I heard "fantasy" and "queer" and i stopped everything i was doing and used my free book points on Thriftbooks to buy myself a copy. I didnt even read the blurb
@miratia2604 ай бұрын
Me too!
@finchfry3 ай бұрын
If it makes you feel any better about the age gap, one of the later books gets into a relationship Seregil was in in his youth where he was taken advantage of by a much older man, and how conscious he is of the potential for a bad power dynamic because of it. I thought that was a really interesting way to talk about how yeah, this absolutely isn't ideal. However, Seregil is fully conscious and extremely careful of taking advantage of Alec's age and inexperience, because he NEVER wants Alec to feel like he did being in a relationship with an older man. Because of the actual thought and communication, this is the only age gap romance I've read that I'm okay with.
@ravenesperanza4 ай бұрын
Love this series so much - especially for the time. You just didn't have queer characters in fantasy who were A) the heroes and B) don't have a tragic end. Love Alec and Seregil.
@kyokunskitty4 ай бұрын
It's been a little bit since I've read these, but this was the first traditionally published fantasy book I remember reading as a late teen where the main characters were queer, so it holds a special place in my heart. There are a few bits looking back on it that are a little iffy, mostly the age gap between Alec and Seregil. No spoilers, but I do think you'll like the second book more. I hope you plan on reading that one too. The first two I think are the strongest in the series.
@TheValkyrieRising4 ай бұрын
I read these books a few years back and genuinely loved them. Do trust that the romance develops nicely and there is a decent amount of time that passes. It's a really good slow burn
@vashtibandy16144 ай бұрын
This was one of my favorites! And when I picked it up, I had no idea it was queer. I was maybe in my late teens or early 20s and just grabbing stuff off the bookstore shelf. You should absolutely read her other series as well, which starts with “the bone doll’s twin”. SO GOOD!
@theresisty71224 ай бұрын
When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought the book cover said "Duck in the Shadows," which I feel would be equally interesting but for different reasons.
@seeleunit20004 ай бұрын
@@theresisty7122 To be fair, a duck lurking in shadows is both funny and slightly ominous
@meinorha93704 ай бұрын
@@seeleunit2000I thought it said ‘lick’ 😂
@lornetc4 ай бұрын
Just when you thought the pond was safe… there was a duck… in the shadows… lurking.
@SarahSwift-sc7hk4 ай бұрын
Shelving DVDs at the library I'd always come across this one I always misread as THE CLAM. I'd look closer, realize it was actually called THE CLAIM and think "yes that makes more sense"
@amnal39834 ай бұрын
This was the last book I expected to see on my feed!! I read this book as a teenager (many years ago!) and I remember how exciting it was that it had queer characters in a fantasy book
@BandFairy4 ай бұрын
The scream I scrumpt when I saw this thumbnail. I read the first one and really liked it, but I was borrowing them from a friend and she never lent me book two and then we stopped talking and I forgot all about these books until this second. I remember feeling the same about the ship, but others are saying it's a slowburn, so that's good. This book also had a rare jump scare for me. I have aphantasia, so horror imagery never really gets to me in books; but the part when Alec and Seregil are traveling together and the amulet or whatever it is (I forgor) is affecting Seregil, and Alec wakes up one night to Seregil hovering over him life a haunted Victorian child has stuck with me for years. Edited for spelling.
@CatBarefield4 ай бұрын
“Good old fashion fun, but also a little gay ✨like me✨” lol
@Hauls134 ай бұрын
Soundless by Richelle Mead! An entire village is deaf and uses sign and then the main character starts to hear and has to figure out why~~ good stand-alone!
@ZeldaTacoBear14 күн бұрын
Love the Nightrunner series! No one talks about it since it’s older and not basic like a lot of recent popular fantasy. It deserves hype!
@talbrun4 ай бұрын
I remember loving this book but I also can’t remember any other characters besides Seregil and Alec 😅 I also appreciate when the writer takes the time to build the character and world to make me care for that reason I enjoyed it and would read again
@Caroline_Creative4 ай бұрын
Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce has like spies who use sign. They call it military hand sign, but seems to function like a sign language, including a character who can’t speak using it to communicate
@Eeeli_Jah4 ай бұрын
OH MY GOD. Rachel I read this in high school and have been thinking about it recently and wanting to find it to read again, but I could never remember the title or the author's exact name!! Thank you thank you thank you!
@sobaz923 ай бұрын
I read the first two about 3 or 4 years ago and tore through them. They were so much fun! I got too busy to read the third one. This video actually inspired me to pick up the series again, so thank you! I’m starting from the beginning though because I’ve forgotten certain characters and plot points. I’m having a wonderful time back in this world again! I hope you enjoy the other books, if you continue!
@barbararowley60774 ай бұрын
Oh my goodness! This is a blast from the past! Loved this (and the sequel), but I haven’t read it for ages.
@justanormalfish4 ай бұрын
So so so glad somebody asked you to read this. I'm around your age so my little queer child self was so happy to read these once I was a little older and questioning.
@inabacklistmood31243 ай бұрын
This has been on my tbr for ages! Also, I picked up Spin of Fates because of you and I'm loving it!
@xiola4 ай бұрын
oh my god, my old favorite book ❤️❤️❤️ (okay probably the second one is my favorite, or just the first two together, but I loved this series so much TT)
@Tuttle_Crane4 ай бұрын
I know your kids read manga but I'm not sure if you do...but if you do I highly recommend A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita. It's about a deaf girl named Yuki and her time beginning college as well as finding her love interest. It's so sweet and just overall so cute. Itsuomi (the love interest) learns sign language for her. It currently has 9 volumes out in English and I highly recommend I've rated each volume 5 stars! Also, love your videos they help me get through my college work!
@ArcticWolfe844 ай бұрын
The 90's was the best thing to happen to high fantasy, imo. There are SO MANY great series that at least started being published in that decade.
@P4Stalot4 ай бұрын
Tamora Peirce's books have signing occasionally, especially in the Trickster's Choice trilogy. She also has people with other communication disabilities, and people with limb disabilities, and probably others... but it's been like 15 years since I read any of these, so I don't really remember how well that representation was done.
@morganmcinroy42114 ай бұрын
Yeah her and mercedes lackey were my main book series when I was a tween and teen!
@kusabiwasabi4 ай бұрын
this and realm of the elderlings are two of my favorite 90s fantasy series I'm sooooo excited you reviewed this book!!! (and if you like the extended mentoring, that's pretty much the meat of assassin's apprentice and royal assassin 👀)
@nicolecaron18924 ай бұрын
"Somebody train me in something" lolol me 😂 I also love plain Cheerios so 🤷
@danferrusquia28194 ай бұрын
I read this book at the top of the year and have been meaning to continue the series! Glad it’s getting some attention
@louhitar4 ай бұрын
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner features a lot of signing if that isn't something you've already read.
@peggyluwhoreads4 ай бұрын
Came here to say this
@hearthhobbit4 ай бұрын
I’ve never heard of this book but it sounds fun! 🌺
@WhiningMoon4 ай бұрын
Awesome video! 🌻 also based on things you mentioned you like in this video, I’d recommend you to read: A sword’s promise. It’s YA and from the same author of a forest of dreams and whispers. Just finished it and LOVED it, and I think you’ll love it too! 😊🌻
@casuallybrady4 ай бұрын
I read these books as a teenager in the early 2000s and they were so important to me as a young queer person. Some things haven't aged well but these will always have a special place in my heart. I'm actually currently rereading the series and am on book 3 which was my favorite as a kid. But yeah as a full grown adult the age gap really bothers me in a way I didn't even think about as a kid. So happy to see someone on booktube read these!
@rowdycatte78954 ай бұрын
oh gosh, I remember reading these like a decade or so ago. I really need to reread, and see if there were any new ones since I last looked. I loved them so much, I'm especially into Chaotic Good Thief characters and booooooooooooy does this deliver on that front. Love it, so good, don't remember much about most things I read or watched or played when I was still with my ex-husband so it'll be almost like reading it for the first time again, lol.
@moonshoesp334 ай бұрын
In answer to your call for books that contain signing, the final book in The Queen's Thief series (Return of the Thief) by Megan Whalen Turner heavily features a character that communicates by signing. I read The Queen's Thief books earlier this year and they really hit for me. They have great world building and characters and I breezed through them extremely quickly. I highly recommend looking into them.
@weirdandproudofit14 ай бұрын
Oh this book sounds amazing and I cannot wait to hear more but I got very excited to recommend VE Schwab's Gallant. YA, mute protagonist and I loved the vibes
@evalinadygdon4753Ай бұрын
I put this series on my tbr after watching this video for the first time thinking it would be like every longer fantasy series I want to read and get pushed off to oblivion. A few months later here I am a quarter of the way into the second book crying because I couldn’t get the title of the first one out of my head so I finally caved and read it and it turned out to be my favorite thing I read all year (by a narrow margin, but still). Truly I can’t thank you enough for this recommendation, it’s changed my life
@Drakochannojutsu4 ай бұрын
If you enjoyed this one you should check out the other series she wrote with a heavy trans/queer identity in mind with the Bone Doll's Twin
@bunnybean774 ай бұрын
I have loved these books for decades! Seregil and Alec ❤❤❤ forever
@kit54804 ай бұрын
The Raymond Todd audiobooks for this trilogy have upset people for full decades at this point. You are not alone! (Also joining the chorus who think you'll love book 2).
@GreenyWolf4 ай бұрын
100% agree with you on the plain Cheerios (also plain cinnamon grahams!) :D And 90s fantasy would have to be Terry Pratchett, and favourite magic 🤕🚑
@chellyfishing4 ай бұрын
💀 (I’m also a necromancy and shadow magic girly) When it comes to 90s-ish fantasy I have to shout out the icon and legend Tamora Pierce. Also because my mom was a horse girl and she introduced me to a lot of the books I read growing up, I think the first adult books I ever read were Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows trilogy, which are early 80s rather than 90s but I think have a similar vibe.
@maizy99864 ай бұрын
For sign language rep in books, I recommend Deeplight by Frances Hardinge! It's YA/middle grade I believe? (the main protagonist is about 14 if I'm remembering right) It's fantasy set on an island country with a very big fishing/deep sea god culture. People who lost their hearing from surfacing too fast and getting the bends are called "sea kissed" and are treated with great respect and even have regional variants of sign language. One of the other main characters is sea kissed and uses sign a lot
@dweebicusmaximus4 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh these books hold a really special place in my heart. These were the first queer fantasy books I ever read. I'm SO HAPPY to see them getting read by someone new Some bits don't age well but damn these are good books
@ezrabright144 ай бұрын
Goda I love luck in the shadows! So happy to see it on here ❤❤❤
@Stephanie5684 ай бұрын
I, too, love plain Cheerios! I love a lot of different types of magic so no emoji/emote but I did see the whole video and it was great (as usual!)
@persimmonplays23994 ай бұрын
I read this series obsessively after it was recommended to me a few years ago and thought it was so fun!
@dzai43884 ай бұрын
I've been binge watching your videos the last 2 weeks, and your makeup looks so different now, I like it. I wish the same for myself 😂
@evien1904 ай бұрын
Omg I read this like 8 years ago, did not expect to see you reviewing it but I'm pleasantly surprised!
@sarahasselmann92254 ай бұрын
oh i love these books! i hope you loved it
@jacobdavis33594 ай бұрын
I’ll definitely be looking for this series
@cursedepub4 ай бұрын
I haven't read this one but I loved Lynn Flewelling's other high-fantasy series from the 90s - The Tamir Triad, a gothic epic fantasy whose main character is a trans woman (it is a magical allegory type of transition story). The series is a 5-star read for me, ESPECIALLY the first book (The Bone Doll's Twin as mentioned by many other commenters), but is definitely slow paced - the entire first book is mainly worldbuilding, setting the scene, etc. which sounds similar to how you described this book. However it had big and well-fleshed out ensemble cast and rotating POV so the overall effect is a maybe bit more dynamic than Luck in the Shadows. Fellow dark mages and necromancers unite 👻💀
@marvelousbadger4 ай бұрын
@@cursedepub as far as I know the Tamir Triad is actually a prequel series to this. So you seem to have already been introduced to the world in a way :)
@kilian-one-l4 ай бұрын
Hey Rachel, there's this video I really think you would like, it's called Grace Chasity & The Horrors of Purity | A Hatchetfield Character Study. She's a fundy character in a series of horror musicals. The musicals themselves would be hours of content to consume, so just that video is much more manageable and I'm just really curious what you would think about the character.
@pinkrubix4 ай бұрын
I love this book series so much! I actually didn't think I would because I don't like the 90s style of meandering in most of the books at the time had. However, something about this series just grabbed me right away and kept my attention. More women are introduced in later books, and some of the women who are introduced in book one play a larger role in the subsequent books as well. The necromancy and the villains that you wished we got more of in book one? Yeah, you'll be REALLY happy with books 2 and 3. So, if you can deal with the age gap romance between Alec and Seregil in order to keep reading I think you will like the OTHER aspects of the book aside from their romance (although you won't be able to ignore their romance, either, since it isn't glossed over the way you might expect from the 90s and um...be prepared because I don't think it was mentioned in book 1 but Seregil is quite a bit older than 25 even though he doesn't look it due to how fae age). After book 3, you start to see more female rep and more prominent female characters that stick around and get more page time. This is MY FAVORITE 90s high fantasy series and I love it to pieces. Age gap romance doesn't bother me, but obviously other people's mmv. There's no queer rep that I can think of off the top of my head, but another fantasy novel series that I really like that prominently feature necromancy and follows a main character who is a necromancer is Johannes Cabal series with the first book titled Johannes Cabal the Necromancer. It's kinda steampunk, so I dunno if that would be a plus or minus for you but I'd definitely give it a shot just because of the sheer amount of necromancy that is involved and it is really well written. The book series is written by Jonathan L. Howard. It's honestly a hilarious series and absolutely irreverent. A non-90s fantasy book series (unfortunately, also no queer rep :( ) that I really like is a Dutch series that has been translated into English, but it's one of the meandering ones that you may not like. I don't know, but I found it interesting and fun where a hangman goes around solving crimes with a reluctant friend-of-the-family who is interested in the hangman's daughter. The series is called The Hangman's Daughter Tales and the first book is aptly titled The Hangman's Daughter. The series is by Oliver Potzch. It's historical fantasy and takes place in Germany in 17th century Bavaria. Despite the name, the daughter doesn't play as big of a role in book 1 as she does in the books after that. Nobody told me that before I began reading it and the whole time I was like, "wow this is so good, but also why is there so little Magdalena??" With a title like that I had expected the first book to be ALL about her but she was actually more of a background character in book 1. A fun fact is that apparently the main character, Jakob Kuisl (the hangman), was a real person and an ancestor of the author. This is definitely fantasy, though, he's not writing biographies. There's no necromancy in this series, and no magic or non-human characters, so if those are absolute requirements this might not be a series for you but I just thought I'd mention it because I like it so much.
@Heothbremel4 ай бұрын
It's kinda 90s+ because Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief Series started way back and then ended in like. 2020ish. But it's SO GOOD and NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT EVER. Cannot recommend highly enough if you like more political intrigue and light romance about a group of powerhouses 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 (My favorite magics usually have to do with book or writing manipulation or absorption, not necessarily learning from studying but like. The books are a weapon.)
@Underground_Valentine3 ай бұрын
Gallant by VE Schwab features a main character who exclusively signs~ plus it's a spooky good middle age/young adult read
@finchfry4 ай бұрын
I'm saving this video on my "Watch Later" but for now I'm just popping in the comments to say I LOVE THIS SERIES. Being bi and finally seeing a character like Alec in fantasy (completely on accident, I had no idea the books were queer when I started) was so lovely. And the found family dynamic just gets stronger as the books go on
@kaziahmyren-zobel19252 ай бұрын
YES I LOVE THESE BOOKS
@NadirEatsRocks4 ай бұрын
16:07 Girl, plain cheerios are the BEST
@jamiepx94 ай бұрын
You could have already read this but if not you might like the duology The Merciful Crow and The Faithless Hawk by Margaret Owen. Interesting magic system where one group has people who borrows magic from bones (teeth) and there is a character doing something like necromancy.
@squigglemonster26344 ай бұрын
Not the bard being a spy (it’s giving Jaskier/Dandelion from the Witcher-)
@snicketylemony2 ай бұрын
✨ I also can only eat Cheerios dry (it’s a texture thing, soggy cereal makes me gag) (also I’m just a slow eater)
@Beerambling4 ай бұрын
I'm loving the new intro!!
@sobgoblin13664 ай бұрын
just started the video but holy shit, im so happy to see this book, it is one of my favorites
@sobgoblin13664 ай бұрын
These books do get crazy. There's a dragon-vampire-elf-homonculus baby and it's great.
@t4ci3124 ай бұрын
the Belgariad by David Eddings has a sign language of thieves
@chelseabartlett80824 ай бұрын
I love these books so much!!!
@ariesdelbosque32684 ай бұрын
OMG!! I love this series! Its been so long i almost forgot it existed! Haven't even watched the video yet just had to comment before i watched :D EDIT: A book that i read forever ago that had sign language was Clan of the CaveBear. Pretty old book set in the time of cavemen. My favorite part of that book was the fact that the neanderthals had their own system of sign language that the reason for it being in the book made complete sense! EDIT 2: the relationship between Alec and Seregil is DEF a slow burn, I'm pretty sure it does take a couple years and books before they become anything. At least little 16yo me felt fulfilled when they got together and it didn't feel unnatural or unearned
@thetamperer97844 ай бұрын
I read it a few years ago so I don't remember it the best, but "Skyhunter" is a book that has a lot of sign language in it (the main character can't speak aloud and also works with a scouting group that has to be silent so they all communicate largely by sign anyways) as far as I can recall it was pretty good and enjoyable, I should definitely reread it though because I think I've matured a bit as a reader since that point. also if you're looking for a book with queer people and necromancy, I highly recommend The Locked Tomb series, you've probably had the suggestion thrown at you before but I love it. The characters are well defined and fascinating, the narration is fun, the way that the world is built is crazy and weird but interesting, there's a lot of humor to it but it's also like. intense and painful in a good way. and as I said, non stop sapphic chaos. it's literally marketed as "lesbian necromancers in space". I don't know what my favorite kind of magic is (I just like unique new things lol) tho I must admit I like necromancy and well done shadow magic, so I guess I'll leave these emojis 💀🖤
@obnoxiouspurring4 ай бұрын
oh wow, I thought that cover looked familiar. I read that ages ago from the library. Sadly my local library de accessioned that series.
@acetrainerbee4 ай бұрын
My FAVORITE 90s fantasy is the Song of the Lionness Quartet by Tamora Pierce and also the Immortals Quartet which is set in the same universe and like a few years after SotL (or not too long after...I don't remember xD). I think you won't like the romance in Immortals BUT the magic is so cool. Like, if you can just pretend that the MC is older...the magic in that one is my favorite. But Tamora Pierce is amazing no matter what imo. Also another caveat is that SotL is her first series ever, I believe, and some of the writing is Awkward xD BUT IT'S STILL SO GOOD SO SO SO GOOD Alanna was just a super formative character for me. End ramble xD
@dragoninwinterfell52134 ай бұрын
Daughter of the Merciful Deep also has sign language in it since the main character is an involuntary mute due to trauma.
@noemiszabo68554 ай бұрын
So, I do love this series, but! I frequently skip books 4-5 if I remember correctly. Basically the books when we realize what Alec is. I know they are important but I could only read them once. The hearth ache was too much. And books 6-7 are my faves. All characters grow a great deal and I just love to see it and re-read it 😊 also decided to make a fan translation at one point as practice, but life is hard and it gose reallly slow 😅😅😅
@camillagilmore15474 ай бұрын
As a quick defence of Robin Hobb, one of the themes of the whole saga is history being doomed to repeat itself unless it can be jarred out of the rut it is in, so the repetition of scenes and actions is a deliberate technique to drive this theme home. It's kinda like Wuthering Heights in that way.
@Marie456104 ай бұрын
It's adult contemporary romance, but The Reed Brothers series by Tammy Falkner has characters who use sign language. It's an absurdly long series for the genre, and I read most of them about 10 years ago. But I remember them being pretty good.
@spaceorc13974 ай бұрын
The Clan of the Cave Bear series has sign language in it.
@Januaryhuntingdogs114 ай бұрын
Today was going meh, but when I saw that notif… OohHHHHH boi how did the turn tables turned
@ivysylvan4 ай бұрын
Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness were originally supposed to be one book, but the publisher split it. I enjoyed those two, but I didn't get more than a few chapters into Traitor's Moon. After their romance really gets going, it wasn't for me.
@kvotheparrish4 ай бұрын
ooo i’ve been planning on reading these
@chainsawmanfan254 ай бұрын
YESSS A POST, I LIVE
@NadirEatsRocks4 ай бұрын
If you're looking for a fun, queer fantasy book to read, you might appreciate Master of One! It's a debut novel and you can tell, but has promise. Written by a lesbian couple about a romance between a human thief and a fae prince. I think the publisher dropped it after the first book, but I still recommend it to people on occasion Edit: And of course I'll recommend Merciful Crow again! It's so, so good and incredibly underrated, and it has some of the best subtle queer rep I've ever read!
@iriock4 ай бұрын
I need to read this!
@crystalightz2 ай бұрын
18:11 I'm currently on second book and I'm so sorry to tell that the pace did not pick up but rather got slower 😂... But that is fine by me because I'm taking my sweet time reading through these and i absolutely love Seregil and Alec. Specially Seregil. He's a really fun character... And I feel like anyone who is a character reader would really enjoy this book because I'm absolutely devouring it.... Although even I'm slightly icked by the idea of seregil and alec being together because their age gap.... I think the author was trying to do like that Twilight kinda thing... Where one character is from another species and falls for the human so the age gap doesn't matter but idk...?? i still wish she aged up Alec maybe... It would've been a lot more enjoyable ... I just really can't bring myself to ship them... Also with the whole thing of Seregil basically adopting Alec and being the father and brother figure to him... Which is in the second book... Like its written there and everyone is seeing Alec like seregil's son... It's so weird... Honestly i don't know how the author is going to counter all that but i really hope she does because i absolutely love these characters.
@Tiffany-gz7wt4 ай бұрын
Her other works 'Tamir Triad' is good.
@music_YT20234 ай бұрын
Plain cheerios are a great finger-food snack, especially if you're lactose intolerant.
@dr_not_sam3 ай бұрын
Rachel pretty please read saint deaths daughter. Necromancy magic. Queer normative. Also just amazing writing. Please please read it. You’ll love it.
@ThatPurpleGirl814 ай бұрын
4:14 - Hey Rachel, I don't know anything about Jay Kristoff (sp?) But if you say he's a garbage person I believe you - are we going to see an Authors Behaving Badly on him in the future? And now I'm off to look up and buy Luck in the Shadows! 😁
@ReadswithRachel4 ай бұрын
I used to have one on him but I took it down with plans to redo it
@ralliemurray47964 ай бұрын
if you liked the necromancy and political aspects of this book you should read her other series, The Tamír Triad, which starts with The Bone Doll's Twin. It's sort of a prequel situation that sets up the political history of the queens of Skala in a *really* cool way. I think it's a lot better than this series, the prose flows a lot better and as a necromancy nerd/political fantasy nerd, it really hits those buttons HARD. It deals with racism and gender politics as well.
@lawschoolproceeds44024 ай бұрын
I saw the thumbnail and was like…”Uh-huh, indeed 🙂↕️”
@Gretelsbetterhalf4 ай бұрын
I have also been writing a heroes journey with all queer MCs and necromancy 😲
@noemiszabo68554 ай бұрын
OmG! Yessss!
@lornetc4 ай бұрын
The Far Dareis Mai (Maidens of the Spear) in wheel of time use sign language at times (handtalk) sadly it’s not something that RJ really spent much time on it’s just another aspect of Aiel culture that doesn’t get fleshed out much.
@lornetc4 ай бұрын
I do hope we get to see it in the show even if it’s just the actors using ASL. It doesn’t have to be an entirely made up language, since the WoT-verse is supposed to be far future earth.
@morganmcinroy42114 ай бұрын
I wonder if you have read mercedes lackey? She was definitely my first exposure to queer characters in fantasy! But probably dated in a lots of ways now.
@xofashgalxo4 ай бұрын
Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis has a mute main character that uses sign language.
@BlackReshiram4 ай бұрын
man this sounds so fun
@sillygo0oser4 ай бұрын
I put the entire series in my local LFL :)
@Teajay212 ай бұрын
Oh man this brings me back!! I reas this as a teen and it was genuinely formative but I remember so little of it now. Def age gap a bit iffy but honestly I feel like that was so common back then in hetero fantasy books even in otherwise fairly strong feminist books like Tamora Pierce & Robin Mckinley fell into this so I give it kind of a pass especially since its actually addressed in the text.
@teslashark4 ай бұрын
It's... Like shipping Batman and Robin. Feels like there's a power imbalance.
@jadejeb32954 ай бұрын
MASK OF MIRRORS MENTION YES YES YES 🙌🥰
@mindfighter14 ай бұрын
If you like mentor/mentee relationships in a fantasy/renaissance setting then I recommend the Ranger’s Apprentice. Sadly no queer relationships
@MrRoro_su4 ай бұрын
the rainbow logo is so cool
@Sistertotherain94 ай бұрын
⛈️ I just wanna smite people and make it rain more often. I've read this whole series, and by the end of it I kinda hated Seregil. Mostly because of the way his dynamic with Thero played out, but that's too much of a rant to go into one book in. Also he never stopped being a spiteful ass when it wasn't really funny, but YMMV.
@EotuaDawnwalker4 ай бұрын
You had me at queer necromancy.
@haski0024 ай бұрын
I will say, Robin Hobb has queer stuff, but it mostly doesn't get brought up until later books (though there is a lot that can be read into the earlier books). Minor spoilers there is a major character that is genderfluid (or bigender or something long those lines), and the main character has a queer relationship. I'm not gonna pretend its some amazing queer rep or anything, a lot of its left up to interpretation, but I thought I'd mention that it's there.
@xiola4 ай бұрын
but Robin Hobb will traumatize you so much more than these books will... I loved Farseer but I regret finishing Liveships and Tawny Man I have literally never been so devastated by the last books in a trilogy in my life, I had to give up on reading her coz she only keeps getting more depressing and harsh as she goes along x_x Lynn Flewelling was the right level of stress for me lol.