#francesca - may

[savesappho]

Wild and Wicked Things (2022)

Surprise! Another new review!

Author: Francesca May Content Warnings: blood and gore; alcohol (“kazam”) use; latent homophobia (disguised as a disgust for magic); abortion Genre: Sapphic Fantasy (but reads like horror) In the aftermath of World War I, a naive woman is swept into a glittering world filled with dark magic, romance, and murder in this lush and decadent debut. On Crow Island, people whisper, real magic lurks…

[bloodmaarked]

➫ monthly book round-up: january 2024

books read: 7 [1 DNF] average rating: 3.75 average speed: 9.7 days total pages: 2,835 yearly goal progress: 6/50 best of the month: confessions of an alleged good girl, joya goffney worst of the month: wild and wicked things, francesca may

4.5* reads:

confessions of an alleged good girl, joya goffney

the moon represents my heart, pim wangtechawat

just sayin': my life in words, malorie blackman

4* reads:

the toll, neal shusterman

2.5* reads

the dos and donuts of love, adiba jaigirdar

where sleeping girls lie, faridah àbíké-íyímídé

DNFs

wild and wicked things, francesca may

currently reading:

knife skills for beginners, orlando murrin

[lookingforamandaa]

DEC 2022 WRAP UP //

17 books read - six physical books, two ebooks, & nine audiobooks

[potato-lord-but-not]

heaven is not fit to house a love like you and I

[pinkypromisekissys]

ꜰʀᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴄᴀ ᴍᴀʏ, ᴡɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ

ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴏᴅʏ, ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ. ɪ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇꜱꜱᴜʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴛʜɪɢʜ, ʜᴇʀ ᴀʀᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴡᴀɪꜱᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇʏ’ᴅ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ.

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[hamletshoeratio]

Colin telling Eloise that she's fortunate because she has never been in love when it's his other half's fault she had to walk away from "one of the only good things" in her life because LW put him in harm's way.

[carmen-berzattos]

I am no longer accepting any form of love that doesn't have the energy of I'D TELL THEM PUT ME BACK IN IT

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Phantom London 2023/2024 Cast: A GIF Tribute (PART 1)

Jon Robyns:

Chumisa Dornford-May:

Kelly Glyptis:

Maiya Hikasa & Francesca Ellis:

Captured in six different performances between December 2023-June 2024. More to come. Look at my "gifset" tag for prior posts!

@or-what-you-will, master.

[softmenace]

The Bisexuals stay winning this Pride. 🏳️‍🌈 We've got Bi Evan Buckley, Bi Benedict Bridgerton, Bi Francesca Bridgerton, AND Bi Frenchie!

[scrollsofhumanlife]

Francesca Boudhou

Born October 19 1991 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe

Port-Louis, Guadeloupe

[bloodmaarked]

wild and wicked things // francesca may

first published: 2022 read: 30 december 2023 – 16 january 2024 [DNF] pages: 421 format: hardback

genres: fiction, young adult, romance (lesbian), fantasy, historical fiction favourite character(s): all boring least favourite character(s): none interesting enough to dislike

rating:  none  thoughts: my first dnf of the year, yay(!)

i'll be really honest, i wasn't looking forward to reading this. the description, paired with the author's own review over on goodreads, made me feel that it just wasn't gonna be my thing. unfortunately, i was right. i wanted to like it, especially as it was so kindly gifted to me by a friend, but it just missed the mark and could not capture my attention. once i realised it had taken me about 2 weeks just to hit the 100-page mark and i still wasn't captivated, it felt like a good time to call it quits.

the author called it "very slowburn" and yes, i would agree, but for me that wasn't a good thing. i was just bored out of my skull and it felt like not much of anything happened. the characters were dull. there were hints to backstories and things to be uncovered and i just didn't care about any of it. maybe if i'd continued it would have been worth the wait, but i think this book just wasn't for me. the reception seems to be middling so i don't think it's just a me thing, but i won't be rating it as i didn't get all that far in, and it didn't really evoke any feelings strong enough to give it an accurate rating. so unfortunately... dnf at 23% on this occasion, and i don't think i'll be giving it a second attempt.

[nofatclips]

Formwela 12 by Esperanza Spalding featuring Carmen de Lavallade

[tinas1469]

doctorannakotova:

Sometimes it’s lovely to be the room where it happens.

I’m quite partial to Jamie Lloyd so I enjoyed a modern, stripped back (and seriously cut down to 1 hr 45!) take on Romeo and Juliet. @franarivers is a charismatic young lady and @tomholland2013 was a lovely Romeo.

Special kudos to the hilarious @freemaofficial.

[hollandnews]

FIRST PHOTOS OF TOM HOLLAND AS ROMEO IN THE PLAY ROMEO AND JULIET

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There was a pause in the conversation and their eyes found each other and stayed there. The lost years hung heavy in the air. For the next hour, the two drank silently, taking each other in, reminding themselves of the other's movements and shape and voice.

That hour never fully ended - time moved on, but somewhere, they are still seated at that table, all new beginnings, finding each other again.