#what we devour

[aroaessidhe]

There are a bunch of signed & special editions of books available in the #kidlit4ceasefire auction, on now!

Funds raised go directly towards Palestinian families. Almost $9000 has been raised so far! There's also lots of critique/AMA/art/merch listings. ends January 31.

[linseymiller]

Please be aware of your local aces this week!

This week, make sure you're aware of your local ace characters! I love all of my ace children equally, but y'all are allowed to play favorites.

Do you like reading about ace girls who choose to be kind when the world isn't? Ace girls who decide to hurt those in power as much as they've been hurt? Ace girls who use assumptions about aceness to their advantage?

And if none of these stories are right for you, please check out some other ace books this week, like Fire Becomes Her, Aces Wild, Beyond the Black Door, Silver in the Mist, Elatsoe, The Last Eight, ACE, The Sound of Stars, or So Let Them Burn.

Annette by @fictograph Lorena by @nicole.deal.art Euphemia (to-be-revealed) by @dianasousaart

[logarithmicpanda]

What We Devour (Linsey Miller)

Ngl I had very low expectations when I picked up this book. I have grown steadily less patient with YA, and I'm in a reading slump on top of that - I kinda expected to DNF this book after a week

What happened instead is that I finished it in two days lmao

The good:

A very interesting representation of aceness in the main character and others' reactions to her. I feel like by now I've seen several sex repulsed and sex positive aces in books, but Lorena is the first sex indifferent one I read and it was very relatable when touched upon

Kept me engaged despite my current lack of focus

Anti capitalist message interestingly woven into a fantasy setting

The bad:

Sometimes the narration just skips over things in a way that makes it hard to follow

A couple predictable twists treated as big reveals

No falling action and as far as I know no sequel planned

A weird lack of emotions after certain supposedly very dark plot points which removes a lot of their impact, including the conclusion

I still don't know if I'd recommend it, but I'm definitely glad I read it, it was an interesting book. I've seen a few reviewer say it felt like a raw draft and I kinda agree, the potential was there but it might have benefited from more editing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Title: What We Devour

Author: Linsey Miller

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, fantasy, LGBT+, horror, romance

Blurb: Lorena Adler has a secret: she holds the power of the banished gods, the Noble and the Vile, inside her. She has spent her entire life hiding from the world and her past. She’s content to spend her days as an undertaker in a small town, marry her best friend Julian, and live an unfulfilling life, so long as no one uncovers her true nature...but when the notoriously bloodthirsty and equally Vile crown prince comes to arrest Julian’s father, he immediately recognises Lorena for what she is, so she makes a deal: a fair trial for her betrothed’s father, in exchange for her service to the crown. The prince is desperate for help. He’s spent years trying to repair the weakening Door that holds back the Vile...and he’s losing the battle. As Lorena learns more about the Door and the horrifying price it takes to keep it closed, she’ll have to embrace both parts of herself to survive.

[qbdatabase]

What We Devour by Linsey Miller Lorena Adler has a secret—she holds the power of the banished gods, the Noble and the Vile, inside her. She’s content to hide from the world, but when notoriously bloodthirsty Vile crown prince recognizes her for what she is, she makes a deal--her betrothed's life in exchange for her service to the crown. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

[rolanslide]

i keep getting hung up on this line for some reason. something about Klavier saying he "deserved that much" is so heartbreaking to me. he's right- he does deserve a brother that actually cares about him. he does deserve a brother who won't use and manipulate him. he's not asking for much- just for his big brother to even attempt to meet him in the middle. and he's realizing that will never happen. and he's saying to Kristophs face- 'I deserved better. you were supposed to be a better brother'

[platoapproved]

The building had been crawling with gentle humans who noticed not a thing as they’d stolen the clothes they now wore, uniforms of the young, and left by a broken door into an alley. Not my brothers and sisters anymore. — QUEEN OF THE DAMNED

[sapphicpixxiedreamgirl]

Sorry to my future gf because she will have to deal with the fact that I will forever be completely and irrevocably in love with Aubrey Plaza

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

haikaveh's established domesticity and the way coffee shared between them is so intrinsically tied into their intimacy makes me ILL!!

'we' is so indicative of the way their lives have completely intermingled that it's impossible to separate them, they are a UNIT! they are a PAIR! and they have a chore roster <3 utter domesticity!!!

[abirddogmoment]

wow what a privilege to live a life that 12yo me dreamed of

[aroaessidhe]

Aro & Ace books: Dark YA high fantasy

(in this instance by dark I mean spooky or gothic vibes, dark aesthetic, supernatural elements related to death)

Beneath The Citadel - one of the 5 MC's is an ace girl

Vespertine - MC is word-of-god aroacespec (no romance in the story)

Beyond The Black Door - demi girl MC, ace boy LI, ace trans man SC (see also In The Ravenous Dark - major side character is ace & nonbinary)

Clariel - aroace coded girl MC

What We Devour - ace girl MC (f, m/f)

This Dark Descent - demidemi girl MC (m/f) and questioning aroacespec girl MC (latter only vague so far)

#aspec books / aspec database

[linseymiller]

my terrible nerds have officially sold over 10k copies and i can't believe it

thank you all for continuing to read and love Lorena's story! this book meant a lot to me for a lot of different reasons, and it makes me so happy that a lot of you loved it too 🖤💀🖤

[seasicksilver]

ares & aphrodite designs ...for no reason in particular

[theeminentlyimpractical]

Michael Sheen playing Aziraphale so much more markedly effervescent in GO2 is delightful, and campy, and perfect in the narrative arc, but damn, it’s also a very cruel way to set up the contrast of how stiff and restrained he will have to be in GO3, like putting a geode back together to hide all its color.

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

Bonus! Rescue Bots Academy Ratchet

[ourlovingghosts]

Truly can’t believe my new comfort show is a time travelling cowboy show with terrible nighttime lighting that got cancelled after season 2 so I don’t even get to know what happens or see my favourite boy again