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>>4473208after much deliberation I've removed Nevernight from the fantasy recs list. I still greatly enjoy it, but I would admittedly recommend it less than the othersHiyodori is still boring as fuck and does not deserve a spot
Has anyone got any recs or a chart with wlw audiobooks? It helps a lot when I'm sick and can't keep my eyes open which is pretty frequently
>>4473277Why not throw on Crier's War and Iron Heart instead, they are surprisingly fun and you don't have to go through an entire book of het to get to the /u/ relevant content.
>>4473640because both those books are shit. Actually, I've only read Crier's War and it was awful, so I have less than zero desire to read the second book
>Daughter of the Bone Forest (book 1 in Witch Hall series)It's somewhat entertaining, I'm surprised there are only 2 mentions of this book in the archives.Setting is medieval, mostly at a school, with familiars who can transform into animals, and witches who bond with familiars to become stronger. The protagonist Rosy is a peasant familiar who is more powerful than her war hero grandparents, and the crown princess (a necromancer) wants to bond with her ahead of a looming war. But Rosy is a tsundere, and also doesn't want to go to war.The book is easy to read and predictable, with a fun setting. The romance is slow paced, the relationships are emotional, the main couple never show interest in anyone else. I like that Rosy and the princess are strong minded. What I don't like is that the princess repeatedly claims she wants to understand Rosy (the only one she doesn't understand), but they never talk about their core disagreement to resolve it.The book is unpolished and has a lot of flaws. Many of them are details not thought out properly, or characters behaving artificially, or contrivances. The world building is amateurish. Lesser characters are one dimensional NPCs. The author was one shot by the woke mind virus, so you'll see gender confusion of the highest order, obsession over pronouns (funnily the author used the wrong pronoun a few times), rural medieval villages with populations resembling a US university with many foreign students, oppression olympics, antinatalism, and other silliness, but it is easily ignored.It's a respectable accomplishment for a first book. There will be a sequel in 2026.
>>4473651I thought they were cute and fun. And if anyone has any other robot/human yuri recommendations, I'd appreciate them.
Is locked tomb recommended read for yuri books or should i start somewhere else ?
>>4473698It depends what you want from your yuri. They're good books, and they have a lot of gay women in them, but if you're looking for capital r Romance then you're better off looking at another title.
>>4473698>>4473699to add to this, every book after the first book is incomprehensible
I'll admit that as an ESL, The Locked Tomb is like the hardest book I've picked up so far, everything feels barely comprehensive and I don't get what's so witty about it.
>>4473702Same here. Felt like being back in school and doing english class homework, always having the translator and context-reverso tabs open while reading it to the point where it was becoming a chore at times, lmao.> I don't get what's so witty about it.What, you mean you don't see how smart and erudite Tamsyn is? Did le ebin big words not clue you in?!Ironically, when I was in school and doing the same whole "thesaurus word hunt" as Tamsyn to make my essays sound smarter I was rebuked for it and told my attempts at coming off as smart were obvious and pretentious, but I guess once's you're a published author the same rules suddenly no longer apply.
Got recommended Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell on Spotify. I'll listen because it's free. Has anyone read it? The synopsis is too long and gives too much away but a female shapeshifting monster is saved by a human woman and falls in love with her. She considers implanting her eggs in the woman so that their young can eat her from inside out.
>>4473736>a female shapeshifting monster is saved by a human woman and falls in love with her.Pretty normal so fa->She considers implanting her eggs in the woman so that their young can eat her from inside out.... nvm.
>>4473736I started reading it, didn't like it. I don't recommend it.
I'm an ESL but shouldn't this be Falling for Whom
>>4474160I've seen no american after Hemingway say whom
>>4473736I enjoyed it. The monster has some neat attributes and the romance ends up being quite sweet.
>>4474160https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCcDi8zH8M
>>4474160In formal contexts or in the vocabulary of a minority of people. "Whom" reads as a bit stuffy even it's still observed in modern English.The tone of this book, the voice of its narrator or even just its writer is likely such that "whom" would read awkwardly, especially in a book title.>>4474173That's definitely not true.
>>4474160"Who" can be seen as a nominalised free relative clause in this context, not as an interrogative pronoun.
>>4474393I'm afraid /u/ loves to interrogate pronouns
>>4474393Why would that be relevant?>Whoever falls for me>Whomever I fall for
>>4474476In a relative clause, the case of the relative pronoun is determined by its function within the relative clause, not the main clause.>Falling for whoever falls for me.>Falling for whomever I meet.
Who = Normal person speechWhom = Dark Souls NPC speech
>>4473698Yes they're great. Second book is a masterpiece.>>4473700sorry you have the literacy of a rock and need everything spelled out for you.
>>4473736I read it last year, it was ok but seriously flawed. It's like if Saya no Uta was made by 2015 tumblr and Saya asked for consent before hugging the protagonist. Personally I wouldn't recommend it, I liked the protagonist but everything else was mid at best.
>>4473724>>4473702understandable the ESL would hate it.>Ironically, when I was in school and doing the same whole "thesaurus word hunt" as Tamsyn to make my essays sound smarter I was rebuked for it and told my attempts at coming off as smart were obvious and pretentious, but I guess once's you're a published author the same rules suddenly no longer apply.randomly choosing words you don't understand the nuances of and why you would use that word over another is different from using more specific words correctly because they're the word that best fits the idea and mood you want to convey. you're just salty you don't understand them. i don't bitch about Japanese authors using vocabulary i don't know when i read their work, they're choosing those words for a reason and as a non native speaker im not fluent enough to understand why, that's it.
>>4474484Oh, that's what you meant by "floating". Yeah, it always gets me when people write "whom" when the pronoun is the subject of the clause. "Falling for whomever falls for me", using your example.Like, you don't sound unsophisticated using "who" where "whom" is correct, but you sure do when you use "whom" when "who" is. Like this guy I know who exclusively uses semicolons to introduce dependent clauses.
>>4474510Holy fuck, who laced your breakfast with the schizo spergout juice, schizo? Calm down you don't need to white knight your precious tamsyn from the mildest of critiques. Also most if not all thesauruses come with the definition of the words written along them, so "ur just salty you don't understanding them" angle is mostly just your fanfic.
>>4474601>Holy fuck, who laced your breakfast with the schizo spergout juice, schizo?As someone with no horse in this race, you come off as way more schizo than the poster you're replying to lol
>>4474640Of course, whatever you say " totally uninvolved third party".
Elizabeth Watasin - Die Furious... after a billion years finally something worth talking about again. But also really mainly because it's a sequel novelette to Monster Stalker. As a novelette, it's unfortunately rather contained: Nico (and Virtual Bear) are locked in a hotel that undergoes sorta magical renovation. Last minute a cult of fetish nuns carrying a coffin containing a succubus check in, and, well, the rest of the novel is Nico fighting those nuns in almost one long action sequence.While that does probably sound rather simplistic it actually reveals some surprising depth especially towards the end. It's about misuse of trust, personal freedom, how power uses people, and whatnot. There is more going on that one might expect at first.There's some proofreading misses, it introduces too many new characters that do too little; it doesn't show enough of Dargueworld, and Nico's lovers are barely there. Much of this is of course due to it being a novelette.But if you like Monster Stalker (and what sort of person doesn't) it's still a worthwhile read. Now gimme another proper novel!
I read this book when it first came out, reread it and yeah, it's pretty good, so I figured I would share cause it's really underrated.Posh small white girl and a taller brown girl from the poorer side of town.
>>4474849I like what I've read of her stuff (Indecent Promposal, The Matchmaker, and Nobody Quite Like You). They're always fun and witty and well made.
>>4473685premise sounds interesting anon, ill give it a shot
>>4474876True, I wish she wrote some more HS / College stuff though
>>4474764>The Bone Raiders by Jackson FordReally enjoyed this one. An unchallenging read set in a nomadic steppe about a bandit gang that hit hard times and try to tame a dragon and so kidnap an animal tamer.The gang is all female and two of them are in a relationship at the start and the MC has the start of a romance which might develop in a sequel.The gang are that brand of Jack Sparrow like criminal who love freedom and hate the government trying to put them down so not a realistic look at bandits. It's got some nice dragon taming scenes and a lot of pretty good action, though I thought the book was a bit rushed at parts. Looking forward to the sequel.
>>4475027Didn't mean to quote.
>>4474510Based. I agree on all accounts.
>>4474601complaining about writing quality in a language you self-admittedly can't read without a dictionary and google translate tab open is the peak of dunning-kruger schizophrenia. There are lots of legitimate criticisms of Tamsyn's writing, but "too many words I don't understand" is not one of them, that's a you problem. The average literate English speaker has no problem understanding those books it's not fucking Finnegans Wake it's glorified Homestuck fanfiction.
>>4475162>language you self-admittedly can't read withoutStarting off with a strawman, not a good look for your argument. Didn't read the rest.I do find it pleasing that ESLs give people like you psychic damage just by existing. Seethe.
>>4475162I'm an ESL tard as well and had zero issues reading The Locked Tomb. It's not some high-brow Victorian novel.>>4475251Time to hit the (text)books again.
>>4464716Caitlin Kiernan - The Drowning Girlmeh. this is annoying to read since the MC takes such ubiquitous detours and goes off on so many things. she's also unrealiable in that she doesn't always tell the truth and then backtracks later to say so. the story is really boring and it doesn't feel like there's much of a conclusion even after we find out what was going on. purefag warnings: the MC mentions she's slept with at least one guy even though she knew she was a lesbian. "girlfriend" is a tranny and it's especially irritating since it comes up so much and they have to talk about it.Mira Grant - Into the Drowning Deepthis was really enjoyable. the horror wasn't overdone and all the characters are pretty well done.purefag warning: MC is bi and the ex-bf is a (thankfully) minor character.Emily Danforth - Plain Bad Heroinesmeh. didn't really like any of the present timeline characters much and that storyline doesn't really explain much. it stops right at what seems like should be the interesting part and we should get some explanation, but we don't and it jumps a bit and then just ends.... the past storyline is more interesting and we get some explanations, but the horror just feels campy
>>4475464purefag here1 ? isnt that just being bi ?2 still a characterI respect you can read non purefag material my hats off to you
>>4475464>Caitlin KiernanIs that a motherfucking Arcane reference?!
>>4475251>>4473724>felt like being back in school and doing english class homework, always having the translator and context-reverso tabs open while reading it to the point where it was becoming a chore at times
>>4475573It's very schizophrenic of you to quote the words that poster wrote.
>>4475573Was it too much of me to expect le ebin native english speaker like you to understand that using a translator for unfamiliar words =/ can't read the language without it? Seems obvious since I'm writing to you in it, no? But I guess being a native speaker doesn't make you all that smart, after all.
>>4473685Hey anon I finished reading this, had to ignore the pronoun garbage thrown around but otherwise I enjoyed the book!
>>4474883>>4476236Wow you read it in 3 days? Glad you enjoyed it, was my review accurate?
>>4473685>(funnily the author used the wrong pronoun a few times)That's unforgivable lmao, I can get past shoehorning modern day social issues into the book but at least keep it fucking consistent. I remember the second Baru book called characters by the wrong pronoun a couple times and it's literally like ffs did you never even bother to get an editor to read over it? Grammar errors in a professionally published book are insane to me, it's like the bare minimum bar.
>>4476457>modern day social issuesExplain
Just finished reading Her Spell that Binds Me, by Luna Oblonsky. It had lots of flaws, but the stuff I liked I really, really liked. There were editing/grammar mistakes, the prose could be a little thesaurus-y, and it sort of fell off in the last third, but honestly, the dynamic between the leads for those first two thirds was so tasty I can't even complain. They go from genuine hated rivals to True Love, and the transition between them is great, especially with the MC resisting it so strongly to start with. I'm in the mood now for something toxic and/or taboo, if anyone has any recommendations.
>>4476263Yup the book was a good read and wasnt too terribly long. I would say your review was spot on, especially about the author being one shot by the woke virus, but easily ignored. I would only add that it ends on a cliffhanger and the romance isnt as satisfying but hopefully it becomes better in the sequel(s). Hope to see you write more reviews anon!
Because the 'woke' mob are so pronoun I decided to stick to them by going full anti-noun, I skip every noun and only read the adverb, verb and adjectives. It really speeds up the reading process.
>>4476678Based. Libtards fucking owned.
Anyone got recs for classic lit with outright lesbianism or lesbian undertones? Something that's not Camilla.
>>4477112Different person, but this, please. I don't like modern romantasy all that much. I'll take a modern historical fiction too... just please, enough with the magic.For you, I'll suggest Anne of Green Gables if you haven't yet read it. Just forget the ending and enjoy the first 90% of the book that's all Anne and Diana.I picked up a new version of The Count of Monte Cristo when I heard that the version most often found is the Victorian shit translation that censors the lesbian couple. I just can't bring myself to start something that thick right now though, especially when I know it's a side could amongst a giant cast.
>>4477112As far as I know, The Price of Salt (ie. Carol), by Patricia Highsmith, is the first explicit lesbian novel to have a happy ending for the pair. It was published in 1952, so keep that in mind for the rest of this list.The Well of Loneliness, by Radcliffe Hall. Spoiler warning: miserable.The Hotel, by Elizabeth Bowen.Extraordinary Women, by Compton Mackenzie.I Am A Woman, by Ann Bannon.Der Skorpion, by Anna Elisabet Weirauch.Regiment of Women, by Clemence Dane. Warning: het ending.Jill, by Amy Dillwyn.>>4477114Some historical fiction I liked:Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters.The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, by Olivia Waite.More Than A Best Friend, by Emma R. AlbanThe Safekeep, by Yael van der Wouden.I didn't know there were lesbians in Monte Cristo. Is there a particular translation to look out for that includes them?
>>4476567So far this book feels almost autistically designed to go from points A to B to C, devoid of flair or colour or personality. The masturbation "scene" was so matter-of-factly dumped in there I almost laughted.>“I pushed this vessel to its very limit of speed to get to you because of the urgency of your mother’s summons but on the journey back I thought a mild 400 knots per hour would be more comfortable for you,” Samuel says as he wraps a second blanket around himself, “We should arrive at the college in about three hours, right before sunset.”It's not difficult but the dialogue is flat at as a pancake and the prose is so uninspired it's like trying to read dry white toast. It's also jarring and odd that it's in present tense, but maybe there's a creative reason for that.Hopefully things pick up when Iona meets the other lead, who I assume is called Ruuko.
>>4477134>Monte CristoYes, there are, but I think Eugenie Danglars is a common victim of editors abridging the story.The translation I read was the one published was back when it was first published in England and was heavily censored for politics and society of the time. This is the one most published because it is in the public domain (free).A more recent translation doesn't have to take into account the readership of Victorian newspapers and can translate more accurately. The version I have is the Buss translation which the Internet seems to agree is the best.
>>4477242Following from this:I just re-read an online version of chapter 53 (her proper introduction, no idea who translated) and it's obvious as all heck. You almost feel bad for Albert (fiance) and her oblivious mother.>Wow my daughter is such an artistOk, mom
>>4477237This is what happens when people who don't read try to write. "This happened and then this happened and then I looked at the camera and rolled my eyes to the audience while making a sarcastic quip." So many of these trashy books these days are written like fucking Parkour Civilization.
>>4477242Whaaat. I read a, like, children's version of it as a kid, I had no idea of all this. Let me put it on my list
>>4476457I just finished reading this and I didn't catch any pronoun inconsistencies even though I was looking for them.I enjoyed it. As soon as I started and the character's regular life started instead of belabored, clumsy exposition, and no "She did this and then she did this. Then she did this and did this." I was sold. Just competent writing is so rare...But agree with the criticism above, given the level of detail in some interactions and dynamics, it felt like important convos were skipped at times.
Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha ShannonThird entry in her Roots of Chaos series, best known for The Priory of the Orange Tree. This one functions as a prequel that follows Marosa, the leader of Yscalin from the first book, and her kingdom's descent into evil dragon-worship. First thing: the book does NOT stand alone. The story doesn't form a complete narrative arc at all. If you didn't read Priory the whole thing will feel aimless. There are several callbacks to the original series. For me, Priory came out 6 years ago and I've forgotten most of it. In fact, I had to read a summary of Priory just to figure out what was going on. If Priory is fresher on your mind you'll no doubt enjoy it more.Marosa is the main character and she's pretty good. You empathize with her watching her entire kingdom suffer a fate arguably worse than death. The book follows multiple POVs (including a guy) but Marosa is by far the biggest. The lesbian portion of the book comes from another POV character, Melaugo, who kills dragons. Her relationship with her (former) GF is already established, which I never like. I like seeing relationships develop instead of already being a couple. The biggest problem with these characters is that they just...vanish halfway. They share screen space equally with Marosa in the first half and then are literally never seen again. I can't remember if they showed up in Priory, but this is another example of Burning Flowers being an incomplete narrative by itself.Overall, would not recommend. If you literally just finished Priory, you'll probably enjoy this more than I did, but for most people the story will just feel incomplete.It's hard to recommend even for the /u/ content since there's so little of it. The lesbian MC is Melaugo, who disappears halfway through. Marosa herself is straight and there's an annoyingly large emphasis on her male fiance.
>>4479157She shouldn’t have ended Priory in one book, now it’s all prequels and you already have a huge hint where the endgame is going. I would rather follow a story going forward.
>>4479218A much bigger problem is that her books are boring and badly written.
>>4479157That publishing company is one of the ones that have been asking authors to limit lgbtq content in their books in order to continue being published, this explains why the lesbian couple mysteriously vanished in the middle of the book
>>4479157I didn't even know she was making a third book. I kinda get how it would be weird to try and make an epic fantasy series like that but it's known for lesbians so you have to force lesbian protagonists into every storyline, but at the same time sorry bestie but I picked up the series for the lesbians, there's a million other dragon fantasy series without lesbians.The best thing about this series is the cover art though, it's always absolutely stunning in person. I didn't even like the first book that much but I bought the second one anyway cause it looked so good on the shelf
>>4479277boring? arguable. badly written? Samantha Shannon's prose and characterization is a cut above typical /u/ schlock
Nice YA book
i recall seeing this mentioned here a long time ago and it's been in my to-read list for a while. not really /u, but there's some /u undertones and you can definitely look at the relationship with the AI and the Fury through yuri goggles (as well as maybe with one of the friends as well).still, i really enjoyed this book. starts out as a very /k sci-fi and then gains a fantasy element in the second half.
>>4479772I stopped reading at that comment because exactly. She's genuine mainstream.Though I will say, an editor should have made her split Priory in two and flesh out the last half.
Anything in both German and English that isn't terribly cliche and generic?
>>4481158You'll read booktok enemies to lovers and you'll love it.
>>4479998Bissexual crap?
>>4481172If the book doesn't go like this:>first kiss/hookup at 20%>they get together at 50%>breakup drama at 80%>make up (sex) at 90%then don't @ me.
>>4481177Bisexuality is /u/
>>4481211No.
>>4481211this is the literally the single most controversial take on all of /u/
>>4481211Yes.
>>4481211Yes but also no
>>4479998I didn't enjoy, personally. The leads have very little chemistry, and most of the plot is dedicated to the vampire's political issues around blood distribution, which I didn't find intriguing or engaging. If anything, having blood supplements play such a fundamental role in this universe strips vampires of a lot of what makes them compelling to me, without replacing it with anything interesting. Kat is a non-presence, and I would have genuinely preferred if Taylor had ended up with the mean girl she hooks up with for most of the novel (who is, btw, the only one who has a satisfying character arc).
>>4481211Bisexuals are the "vegan leather" of yuri.
>>4481369You mean good?
>>4481369Soft to the touch, yet bad for the environment?
Any good friends to lovers reads? I really liked In The Long Run by Haley Cass.
>>4481385Haley Cass is fantastic, for sure. I'd recommend On The Same Page, also by her.More recs:The Secret Chord, Virginia HaleMore Than A Best Friend, Emma R. AlbanAll The Reasons I Need, Jaime ClevengerAnnie On My Mind, Nancy GardenMeeting Millie, Ashton ClareFalling Into Place, Sheryn MunirAll The Wrong Places, Karin KallmakerLove Is For Losers, Wibke Breuggemann (YA)Chemistry Lessons, Jae
>>4481387Thanks anon! On the Same Page was also very good. I think I've read all her stuff except Midnight Rain because the AU angle puts me off a bit... I will check those out for sure. Secret Chord looks promising
Recommending The Devils from Joe Abercrombie. Probably my favorite fantasy author. Related note, if you haven't read The First Law series it's unreal. Next to no yuri, but its so good and has some of the best characters writing in fantasy.
>>4481420>Next to no yuri, Huh?>but its so good and has some of the best characters writing in fantasy.Meh.
>>4481420>Recommending The Devils from Joe Abercrombie.Any yuri in it?
>>4481424>>4481425>Any yuri?Yes you cucks, that's why I'm recommending it!
>>4481420>The Devils from Joe AbercrombieIs the lesbian at least the main POV
