What were those books, anyway?
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meganbmooreBooks I'm taking are in bold.
Regency Buffy.16 (42.1%) A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Gossip Girl does 1899. 6 (15.8%) The Luxe by Anna Godberson*
Elizabethan fantasy with dueling mortal and fae courts. 13 (34.2%) Midnight Never Come by Marie BRennan
It's like James Bond with magic. Except for the "unlikable bastard" part. And with a girlfriend who will kill him if he thinks about it. 13 (34.2%) Daemons Are Forever by Simon R. Green
Sequel to Jane Austen With Magic 8 (21.1%) The Grand Tour by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede
Narcissistic sorcerer and cursed girl 11 (28.9%) Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Otherworld invades SFF con 9 (23.7%) Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
According to the cover art, she went to the river to get Moses, but found a sword instead. 7 (18.4%) The Broken Crown by Michelle West
YA retelling of 6 fairy tales 5 (13.2%) Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine**
Sequel to trope twisting urban fantasy drowning in celtic mythology where most of the characters were bisexual. Well, the women, at least... 5 (13.2%) Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear
That trope twisting fantasy with dual narratives that everyone drools over. 6 (15.8%) Melusine by Sarah Monette
Young god in love with mortal trying to save herself from being sacrificed to another god. 6 (15.8%) Ever by Gail Carson Levine**
Gaslight fantasy/mystery/revenge in pseudo-Europe. 18 (47.4%) The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Kinda sounds like A Song of Ice and Fire, but with walls of shadow or some such. 4 (10.5%) Shadowmarch by Tad Levine
Book 5 or so of conartist dampyr and elven assassin team turned heroes. 3 (7.9%) Rebel Fae by Barb and C.J. Hendee
*Didn’t “win,” butcalixa and oxymoronassoc won’t forgive me if I don’t read it promptly
**Still. Not. Here.
*wonders who would want to change their votes now*
(And I'll likely come home and grab more over the weekend.)
Gossip Girl does 1899. 6 (15.8%) The Luxe by Anna Godberson*
Elizabethan fantasy with dueling mortal and fae courts. 13 (34.2%) Midnight Never Come by Marie BRennan
It's like James Bond with magic. Except for the "unlikable bastard" part. And with a girlfriend who will kill him if he thinks about it. 13 (34.2%) Daemons Are Forever by Simon R. Green
Sequel to Jane Austen With Magic 8 (21.1%) The Grand Tour by Caroline Stevermer and Patricia Wrede
Narcissistic sorcerer and cursed girl 11 (28.9%) Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Otherworld invades SFF con 9 (23.7%) Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
According to the cover art, she went to the river to get Moses, but found a sword instead. 7 (18.4%) The Broken Crown by Michelle West
YA retelling of 6 fairy tales 5 (13.2%) Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine**
Sequel to trope twisting urban fantasy drowning in celtic mythology where most of the characters were bisexual. Well, the women, at least... 5 (13.2%) Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear
That trope twisting fantasy with dual narratives that everyone drools over. 6 (15.8%) Melusine by Sarah Monette
Young god in love with mortal trying to save herself from being sacrificed to another god. 6 (15.8%) Ever by Gail Carson Levine**
Gaslight fantasy/mystery/revenge in pseudo-Europe. 18 (47.4%) The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
Kinda sounds like A Song of Ice and Fire, but with walls of shadow or some such. 4 (10.5%) Shadowmarch by Tad Levine
Book 5 or so of conartist dampyr and elven assassin team turned heroes. 3 (7.9%) Rebel Fae by Barb and C.J. Hendee
*Didn’t “win,” but
calixa and oxymoronassoc won’t forgive me if I don’t read it promptly **Still. Not. Here.
*wonders who would want to change their votes now*
(And I'll likely come home and grab more over the weekend.)