<p>Chapter 38 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>In order to coordinate the final attack on Pride, Verda summons the Thaumavore to Earth...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>
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<p>Ebook and print: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons</a></p><p>She’s small and cute, but this half-demon New Yorker lives to exterminate demons, because they murdered her parents. The demonic curse preventing her from saying anything but “it’s a secret” only fuels her desire for revenge.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Chapter 31 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>Mika meets Mita Tara, the owner of one of the many companies the trail of the chemical dump leads to.</p><p>Miss Mita turns out to have a supernaturally calm demeanor, leading Mika to probe for answers...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a></p><p>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Ebook and print: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheHuntsDemons</a></p><p>She’s small and cute, but this half-demon New Yorker lives to exterminate demons, because they murdered her parents. The demonic curse preventing her from saying anything but “it’s a secret” only fuels her desire for revenge.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Bijou the <a href="/tags/timetravelingghost/" rel="tag">#TimeTravelingGhost</a></p><p><a href="/tags/timetravelauthors/" rel="tag">#TimeTravelAuthors</a> 1. Introduce your story</p><p>Meet Bijou, a time-tripping “ghost” without a past and her companion Emily, late of the Hindenburg disaster, as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of <a href="/tags/timetravel/" rel="tag">#TimeTravel</a>, <a href="/tags/illuminati/" rel="tag">#Illuminati</a>, <a href="/tags/knightstemplar/" rel="tag">#KnightsTemplar</a>, and Lapan Cabal.</p><p>Visit Amelia Earhart, Nostradamus, Faust, and others in a landscape spanning from the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event to the wastelands of the future, with stop-offs on the Hindenburg, Titanic, and Crusader Cyprus.</p><p>It’s a sophisticated <a href="/tags/sapphic/" rel="tag">#sapphic</a> pulp-inspired story reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs, without the baggage.</p><p>Revised, edited, and retconed.</p><p><a href="https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=27868530" rel="nofollow">PIXIV Link:</a><br><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/83396596" rel="nofollow">AO3 Link:</a></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b6xo6kj7d3h3dm625biwizp5" rel="nofollow">Art by: Mai-sensei</a></p><p>Tags: <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/urbanfantasy/" rel="tag">#UrbanFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/historicalfantasy/" rel="tag">#HistoricalFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/lightnovel/" rel="tag">#LightNovel</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#Romance</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#Queer</a> <a href="/tags/serial/" rel="tag">#Serial</a></p>
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<p>Welcome to <a href="/tags/lovemakeshare/" rel="tag">#LoveMakeShare</a> for May 2026! Tell us about you, and the things you create!<br> I am a web novelist of <a href="/tags/mythpunk/" rel="tag">#Mythpunk</a>, <a href="/tags/urbanfantasy/" rel="tag">#UrbanFantasy</a>, <a href="/tags/historicfantasy/" rel="tag">#HistoricFantasy</a>, <a href="/tags/timetravel/" rel="tag">#TimeTravel</a>, <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a>, and <a href="/tags/yuri/" rel="tag">#Yuri</a>-- fueled by <a href="/tags/folklore/" rel="tag">#Folklore</a>, <a href="/tags/urbanlegend/" rel="tag">#UrbanLegend</a>, and <a href="/tags/creepypasta/" rel="tag">#Creepypasta</a>. I am working on my fourth light novel series: Bijou the <a href="/tags/timetravelingghost/" rel="tag">#TimeTravelingGhost</a>.</p><p>Bijou the Time-Traveling Ghost</p><p><a href="https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/15768981" rel="nofollow">PIXIV Link</a><br><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/83396596" rel="nofollow">AO3 Link</a></p><p>For Love of a Konbini Idol</p><p><a href="https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104" rel="nofollow">PIXIV Link</a><br><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025" rel="nofollow">AO3 Link</a></p><p>My Girlfriend Almost Got Me Killed (R18)</p><p><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/42334326" rel="nofollow">AO3 Link</a></p><p>Arisu: The Girl Who Saw Ghosts</p><p><a href="https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/8068643" rel="nofollow">PIXIV Link</a><br><a href="https://archiveofourown.org/series/2605234" rel="nofollow">AO3 Link</a></p><p>I also write Poetry: Waka, Tanka, Renga, and Rengay.<br>And I am an urban photographer</p><p><a href="/tags/nmfic/" rel="tag">#NMFic</a></p>
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<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon</a></p><p>On a world long thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Hasty research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of the so-called ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures from the moon that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they become part of the dark harvest?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Today at the blog, senior editor <span class="h-card"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@Joe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Joe</span></a></span> , well known for his reread of the October Daye series, embarks on a new adventure: The Re-read of Recluce (by L E Modesitt)</p><p><a href="http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/the-recluce-reread-magic-of-recluce.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/the-recluce-reread-magic-of-recluce.html"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nerds-feather.com/2026/05/</span><span class="invisible">the-recluce-reread-magic-of-recluce.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> @bookstodon</p>
<p>Chapter 33 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>Mika is captured and taken away by Gluttony's servant, while Lara returns to human form and makes an attempt to negotiate a deal with the arches, based on prior orders from Verda...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>
<p>Take a chance on Rough Passages, my mosaic novel about people who get superpowers when they hit their 40's and risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & love. Heaps of humor, a pinch of whimsy, & big "let's avoid dystopia, shall we?" energy.</p><p>Print & DRM-free ebooks for sale on my website: <br><a href="https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1</a></p><p>kindle: (or download as epub) <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Her</span><span class="invisible">kes/author/B00GRLYEL2</span></a></p><p>Nook, Kobo etc: <a href="https://books2read.com/kmherkes" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/kmherkes</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a><br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a><br><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a><br><a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a><br><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a><br><a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#hopepunk</a></p>
<p>Chapter 1 of Scarlet Eye: Homecoming is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>In the present, Mashu'ra seeks to escape his hopeless situation, trapped in tiny cage inside a cell of the Outcast Detention Center, a prison built specifically for deranged demons. He knows escape is impossible, but he has to try, anyway...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>
<p>Book Promotion: Sci-Fi & <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> books on Kindle Unlimited</p><p>A collection of 59 <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> for you to read free on KU. Read my <a href="/tags/spaceopera/" rel="tag">#spaceopera</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/spaceship/" rel="tag">#spaceship</a> <a href="/tags/magic/" rel="tag">#magic</a> <a href="/tags/aliens/" rel="tag">#aliens</a> <a href="/tags/legendary/" rel="tag">#legendary</a> <a href="/tags/fedibookfair/" rel="tag">#fedibookfair</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#boost</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/dwarfs/" rel="tag">#dwarfs</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/rogue/" rel="tag">#rogue</a> <a href="/tags/heroes/" rel="tag">#heroes</a> <a href="/tags/bookwyrm/" rel="tag">#bookwyrm</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/goodbooks/" rel="tag">#goodbooks</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/time/" rel="tag">#time</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/sorcery/" rel="tag">#sorcery</a> <a href="/tags/monsters/" rel="tag">#monsters</a> <a href="/tags/futurism/" rel="tag">#futurism</a> <a href="/tags/planets/" rel="tag">#planets</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/young/" rel="tag">#young</a> <a href="/tags/newadults/" rel="tag">#newadults</a> <a href="/tags/teen/" rel="tag">#teen</a> <a href="/tags/teens/" rel="tag">#teens</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#ya</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/booksky/" rel="tag">#booksky</a> <a href="/tags/bookfunnel/" rel="tag">#bookfunnel</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fantasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books.bookfunnel.com/sci-fi-fa</span><span class="invisible">ntasy-kindle-unlimited-ku/5qbyps05g9</span></a></p>
<p>Ebook omnibus: <a href="https://books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/AshenBladesOpenWounds"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">books2read.com/AshenBladesOpen</span><span class="invisible">Wounds</span></a></p><p>The arch-demon, Pride, leads demon-kind in an ancient plan to open a gate between worlds, so vast demon armies might march forth and conquer, but opening a portal requires both energy equivalent to a nuclear explosion and the cooperation of a half-demon, to stabilize it. However, the only half-demon available has made it her life mission to kill all demons.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>I had some review copies of book(s) and manga that are published today.</p><p>First up, The Dragon and the Blade Saint: This Isn’t Where We End Vol. 1 by Garry. A fast-paced and entertaining light novel.<br><a href="https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-dragon-and-blade-saint-this-isnt.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-dragon-and-blade-saint-this-isnt.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">susannashore.blogspot.com/2026</span><span class="invisible">/05/the-dragon-and-blade-saint-this-isnt.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/lightnovel/" rel="tag">#LightNovel</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>20-sided die. <a href="/tags/grickledoodle/" rel="tag">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="/tags/dungeonsanddragons/" rel="tag">#dungeonsanddragons</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/wizard/" rel="tag">#wizard</a> <a href="/tags/dice/" rel="tag">#dice</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/drawing/" rel="tag">#drawing</a> <a href="/tags/funny/" rel="tag">#funny</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#humor</a></p>
<p>Five stars:</p><p>The Antiquarian's Object of Desire by India Holton (2026) is the third and final book in the Love's Academic series. Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling are forced by Victorian mores to act as rivals in the Antiquarian academic community. Despite that, they are best friends and both, though neither is willing to say it, want more.</p><p><a href="https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comm</span><span class="invisible">ents_05/antiquarians_object_of_desire.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>A 50/50 review for my story The Last Philosopher, I think that's the highest score it's ever gotten 🤔😊 </p><p>Ebook available here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/m0pJYA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/m0pJYA</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@reading" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reading</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> @fantasy <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> @worldbuilding <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> @humor@lemmy.world @aiop<br> <br><a href="/tags/wipwednesday/" rel="tag">#WIPWednesday</a> <a href="/tags/workinprogress/" rel="tag">#WorkInProgress</a><br><a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/ebook/" rel="tag">#eBook</a> <a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#eBooks</a><br><a href="/tags/specualtivefiction/" rel="tag">#SpecualtiveFiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasybooks/" rel="tag">#FantasyBooks</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/worldbuilding/" rel="tag">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a><br><a href="/tags/novel/" rel="tag">#Novel</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#Readers</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#ReadingCommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/review/" rel="tag">#Review</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#Bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/recommendation/" rel="tag">#Recommendation</a></p>
<p>Chapter 35 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>The alliance between the Ashen Blades and the arches is solidified and the two groups begin planning the demise of their shared enemy, Pride.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace</a></p><p>The Hunter seeks peace and quiet to mourn the loss of her best friend in a world that seems bound and determined to make that task impossible. Enemies attack when she’d rather be alone, allies can’t take a hint and the arch-demon Wrath seeks the Hunter’s hand in marriage, even though she’d sooner kill him.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>📚 Impossible Creatures by: Katherine Rundell</p><p>The day that Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.</p><p>It’s the day he learned about the Archipelago—a cluster of unmapped islands where magical creatures of every kind have thrived for thousands of years, until now. And ...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/impossible-creatures" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/impossible-creatures"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/impossible</span><span class="invisible">-creatures</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/juvenilefiction/" rel="tag">#juvenilefiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/survivalstories/" rel="tag">#survivalstories</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/StoneProphet" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/StoneProphet</a></p><p>Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TymeStarwitch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/TymeStarwitch</a><br>Audiobook: <a href="https://owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-newts-starwitch"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/th</span><span class="invisible">e-book-of-newts-starwitch</span></a></p><p>The undead queen of the space pirates kidnapped Amelia’s sisters and damaged her ship, leaving her with little fuel. Amelia’s a dead woman without her sisters, forced to attack the pirate’s mountain-sized star ship, despite how slim the odds are…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a></p>
<p>Five stars:</p><p>Stay For A Spell by Amy Coombe with Lottie Bourne (Narrator) (2026) is a cozy fantasy that plays with the notion of curses in a way I haven't seen since Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon (who now writes as T. Kingfisher). Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar has settled into a life of performing all the royal duties that the rest of her family are too busy to do. It means a lot of travel, a very tight schedule, and almost no downtime, save for the long hours in the carriage. All of that changes when she finds herself cursed to stay within the confines of bookstore.</p><p><a href="https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/stay_for_a_spell.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_05/stay_for_a_spell.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comm</span><span class="invisible">ents_05/stay_for_a_spell.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#AudioBook</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/barnpirate/" rel="tag">#BarnPirate</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>