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Boys only want love if it’s torture.

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

September 28, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Reciprocity was a thing you had to learn. Someone had to tell you, first, that you deserved to be treated well, before you knew it for yourself. ― Alexandra Rowland, A Taste of Gold and Iron CBR17 Bingo: Family Family because the sultan loves her brother, Kadou, but she must remain emotionally distant from him and his drama so she can deal with raising her infant daughter, who is the heir to the throne. I don’t remember when I read this book. Maybe it was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Alexandra Rowland, cbr17bingo, gay romance, low fantasy, messy characters, Palace politics, queer romance

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Alexandra Rowland, cbr17bingo, gay romance, low fantasy, messy characters, Palace politics, queer romance ·
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This duology will rock you!

Godly Heathens by H. E. Edgmon

Merciless Saviors by H. E. Edgmon

December 26, 2023 by LB 4 Comments

I read HE Edgmon’s debut, The Witch King and immediately knew he was an author to keep an eye on! And his newest duology, The Ouroboros, shows so much growth and development as an author and story teller. Godly Heathens is currently available, and I’d recommend this duology more for older teens than a crossover audience, especially as there is significant violence and gore throughout (content notes are provided in the front matter). Merciless Saviors releases April 16, 2024. Logistics out of the way, let […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: chosen family, duology, godly heathens, h. E. Edgmon, HE Edgmon, merciless saviors, messy characters, nonbinary, Ouroboros, Ouroboros duology, queer, Seminole, trans, unreliable narrator

LB's CBR15 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: chosen family, duology, godly heathens, h. E. Edgmon, HE Edgmon, merciless saviors, messy characters, nonbinary, Ouroboros, Ouroboros duology, queer, Seminole, trans, unreliable narrator ·
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A complex, beautiful fantasy sequel

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

August 13, 2022 by LB 2 Comments

[Review contains potential spoilers for Jasmine Throne, book 1 of The Burning Kingdoms trilogy] I finished Oleander Sword and now I don’t know what to do with myself. How dare it end there?! Where’s the next book?! I need to know what’s going to happen next!! Oleander Sword picks up a year after the events of Jasmine Throne. Bhumika and Priya are Elders of Ahiranya and trying to lead their country into a prosperous future, but are having to deal with the politics of the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: complex motivations, epic fantasy, messy characters, messy feelings, morally grey lesbians, oleander sword, political machinations, queer, sapphic, Tasha Suri

LB's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: complex motivations, epic fantasy, messy characters, messy feelings, morally grey lesbians, oleander sword, political machinations, queer, sapphic, Tasha Suri ·
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