

tillie's CBR8 Review No:4 · Genres: Book Club, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense, Western · Tags: cobra, Comics, fantasy, gender bent, Graphic Novel, greek mythology, Mathildehoeg, Ody-C, queer, sci-fi ·
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