#the Legendborn Cycle

[bookcub]

i think it is unrealistic for fans to expect sequels to be published a year after the first one and also want the book at its highest quality. it's okay to expect a few years in between and i think it weird how much pressure authors face to publish their next book immediately. that's a lot of stress on authors and i think it often leads to books being put out before they are ready.

[worth-this-and-more]

can we take a moment to appreciate how tracy ate with every name like yeah that's Legendborn. it feels so Legendborn. like omg the vibes are Legendborn this name is so fitting. Bloodmarked. totally. could never find another name like Bloodmarked if i went to find it under an aether lamp in my hand like. Oathbound. truly the perfect name like yes this book deserves to be named Oathbound.

not even just the books like the characters. Briana. the clever 'bree/bri' wordplay too. you hear Selwyn and you're like oof. yes. totally fitting. Nicholas. look how the name flows like do you see it. William. the vibes. Alice. alice in wonderland my love. alice/alive wordplay. Sarah. Mariah. Greer. Valechaz. Elijah. Zoelle. Felicity. Russ. even Victoria as much as we should hate her and Cestra.

like the names man the fucking names i love it so much.

[russellnowestbrook]

Briana Matthews has some incredible self control, cause if I hear Selwyn Kane call me “gorgeous girl”, I’d fold like a lawn chair.

[malakki142]

Something, something, something, Nick is someone who supports Bree no matter what, Sel is someone who challenges Bree no matter what, Bree accepts them as they are because they do the same and that's why the throuple only makes so much sense.

[incorrect-legendborn-quotes]

Nick: Bree, the first rule of surviving as a Legendborn is “Don’t ever let them know where you are.”

Sel: *running around in the background waving his Aether blades at the Shadowborn*

Sel: I’M RIGHT HERE! I’M RIGHT HERE! YOU WNAT SOEM OF THIS? YEAH YOU DO! COME ON! COME ON!

Nick: …Of course there are other schools of thought.

[brianakane]

🌓 Selwyn Kane moodboard 💚

"I want what every demon wants, Briana."

When he reaches for my hair, pausing to give me enough time to pull away, I don't move. He tugs on one of my black-brown curls, drawing it down only to release it and watch the recoil.

"Chaos."

[chiaseedlingwithlove]

Nothing hits more than finishing a book and immediately opening tumblr to repost everything you’ve been avoiding

[katsitsiyo]

Here’s a Legendborn Cycle piece I comm’d from the amazing @mageofspace924! (tysm!!)

Bree is one of my absolute favorite protagonists in any book I’ve ever read. 🥰 She, Sel, and Nick have some of the best interactions and chemistry. They’re all my fave bbs and I just want them all to be safe and able to live their lives happily together. 🥹🥹

[kamaria-7]

I’m gonna need ten business days to recover……

[hahahax30]

I have so much fondness and love and awe and respect for Bree Matthews. The main character that she IS

[mageofspace924]

HAPPY OATHBOUND 💜⚔️

literally shaking THIS IS IT!!! i cannot wait to finish my bloodmarked reread and dive in to oathbound 😭🫶 i cannot believe its here.

I got to make an overlay for the oathbound tour, im so glad people are starting to get them!!

LOVE YOU BREE I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHERE YOU GO NEXT (pls be safe)

[ghastlylover]

!!!OATHBOUND SPOILERS BELOW!!

What’s actually genuinely making me explode about Oathbound is how it’s made so fucking clear and explicit just how LOVED everyone is

How Natasia talks about Selwyn after thirteen years as she fights so hard to help him bc he’s her baby and she loves him

Even as he’s mocking and taunting and insulting them, all Bree and Nick do is reassure Sel that he’s not a failure or mistake bc even now even when Bree doesn’t remember him they LOVE him

When William learns about Nicks abuse and vows to be there for him and to never let him think that he isn’t believed in ever again bc he Loves him

When William neglects HIMSELF and Lark insists on going on the quest just to make sure he’s taken care of and protected bc william protects everyone but lark just wants him to be safe bc he Loves Him!!

All the years and decades of love between Valec and Mariah and Hazel and Lu bc they’re a family and have each other no matter what

And Everyone loves Bree!!!so much!!

Mariah, William, Lu and Hazel, Nick… all of them fought to get back to her because of how much they love her!!!

Sel being at the height of his demonia and still clawing and burning himself free to get back to her bc even when it’s warped under all the rage and darkness, he always loves her

Nick’s every word and act and breath being filled with love and affection and trust and call and response for Bree bc he will always find her and fight for her and always always always love her!!

Bree collapsing in her dads arms and sobbing after nearly a year without seeing

Bree fighting like absolute fucking hell to find four lost, scared black girls because that’s exactly who she is

Valec’s monologue near the end and everyone she cares about in one room talking about how beautiful Bree’s soul is because of how much SHE loves 🥺🥺

Like???? Love is the point babes, it was the whole point the entire fucking time

[worth-this-and-more]

i lied. put your clothes back on. i'll tell you how selwyn fought so hard to keep from succumbing to his blood but then sacrificed his humanity for bree; and how this girl bree gave up her own freedom for a last desperate hope that sel could be saved by natasia.

[black-is-beautiful18]

No cuz I’m praying the good lord sends me someone like Nick!

Nicholas the yearner Davis has set some impossibly high standards and expectations for future partners.

[black-is-beautiful18]

If someone asks for book recs for something similar to Sinners…do not recommend them Interview With The Vampire. Cuz what is wrong with you? Not only was Anne Rice racist but Louis is a slave owner and Lestat can care less about the slaves in the book. They literally feed off of them. Like y’all don’t think, and that’s a problem.

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Beloved by Tony Morrison

Kindred and Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler

Lovecraft Country (show)

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology edited by Circe Moskowitz

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror edited by Jordan Peele

These are the types of books you recommend people who want something similar to Sinners. They are asking for books that are about and by Black people with supernatural and horror elements. Heck even LegendBorn by Tracy Deon could be considered horror with the amount of stuff that goes down in that book. I need y’all to get a grip and get it fast.

[retiredficwriter]