![]() This book follows Iris, a non-binary witch who used to be best friends with a faery, Agnes, who effectively ghosted them when they were twelve. I really enjoyed reading this! It’s been a long time since I read a whole book in one day, but with this one it was so easy. ![]() ![]() If only the only way to set things right wasn’t offering the girl who now hates Iris back safe haven, as their roommate. ![]() But when an attempt to trick Agnes into staying longer goes wrong she ends up trapped in their realm, gradually becoming weaker as her connection to Faerie fades. When Iris’s secret comes out and they realize that their connecting to Agnes might be their ticket to finally being noticed in the human realm, they summon her at a party. Until Agnes suddenly decided that she was bored with them a few years ago and stopped visiting. The faery they accidentally summoned at six then kept meeting up with in secret. No, Iris’s secret, like all the best things, is a magical girl. ![]() It’s not that they’re a lesbian (that cat’s been out of the bag since they were seven), it’s not even that they’re a witch (it’s become so mainstream now that their school even has clubs). Rep: biracial Chinese-American non-binary lesbian main character, sapphic love interest, nb/f relationship, gay side characterĬW: death of a grandparent (in backstory), cancer (in backstory), referenced transphobia, bullying, likely terminal illness/major health deterioration, seizures ![]()
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![]() ![]() In Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Julian Sancton unfolds an epic story of adventure and horror for the ages. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness and besieged by monotony, they descended into madness. ![]() When the sun set on the magnificent polar landscape one last time, the ship’s occupants were condemned to months of endless night. De Gerlache sailed on, and soon the Belgica was stuck fast in the icy hold of the Bellingshausen Sea. After a series of costly setbacks, the commandant faced two bad options: turn back in defeat and spare his men the devastating Antarctic winter, or recklessly chase fame by sailing deeper into the freezing waters. ![]() His destination was the uncharted end of the earth: the icy continent of Antarctica.īut de Gerlache’s plans to be first to the magnetic South Pole would swiftly go awry. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. ![]() ![]() ![]() She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. On the morning of the great quake, Vera’s worlds collide. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds-the madam’s alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her. ![]() Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco’s most legendary bordello. New York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian delivers “an all-encompassing and enthralling” ( Oprah Daily) novel featuring an unforgettable heroine coming of age in the aftermath of catastrophe, and her quest for love and reinvention. ![]() ![]() ![]() On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too.Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A stunning debut for Cleeves’ latest crimefighter."-David Baldacci In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. ![]() AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!NOW A BRITBOX SERIOUS STARRING BEN ALDRIDGE AND PEARL MACKIEThe Long Call from Ann Cleeves-bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, both of which are hit TV shows-introduces the first in a gripping new series, told with deep compassion and searing insight.“In Matthew Venn, Ann has created a complex, daring, subtle character.” -Louise Penny"Matthew Venn is a keeper. ![]() |