#e.s. yu

[betterbooksandthings]

"The best asexual and aromantic fantasy books are packed full of magic, monsters, and mayhem. In a genre where we can imagine anything from unicorns to unique political systems to new approaches to gender and sexuality, these books take on the assignment and expand further than we thought possible."

[autisminmedia]

Noah Lau from Human Enough by E.S. Yu is canonically autistic.

Sources: [1][2]

[rimhyokang]

Hiei (Seductor) Lindo Botan.

Ok, creo que ya sabran en que escena esta inspirado. e.e' Basado en una imagen de My Hero Academia.  Hice un pequeño calco aquí, si se dan cuenta Hiei se parece un poco a Katsuki Bakugo jaja. xD Fue difícil dibujarlo en la versión Hiei, no quería que se pareciera tanto al estilo de Boku no Hero, pero ni modo, hice mi intento. También fue algo complicado hacerle los brillos.  n.ñ'

Por cierto, a Hiei no le gusta que Botan lo imagine de esa manera. XD A Botan le parece divertido y gracioso.

Espero les guste.   :3

Hiei y Botan pertenecen a el creador Yoshihiro Togashi, Yu Yu Hakusho.

[thescribblednovel]

Fellow Neurodivergent people! What are some of your favorite books with Nerodiverse characters? Please comment your favorites!

A few that I have read that I have enjoyed:

The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G Drews (This whole series is amazing! Other two books on Patron! Autism and Anxiety representation!)

Human Enough by E.S Yu (Autism representation!)

The Fort by Gordon Korman (OCD representation!)

A Quiet Kind Of Thunder by Sara Barnard (selective mutism representation! I'm not sure if this is a type of neurodiversity, so let me know if it is not!)

[posi-pan]

may is aapi heritage month, so i put together a little list of some pan aapi characters written, played, and voiced by aapi authors and actors.

going public by hudson lin (pan chinese mc, taiwanese-canadian author)

soft on soft by mina waheed (pan arab-persian mc, middle eastern author)

iron widow by xiran jay zhao (pan/bi chinese mc, chinese author)

human enough by e.s. yu (pan chinese-american mc, chinese-american author)

beating heart baby by lio min (pan filipino-american mc, chinese-american author)

julie, the expanse (pan and asian, thai-french actress)

delilah, genera+ion (pan and asian, white/chinese actress)

kareema, no tomorrow (pan and indian, indian-american actress)

miggy, single parents (pan and korean-american, korean-american actor)

nandor, what we do in the shadows (pan and iranian, iranian-english actor)

andre, inside job (pan and korean, korean voice actor)

lifeweaver, overwatch 2 (pan and thai, thai voice actor)

nessa, moonbase theta, out (pan and chinese/east asian, korean voice actor)

there aren’t many, but it’s important to highlight what rep does exist, so i hope y’all find some characters, authors, and actors to check out and celebrate this month! 💗💛💙

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[lgbtqreads]

Heyyy

Do you know any book about queers adults with ASD? I’ve been reading Elle Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass and I love it but it’s about a teenager and I would like to read something more my age.

Thank you so much for your service!

Sure do! The Prince and Her Dreamer by Ennis Bashe, The Outside by Ada Hoffman, An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles, Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan, Grasmere Cottage Mystery by Dahlia Donovan, Killer in the Mirror by Cole McCade, The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish, Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sonderby, The Lifeline Signal by RoAnna Sylver, and Human Enough by E.S. Yu all star autistic adults.

[biglisbonnews]

Spatial disparities of street walkability in Moscow in the context of healthy urban environment Publication date: October 2023Source: Cities, Volume 141Author(s): N.V. Shartova, E.E. Mironova, M. Yu. Grischenko https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275123002810?dgcid=rss_sd_all

[pusancatholic]

Yunanistan'a kaçmak isteyen 5 FETÖ şüphelisi yakalandı

Yunanistan’a kaçmak isteyen 5 FETÖ şüphelisi yakalandı

İl Jandarma Komutanlığı grupları, Meriç ilçesine bağlı Umurca ve Serem köylerinde, Yunanistan’a kaçmaya çalışan FETÖ/PDY şüphelileri E.S. ve kardeşi Y.S. ile E.U., N.Ç., S.U.’yu yakaladı. Gözaltına alınan şüphelilerle ilgili süreçler sürüyor.

[aqueerassbookshelf]

Human Enough, by E.S. Yu

Publishing date: 7th Oct. 2019 Disclaimer: I recieved this book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

When Noah Lau joined the Vampire Hunters Association, seeking justice for his parents’ deaths, he didn’t anticipate ending up imprisoned in the house of the vampire he was supposed to kill—and he definitely didn’t anticipate falling for that vampire’s lover. 

Six months later, Noah’s life has gotten significantly more complicated. On top of being autistic in a world that doesn’t try to understand him, he still hunts vampires for a living…while dating a vampire himself. Awkward. Yet Jordan Cross is sweet and kind, and after braving their inner demons and Jordan’s vicious partner together, Noah wouldn’t trade him for the world. 

But when one of Jordan’s vampire friends goes missing and Noah’s new boss at the VHA becomes suspicious about some of his recent cases, what starts off as a routine paperwork check soon leads Noah to a sinister conspiracy. As he investigates, he and Jordan get sucked into a deadly web of intrigue that will test the limits of their relationship—and possibly break them. After all, in a world where vampires feed on humans and humans fear vampires, can a vampire and a vampire hunter truly find a happy ending together?

Tags: LGBT, romance, paranormal, Ace, Pansexual, Autism, Crime, Alt Universe, law enforcement, vampires, friends to lovers, interracial.  Content warning: Ableism, graphic violence, allusions to past emotional abuse, abduction, hate groups.

I really liked this book. I can say that about loads of books, sure, but Human Enough managed something only a few couple have managed before - it dragged my head-first out of my reading slump, and was finished in just over 24 hours. I spoke with a friend just the other day on how so much of queer literature is just about coming out and nothing more - “Where are our fantasy novels? Where are our paranormal romances?” Well, it’s here, and it’s bloody brilliant.

Yu manages to do just the right amount of world building to pull us in as readers, whilst not going all exposure all the time. I as a reader believe in the world I’m getting - the secrets of vampires uncovered with time, the research to find a solution, the hate groups and the support groups both. There are several things we only get glimpses of, whenever Noah tags along with Jordan, but they are still only glimpses, and they make me want to learn more about the world. 

Seeing a main character be so unapologetic about his neurodiversity (whilst also, at times, giving a big mental middle finger to the norm for autistic representation in media) was truly marvellous to read. The paragraphs on overstimulation, on auditory processing, on masking, on executive dysfunction… As a person who has for quite some time now been believed to be somewhere on the neurodiverse spectrum, these paragraphs felt incredibly validating to read. And whilst this is not entirely my topic to judge, and so I might’ve missed certain things, I would 100% recommend the book for this representation alone. 

On that note, I also adore all the focus on communities - whether it’s a support group where certain vampires can talk through their thoughts and feelings, or online forums and message boards. So often in media we get presented with a minority character who the text completely isolates, because the writer - for whatever reason - can’t be bothered to give them any form of community or others to relate to, leaving both the character and the represented reader feel… not very good.  Human Enough manages a good mix, both between people of different marginalized identities helping each other out in solidarity, and characters finding support amongst their own that I recognize from my own life and friends. Helping where you can when you can, and then when you cannot, helping to find someone who can. 

I like the overall pacing of the story. The time jumps had me confused for a hot second, as the text explicitly tells us when it jumps back but not forwards, though after figuring out the (eventually) rather obvious pattern of “every other chapter”, it all went swimmingly. I might’ve felt that the plot was maybe a little predictable at times, having called certain plot twists several chapters ahead of time, but less to the point where it spoilt the story, and more like I’m “Poirot, detective genius”, solving the mystery alongside the characters. The overall storyline felt… I wouldn’t say lacking, but rather… almost too short? Despite the 6 month-divide, both plots only last a couple of weeks, making the story feel more of perhaps a slice-of-life than I was prepared for. 

I’d like to personally thank Yu for including one of my favourite tropes, friends to lovers, but also for the clearly loving way in which various marginalized identities are included and discussed within the text. The characters strike a good balance between talking about their various identities in a way that feels real, and lived, and honest, and just being downright salty over the lack of respect the majority often has for minorities. Which, oof, big mood.

A quick and easy read, yet captivating and warm. All in all, book gets a strong 4.5/5 stars - at the very least.

[kinziethings]

REVIEW: Human Enough by E.S. Yu

REVIEW: Human Enough by E.S. Yu @aetherquill || #AutisticCharacter #SupernaturalSuspense #Pansexual #GrayAsexual #vampires #netgalley

The Official Description: When Noah Lau joined the Vampire Hunters Association, seeking justice for his parents’ deaths, he didn’t anticipate ending up imprisoned in the house of the vampire he was supposed to kill—and he definitely didn’t anticipate falling for that vampire’s lover.

Six months later, Noah’s life has gotten significantly more complicated. On top of being autistic in a world that…

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[betterbooksandthings]

"Recently, a wave of fresh paranormal romance books have hit the shelves. The real question is, which new books should you pick up?

Paranormal romance is a subgenre of romance that follows the HEA/HFN (happily ever after/ happy for now) arc of human, non-human, and/or superhuman characters. The paranormal beings involved could be ghosts, werewolves, vampires, witches, or other supernatural creatures of legend that slot into a paranormal version of our world. If it’s in a high fantasy otherworld or is a monster romance, I am following the judgment of fellow Book Riot writer Jessica Pryde in her paranormal romance recommendation list and disqualifying them from this round-up.

As a longtime fan of the genre, I have plenty of backlist recommendations and a carefully curated list of fresh paranormal romance books. Every book here was published in the last five years, between 2019 and 2024. As a general personal rule, I like my paranormal romance to have believable, well-developed characters and a plot that hooks me in. If either the love interests or plot are paper-thin, my attention swiftly drifts. So, if you are looking for a witch, werewolf, vamp, or otherwise paranormal being falling in love, I’ve decided these are the ones you should read."

[victoreli]

"And Noah was once again distracted from thinking about how his life had taken an unexpected turn by one of his favorite debate topics: whether there were logical rules to allistic conversations, or whether they just made no damn sense."

love this<3

[rimhyokang]

Yyh Hiei y Botan.

Hiei pensando en Botan de una manera en la que no debería de pensar. O quizás la espió con su Jagan?.  e.e' Quien sabe.   uwu'

Espero les guste este dibujo. xD

Botan en el agua esta inspirada en una imagen de Kagome (Aome) de Inuyasha.

Botan pertenece a el creador de Yu Yu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi.

[richincolor]

New Releases

Happy early book birthday to the following books out this week:

Redemptor (Raybearer #2) by Jordan Ifueko [Out August 17] For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar’s throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities.

Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that’s what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends. Months into her shaky reign as empress, child spirits haunt her, demanding that she pay for past sins of the empire.

With the lives of her loved ones on the line, assassination attempts from unknown quarters, and a handsome new stranger she can’t quite trust . . . Tarisai fears the pressure may consume her. But in this finale to the Raybearer duology, Tarisai must learn whether to die for justice . . . or to live for it. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

(Me) Moth by Amber McBride [Out August 17] Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted. Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones.

Moth and Sani take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors. The way each moves forward is surprising, powerful, and unforgettable. Here is an exquisite and uplifting novel about identity, first love, and the ways that our memories and our roots steer us through the universe. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

Cazadora (Wolves of No World #2) by Romina Garber [Out August 17] In Cazadora, the follow-up to Lobizona, Romina Garber continues to weave Argentine folklore and real-world issues into a haunting, fantastical, and romantic story that will reunite readers with Manu and her friends as they continue to fight for a better future. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

Empress of Flames (The Girl King, #2) by Mimi Yu [Out August 19] Princess Lu knows that the throne of the Empire of the First Flame rightfully belongs to her. After all, she is the late Emperor’s firstborn and has trained for the role all her life. And she can’t forget made a promise to shapeshifter Nok, the boy she came to love, to win justice for his now powerless people. But even with an army at her side, Lu will need to face down a major obstacle: the current sitting Empress, her once beloved younger sister, Min.

Princess Min used to live in Lu’s shadow. But now she can control a powerful, ancient magic, and she’s determined to use it to forge her own path and a strong future for the Empire, even if that means making enemies in court. But Min’s magic isn’t entirely under her control, and she must learn how to tame it before it consumes her . . . and the entire realm.

Lu and Min are set for a confrontation that can’t be stopped. But the Empire faces threats greater than their rivalry, and even if they choose to stand together, it could cost them both the throne-or their lives. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

The Upper World (The Upper World #1) by Femi Fadugba [Out August 19] ‘Believing is seeing, Esso . . .' Esso is running out of time and into trouble. When he discovers he has the ability to see glimpses of the future, he becomes haunted by a vision of a bullet fired in an alleyway with devastating consequences.

A generation later, fifteen-year-old Rhia is desperately searching for answers – and a catastrophic moment from the past holds the key to understanding the parents she never got to meet. Whether on the roads of South London or in the mysterious Upper World, Esso and Rhia’s fates must collide. And when they do, a race against the clock will become a race against time itself . . . [Image and summary via Goodreads]

Living Beyond Borders: Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria [Out August 21] Twenty stand-alone short stories, essays, poems, and more from celebrated and award-winning authors make up this YA anthology that explores the Mexican American experience. With works by Francisco X. Stork, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, David Bowles, Rubén Degollado, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Diana López, Xavier Garza, Trinidad Gonzales, Alex Temblador, Aida Salazar, Lupe Ruiz-Flores, Sylvia Sanchez Garza, Dominic Carrillo, Angela Cervantes, Carolyn Dee Flores, René Saldaña Jr., Laura Perez, Justine Narro, Daniel García Ordáz, and Anna Meriano.

In this mixed-media collection of short stories, personal essays, poetry, and comics, this celebrated group of authors share the borders they have crossed, the struggles they have pushed through, and the two cultures they continue to navigate as Mexican American. Living Beyond Borders is at once an eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and hopeful love letter from the Mexican American community to today’s young readers. [Image and summary via Goodreads]

[posi-pan]

pansexual character spotlight: noah from human enough by e.s. yu is pansexual!!