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Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

Femslashy books I love:
-Steerswoman series (especially books 2 and 4)
-Six of Crows duology (Nina & Inej get to interact and bond over shared trauma and it's great)


Still wish the ending to One Good Knight by Mercedes Lackey was... not that. A crossdressing female knight and a princess, up against ("against") a couple of dragons... and everything about the ending felt like a cop-out.

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

Steerswoman series is GREAT! I went to Worldcon two years ago and she read a bit from Book 5. Hopeful that we'll get to see it soon.

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Hi anon! I feel like we might have talked about this before, but I feel like Steerswoman is one of my new favorite series! I feel like when I try to describe it, it sounds super boring-- academic discussions of how magic works, a blend of science fiction and fantasy, figuring out cultures from the outside-- but it's super fantastic and Rowan is an amazing POV character.

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

I barely finished the first Six of Crows book and didn't pick up the second, over a variety of issues but mostly Nina's pining romance for a guy who believes in genocide of people like her, met through attempting said genocide of her + her people, and on days when he's not happy with her he contemplates it some more even after his "redemption," with vivid descriptions of how much he wants to strangle her.

Not hating on your tastes, just kind of a warning for other nonnies that this book is not f/f, and maybe they do some gal pal bonding in book 2 but both of them had clearly telegraphed canon het ships, one being the one I just described, and the other ending the first book in a damseling for her male love interest's angst. The characters are both nice on their own and they're an aesthetically pleasing couple, but boy I wouldn't rec the canon for anything f/f. (There is some m/m, which is awkward for other reasons but anyway.)

Re: Books

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AYRT

Well, I did say femslashy, not with canon f/f! But yes, YMMV on the duology-- some people really love it (like me), some people hate it because the characters are (purposefully) unlikeable. I found that Matthias (Nina's love interest) was actually more forgiveable due to his arc than Kaz (Inej's love interest) who I was super bored of, but I really did like Inej and Nina's friendship and I also really liked the heist aspect of the books.

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

"with vivid descriptions of how much he wants to strangle her."

What the fuck.

Re: Books

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it was some extremely messed up het. But SPOILERS it doesn't last, so.