So I wrote a thing...
Oct. 16th, 2014 05:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauren3210I have a very close friend, who runs a bookblog, called BooksofAmber. With the imminent arrival of the third installment of a book series called The Raven Cycle, Amber, along with another bookblog, has been hosting a readathon, and she asked me to write a guest post for her blog about these books.
And I jumped at the chance, because QUEER REPRESENTATION IN YA. This book series is awesome, seriously everyone needs to read it, and not just because there is a heartbreakingly beautiful queer relationship developing right alongside a het relationship, but because it's also beautifully written, all about Welsh myths and sleeping kings and magic and psychics and an amazingly angry feminist as a main character. It's just perfect okay, go read it.
BUT, because queer representation is a thing that means a lot to me, that is what this post of mine is about, and I'd really love it if you'd pop over and have a look? The author herself has already read it (and tweeted about it on Twitter SEND HELP I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK ABOUT THIS FACT), and the response so far has been excellent, and the more traffic I can bring to my friend's blog the better, as far as I'm concerned, haha! Anyway, here is the link and I'd really love to know what y'all think!
*hugs my entire f-list*
And I jumped at the chance, because QUEER REPRESENTATION IN YA. This book series is awesome, seriously everyone needs to read it, and not just because there is a heartbreakingly beautiful queer relationship developing right alongside a het relationship, but because it's also beautifully written, all about Welsh myths and sleeping kings and magic and psychics and an amazingly angry feminist as a main character. It's just perfect okay, go read it.
BUT, because queer representation is a thing that means a lot to me, that is what this post of mine is about, and I'd really love it if you'd pop over and have a look? The author herself has already read it (and tweeted about it on Twitter SEND HELP I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK ABOUT THIS FACT), and the response so far has been excellent, and the more traffic I can bring to my friend's blog the better, as far as I'm concerned, haha! Anyway, here is the link and I'd really love to know what y'all think!
*hugs my entire f-list*
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Date: 2014-10-16 04:56 pm (UTC)ETA: And I just realized that she's the author of The Wolves of Mercy Falls series, which I loved! I thought it was such a refreshing take on the werewolf trope. Definitely adding The Raven Cycle to my list!
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Date: 2014-10-16 07:44 pm (UTC)I wasn't a fan of her Mercy Falls series tbh. As much as I loved her writing - and I do, I really loved her prose in Mercy Falls - the relationships just weren't my cup of tea, so I didn't enjoy it as much as I would have otherwise. But The Raven Cycle is utterly fantastic! Come back and tell me what you think when you get around to them!
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Date: 2014-10-16 08:05 pm (UTC)But yes, I will definitely report to you with my feels once I get to them! :D