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A Cruel and Fated Light (The Hollow Star Saga, #2)
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bookshelves: achillean, author-queer, fantasy, mc-ace, mc-aspec, mc-bi, mc-gay, mc-lesbian, mc-pan, mc-queer, mc-sapphic, mental-health, na, outside-us, queer-secondary, romance-no-explicit, sapphic, sc-trans, suspense
May 31, 2022
bookshelves: achillean, author-queer, fantasy, mc-ace, mc-aspec, mc-bi, mc-gay, mc-lesbian, mc-pan, mc-queer, mc-sapphic, mental-health, na, outside-us, queer-secondary, romance-no-explicit, sapphic, sc-trans, suspense
Um okay like ow? Big ouchie? Wow why does this hurt so much? Yeah those are my thoughts when I finished this one. Big freaking cry.
So I'm really grateful that I was able to listen to this one immediately after finishing the first because by some weird stroke of luck I started the first one right when the second one was being released without even knowing it. I am super glad because I think that these two books need to go together in order to really get invested. Now is that a detriment to a series? Maybe. It shouldn't take two books to get people totally sucked in. There is a lot of world building and magic systems and character arcs to follow with the series and it took me pretty much 3/4 of the way through the first one to really get hooked but once I was there I was there. This second one immediately draws you in and if you liked the first one at all please read this one.
The best part about this book for me was Celadon's perspective because I love him and I don't know. He is also asexual and non-cis (maybe gender queer, he doesn't know yet) and I want him to be so happy.
I also really appreciated the grumpy sunshine trope between Nausicaa and Arlo. Like Nausicaa is so grouchy and I love it. She is really just a cinnamon roll but I kind of love how much she hates people and obviously she's got some trauma but between her and then Arlo's like super sunshine vibes they're hilarious together and I love it.
I don't want to talk about the plot too much because I did say that in my review for the first one that I was going to put on my thoughts here and I'm trying not to be too spoilery. Just know that if you like high fantasy and you like an all queer cast then this is a book to check out. I really liked the audiobooks and the multiple narrators they had. Get ready for some suffering and some angst because it is here in spades and I need the third book immediately.
Pansexual MC, lesbian MC, bisexual MC, asexual non cis MC, gay MC, loads of queer and trans secondary characters. Set in Canada and Nevada (US)
So I'm really grateful that I was able to listen to this one immediately after finishing the first because by some weird stroke of luck I started the first one right when the second one was being released without even knowing it. I am super glad because I think that these two books need to go together in order to really get invested. Now is that a detriment to a series? Maybe. It shouldn't take two books to get people totally sucked in. There is a lot of world building and magic systems and character arcs to follow with the series and it took me pretty much 3/4 of the way through the first one to really get hooked but once I was there I was there. This second one immediately draws you in and if you liked the first one at all please read this one.
The best part about this book for me was Celadon's perspective because I love him and I don't know. He is also asexual and non-cis (maybe gender queer, he doesn't know yet) and I want him to be so happy.
I also really appreciated the grumpy sunshine trope between Nausicaa and Arlo. Like Nausicaa is so grouchy and I love it. She is really just a cinnamon roll but I kind of love how much she hates people and obviously she's got some trauma but between her and then Arlo's like super sunshine vibes they're hilarious together and I love it.
I don't want to talk about the plot too much because I did say that in my review for the first one that I was going to put on my thoughts here and I'm trying not to be too spoilery. Just know that if you like high fantasy and you like an all queer cast then this is a book to check out. I really liked the audiobooks and the multiple narrators they had. Get ready for some suffering and some angst because it is here in spades and I need the third book immediately.
Pansexual MC, lesbian MC, bisexual MC, asexual non cis MC, gay MC, loads of queer and trans secondary characters. Set in Canada and Nevada (US)
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Reading Progress
May 25, 2022
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Started Reading
May 25, 2022
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May 31, 2022
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author-queer
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achillean
May 31, 2022
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mc-bi
May 31, 2022
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mc-aspec
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
mc-ace
May 31, 2022
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fantasy
May 31, 2022
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mc-sapphic
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
mc-queer
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
mc-pan
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
mc-lesbian
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
mc-gay
May 31, 2022
– Shelved as:
sapphic
May 31, 2022
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romance-no-explicit
May 31, 2022
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queer-secondary
May 31, 2022
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outside-us
May 31, 2022
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na
May 31, 2022
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mental-health
May 31, 2022
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suspense
May 31, 2022
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sc-trans
May 31, 2022
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Finished Reading
