#L.R. Lam

[sarahreesbrennan]

Oxford Literary Festival

Tasha Suri, L.R. Lam and C.L. Clark are all really fabulous writers, and I feel very fancy being at the Oxford Literary Festival on such a great panel. I’m really excited to see what they say. (I will say things too.)

[transbookoftheday]

Books To Read For Genderfluid Visibility Week

Happy Genderfluid Visibility Week! Here are some books with genderfluid main characters you should read and/or preorder:

Book titles:

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray

Nine of Swords, Reversed by Xan West

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle (comes out November 7, 2023)

A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford (comes out December 5, 2023)

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

✨ BOOK REVIEW ✨

Emberclaw by LR Lam

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

QOTD: What’s the last sequel you read?

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Thank you DAW and Netgalley for providing me with an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was so happy to be back with these characters and so anxious for what they faced.

I loved the whole magic academy plot this book had going for it. I didn’t actually think Arcady would get there and the fact that they did made me so genuinely happy even though they had so much crap to deal with.

I loved the relationship formed between Arcady and Sorin. I would absolutely love a short story of them just hanging out having some kind of carefree holiday together, like what their trip to Willem’s estate could have been under better circumstances.

I LOVED Willem, Rahela and Damon and the group they formed with Arcady. Honestly fictional friendships make my heart sing and this group was no exception.

The romance between Everen and Arcady is EVERYTHING. I love them so much!

The climax and resolution felt really well paced and I really enjoyed how everything turned out. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire last 100 pages.

I really loved this duology and I can’t recommend it enough.

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[bookcoversonly]

Title: Dragonfall | Author: L.R. Lam | Publisher: DAW (2023)

[seekerreads]

5-4-3-2-1 book challenge!

another booktok trend i decided to pop into bookblr!! i've watched a million of these so i wanted to make my own!

5 books I love

☄. *. ⋆Books listed:

❥ Madame Restell: The Life, Death and Resurrection of Old New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist by Jennifer Wright

❥ Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

❥ The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

❥ Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley

❥ Dragonfall by L.R Lam

4 books on my tbr

☄. *. ⋆Books listed:

❥ An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

❥ The Heart Asks Pleasure First by Karuna Ezara Parikh

❥ The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

❥ The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

3 books I recommend

☄. *. ⋆Books listed:

❥ Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

❥ Fireborne by Rosaria Munda

❥ Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

2 recent 5-star reads

☄. *. ⋆Books listed:

❥ The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

❥ Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

1 current read

☄. *. ⋆Books listed:

❥ Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

(divider credit: @enchanthings )

[sulfur1c-4cid]

im desperately trying to actually do my schoolwork but my book for a project just has a huge ass turn and I can still feel my heart getting stabbed I can't fucking recover or focus

holy scheisse

don't get me wrong it's fucking amazing but I'm about to actually die right now

THIS book... I'm gonna scream

[sixcrowsbooks]

I finished it, and now I don’t know what to do with myself

Is anyone else reading Dragonfall by L.R. Lam and absolutely adoring it, or am I the sole person in this so-called fandom

[transbookoftheday]

Emberclaw by L.R. Lam

SPOILERS FOR “DRAGONFALL”!

Long-banished dragons, revered as gods, return to the mortal realm in the second book in this magical, romantic, epic fantasy series from a Sunday Times bestselling author.

An ancient danger. A broken bond. The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance.

Arcady and Everen have been separated, parted by the Veil.

Alone in Vatra, Arcady embarks on their greatest con yet: posing as a noble student at the University, determined to prove their grandsire's innocence once and for all.

Imprisoned in Vere Celene, Everen is hated by his kind. When he is released to defend his people, visions of the past and the future haunt him. If he steers the wrong path, he may never create a future where humans and dragons can live in harmony.

Time is running out. Threats rise from Arcady's old life and their new. And between the worlds, an ancient danger is awakening. Together Arcady and Everen can face it - but only if they can find their way back together, and restore the trust that has been broken.

[greaseonmymouth]

just spent half an hour examining all my physical books to try to choose one to read on my commute next and utterly failed

[libraryleopard]

Some books I would personally recommend for the Trans Rights Readathon (sorry I don't have time for in-depth descriptions)

Transmasc/trans man rep

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Viscera by Gabrielle Squailia

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Some Strange Music Draws Me In by Griffin Hansbury

Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant

Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve

The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.

The House That Whispers by Lin Thompson

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Always the Almost by Edward Underhill

A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar by Harry Nicholas

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

Transfemme/trans woman rep

Cheer Up: Love and Pom Poms by Crystal Frasier and Val Wise

For the Love of April French by Penny Wise

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Little Fish by Casey Plett

Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau

It Gets Better…Except When It Gets Worse (And Other Unsolicited Truths I Wish Someone Had Told Me) by Nicole Maines

Wild Geese by Soula Emmanuel

kitten by Olive Nuttall

Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood

A Short History of Trans Misogyny by Jules Gill-Peterson

Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major

The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero

Tar Hollow Trans by Stacy Jane Grover

Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante

A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories From Red States by Samantha Allen

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada

The Call-Out by Cat Fitzpatrick

OKPsyche by Anya Johanna DeNiro

Nonbinary, Agender, Genderqueer, and Other Gender Expansive Rep

Pantomime by L.R. Lam

Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta

Fine: A Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing

The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis

Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Something to be Proud Of by Anna Zoe Quirke

Really Cute People by Markus Harwood-Jones

Homebody by Theo Parish

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

How Far Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston by Esme Symes-Smith

Manywhere: Stories by Morgan Thomas

Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Deephaven by Ethan M. Aldridge

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

Intersectional Trans+ Rep Outside Your Own Experience (obviously depends on your own experience but here are some intersectional books in general)

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Bellies by Nicola Dinan

Miss Major Speaks

Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Something to be Proud of by Anna Zoe Quirke

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

How Far Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

2Spirit, Indigiqueer and Indigenous Gender Expansive Rep

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon

(I will have to do some more readings in this last section, clearly!)

[lou-wilham]

It's #TransDayOfVisibility and while I have some trans characters myself, I figured now would be a good day to feature some trans authors who are excellent.

I've read some of these, but the vast majority of them are on my TBR. Have you read any of these?

Yours, Celestially by AL Hess

The Prince's Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen

A Spell for Heartsickness by Alistair Reeves

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Odder Still by D.N. Bryn

Travelers by V.S. Holmes

Splinter by Jasper Hyde

The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

The Rebel Foxes by Noah Hawthorne

Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

A Bone in his Teeth by Kellen Graves

[gollancz]

I love that we went a different direction from the US for SEVEN DEVILS, but still managed to hit the same oil-spill colour palette. Gorgeous books, and generated probably one of my favourite reviews of all time:

"A space opera with occasional lesbian snogging" - SFX

delighted to report that the sequel, SEVEN MERCIES, also is a space opera with furious women and lesbian snogging. Perfect entries in Gollancz's 'Lesbians in Space' collection.

@lauraroselam is over here on Tumblr too, be sure to give them a follow because their collection of queer, feminist SFF is phenomenal.

Title: Seven Devils | Author: Laura Lam / Elizabeth May | Publisher: DAW (2020)

[queerliblib]

Any good queer high fantasy suggestions? I love queer fantasy!! (Also appreciate spiciness, but it is not required)

oh hell yeah, here are a few in our collection! (🌶️ may vary)

the Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (definitely more cozy than spicy)

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

House of Crimson Hearts by Ruby Roe (steamy vampire fantasy)

The Fate of Stars by S.D. Simper (described as ‘dark & sexy’ with mermaids)

Reforged by Seth Haddon @sethhaddonsblog

happy reading! 🌈 📚

[the-emerald-wyrm]

@provokedgoalie Hi! I have so many dragon recs, but I’ll start with eight right now! They’re not in any sort of order, but here they are:

1. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (YA series)

Cimorene, a young princess, does not want to be a princess OR get married to a prince. So she runs away and starts to live with a group of dragons, but soon finds out that there’s tension between them and the wizards.

2. Dragonfall by L.R. Lam (adult series)

I just started reading this one and I really like the dynamic of dragons bonding with humans, the magic system, and characters. Dragons are revered as gods, but things change when dragons come back to the mortal world.

3. Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (adult stand alone)

The patriarch in a family of dragons passes away and drama ensues as inheritances get split, a sister joins the suffragette movement, someone sues, and one brother has to sit with a tricky last minute confession.

4. Black Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham (YA series)

A young thief and a young dragon have to team up to save his draconic mother and find a hidden treasure, and start a prison-break. This book is technically #3 in a series, but you can read the series out of order. There are a couple reoccurring characters.

5. I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle (adult standalone)

A new book by one of the masters of fantasy, a dragon-exterminator finds himself between a barrage of killer dragons, an evil wizard, and a misguided prince and princess.

6. So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole (teen series)

A Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland, with dragons and mechanical drakes.

7. The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay (graphic novel standalone)

This is a story about a small village under siege by the last dragon in existence and their need to find a “hero” to save them.

8. The Dragon Quintet edited by Marvin Gaye (short story collection)

This is a collection of five killer short stories that all have to do with dragons. Every one of them was good, especially the one by Tanith Lee.

(Honorable mention: The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin- a little girl befriends an ice dragon in a time of war)

Happy reading!

[godzilla-reads]

Two for the TBR

Dragon’s Milk by Susan Fletcher

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam