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New to /u/lit? Here's a handy chart to get you started.

If anyone wants a fluffy, diabetis inducing reading besides the ones that are recommended here often, read Into the Infinite by Maia Cronin. Althoug the 3 or so last chapters aren't all that 'happy forever', the rest of the book takes care of it.

>>2338490
You don't mean it has a bad end right? An unhappy ending ruins a fluffy book. Really even some stupid last minute drama can potentially ruin a fluffy book.

>>2338501
It doesn't have a bad ending if you consider the Epilogue, but by the end it starts to have a little angst.

For superhero lesbian lovers, it seems Lee Winter is gonna release one in a month or so.

>>2335805
>Cari Hunter's Dark Peak series


Does anyone have the latter two books?

Read Contingent Upon Magenta. It's another one for the "weird shit" collection. Basically the heroine travels from Earth to some type of purple parallel-world where everything and everyone is magenta. Particularly entertaining was how the heroine spends all her free time mentally snapping people's neck. It's kinda her thing. Her love interest is some kind of sociopath tyrant. Also a loving mother, of course.

The end pretty much sucked.
The human gets her neck snapped. Yeah, I guess the author wanted some sort of ironic finish there, but really?
Well, the rest wasn't exactly great either. But it was weird, which counts for a lot in my book.

Also, My Wings be Forgotten by someone supposedly called Alyson Madden-Brooker. Since the novel itself was fairly boring, I was mostly busy trying to decide whether the author actually is a woman or not. Couldn't quite decide.
Anyway, it's an urban fantasy series about an angel who is brought up as a demon for reasons, who then gets banished to Earth as a human; also for reasons. So the setup is fairly unique, and I liked that her love interest is just a normal, deaf human. So she's got to get used to being human, while fending off various powerful demons that have been around much longer on Earth than she.
Lots of potential there, but the execution was just plain lacking.


>>2338575
They are all on mobilism?

I'm looking for similar books to Her name in the sky by Kelly Quindlen (young adult, one or both parts have trouble coming out and are barely discovering same sex attraction, angsty).

I've already read The gravity between us, Dating Sarah Cooper, On the outside, Keeping you a secret, The space between, and I've dropped for the moment Annie on my mind since it bored me (is it really that good? to know if I should keep trying). I feel like I'm forgetting another one... anyway. I've enjoyed most The space between and Dating Sarah Cooper, the rest were meh. But so far Her name in the sky was like damn, I need more like this. So, suggestions, please? I really like (if you haven't noticed) the "forbidden" part of it all.

>>2338726
Is dating sarah cooper worth reading? I don't like the plot.

>>2338764
If the plot summary is enough to turn you away then don't bother.
I don't even want to get into why it is among my most hated /u/ reading experiences but at least it taught to never trust /u/ recs without doing a lot of digging to make sure I'm not biting into a shit sandwich. This thread is full of people who spend too much time reading /u/lit and have few if any standards remaining so it is up to you to decide what is worth your time.

>>2338793
Thanks. I'm glad I asked as it might help others not to get baited by some recommendation.

Well-written porn with plot suggestions please?

>>2338439
Is it just me, or is the ff library magnet torrent empty?

>>2338907
It worked fine when I checked it yesterday. Can anyone else confirm?

Does /u/ have a writing box or a place to dump shorts or anything? I feel like an anonymous board is the best place to critique romance without turning into a pile of embarrassed mush.

>>2338940
Pastebin?

>>2338941
Ah, of course. Thanks for the pointer.

>>2338764
It pretty much fulfills the wishful 'first love' romance for every lesbian who ever fell in love with their best friend back in college/high school. The plot holes are pretty massive, the characters seem like Mary Sues while the writing is kinda sorta decent but eh, I wouldn't give it another read after my first attempt which failed about 75% into the book.

These are rare considering it's from wattpad yeah teenagers pit but I'd recommend the following. No hetshit, A+ pacing:
The Boarding of Harmony and Lavender
The Romanov Princess
P.S. I hate you!

Links:

https://www.wattpad.com/story/2667-the-boarding-of-harmony-and-lavender
https://www.wattpad.com/story/2230697-the-romanov-princess-lesbian-story-completed
https://www.wattpad.com/story/8459553-p-s-i-hate-you-lesbian-story

>>2338906
Witch wolf series by Winter Pennington isn't too shabby. I mean, there's more plot than porn. I thought it was ok though witchy pagan-y stuff isn't my cup of tea. Some of the descriptions are pretty good but that's kinda a subjective thing y'know?

Look for books similar to our demented playdate by kat fletcher im in the mood for fluffy stuff since someone brought it up in this thread and if possible can you include a download or mobolism link if you know of one. I know fluffy books have been asked for in previous threads but looking for something not listed on them if possible.

>>2338961
>diving into the terrifying world of wattpad

you have my respects

Iron Phoenix by Rebecca Harwell. It wasn't bad at all but it's one of those where I find myself saying 'I would not have made that creative decision.' The MC is so outmatched by the villain abd gets played so hard that it doesn't even feel satisfying when she rips his fucking head off. Also the superhero stuff was kinda tacked on and didn't work well seeing as they didn't establish a baseline/status quo before shaking things up and Jesus it is angsty.

>>2338835
I didn't recommend it though. It was pretty cliché (Faking it?), but I liked it anyway. I can imagine people who have some standards, as the other anon said, wouldn't like it. It's not awful though, that's an exaggeration.
If it sounds like something you'd like, give it a shot. If it doesn't... then don't. Lots of people say Annie on my mind is great and whatever, but like I said, it bored me (and I wasn't into the synopsis anyway).

Still open to suggestions similar to Her name in the sky btw.

>>2338614
Finished the rest of Alyson Madden-Brooker's series. 4 are out so far. Doesn't get better, in terms of quality, with some really basic issues that annoying easily could have been fixed - for example, it's urban fantasy taking place in Rome, but there's never feel that it actually happens there. No mention of say horrendous traffic jams in Italy or bad weather in England, when she's there. Just a little something to place things would really help.

It also has some scenes I found surprisingly good. For example, the heroine writes a diary, and she jokingly discusses publishing it with her lover. That obviously refers to basically the book the reader got to read. Then the love interest pointed out, quite accurately, how if the heroine planned to publish her diary, she'd need to do more characterization for the other characters that appear in the plot, as they only ever appear in reflection to how the heroine feels about them, and rarely show any growth or depth - in her diary. But the novel has exactly those problems, so the author is probably aware of certain issues. And so on.

There's also a lot of low key eroticism going on, blamed on the heroine's demonic portion. So, yeah, harem. She even has a slave (or I suppose two). And the author doesn't seem to shy away from much; there's for example ... some body fluid thing fetish, and the heroine in the 4th book kinda lusts after a 13-year old girl (of course the general age of consent in Italy is just 14, so, hey, it's nearly completely fine! Well. She didn't actually do anything). But it's not graphic. Honestly, the slavery thing for example has a heavily implied sexual component but aside from some innuendo here or there there's nothing about it in the novels.

Finally,
the heroine loses part of her leg, and doesn't magically re-grow it, despite all the other super-powers. Very interesting plot decision, especially since she always goes on about high heels and whatnot.

>>2339373
Jesus christ why mention that disgusting tv show? I don't waste my time on people who utter it. Yuck.

Phoenix Rising by Rebecca Harwell. A kind of soft reset because the first book was set during a huge crisis. It's a fantasy city where the MC was a hero but after some traumatic events she hung up her cape (cloak) and now a foreign kingdom is trying to take over.
Again there is a ton of angst but the book is not as bleak as the first one and the MC gets a new love interest (who is better than Kesali in every way) in order to sidestep the arranged marriage stuff and an excuse to explore the world. There are no huge riots, calls for genocide and massacres.
There is one thing that's on my mind though. A villain from the first one who both jated her and knows her identity survived and is in police custody but he apparently hasn't revealed her despite her being very wanted. Also after the MCs swear to protect the city from an inevitable invasion they both just up and leave and no one has a problem with it.

>>2339375
Are these on KU or did you buy them? I don't have KU in my country and Mobilism doesn't have them.

>Under a Falling Star, by Jae

T'wasn't as bad as other posts have suggested, but it wasn't great either. Kinda just felt like Jae marking "business lesbians" off on her big ol' checklist of romance tropes. The first act was cute, but it just kept getting lazier and lazier. There was so much stress and conflict that even the triumphs ended up feeling a bit unfulfilling. And the idea of the secretary MC having a meaningful character arc was just kinda chucked out after a while.

It feels like a lot of Jae's recent stuff has just been going through the motions.

>The Lure of White Oak Lake, by Robin Alexander

It's got the same insane old women that are in every Robin book, but in this one it's a trio of old, mystical stoners, who get high and cast love spells on the towns cute, single lesbian.

I can already tell I'm gonna enjoy this one.

Finished Spells of Old. It was even better than the first with much more world-building and plot reveals. Can't wait for the third one.

>>2339130
Hmm. I was just about to start this. Probably going to be one of the many that I don't get far into and toss aside.

I'm like five years too late, but here's an attempt at last thread's writing prompt.

https://pastebin.com/z2R58w5w

I don't think it came out as blatantly silly as I intended.

>>2339897
Not bad. Reminded me a lot of the paranoia in A Date with Angel. That probably helped me gues the concept from the start, but it could also be a sign of good use of foreshadowing. Overall this story is one case where 1st person can help.

>>2339897
Speaking of that, isn't it time for a new weekly prompt?

>>2339897
>tfw no qt girl to nibble on your ear

>>2340059
I did the last one, so if someone else wants to suggest one, then that's fine. If not, I will make one this evening>>2339897Nice. I actually have a next-door neighbor who is a conspiracy nut. When the streetlights on our street got replaced by LEDs, she said the government was really putting in microphones to spy on us.

>>2339723
KU, except the last. Didn't even now that's not available everywhere.

Didn't expect anyone to be interested in them either, but eh. Anyway, there:
http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/QXDU5E28/file.html
Just, you know. Manage your expectations. But then, that's probably a given, seeing as they are FF.

>>2340121
I've got a few ideas if you like.

>>2340121
>she said the government was really putting in microphones to spy on us.

It's not happening, but that ain't far fetched either. But then, why bother, they've got your phones...

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Just finished Solve for i by A.E. Dooland. Goodness, I loved it. Had this dumb smile on my face the last 15% or so of the book.

I liked how it handled the best friend crush, her social awkwardness and how she eventually managed to get a hold of herself.

The thing about how (mild spoiler) differently she saw herself and felt in the red dress from the first time she wore it compared to the second, was great. Good emotional growth while avoiding that thing some authors do where the MC goes from super awkward to super confident in some unrealistic manner. As if changing your behaviour isn't a gradual process.

http://www93.zippyshare.com/v/WmmW85yS/file.html

>>2340608
Thank you for posting it, too.

>>2340608
What's the connection with the previous books?

>>2340608
Is the mc gay?

>>2340625
No, (s)he's a pansexual furry.

>>2340612
One of the MC's friends play a minor role. They support her a bit while she's just discovering her sexuality.
I actually haven't read the other books but I didn't feel I missed out on anything. Reading them would make you understand a few supporting characters better but it's nothing essential to the story. Totally works as a stand alone.

>>2340625
Yes. But it's one of those where she discovers it fairly late in her life. No gold stars here.

>>2340612
>>2340642
Okay, what I meant to say before my brain decided I had finished typing was: The MC from the previous books plays a minor role, being emotional support for the MC in Solve for i.

Does anyone have a link to Denial by Jackie Kennedy? I've been looking everywhere and can't find it, thanks.

>>2340670
Here ya go, sis:
http://www105.zippyshare.com/v/jc0aoElG/file.htm

>>2340672
>http://www105.zippyshare.com/v/jc0aoElG/file.htm

You're awesome, thank you.

>>2340642
>Yes. But it's one of those where she discovers it fairly late
Sad. But thanks for the warning or for informing.

>>2340634
Oh. Red flag for me. Thanks for the info.

Someone here that has Selume Proferre by E.E. Ottoman and can share it?
It sounds interesting but I haven't read anything else by the author so im not really sure I want to buy it.

Im looking for recommendations for new books to read so i thought id ask what are everyones favourite books that they can pick up and reread over and over again.
Ive not read a lot of ff books but some of my favs so far are
Broken wings by LJBaker
Poppy jenkins by clare ashton
When women were warriors c.m wilson
Dragonoak series by sam farren

I hope i get some good recs by hearing peoples favourites

>>2340608
By the way, this does not end with the MC getting together with the best friend.

Gemma is really the most useless protagonist I've read about in a while. Awkward doesn't even cover how she is. So if you're expecting something like her being useful, don't. Everything from the start is one bad decision after another and because of her inability to speak to anyone other than her best friend and the MC from the first two books, it snowballs like it does in some soap opera.

I am perhaps being unfair to the book, but it made my shitty day even more shitty because of it so, just a little information about it for those that want to see that kind of thing.

>>2340816
>Poppy jenkins by clare ashton
I just want to say I love this book! It has funny, unexpected, serious. I feel like the author is a sincere person and felt great reading her works so far.

>>2340816
I'm struggling to believe anyone would want to read Broken Wings over and over again. Nothing like emotional abuse and brutal violent gangrape to really make a book fly off the shelf on a rainy day
Poppy Jenkins is so juvenile it hurt. An adult who acted like a retarded teenager and unlikable characters everywhere.
I actually had the others on my to-read list but after seeing them next to those two I now know why I keep putting them off.

>>2340980
This is how /u/lit makes innocent anons cynical. I'm so skeptical now that the moment I saw the post I knew it wouldn't be worth reading.

People don't refine their tastes by dragging their tongue through the shit trough, but that is what many /u/lit anons had to do to find their favorite books. Now /u/lit has people with shit taste in every flavor of the rainbow. Unless you like unpleasant surprises never trust anyone's recommendations at face value. This is especially true if they only have positive things to say or didn't praise the book at length for avoiding the many common /u/ tropes.

I never met a book I didn't like that was mercilessly ripped apart in a review and still made me want to read it.

>>2341322
>Spoiler for Broken Wings
As if that's explicitly described. It isn't. There's 1-2 sentences devoted to the memory of that in the first place. I like it for the angst and miscommunication. That's a favorite of mine to crack open on a lazy day.

>>2340816
Rereads are just ones I like to go back through, not necessarily based on them being excellent lit.

Broken Wings (LJ Baker)
Slow River (Nicola Griffith)
The Shadows of Something Real (sequel to Whatever Gods May Be)
Garoul series (last 3 books)
Grass Widow (Nancy Little)
All the Wrong Places (Karen Kallmaker) - kinda cringey but I'm a sucker for best friends to true love stories
Pitifully Ugly and Just Jorie (Robin Alexander)
Dynasty of Rogues (Jane Fletcher)
The Mystic Marriage (Heather Rose Jones)
Sumter Point, Sea Legs, T Minus Two, and Playing With Fuego (KG MacGregor)
Switchblade (Carsen Taite) - 3rd of a trilogy

>>2340634
Wait. What? Are you being sarcastic?

>>2341322
I only asked for you to share your favourites not spread rude judgement
It must be exhausting being so bitter and unpleasant all the time

>>2341374
Thanks for sharing. I'll be sure to check out those titles if i havent already

>>2340773
>>2341375
Mmm yeah. That anon was just trolling with the pansexual furry thing. MC is just plain gay. Or female leaning bi, at most.

>>2341322
>Unless you like unpleasant surprises never trust anyone's recommendations at face value. This is especially true if they only have positive things to say ...

I wouldn't be so aggressive about it, but you do have a point. I really need to get better at sharing the negatives of a book.
But it's not always easy to know what to warn people about. What >>2340980 said about the MC didn't bother me one bit. It made the story fun.
And yes. Be skeptical about reviews and recommendations without some negatives. But that's why it's great that we can just ask anons about the details we personally care about.

>>2341422
>MC is just plain gay. Or female leaning bi, at most.
What's up with this trend? This is still trending. Cringe. I thought it was only on tumblr. I'm tired of dumb, clueless, unsure, no direction, no confidence tropes.

>>2341426
Why is it so common? Why are people reluctant to just write a lesbian protagonist?

>>2341426
What trend? Bisexuals? Bisexuals who date one gender more than the other? People who aren't 100% sure about their sexuality? Explain to me, nee-san.

>>2341432
I think anon's being cringey about how bi has become a synonymous with shit tropes in media. Pretty obvious from how they post.

>>2340816
>favourite books that they can pick up and reread over and over

Something in the Wine, Damage Control, Just Physical and Heart Trouble by Jae. (Really like how this author writes romances)
Garoul 2 and 4 by Gill McKnight (Werewolves, you can skip #1 and read the #2, I did that)
The Summer of Our Discontent, Dear me and The Trip by Robin Alexander. (I loved the humor of these books)
Stranded by Blayne Cooper. (Adventure in the Amazon)
Tokyo Love by Diana Jean. (set in the near future in Tokyo, at one point the MC tries to learn Japanese reading yuri doujinshis)
The Red Files by Lee Winter. (Rivals to lovers trope)
The Broken Coil by Sy Itha. (Mandatory fantasy book)
Ice by Lyn Gardner. (Rivals to lovers trope)

Those pretty much are my all time favourite and I reread them (at least 3 times each already) when there is nothing interesting to read.

>>2341432
Look. You think it's about bisexuals and then another poster still uses the word gay. It's annoying.

>>2341430
Because majority of the population are heterosexual people.

>>2341400
This thread is not only for people to share the names of the books, but also their opinions on said books. If that anon thinks one of your favorite books is shit and you find it rude, just scroll past it.

>>2341430
Less opportunities for easy out-of-nowhere dumb drama. And that >>2341462 , too.

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Talking about being judgmental, I updated the chart with a few more novels.

Somehow I thought I read a few more worth mentioning those last months, but apparently everything was crap. Again. Sigh.

>>2341524
Borders are very thin, and "tragedy" and "alternative relationships" look almost the same from afar.

>>2341526
To be fair, there's little difference between poly relationships and the heroine tragically dying in the end. Err.

I'll keep it in mind.

>>2341524
Also,
>Sasha's Healing Womb
Do I want to know?

>>2341524
This is all what I want - Filters!

Thanks!

>>2341530
Oh, it's pure genius.
The love interest gets badly injured (burns or something?), so they liquefy her bones and shove her into the womb of the heroine, where she somehow is healed (it's all very sciency-explained and makes complete sense).
It's a shame it's so short.

>>2341532
Fucking sold.

Anyone have a download link to Serenity Snow's "Submitting to the Hellhound"?

A little while ago i read a date with angel and just recently found a ongoing sequel to it on fictionpress and am wondering if its worth reading has anyone here tried it out by chance?

>>2341559
I don't, but I read another short erotica by her and it was one of those that confuse SM-relationships with rape. Urk. Hate hate hate.

>>2341842
I read that a while back. I don't know if my expectations were too high, but so far I found it weaker than the first. It's only 7 short chapters though, so who knows how it'll ultimately turn out.

>>2341842
I really want the sequel to be everything I hoped for so I'm waiting for the final draft.

>>2341524
I have read only one /u/ novel, Traitor Baru Cormorant. Give me something just as good, senpai. Preferably something with foeyay.

>>2341532
I'm poor. Please share (epub).

>>2342112
If there is one, I haven't found it. As the thoroughly scientific and of course perfectly accurate chart points out, there's no awesome FF novels. Baru is as good as it gets and while some might come close to that, nothing quite makes the cut, in my opinion.
As for the enemy/lover thing, maybe Kyra Anderson's The Significant. That's at least fairly good and contains some of it.

>>2342139
Aren't we all?
http://www17.zippyshare.com/v/FiW13pX2/file.html
Also contains the m2f one, if anyone wants to read that.

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The new theme is:
>An encounter on a train
because I wanted to write a story about an office lady smashing her giant tits into a schoolgirl's face.
Here's my submission:
https://pastebin.com/Q8qSeD0h

>>2342378
Thank you!
>>2342112
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters?

>>2342385
>pandering to my fetishes
Thank you oneesan

Was reading Paper Dolls by Enna Chamberlain and was starting to like the characters when in the third chapter is revealed that one of then has a thing with a male professor... UGH

The size of the world by Ivana Skye... if anyone likes metaphorical shit and all that trip, feel free to read it, I couldn't.

Would someone post a zippy of the second dark peak book by cari Hunter? Cold to the touch.
Its the only one i havent got
Thanks

>>2342605
It's on Mobilism.

>>2342640
People keep telling me that but when i search i get every book but that one

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>>2342655
http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?p=3048171

>>2342658
>>2342605
>Cold to the touch
Nevermind, I'm retarded and didn't notice that. My bad.

Has anyone here read Eric van Lustbader's Pearl Saga? I know it's incomplete, but any opinion on it?

Not quite sure I'm in the mood for more slavery and rape, but, well. It's kinda unavoidable anyway.

>>2342660
To be fair, the search function is retarded also, and doesn't find the novel by the title.

Always worth searching for
a) book title
b) author
c) series
therefor.

>>2342667
Yeah, it's a bit iffy. I have more luck getting books from that IRC channel.

>>2342655
Here, that should be it.
http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/9nsLxDQD/file.html

>>2342667
>Eric van Lustbader's Pearl Saga
Does that even have lesbians in it? As in, any lesbians beyond one-note sex between a female protag and some woman who only appears in one chapter, or nameless girls infatuated with a female character who's canonically in love with some guy, or an insignificant background couple.

Hell, I'll power through more slavery and rape as long as there's a promise of epic fantasy lesbians.

>>2342682
That's kinda what I wanted to know also. The way I understand it
the heroine vaguely "merges" with a guy, who is in love with a woman. And I know that she stays the love interest afterwards, but I have no idea whether she's just a plot device to debate that gender/sexuality issue of the heroine or as a random person to be raped by the guy's best friend or an actual character in her own right.
Of course, it might be that the questions aren't resolved since the author decided he'd rather write something commercially successful (well, hard to blame for that I guess).

Also, just to clear that up, I'd file it under science fantasy; what with that technologically-advanced space empire component in the setting.

So I dug around a bit, as always and ... the heck, The Chronicles of the Four Courts sequel is out and its het?! Urk.

I also found something called "Boss Chic". Let me just quote from the blurb:
> Ta'leahya quinn thought life couldnt get any worser well she thought wrong.
Wow.

So then I went and read the latest Chronicles of Arianthem novel. I still like the one with the academy full of lesbians and sexual innuendo, but I stopped reading the series for all the rape (sometimes "in the name of love"). So, of course, the entire novel was about having the heroine raped, and I'm not even exaggerating. It begins with her waking up, captured, then she gets raped. Then, throughout the novel, she gets raped again and again, until the grand finale comes around. And that's it. Sigh.
I'm also shocked to find the heroine of the academy novel volunteering to be raped monthly by the sorceress who captured, raped and tortured her. Apparently this is due to her "understanding" nature.
There's something odd going on with this author, honestly.

>>2342676
Thank you!

>>2342667
>Eric van Lustbader
>someone actually took this as a pen name

>>2342731
>Ta'leahya quinn thought life couldnt get any worser well she thought wrong.
Typical Wattpad blurb

Tried a few things again.

Double Helix: Tempest by R. Patricia Wayne; but despite having an overwhelmingly female cast and some FF relationships, there's too much pinning after males for my /u/ tastes. Otherwise it was ... pretty unique, but I can't forgive it for the het-ness. Also features the usual rape, good people dying, etc. Princess heroine was also kinda meh, but its multi POV.

Close-up by KB Draper. This is Xena-fiction about Pseudo-Xena being an actress in a series that's Not-Xena. So, going with that theme, it was kinda ridiculous and I liked Pseudo-Xena's snark. There's some honestly funny moments.
But all that trope-ish rubbish drove me nuts. Oh no, we're soul mates, destined to yadda yadda. Chinese martial arts instructor imparting fortune cookie wisdom. Wise old aunt knowing everything. Wise beings appearing in dreams telling her of her secret destiny. And so on.
Weirdest part seemed to me that the author herself wasn't sure whether she liked all that; she emphasizes that they all still have a choice. Except they are still kinda destined to do it. Somehow.

Also a vampire-short, Crimson to the Bite by Louise Laureen. It was mostly busy being erotica, but not too bad. I quite liked the heroine.
The love interest dies, of course. Can't have good things for lesbian vampires.

And another relatively short story by the same author, Paradox Gwen. It was a pretty nice time-travel idea, with the heroine learning that she's her own great-grandmother (don't worry, no het involved).
Unfortunately, as always, everyone has to be kinda miserable. And although it ends on a positive note, I hated that love interest
she's the reincarnation of her first love interest, but even the heroine thinks her shallow. Yet she still gives in because the love interest has "earned" the right to be that way after her hard previous life. What a load of crap.

>>2342935
Must be his real name. Makes no sense as a non-erotica author otherwise.

>>2342935
>Eric van Lustbladder
I need to get my eyes checked.

>>2343015
Sounds like a good name for a piss fetishist. "The Chronicles of Sarah and The Yellow Heaven"

>>2342385

Watch your tenses, nee-san. You mix up past and present occasionally, and the usage of passed vs past.

>These extra classes will certainly come in handy when she applies to medical school.

That's present tense. Majority is written in past tense. Will vs would seems to be an issue in there.

> People hurriedly brushed passed her and filed onto the platform.

You mean past, not passed. Take out the 'hurriedly brushed' and the usage would be fine but not in this case. People can pass by her, or pass her, pass things to her; or they brushed past her, moved past her.

However, passed vs past could be down to a retarded UK vs US English thing though.

>>2342686
Alright, so I read a bit more Lustbader. Nobody urinates on anything, just to be clear on that, but it's also ... how to put it? It's FF on a technicality, perhaps.

Basically, it's the male guy taking over a female body. But although he kinda decides that to blend in he needs to be this girl now, it doesn't really feel like a transgender story either. It's still the guy doing all those things. Plus, while the female consciousness seems to still be around, she's no actual character. Basically she just provided the body. Maybe it changes later, but so far it doesn't "feel" FF to me - problem is, I think, that the author himself hasn't quite the decided whether the protagonist is just the guy stuck in a female body or the guy becoming a female inside a female body. Well, aside from the fact that I thought the girl would be an actual character, not some vague sense occasionally mentioned.

Otherwise there's some interesting stuff going on and it's definitely a nice, weird setting. And, well, it's decently written, too. But not that great either. And regarding all the usual rape/slavery/etc it's a bit too forgiving for my taste.

>>2342731
>The Chronicles of the Four Courts sequel is out and its het?! Urk.

FUUUUu
Just read the synopsis on amazon. Book centers on Finn instead of continuing with Reagan. Dammit Brantwijn....

>>2342731
> the latest Chronicles of Arianthem novel

For some reason I thought the 5th book was the last one, and now I see there are 3 more books. They got a little too far-fetched for me, and it sounds like it's only gotten worse. Glad I quit.

>>2340608
Thanks for the the link.

I found it an enjoyable read when I wasn't wanting to reach into the story and slap the shit out of the MC.

>>2342112
Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones is just as good, sis.

Is there any relatively good book where the MCs are a mom and a friend of her daughter?

I was reading one last month but didn't like how it was goind.

I read something ... odd. "The Fifth Reich: Beyond The Stars" by J Palliser. If you think that this is weirdly reminiscent of Nazi Germany, than you're right - the Fifth Reich is inspired by the Nazis, and somehow has unified humanity and is now out exploring space ...
So you might conclude it's about fighting space-Nazis, but, no! The Reich and its Kriegsmarine are the good guys. And they do the usual scifi stuff, fighting pirates, exploring new planets, keeping alien empires in check. It's a kind of slice-of-life-ish read about the heroine's life on the "Bismarck II". Which, I thought, was an interesting idea. The relationships are kinda interesting, and there were a few quite well-done scenes, if perhaps a bit too focused on sex.
But at about half-way that narrative suddenly is cut, and I don't think the novel ever recovered from that. Worse, it did it again - just before ending in the middle of a mission with inconclusive results. The hell.

To the end, I didn't really get why the thing is called the 5th Reich. They aren't even xenophobic.There's no talk about any Führer or glorifying any Nazi history as far as I could tell, except for a ship named after Rommel and the heroine making a reference to WWII propaganda, but it's not entirely clear whether she means Axis propaganda or Allied propaganda (or maybe both).
There's also a paragraph that sounds like anti-transgender talk, but I'm not entirely sure. Occasionally, the author gets a bit clumsy with his prose and that was definitely one of those times.

Point is, there's no point why this has this Nazi theme going. Which makes it really weird to read. Seems a bit like pointless provocation, to be honest. But it just distracts too much from the actual novel.

Is it ok if the love interest of the gold-star MC is bi, but fully comes around to women with the MCs help? Asking for a friend

>>2343664
For me, as long as one of the MCs is gold-star gay, the rest can be whatever they want and I won't give a damn.

>>2343664
It's fine for me. A "straight" girl being shown the glory of yuri counts as a win in my book.

>>2343664
OK for what? Some idiots will complain the moment any male actually features in the story. Heck, some will probably complain if any of the women takes out a strap-on.
Others won't give a crap whatever else is going on as long there's sufficient FF.

And what's "fully comes around" meaning anyway ...

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>>2342385
https://pastebin.com/TAdsJ77t

>>2343673
>LESTAPO
You owe me a new pair of sides.

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>>2343673
Nice. Heteroscum need to be rooted out without mercy.

Finished Martin Schiller's Blackbird. A good find, I'd claim. Basically, it starts as alternative history, Victorian dystopy/romance something, then turns into a time-travel plot.

Loved the heroine, and the writing style. Nicely oldschool, without feeling forced. Also pleasantly error-free, except for shitty German. How can you get Scheiße wrong? Tsk.

Unfortunately, despite everything, I hate time-travel plots. That seems contradictory to saying that it's a nice find, but it's just - they always end with something that annoys me. There's just no time-travel plot that doesn't. So The End here is as unsatisfying as in every other time-travel novel.

The plot twist, of course, was also fairly easy to spot early. Sigh.

But how can I object to a universe where Roosevelt tries to commit genocide against Native Americans? And the time travelers have a Hitler Day, where they kill a bunch of Hitlers (and sometimes Göbbels) across the multiverse? So, yeah, it's not the greatest thing ever, the plot was a bit meh, and it kinda lags at times, but it has enough going for it to be worth a look.

Any recommendations for books with a shy woman dating a lawyer or powerful business executive type of woman? Bonus points if they meet online.

>>2343667
I'd love a few books with this as a theme, or failing that, repressed lesbian being coaxed out into full self-acceptance.

Does anyone have any recommendations for books like Love's Autograph (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21923515-love-s-autograph)?

Books with good world building?

Some I thought were pretty good in this regard:
Lyremouth, Modern Crusaders, Ancient Dreams, Far Seek

>>2344287
Let's see. There's Lance Erlick's Regina Shen, where all men are dead. Then there's Martin Schiller's Sisterhood of the Sun, where all men are dead. Of course, there's also Nicola Griffith's Ammonite, where no men exist where the story takes place. Ah, right, Valley of Lesbos, where, you got it, no men exist.

Well, joking aside, generally good novels come with good worldbuilding, so I'm not sure what to randomly recommend. If you want something "strange" and don't mind bi, I'd look at John Varley's Demon series. If you don't mind rape and such and little romance, Janine Cross's Dragon Temple Saga has nicely detailed worldbuilding.
If you want worldbuilding focused on mythology, Deep Down Inside does that a lot. It's however also fucked up porn.
For dystopias/post-apos Regina Shen is indeed interesting (it's very messed up, thoug). More low-key maybe Tempered Steele by ME Logan. Scifi, perhaps Ninefox Gambit for weird stuff, and Long Way To A Small Angry Planet for more slice-of-life-ish take on the future.

>>2342385
Hm, should I lewd or not /u/?

>>2344418
I'm curious, what makes you say Ninefox Gambit is for "weird stuff"? Seemed pretty standard (although very tech focused) scifi to me. But I don't read much scifi so maybe my perceptions are off.

>>2344467
fuck yourself

>>2344467
Non-lewd. Lewds on a train? Pfft, too easy.

>>2344481
Okay! I was hoping you'd say that.

>>2344477
The whole idea of "calender"-based warfare? Or that "formations" come with some sort of game-like defensive bonuses and such?

Compared to the standard "let's put middle class US 500 years in the future" it's fairly weird.

Not super-weird, but fairly.
To my perception anyway.

Does anyone here have The Mercenary by Annabelle Kitch? Thanks!

>>2344693

It's on Smashwords for $1.99 USD. Join a survey site.

can anyone rec some especially hood /u/ books available for free?
or like, anything somehow related to hip hop, punk, etc. outsider subcultures?
I guess these requests sound far fetched but i'm looking for something set in modern era with more danger/edge than the typical hallmark channel middle class whitebread setting...

>>2344983
Cause they're free

wattpad works
Lesbian Academy
https://www.wattpad.com/story/44669789-lesbian-academy-girlxgirl-lesbian

I haven't finished reading it but I remember someone saying it's her favorite. It's funny, set in a fantasy island with advanced technology, steam punk.

She's An Alien. - A favorite of mine.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/54583861-she%27s-an-alien-lesbian-girlxgirl-story

First chapter might turn off any ordinary gay girl there's a het couple but only first impression. No hetshit, funny, has beautiful aliens and the twist at the end was awesome.

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Improved chart. Took the suggestion to heart and made the borders thicker, plus the colors a bit different. Should be more readable now.
Since I didn't have much to add, I added some extra information. It's all done from memory, so chances are I missed something, but I feel it's an improvement nonetheless.

In any case, I'm always open for further suggestions.


Also read Martin Schiller's Sisterhood of the Suns. Pretty well-written by any FF standards. Also, it's long, and (maybe) error-free. Yay!

But I have mixed feelings about the content. The series takes place in a future where an awesome plague killed off all men, thus bringing forth the age of the "Sisterhood". By the time of the novel, their traditional alien enemies are just gearing up for the next war ...

Mostly, it's "military slice of life". There's several plots going on, but none of them feel really tense, and there isn't all that much action. By and large, the heroines are always in control, and their enemies stand little chance. Superior technology aside, they even have some magic abilities to help them. Unfortunately, that takes all suspense out of the story (I also disliked some of the cliché magic mumbo-jumbo. Didn't fit the setting).

That issue didn't matter _that_ much to me, as I enjoyed exploring the setting nonetheless. There's a lot about their new culture, different human "sub-species", and so on.
However, the politics of the novel weren't compatible with my European-socialist-pansy views. If you're employed by the NSA and feel that privacy was invented by Satan, you might like this, but I just found it disturbing.
For example, one heroine is a military officer with a very high security clearance, yet she's spied on by her personal priestess, who vowed to keep her secrets.
Made it a bit hard to me to cheer for the heroines, which sucked.

There's more that bugged me (eg. "bad" Christians), so I never truly enjoyed the story. But I loved the setting. Gngngn.

>>2341524
Alpennia is marked as 'no/little romance' and I am slightly confused, I guess we are talking no/little of the romance genre in general, not about actual romance?

>>2345330
Nice job anon
But also wow that's a big chart

>>2345708
I'm not entirely sure I understand your question.

The reason I added that particular color was primarily because I suspect that most people read "lesbian" novels because they actually want to see lesbian couples. But there's plenty of novels that feature lesbians that have either no romance or where it's just a very small portion of the overall story (by the standard of the genre), so I marked those.

Now, "no romance" is simple. Rachel Peng, Ninefox Gambit, etc. They have lesbian lead characters yet no romance, no relationships, no casual sex, nothing. But then there's a bunch that have some token relationship, and it really felt like I should add those too to the category - for example, Jane Lawless. So in the beginning of one novel she gets a phone call from her girlfriend and then that's it for the entirety of the story. Technically, for that particular novel she's in a lesbian relationship throughout the book, but her girlfriend appears exactly never. So that's pretty much the same as no romance in opinion.

But I'm kinda undecided now whether I actually added Alpennia on purpose or accidentally to that category, to be honest. The way I remember the first novel, it was primarily about her inheritance and stuff, and the romance only played a fairly minor role compared to the overall content. But I might misremember.

>>2345709
Thanks.
Well, there's always space for more. That's the great thing about digital charts. Easy to expand!

>>2345330
doing god's work !

>>2345709
4u

>>2345038
Any way to download them as .epub?

>>2346596
Not that I know of. You can read them on the wattpad app.

Read David Kings's Sabem. It's really short, and about a difficult topic: a necromancer ends up chasing an evil necromancer, and in that chase accidentally kills a young woman. So, she revives her - this also gives her ultimate power of over the woman, so their "relationship" isn't exactly starting out ... smoothly.

It also should be said that the "good" necromancers are also evil by any standard. Well. Some maybe aren't, but the majority just has a few rules and that's it.

So obviously a lot is about the entire ethical dilemma the newly resurrected "zombie" faces. Helping chase the evil necromancer would kill someone evil, but can she bear working for a necromancer herself?

I wasn't surprised that I found the discussed ethics and the emotional reactions not always quite satisfying. Given how difficult the entire issue is that wasn't surprising.
I was kinda annoyed by the end, also. Although I really should have expected it. Sigh.

Also, no romance, just to be clear, although both necro and zombie are lesbians. The sequel ... I don't know. It's basically the same in less interesting with an even worse ending. Oh well.

But the idea is great.

>>2346596
https://github.com/de3sw2aq1/wattpad-ebook-scraper
This is the only thing I've found that works. Problem is I don't think many would know how to set this up, and the final epub output might include stuff like authors notes and such so you might want to edit the thing afterwards.

Here are the two stories from >>2345038 in epub, scraped straight up and unedited
http://www48.zippyshare.com/v/qAsInQop/file.html

>>2346820
You have just made my freaking day... Month. I've been wanting to dl wattpad stories for quite awhile but till now had to do so with copy/pasting... this rocks ty!

>>2338439
Just want to drop in and say thank you in case anyone who posts here is Goodreads' P. Industry. They have over a thousand books in their lesbian tag and it's been very helpful to me in finding new sci-fi and fantasy books no one talked about.

>>2346820
Thanks, I generally like to include the author's notes so it's not a problem for me.

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>>2342385
https://pastebin.com/qFL7bppy

Come to think of it, you could replace train with errant space whale for all the relevancy it has on the story.

>>2339829
Well shit, I haven't yet read that one. Guess what I'm doing on today's evening!

>>2347505
Don't miss the sequel.

>>2347485
Nice ending. Incidentally, I recently read The Fold by Peter Clines, and one geeky character who is hinted to be a lesbian meets up with her double from a parallel universe because the government was screwing around with portals. It actually opened the door for selfcest yuri, or a threesome with the attractive secretary that the main character says that she chats up often.

I've got mad anxiety lately. Any recs for really comfy stuff I can read before bed?

I don't need it to be totally drama-free, just nothing too heavy.

>>2345038
not really what i was looking for, but thanks!

Some contemporary stuff by random writers:

Michele Reynolds - Love's Autograph. A rock star gets mistaken for a "Maggie-sitter" instead of a surprise-date. So the plot revolves around that misunderstanding. Writing could be better, premise is fun enough. Loved the kid - she's probably not exactly "realistic", but she's very entertaining. The romance was boring though - the protagonist falls in love with the mother instantly, and the mother never notices, until one day she changes her mind. Then there's the usual hiccups and such and frankly they made me dislike the mother quite a bit. But it was kinda worth it for the kid.

Blythe Rippon - Love & Law. Successful career lesbian are always nice. This is about two lawyers, one who went to become a Supreme Court Justice and the other a successful LGBT-lawyer. They were together during college, but they stopped seeing each other. Then they meet each other again over the DOMA-case. What I liked about it is that the plot isn't about stupid misunderstanding or otherwise ridiculous decisions. They are two mature, intelligent women, and by and large they do the right things.
It however means the book is very low on drama. It's mostly just waiting for the case to be over so they can be together.
The second I liked a lot less. Mainly because it needed a relationship-problem and although again they handle it fairly sensible compared to other romances (no instant "hop in bed with someone else") the one who "quits" this time around really annoyed me through the book. Came across as whiny and unreasonably demanding.

And Donna Jay - Finding Love Down Under. Basically, a dom has relationship issues, and a sub has relationships issues, and then they meet, strike a friendship, and become lovers. It's a low-key, light-hearted erotica ... thing. Somehow didn't find the sex scenes too interesting, mostly because of the dom. Anyway, there wasn't much plot or anything else either. It's ultimately a harmless little novel.

>>2343851
Sort of reminds me of The Blush Factor

>>2347966
Promises, Promises by LJ Baker. A comedy adventure which is perfect for before bed because nothing really serious happens.
MJ Duncan Books are usually very drama free except for the last 15% of each book. Maybe don't read the ending sections unfinished before bed.
Our Demented Play Date is cute YAs on vacation walking around and flirting.
Departure from the Script is generic romance without any big bumps in the road.

Does anyone have the Sasha Thibodaux series
by Ali Spooner been looking all over and can't find them thanks in advance.

>>2347966
Gill McKnight's new series about the Wallops is cute. There are two books out.

Anyone got anything with knights/soldiers/wizards on different sides of a war falling in lust with each other? I need something rivalry-y to read.

>>2348809
Here you go i enjoyed them forgot where i got them from though. http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/mS0ARMFf/file.html

Anybody have a copy/link to Slow River by Nicola Griffith?

>>2348900
Just found it on #ebooks on IRCHighWay

Jan Gayle (excellent name for a FF writer) - New Life. It's about a couple deciding to have a baby (or rather, one decides and the other goes along with it). There really isn't much to the novel. Pregnancy slice-of-life? Wasn't too interesting.

Raven Spencer - Willow. Um it's some type of bodyguard romance, I guess. The plot hints at a ton of complex background schemes, but basically it comes down to Willow doing something really stupid (surprise surprise!) and the heroine helping rescuing her and then everything is solved. Overall a let-down.

Brey Willows - Fury's Bridge. Does this type of thing count as urban fantasy? Basically, a philosophy professor is prophesied to save the gods: they live on "belief", and feel threatened by atheism and agnosticism. But, the prof herself is an atheist - a position hard to maintain once she's taken to the "God HQ". Surprisingly, at least until the very end, just seeing the gods doesn't inspire her to help save them: after all, the world is pretty crappy, so maybe they'd be better off without them?
In that way, the simplistic end was probably the biggest weakness of the novel, but then, it's hard to come up with any "real" solution to the problem.
The romance was fairly stereotypical, a fury is send to watch over her, and they're both so attracted to each other they always walk around with wet panties (the author actually mentions this, sort of), then there's a few turns here or there, but, honestly, there's never any question what'll happen ultimately.

>>2349041
>they're both so attracted to each other they always walk around with wet panties
This is the epitome of bad writing when it comes to describing attraction. Why do writers do that?

Oh, I forgot, I also kinda finished the Sisterhood of the Suns thing. Second novel was still fun enough, but I didn't like the third much. Just such a disappointment, loved the setting, but
a) mythical bla-bla bullshit all around, urk, with some of worst trope-characters there are (like the wise old grandmother who knows ... things!)
b) the Machiavellian politics are crazy here. I like anti-heroines, but the point of an anti-heroine is that in the even if, say, she wipes out an intelligent species, she does it because the alternative is worse. Here, though? I never had any idea who to cheer for. The "good" agents purposefully spread horrible drugs to their enemies to weaken their internal structure. The "bad" guys kidnap some of the good people to develop another plague that'll wipe them out in defense. Well. It's evil, but can I really blame them? After all, they were right that they would be betrayed, they just chose to betray them in return ...

That kind of thing can be interesting, and it was for the 2nd novel, but for the 3rd it just went in too many directions I didn't like. And following the Vice Admiral POV was super-frustrating "Do this" "Why?" "Can't tell" "So what does it do?" "It's a secret" "Why?" "Just because"
The end kinda implies that part of the "message" of the series was that secret OPs need some form of accountability and what dangers exist when there isn't any, but when all the novels are about solving things secretly without telling anyone and without being accountable for anything. So the issue? Just because you point out at the very end that maybe it should have been done differently doesn't really wipe out everything before then ...

>>2349045
I don't know. I always just find it creepy. I just have to imagine a het romance where the guy walks around with a hard-on and it's supposed to be romantic. Just ... you know. Maybe, if you think it would be like that, don't mention it?

Anyone got a link for Martin Schiller's Blackbird? google and mobilism give me nothing

Can anyone post a kg MacGregor collection? Ive got the earthquakr ones but others are harder to come by. Thanks

>>2345330
At this point wouldn't it be useful turn this chart into an interactive website? I don't know if a wiki would suffice, or if there's already a program for this, or if a custom website would be required. If it's the later, I could help, but we'd need to list the desired features.

Are there any fluffy books where one of the MCs is blind?

>>2349179
Here ya go:
http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/tZWe07bb/file.html

>>2349678
You're a boss. Thank you!!

Inspired by the vamp-mention, I read the rest of Cannon's Underdogs series. I think what I like most about the series is how "normal" it is. It's UF, but not completely over-the-top. The heroine is a shifter, but there's no huge deal about packs and overprotective werewolf-girlfriend behavior and bla. Her lover is even plain human! Also, the cases, while not particularly deep, make sense and involve actual investigative work, unlike the Pennington series, where the heroine is an idiot and randomly stumbles over every clue to ultimately solve the problem.
At the same time I also find that "solid normalcy" it's biggest problem. I want UF to be a bit quirky and strange, and while it has its moments, it's mostly just so mundane. Well, that and the plot/cases I find aren't always the most interesting ones.

>>2348898
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but I find the series is terrible. The prose is OK, but early 20th century lesbian with a business-man father from the deep US South? Of course he's perfectly fine with her being gay. And she has no qualms about it either. Heck, in this setting, nobody even gives a shit that she stopped aging once she became a vamp.
None of the novels have much of a plot. The first is basically about nothing happening (except for the end, which admittedly wasn't bad). The second is full of vamp sex and a bit of revenge. The third is just unpleasant.

>>2349481
Maybe. Some FFwikia or uDB something would no doubt be an interesting project. I'm certainly not stopping anyone (not that I could). The chart was just the simplest way to do it, inspired by the first u novel one. That's all.
Aaand I could do it entirely on my own, so unlike the Goodreads lists that are labeled "best..." but simply list everything at least I could keep all novels away that I absolutely hated. Even if the average quality of the novels on the chart is still perhaps only slightly above "complete shit" and my opinion is about as well-founded as a coin-flip.

>>2349139
There
http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/g96dhll8/file.html


In exchange I'll rant about the latest Hanne Wilhelmsen novel. That series is not for everyone, especially because of the unlikeable heroine. Her feeble attempts at occasionally being not completely self-centered are usually wiped out a page later when she (once again) just doesn't give a shit about anyone else (except possibly her wife).
The novels are also quite different from each other, so liking one doesn't mean liking all of them. The characters around her while maybe vaguely more likable than her (on account that it's hard to have anyone be more unlikeable) also aren't stellar heroes and heroines. They are also often more police-procedural than "tenacious detective goes and figures out a mystery" which sometimes works well and sometimes not so much.

So, the latest novel is all those things. Hanne, still in a wheel chair of course, basically confines herself to her apartment. It's a mystery novel where the nominal heroine never leaves her home. Other people do the footwork, which means there isn't too much Hanne in this one (not the first time in the series). That's disappointing, but when she's around, she's "fun" as always. The other characters are part of the reappearing cast, but they never were so as interesting as her. Again, this one features a lot of Billy T.
Ultimately, it's about a bunch of terrorist attacks on Oslo, so a heavy topic. It's also about a cold case Hanne investigates, and, surprise surprise, those things are vaguely connected. It certainly, as always, feels quite "realistic" and credible.

But that end! If it even can be called that. It just ends. That's vaguely typical of the series, but to this extend?!
It's unclear whether they managed to apprehend the terrorists. What happened to a certain son. Whether a suicide succeed. And so on. It goes as far as "they figured it out" but not a sentence beyond that. Unbelievable. Dissatisfying.

>>2350220
Thanks so much!

>>2344287
Fletcher DeLancey's Chronicles of Alsea series is amazing for its world building and overall writing/characters. I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet.

I just finished reading Ask, Tell by E.J. Noyes and woman I love it.

>>2350903
There are no men which unsurprisingly doesn't appeal to some/most here.

The Beast That Never Was by Caren J. Werlinger : Another take on the famous fairy tale, and so isn't that great on the romance but a good book overall

Read Andrea Bramhall Norfolk Coast Investigation Series. Well, more Brits doing police stuff, how could I resist?

Turned out OK, but a bit lacking. The cases - were OK. But nothing special. No huge plot holes are anything, but also not super-interesting or full of tension. First case had the police be a bit stupid about boats, which was kinda annoying, but it was a minor thing. The rather childish interaction between the officers I didn't like much, but it was essentially harmless. Just not quite my cup of tea.
Solid romance, not one of those overdone "butch police officer causes instant wet panties" romances, but also not a super-interesting one. The heroine loves the love interest and vice versa, not much tension there. Cute daughter, though.

Second novel talks a bit about assisted suicide. Very complex topic, so no surprise the author/heroine doesn't manage to fully debate it. But it was a bit preachy for that. But, again, minor thing.

So basically a reasonably solid series with some minor issues but unfortunately little positive surprises.

anyone have Erased by Robbi McCoy? mobilism returns no result

>>2351638
Sometimes i download random books seems like this was one http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/7xYwZ9QP/file.html

Talking about downloading random books, I read Darla Baker's Eagle Cove - which sounds like any other random contemp lesbian romance, but the subtitle is "Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist", so, you know. Potentially very bad.

Turned out to be not quite as bad as feared. There's maybe some more sex scenes than usual, but largely it's entirely stereotypical: Thalia runs into Amara, both get hot and bothered, they have sex, they ultimate become girlfriends, despite Thalia totally being this one-night-stand person. Well. There's quite a bit about Thalia's friends and her therapy sessions, but the dialogues were so fucking stilted nothing really worked for me. Especially the therapy sessions - if a hypothetical real-life Thalia talked like that, I doubt any of her patients ever would get something out of their sessions (also love the typical novel problem, namely that the sessions are supposed to be an hour long, but they talk for, like, 5 paragraphs and then time's up. Rite).

What I liked as small twist is that Amara plans to get pregnant for her gay brother and his boyfriend. It's not a topic I have seen in for the main couple in lesfic before. But that's about it.

It's also fairly blatant wish-fullfillment. Thalia is this sexy, irresistible, successful lesbian. Coincidentally, she has the job the author wanted in her youth. Oh, and she has the same dogs as the author. And likes the same hobbies. Lives in the same place. Her haircut is I think supposed to be the same. Well. Write what you know and all, but come on ...

>>2351733
Thanks!

>>2343091
>However, passed vs past could be down to a retarded UK vs US English thing though.
Nah, I'm the retarded one. I have a bad habit of typing the way I speak, and I have a thick regional accent so it sometimes sounds horrible. Thanks for the advice, I make little mistakes like that way too often.

>>2349617
Laughing Down the Moon

Tor.com has just started publishing excerpts from a new /u/ fantasy novel, The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera: http://www.tor.com/2017/05/30/excerpts-k-arsenault-rivera-the-tigers-daughter-chapter-1/

>>2347715
Starting it now!

Been without internet for several weeks so I've had plenty of time for books, I read through everything by Nicola Griffith, I liked Ammonite but my favorite books were Slow River, and Always I think she's a great author.
Next was Lady knight and broken Wings by L-J baker which were a pleasant surprise, I think Lady Knight is my favorite fantasy /u/ book so far. Most recently was When The Fox is a Thousand, while I would consider it a good book it's definitely a little strange.

>>2351499
Men do exist in the book's world though. Are you thinking of another book?

I don't suppose anyone here has Tonya Cannariato's The Builders? Seems to be a first-contact story. Preview seems good enough, but I'm not sure it won't get too ... moralistic.

Or Jeanne G'Fellers' Surrogate? Also scifi. Seems kinda interesting, but her Sister series got so preachy and the reviews are a bit mixed, so I'm kinda reluctant to pay that hefty prize.

>>2352682
The comment altogether makes no sense. Maybe they meant to say that there are men and purists dislike that? Can't imagine the other way around to be true.

>>2351588
Could you post the link to the 1st Norfolk Mystery please because mobilism only has the 2nd one up. Thanks!

Anyone have Sandy Lowe Irresistible please?

>>2352802
I've just added both, for convenience. The other one was around as torrent.

http://www81.zippyshare.com/v/qhQ4V8zk/file.html

>>2352317
Thanks, I'll check it out.

Anyone else with suggestions?

Anyone got Tory's Tuesday by Linda Kay Silva? Holocaust lesbians sound interesting.

>>2352845
Thanks you!!

Kelli Jae Baeli hasn't been my favorite FF author so far, but in a very random decision I read her "Throwing Caution" novel. Basically, it's about writer A traveling from Hawaii to her love interest, writer B. And then they're supposed to live happily ever after in her cabin, but instead the ex-husband of B shows up ... and then suddenly he's dead and someone tries to frame B for his murder.

But I couldn't take the plot seriously (they shove the corpse back and forth quite a few times). And although the heroines couldn't care less about the fate of the one who tried to frame them, I found it rather depressing. Horrible, even.

Also
> Petra rode Jade's fingers like she was headed for a blissful destination on a horse with no name.
I had to laugh. Heck, I'm still laughing. It's not romantic. Or erotic. Or whatever that's supposed to be.

Also read The Scorpion's Empress, that unfortunate series where I accidentally read the sequel first. Which I thought was the reason it was incomprehensible, but as it turns out the first novel didn't help much. Anyway, it's fantasy, and although there's a decent plot in a rather vaguely built world (I honestly have no idea what type of setting it's supposed to be), it's primarily about a D/s romance between this "Empress" (not in the monarchic sense of the word) and a Paladin. And it was actually quite well-done, I thought. Fittingly over-the-top, since fantasy and all that, but not ridiculously crude or anything. I was genuinely positively surprised, although, given the horrible cover, that perhaps was inevitable (maybe that cover was some type of reverse-psychology ploy by the author? It's possible).

Anybody got a epub for "A Slice of Quietude" by Sharon Cho?

>>2352675
You seem to like gritty well-written novels. (You seem to have similar tastes to mine.) Try Whatever Gods May Be (Sophia Kell Hagin) next if you haven't read that one.

>>2342385
Isn't it time for another? May I suggest one?

>>2353472
Sure, go for it.

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>>2342385
>>2353480
A "straight" girl accidentally walks into a bar/tavern for lesbian monster girls. It can be a modern setting or fantasy, cute or lewd, funny or horrifying, anything you like. I'll have something written for this by the end of the week.

Currently writing a light novel/web novel set in a military academy where, among other things, research is done with alchemy-based weapons.

I have commissioned Yuriwhale to do character design and illustrations. He's just finished the last of the four main characters.

>>2352675
>When the Fox Is a Thousand
Anon, thank you. That's one of the best written books I've read in ages. It wasn't happy or romantic or feel-good. (In fact I'm pretty disturbed.) But it was so worth the read. The imagery... So thanks.

>>2348256
>Sort of reminds me of The Blush Factor
Thanks for the suggestion. I enjoyed it.
Not exactly what I had in mind. Addison wasn't shy in the least and boss lady didn't get to boss around so much. But it turned out okay!

>>2353732
Hey that's cool. How far along are you? Don't forget to tell us when you're finished.

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>>2354055
Writing has been going pretty slow to be honest. Already revised the entire first chapter once. I've got about five pages written out at the moment.

Also honestly not sure what thread is better for posting about this; here, the fanfic thread, or the LN thread. Someone tried posting their original work in the LN thread once only to get shot down.

For now, let me share the design for the protagonist that YW gave me.

>>2354077
Cute! Not that anon you're replying to, but would you mind giving a rundown of the main characters and/or plot? Military alchemist researchers sound fun, but it doesn't exactly tell us much.

Read Laurie Salzler - Positive Lightning. Technically, it's all good, but subjectively I just wasn't in the mood for all the FF tropes. So the heroine has a cute dog and is a dog trainer. And she has a horse and loves horses and riding. And the love interest has a crazy cat, of course.

Can't they for once have a different pet? Must they all be into riding horses? It's more of an emotional highlight when the damn animal gets sick than the trouble she has with her soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend.

And that was another annoyance: she's still in a relationship, but all her obnoxious friends continuously bash her girlfriend. It's just not nice. No wonder their relationship didn't work out when the heroine's entire social circle sabotages it. Tsk.

Either way, the love interest is blind, which I thought would be enough of a draw, but it just wasn't.
If I ever write a FF romance remind me to include some weird pet. Maybe snakes. Snakes that eat cats and dogs.

>>2353329
Thanks for the rec I'll check it out.

Would someone post a copy of storms by gerri hill please
The one ive got from mobilism the formatting is horrendous

>>2354314
I'll also throw my hat is and ask for keepers of the cave, dawn of change, the killing room and coyote sky

>>2354125
The protagonist, Lilica Lovelace, goes to a military academy called Caulfield where officers are trained in the art of alchemy and using devices called Crucibles (that would be the stone she is wearing on her arm in her design) which are used to transmute alchemic weapons.

Crucibles are categorized into four classes: Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinas and Rubedo, though it is possible to strengthen a crucible by "refining" it through constant use.

Lilica is from a military family and is the daughter of a decorated war hero, and as such many of the people around her assume she got into the academy thanks to nepotism. Her uncle is also a alchemy researcher working at Caufield, and is working on a project that Lilica unwittingly gets drawn into, which sets the plot into motion.

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>>2354449
Another character design.
Agatha, is one of heroines, Lilica's upperclassman and the first character she meets after getting lost in Easthale, the city where Caufield is located. Agatha is taciturn but kind and helps Lilica adjust to her life in Caufield.

Anyone have Karin Kallmaker's 'Just Like That' properly formatted? The ones from mIRC are pdf and the ones I have from the torrent are formatted very badly.

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>>2353732
>>2354077
>>2354449

Good luck! Great to see more people working on original stuff. Sometimes I wish I'd decided to write LN-style instead of novels. I'm 70k words into the fourth full draft of this fucking lesbian book and I don't know if I love it or if I want to pull all my hair out every time I write. God alone knows if anybody would ever publish it. I've been doing this for so long I just want to finish it so I can write a different story.

>>2354617
Just self-publish it from your mac while wearing a flannel shirt in a Starbucks.

>>2354638
Ha, too bad! I have a proper PC, wear pastel colours, and drink tea at home.

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Wow. So many fantasy releases of late (just got finished browsing through maybe 8 synopses of recently released lesbian titles). I'm interested in Siera Maley's new series. This line-up is looking perfect for summer.

>>2354538
You can convert pdf to any format you want.

>>2354314
http://www111.zippyshare.com/v/4JDnkl3O/file.html

>>2354322
Killing Room and Keepers of the Cave.
http://www111.zippyshare.com/v/g26UWbMf/file.html
http://www111.zippyshare.com/v/4CPeOKYO/file.html

>>2354991
I know I can, but it would look bad, just like it does in the converted pdf to epub files I have.

>>2354991
Thank you!

>>2354957
good choice, starbucks tea is garbage.

you can get a pastel flannel tho.

https://storybundle.com/lgbt

Any of these worth, well, anything?

Read Gina Dartt's Unexpected Sparks. Totally a word play, that title! So cute.

Liked the older heroine. She's a 40-year old bookstore owner, wealthy, but in an understated way. Generally confident, if a bit lonely currently. She speculates she might be asexual since she wasn't ever attracted to anyone (male or female). She's also divorced (amiably).

The younger one is more typical of the classic FF heroine; hasn't really found her place in life yet and has just left a bad relationship with a "straight" woman. So, she decides not to go for the equally straight bookstore owner she has a crush on.

I thought there'd be a bit back and forth on that, but instead basically the next scene she suddenly stopped caring about it and they're practically married. That confused me a bit. Of course, their relationship was immediately perfect, and the supposedly-asexual one discovered that she's secretly a goddess in bed, because, of course, that too was awesome beyond reason from the first time.
Sigh.

It's however not exclusively a romance, there's also a mystery about murder and arson. It remains a bit unclear why they poke around in that, except that they wanted a bit of an adventure. It felt a bit too convenient at times, like she overhears just the right thing, and then her friend is just around, and she incidentally has a binoculars in the car, and she guesses just right where the cabin is, and she just happens to run there into not only X, but Y also ...
... none of that couldn't have happened, but one after another it felt a bit lazily written.

It's a solid novel, but it didn't quite fulfill its potential. Shame.

>>2355303
>never attracted to anyone
>married someone anyway

The rest of it sounds like the average bad romcom, but this? I hate this the most.

>>2355303
Theres a sequal to it. Called unexpected ties

>>2355321
Well, she claims she loved the guy, in a way, she just wasn't attracted to him sexually. Plus, she didn't really consider any alternatives - classic "railroaded into marriage" plotline.

I think the novel didn't quite know what it wanted to be. It wasn't a mystery as most of the time was spent on their relationship. But I'm reluctant to call it a romance when it took, like, 30% of the novel and then their relationship was essentially solid, with no room left for much development anymore (except figuring out whether the older one could be convinced to like camping, and the younger one golfing). Oh, they haven't moved in together yet and there's a bit here and there and since there's a second novel I'm sure the author thought of some more issues (who knows, maybe some ex will return? That'd be super-original!), but basically it's a done deal.

It didn't really do anything else either, there weren't any comedy scenes or whatever else might've fitted it. No pets. No annoying relatives. No hobbies or political debates or anything.

In a way, I want to like the novel, since especially the older one is a rare sensible protagonist. If she spots an issue in their relationship, she sits down and solves the problem. Instead of 50 pages of drama over an imagined slight that turned out to be a misunderstanding. On the other hand it didn't really do enough with anything. 14 year age gap, no problem at all? She says she doesn't want kids, maybe the younger one does? Perhaps even have the older one be actually asexual and deal with that? There's got to be something to make a romance a bit interesting, and this kinda failed there.

>>2355367
True. But first I have to read R Jean Read's Perdition and be disappointed that the bike shop owner won't be a romantic love interest.

Or at least I suspect that's how it'll be, but who knows? Today could be the day a novel surprises me! Not that I'll hold my breath.

>>2355321
The author must be fucked up.

Can some generous soul share Whatever Gods May Be by Sophia Kell Hagin?

>>2355528
http://www119.zippyshare.com/v/A5mDMg61/file.html

Put the sequel in there too. I don't remember how the formating is but I could read both

>>2355642
My friend, bless you.

>>2355524
Because of the marriage thing? Keep in mind that the older one married in the 80s. For all the free spiritedness of the time the various LGBT groups weren't exactly on the radar for everyone.

Anyway, read the 2nd novel, too, but I thought it was weaker than the first. Or, more honestly perhaps, the younger one gets a bit more "aggressive" about the things she wants and just doing them, and while that's not a crime, I felt the other one wasn't really taken seriously anymore.
Biggest annoyance to me was probably that in the beginning the older one takes them to a vaguely high-class dinner occasion, to make a statement that she doesn't want to hide their relationship and doesn't give a crap what anyone thinks about them. This goes somewhat wrong, and the younger one admonishes her that it was a stupid "risk". OK. She has more "experience" being out, maybe she has a point. Then the younger one, just barely having survived the events of book 1, investigates another murder, and the older one reminds her how dangerous that is ... but somehow her concerns don't matter and it's less of a risk going after a murderer than dealing with affronted society ladies? Couldn't get ever that hypocrisy.
But there also wasn't much else to recommend it.


Also finished R Jean Reads (a JM Redmann pseudonym) novel. Not bad, but I think she made it clear enough that this series won't be FF. Although it features a bunch of gay characters, but, eh, it's one of those "lesbians get murdered" mysteries.

I was nicely surprised by the forth Silver Legacy being released, didn't have that on my radar. Until I read the first 10% or so - what a complete mess. Rushed scenes, randomly jumping around plot, ridiculous dialogues. The hell went wrong there? The series wasn't exactly super deep at any point but Westmore is at least an experienced author. This read like some fan fiction. Or is it me? Didn't enjoy it at all.

Also, the end was crap. Crap, and a cliff hanger on top.

Anyone by any chance have a link for Promises, Promises by LJ Baker? The link from the last thread is dead.

>>2356192
The zippy on mobilism is dead but theres a working solidfiles link http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1292&t=1143263&hilit=ff+epub+promises

>>2356264
Sweet! Thank you much.

can someone share geonn cannon underdogs books 5,6.
Also please rec some detective where mc has higher iq than potato

Hi! Looking for Partners by Melissa Good, either the 2012 version or part 1 & 2. Does anyone happen to have it/them? :)
I have a vague memory of it being discussed a few threads ago, but I don't know how to get to them...
Thanks in advance!

>>2356390
"higher iq than potato"
Impossibly high standards

After some failures - Black's The Practitioner (too pretentious) and Riley's Unlikely Match (too stereotypical and boring) - I read Radley's Huntress. Basically, a nice, social girl gets framed by terrorists. So, she and her best friend get chased by the ever-competent MI5. Loved the 4mph chase-scene on canal boats, where the heroine drinks a cup of tea and chats with the one chasing her.

It's neither super-deep nor super-funny and the romance is kinda tagged-on at the end, but I found it quite amusing. Good enough.

>>2356390
Underdogs 6 will be out July 1st, I think.

As for mysteries that aren't police procedurals and with a non-potato-heroine, if you don't mind the real-estate topic perhaps Jennifer Jordan's Lauren Vellequette. She actually figures out her case entirely without tripping over evidence left and right, then getting abducted by the bad guy once she gets too close, only to escape and somehow take him out with a metal pipe that just lay around somewhere convinient. It's glorious actual deducting the issue by gathering clues and coming to the logical conclusion.

It also has basically no romance.

>>2356423
Don't whether it's anywhere else, but you could read it on her merwolf blog. I tried not too long ago, but didn't like it much.

Almost finished reading Taking the lead by Michele Rivera. I feel like I read a whole book about netorare, or something. And I can't believe people actually liked it, and no one complained about this. Am I seriously the only one who felt that way? what the hell. I'm gonna finish it just because (only a few pages left), but I had a disgusted face while reading it ever since it became way too obvious what was happening with the MC.

Please, anyone who read it, tell me you understand what I'm talking about, and not be all happy because of its """""happy ending""""". UGH! a couple hours wasted on this, fuck.

>>2356485
I'm guessing a lot of the "lesbian" literature would appeal more to the /lgbt/ crowd than /u/?

>>2356488
I mean... the NTR aspect happened between all girls. Not a guy getting dumped for a girl.

White pantie warning for anon.
Artists dream by Gerri hill.
Stay safe.

Anyone have rebellion by Jay Taverner?

>>2355303
>she incidentally has a binoculars in the car

You don't keep binos in your car?

>>2357582
No. Is that an US thing? I don't even own any. Wasn't any single of those things anyway, it was the sequence of very convenient coincidences.

Read another half-hearted mystery meanwhile. Nene Adams - Mackenzie Cross. Um. They find some long-dead girl and her ghost bugs the heroine to investigate why she's dead. Totally random and can't say it was very interesting.
There's also a "she's straight so I can't date her" romance with a cop/friend; rather cringe-worthy. At least didn't drag out through the entire book, but once they each understand that the other is a lesbian it's immediately a done deal, so not very interesting either.

>>2356488
>"lesbian" literature
quotation marks, yeah.

even /u/ I think half of it is also quotation marks worthy. The men and women who work so hard for heteronormativity, Trump loves them. Yeehaw

Finished Tokyo Love by Diana Jean. It's rather fluffy and kinda slice of life in parts imo. But I think too much of the conflict is due to the protag being an idiot. Also feel that Ai was underused/not a great ending.

Looking at Lesbian Academy. I'm struggling to get through the starting we-are-so-special and vr-which-is-real bit. I'm not sure if it gets better.

Was wondering if theres a book similar to deep merge where the mcs have a connection that allows sharing of feelings and sensations. Also was wondering if theres any good body swapping romances havent seen any yet.

>>2355303
>>2355369
>>2355667

I assume you're the one with most of the longer "recently read" posts in the /lit/ threads. So I really like that you take your time to share your in-depth views on new stories you read. Well explained advantages and disadvantages of said books.
Thank you, because through you I found good and avoided shit a few times already.

Anyone happen to have an Epub version of Pieces by G. Benson?

When I convert the mobi version from mobilism, it gets very weird and it's awful complicated to read from it (basically there page number and the authors name in the middle of the text).

>>2358686
Good guess. Yes, thanks. Don't really want to hog the thread, but it's hard to resist ranting about FF novels. And it's usually fairly slow here anyway.

Talking about ranting, read the first two Claire Lance novels by Cannon. Solidly written as expected by the author, but I'm not sure I'm buying the story: after an undercover mission gone wrong, the heroine is fugitive for murder, chased by the FBI and whonotelse. So she's living on a run, until she ends up picking up her (temporary) new love interest, when they catch up with her because ... she used her real name. How stupid is that? Well, it's kinda explained. But there's a bunch of small stuff I wasn't quite content with, and the end felt too convenient.
Nonetheless also read the second novel, and it basically was the same. OK, but not that great. Especially the maudlin scenes about her lost lover where kinda ... naw.

Could have gone on with the series, wasn't too bad or anything, but didn't like the new love interest in the third one much, so I gave up (for now anyway).

>>2358643
>Was wondering if theres a book similar to deep merge where the mcs have a connection that allows sharing of feelings and sensations.

Heart Trouble by Jae has that premise.
It's an okay read. I enjoyed it. Main characters are well written and I really liked Laleh, but I can't say the same for the supporting characters.
I also feel the author missed a few opportunities regarding the MCs' connection. I wish she had taken it further.

http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/8zQtOtLo/file.html

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>>2357587
>Is that an US thing?

possibly. i keep mine by my truck gun in case i need to defend myself while bird watching.

>>2358816
Aren't you worried about keeping that much valuable stuff in plain sight inside a car?

>>2358816
>no optic
>shitty magpul polymer flip up (I guess the rear sight is ok, but the front is shit and you should feel bad if you use it. the pro irons are much better)

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>>2358837
that's what a spare gun is for

>>2358846
eh, it was cheap and i don't get enough serious range time to put the cash into an optic.
it'd be nice, but it's not a priority and i like irons. would rather buy ammo or a new boltgat and strap some decent glass on that.

but the mbus has been pissing me off and i should replace it this summer. after the grip tho.

Anyone know of a book where the MC is in love with a girl/woman but that woman is with someone else and so she sleeps with a friend and falls for her gradually?

A little bit like the 'Black and White' chapters of Seasons by Takemiya Jin.

>>2358858
>guns stuffed in a compartment alongside lesbian fiction
I chuckled. US is a magical place.

Just read the tea machine by gill McKnight. I enjoyed it, the romance was fun and the whole premise amusing and interesting until the last third where everything went fucking nuts and then cut off without resolving anything. Kind of disappointed at the end

>>2358858
Looks like someone likes pop music.

>>2358858

>Americans have spare guns in case someone tries to steal their normal guns and lesbian speculative fiction

Truely a whimsical people

The point about binoculars was well-made anyway. So I change my criticism to "why didn't she also take one of the five guns in her friend's car and shoot everyone?" It's set in the US after all.


Re-read Killed in Escrow. I'm not sure I liked it better the first time or not, but it was nice remembering one of the greatest dialogues in lesbian fiction.
"Yes, but then I'd have all my breasts in one place. This way, I've split the risk."
It's actually a quite serious scene that shows both one of the many issues the heroine has and that there's something going on with the teen.

But nonetheless people don't usually discover a breast in the freezer.

Either way, hopefully there'll be more of that series at some point. Unfortunately, the author is one of the quiet ones, so it might happen tomorrow, in three years, or never.

>>2358941
you're not wrong, but those are ray charles and patsy cline cds. does that still count as pop music in this decade?

>>2358886
>cut off without resolving anything

that's a bummer, it's been on my list for a while.

>>2358977
i was ribbing you a bit about the binos - but yeah, there could be a valid reason for having them bouncing around. aside from just being a creeper.

as for having guns in the car, that varies state to state.

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>>2353484
That's a neat idea. I wasn't sure if I should write about a catgirl prostitute or a catgirl that gets turned on by catnip in the MC's purse, so I wrote about a goo girl instead. Here's my submission: https://pastebin.com/a6aQZmS4

I've decided to check out some of the recent YA stuff.

Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler. YA book about an Asian American TV show actor having tough parents and falling for a girl. Half of the book pov is devoted to this asshole bad boy superstar who is falling for her but it wasn't unbearable and was kinda interesting to see a story where the bad boy falls for the good girl but she falls for someone else. Nothing really stands out badly about the book but meh. The book is a prequel to what looks like a generic het love story.

How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake. This was a pleasant surprise. Angst heavy YA book about a girl with an extremely flawed mother and a girl whose mother just died. The MC is bisexual but there's no drama there and the book is focused more on the romance between two hurting people which I loved and the mother's actions which really damage the MC.

Next I'll be checking out we are okay by Nina LaCour and it's notlike it's a secret by Misa Sugiura.

>>2338446
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/18e71t0H7v6olXdY9Ig0giUjnhSt1zltLcLSpj3SxRaI/edit?pref=2&pli=1
Love it

There's this link that do random and genre recommendation based in goodreads api.
https://tatianass.github.io/ff-project/

>>2359006
Its a shame i was really enjoying it but it was kind of deliberately not wrapped up to leave for a sequel. Maybe if the sequel was out id be less annoyed by it.

Does anyone know any f/f books where the mc is on the autism spectrum?

>>2359526
Any mystery or police work book.

>>2359526
The Rules of Love by Cara Malone have a protagonist with aspergers , the book isn't that good though.

>>2359526
Garoul - Ambereye

>>2359186
>How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring Blake.
Oh, I love that. I'll read that next.
Speaking of angst and flawed mothers, have you read The Moment by T.C. Anderson? What did you think of it?
I fucking loved that book. When Jessie refers to Jules as "mom" for the first time... Oh goodness, I cried for half an hour.

If anyone wants it. Highly recommended:
http://www46.zippyshare.com/v/ge7WLr9K/file.html
(Don't worry about the second person point of view. It works really well.)

>>2359566
Some reviewers say it's a Rizzoli/Isles fic originally. You have the fic version?

>>2359575
Yeah I'd love to read it myself but I haven't been able to find the whole thing anywhere,
since she took it off fanfiction.net before publishing. Too bad you can't browse more than the first chapter on waybackmachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20130808223412/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8889228/1/The-Moment

>>2359245
it's a good idea but after a few tries I keep getting books that are not f/f (at least 1 per list)

>>2359033
Really nice. I like what you did with the goo girl, but I feel like you could have done even more with her abilities.

Just finished Slow River by Nicola Griffith. I didn't find the final pairing to be that convincing, as the MC hadn't really displayed any attraction toward her earlier in the book - almost reminded me a bit of Ash in that regard.

But anyway, any recommendations for similarly dark & gritty FF books? Slow River has abuse, prostitution, drugs, murder, etc. which makes a nice change from YA angst (not that I don't love a bit of angst on occasion).

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>>2359882
Thanks! I had an idea that the goo girl would have to switch bodies after a few weeks or so, as her goo would break down her human host's bones, making her a bit of a lesbian con artist/murderer. But I felt the story was getting a bit long so I ended it there. I think I spent too much time on the opening exposition .

>>2359526
There's Soul Unique by Gun Brooke and Flight SQA016 and it's sequel Grounded by A.E. Radley.

>>2358867
Don't know if it's really what you are looking for, but the Virginia Clan series by Lynn Galli has got some "in love with best friend", "slowly falls for best friend". Tough in different books in the series.

>>2359944
Whatever Gods May Be is really the closest thing. You might try Grass Widow; definitely more romance oriented but some dark themes.

>>2359944
The Sarah Waters novels, maybe. Also, many of the mystery novels are fairly gritty, although that rather varies a lot.
Some of the Caitlin R Kiernan novels maybe? Although they are more horror than "grit", maybe not quite the same.

FF Fantasy generally is also not about happy unicorns and rainbows, oddly enough.

>>2360481
Great book just finished it, I got a bit of a kick out it as I'm in the same battalion as Gwyn

Why are there no good erotic bdsm FF stories? Other than "At Her Feet" by Rebekah Weatherspoon, there ain't shit other than short stories and novellas. There are a million stories of that nature for MF and MM books, but not FF. It's frustrating.

Anyone can recommend something somewhat decent in a highschool setting? Preferably without the usual "I dunno about this whole gay thing, maybe I should go fuck a dude".

>>2361117
I enjoyed maia cronins into the infinite its mostly set during highschool except for last chapter i think and i believe its worth a read. Heres a mobilism link for it http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?t=2028129

Prayer of the Handmaiden by Merry Shannon. I was kinda put off by Sword of the Guardians war and superntaural parts so imagine my surprise when I found that I really liked this book when it's mostly war, supernatural stuff and angst. The main character is a priestess who is chosen to be the chosen one of a goddess during a time of crisis, basically becoming the goddess' bride but she still loves her childhood friend who she left for the priesthood. There is a huge focus on romance though it's not the usual flirting.
It's also an open and shut story, no cliffhanger and like one plot hook. I really hope the author goes the direction I think she's going to go with a potential sequel, that being a story set years later with Brita and Mardyth's daughter as the MC's. A demigod would be a great way to continue the story without reducing the scope.

>>2359526
A kind and learned senpai has said Ambereye before, but I am saying it again because it is the only one that matters.

>>2359944

Some darkness:
"The Ghost and the Machine" by Benny Lawrence.

Subtle darkness, definitely there sometimes but not meant to make you cringe:
"Affinity" and "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters.

Dark dystopia, a bit violent:
"Afterparty" by Daryl Gregory.

Hard sci-fi, very dark, super dense:
"The Child Garden" by Geoff Ryman
"The Fortunate Fall" by Raphael Carter

The darkness in this book ruined me. I am now a less happy person than I was. Also the MC is a lesbian but the theme is not central at all. Please, please, don't do it, you are still young, onee-chan:
"Random Acts of Senseless Violence" by Jack Womack.

>>2359944
the door at the top of the stairs - alison naomi holt it has darker themes but very little romance.

Oh, I totally forgot, the second installment of Ninefox Gambit was released a few days ago. Now I just hope it doesn't go full het like many others.

>>2361551
Well ... it definitely doesn't. Features everything from trans to asexuals, basically.

But while still about Cheris/Jedao they aren't POV character anymore, instead, you get to wonder alongside the others what the heck is going on with them ...

I haven't finished it but so far it's definitely a great novel.
But like the first one I wouldn't specifically read it for FFness.

So I noticed there's a new LGBetc novel doc getting updated on r/fantasy right now trying to catalogue everything relevant, being ever hungry for anything gay I looked at it and found some stuff that's neither on the OP google doc, in the calibre library nor (seemingly) ever mentioned in the /u/ loveisover archive. Including several where it claims to concern main characters. For example Tamora Pierce's The Will of The Empress, or Stephen Aryan's Battlemage. Those are just the two I noticed where I recognized the series or authors as from non-/u/ contexts before, and that apparently involve main characters. I'm sure there are more since I didn't look to closely. Any of these simply overlooked rather than bad-end/extremely loosely /u/ like I assume?

The google doc is here for anyone who wants to take a look: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1roLOB8OZm34XjzVyDmH5fyWiPKGYy8i9EzRuhBMZauo/edit#gid=0
There's a surprising number of pulp garbage-written stuff on there (some I've read and some I recognize the signs of) so I guess it's not really curated - definitely some stuff I couldn't even get through with massive /u/ bias overriding the complete lack of actual literary merit. And fuck trying to figure out if the series where nearly every column is marked might be relevant.

>>2361641
Don't know about Battlemage, but Will of the Empress is of the type "unsatisfying"; I'd claim. Essentially, it takes until book 9 until there's something, and then it's an affair for 1 of the POV characters, while everyone else is busy doing het stuff.

So, sure, it's "nice" it's there, but "significantly FF"? I don't think so.

And looking at the list, there seem to be a few that lean that way. Crown for Cold Silver? It's quite fun, with a jaded, cynical, ruthless middled-aged heroine who seems to be bisexual ... but I can't say I remember an actual lesbian relationship in the first two novels (might have overlooked something though ... actually, have I even finished reading the 2nd novel? Huh. Now I'm really confused...).

Anyway! I'm not always sure where to draw the line either. Hodgell's Jame is married to a girl, and one of her personal retainers (or whatever you wanna call them) is probably gay for her, and she has a bunch of children with women (well...it's fantasy), but is she herself bi (since she's into her brother it's either that or not interested in women at all)? Does it "count" as LGBT content even if she isn't? Who knows. Luckily I like the series either way.

Although it'd be better with actual lesbians (well, it does feature at least one lesbian couple, even if one the pairing is a tapestry).

>>2359566
It was ok, just, but I stopped reading it after the rich girl's previously neglectful and absent parents rush back home to become completely different people and save the day.

>>2361770
Mia's parents always cared and weren't trying to be distant. They thought they were doing the right thing by listening to their daughter when she said she was fine with them being away for work so much. They didn't really change. They always had the mindset that they would come home if their daughter needed them.

>>2361665
Yeah I saw that series in particular had some comment on goodreads about reading 8 books or something beforehand and basically wrote it off anyway, it's disappointing to hear that it's still a fairly small part of things.

It's tough staying on top of series that might go /u/ after several books (or terribly enough the opposite) really, especially since on /u/ everyone has different expectations for a work. For me the presence is the most important, I don't actually need the work to be very romance focused but I do need the /u/ to be comfy I guess is how I could put it. Even something like Shadow Campaigns, I find the /u/ kinda stressful even though as of 2 books in which is where I am now, there's no real threat of het or whatever. On the other hand even a bi character wouldn't bother me if their relationship with a girlfriend/wife was clearly portrayed as comfortable and lacking stress, jealousy, distrust etc. I'm generally happy reading non-/u/ books that build up to lesbians later (though the Tamora Pierce example is a bit too much for me) in genres I like and such too, it's almost more relaxing when I can just enjoy the story without stressing about anything gay since I'm promised lesbians later on.

>>2361834
I'm not "strict" when it comes to FFness either. Shadow Campaign is fine for me since whatever else might be going on the romance is such a small part anyway. Or Andrea Cort, where the romance as such (in terms of romantic scenes) is minuscule, but the implications are huge and fascinating - so I don't care that one of the bodies involved is male.

But I don't want to go through x books with y het POVs just so there's a paragraph of u somewhere. Again, not so much because of the het-ness, but because it's basically guaranteed that all those het romances are rubbish, generic crap, and there's little I hate more than that in fiction (otherwise I don't care, most of my favorite authors write het with male leads, what I'm supposed to do? It's just the way it is).

And Tamora Pierce for example, I read a few of her novels because they usually have little or no romance, and that's something I can appreciate too (even with FF relationships it can be rather annoying if the fate of the world is on the balance but the heroine is too busy sorting out her relationship to pay attention to that), but when she writes romance, like (essentially) every other fantasy/scifi writer, they are the usual eye-roll-worthy trope-ish romances (I know, I know, most people think they're just fine. Well, I have a different opinion). So no thanks.

>>2360624
Glad you enjoyed. There's a sequel too. The Shadow(s) of Something Real. There's a bit of romance but it's still quite dark.

>>2361117
Qualities of Light

>>2360971
>Qualities of Light
Yea thats always been one of my main frustrations with ff and the few that do it almost always explore that to show how detached and messed up the characters are until they find true love and turn vanilla. Anyway try these, thy're somewhat satisfying:
Lesley Gowan - The Collectors
Grace Lennox - Chance
Sydney Falk - Executive Privilege
Loki Renard - Witch's Cat
Michelle Houston - Enslaving Heaven

Anyone have Lise Mactague - Five Moons Rising

Read through Ash for the first time today, pretty late you might say but it never interested me much at release and I'm basically just getting back in the swing of reading now and wanted something fairly short, light and with at least somewhat competent prose. It was pretty disappointing - the writing itself was fine and the start was even good even if 'retreading Cinderella' isn't the most exciting premise and nothing /u/ had appeared yet. But the pacing felt absolutely terrible to me. And the final third of the book basically consisted of me constantly glancing at scrollbar on the reader and going 'really, that little left?' then sighing in annoyance that I was gonna get either a non-ending or an unsatisfying one. And indeed by the time I'd finished 90% of it I felt like it was only just getting to the central conflict, but then the MC realizes she can just tell the scary fairy to go away apparently, then runs to her girl and - to top it off - it instantly ends before even a page of fluff so I got neither a satisfying story climax nor sweet, sweet yuri service in lieu of it. Not only a disappointing ending but also marred a lot of the lead-up with how obvious its deficiencies would be as nothing was coming to a head while the pages kept counting down.

I was gonna read Huntress after but the fairies didn't interest me enough to want to read more in the setting and the shitty ending killed my interest, so oh well.

I also read The Dark Wife since I was feeling in a bit of a supernatural mood, other than the shitty rape at the start my feelings towards it was basically 100% apathy with a slight amusement at just how dedicated it was to making Zeus a cartoonish villain. Hades was a bit too perfect a person for my tastes too with all of her self-sacrificial compassion. It also had a pretty weird ending to its central really, but since I didn't give a shit about the plot there and it did actually have fluff to replace a good climax, I couldn't find it in me to care.

>>2361874
>>2361834
As someone who read all four books and is eagerly awaiting the final one, you can rest easy about Shadow Campaigns.

But if you're in it for only the romance and not the fact that it has a lesbian mc with a pretty good plot and good characters then it's probably not for you.

I understand random series having to get to book 9 in order to have a lesbian mc or shit like that. It's retarded.

>>2362649
glad i gave up on that one early

>>2361310
>The darkness in this book ruined me.
>I am now a less happy person than I was.
>Please, please, don't do it, you are still young, onee-chan:

Thanks, this is now top of my reading list.

>>2361310
>"Random Acts of Senseless Violence"
Well that was a fun read. The ending is kinda meh, however; considering the timeline, everything happens very fast, and the exact moment when everything completely goes to shit is not too far from the final page in the book. There's just not enough exploration of this descent into one's own personal darkness.
That and the ghetto speak in the last part is distracting. It's a nice touch, and it shows the influence the MC's new life had had on her, but I often had to re-read sentences several times to decipher them. Maybe it's because I'm a filthy ESL, though.

Still, I'd recommend it if only because the writing is great. All the little ways it shows the transformations in the MC's personality and lifestyle are pretty neat, if you suspend you disbelief enough to forget that all of this happens to a 12-year-old girl in a span of five months or so. Wouldn't recommend it for /u/, though.

Any novels with a muscular protagonist?

New thread?

The Darksbane's next novel is out, Dying Ashes 3. So as always if you like some zombie-like vamp clobber other vamps with refrigerator doors and such this might be worth a look.
Personally I thought the plot this time was a bit of a mess and the end somewhat unsatisfying, but eh. It mentions Dwarf Fortress - what can I say? I'm easy like that.

Jaden's Journey 2 is also out, "Alexis's Memories". Haven't read it yet, I'm kinda hoping it'll actually be good, so I need to mentally prepare myself for disappointment.

Also, DeMeritt's Building the Family. Heh. Don't know how to explain this one; it's a bit erotica-leaning, but not entirely. Basically, a young (irresistible) lesbian goes to college, meets a bunch of other lesbians, starts a relationship with one, then they kinda go the open-relationship route, before deciding on some "poly family". Low drama (despite the heroine getting beaten up and ending in hospital for a while), and prose was rather so-so.
I think I vaguely enjoyed it mostly because of course the heroines in romances are near-always super-attractive, but somehow they are single until the chosen-soul-mate-one-true-love comes along. Well, that doesn't make much sense. So here we have one that's super-attractive and other people here actually are attracted to her! How refreshing.
Plot had some sub-plot aspects that were really odd/wasted though, and I kinda got bored towards the end, but eh, whatever.

Anyone got a opinion on shadows of aggar? Im finding it hard going and i dont really understand what the plot is

>>2365889
Alright, read Jaden's Journey. It wasn't too bad, I think, although which my brain melting from the summer heat chances are that opinion is going to be kinda random.

Either way the story had a bit more to it than the usual FF vampire novels, which is good.
But I found the romance kinda ridiculous - Jaden is completely overdoing in, my heart, my love, yaddayadda. And I don't think that 'make Alexis totally special' subplot is my cup of tea. I don't mind having a vampire protagonist and a normal one, rather, I like that sort of thing. But noooo, can't have that.

There's also some weird decisions by Jaden towards the end. I'm not even sure why she's helping the vamps anymore and doesn't just tell them to piss off. Oh well.

Also, quite a few proof-reading misses. Tsk.

So altogether not so great maybe but also not a complete miss.

>>2350205
>The prose is OK

It is? Guess I still don't get what prose is...

>>2366580
Meh, can't pretend to know the correct vocab to properly go about criticizing novels. "Prose" seems to make sense to me (unless it's a poetry collection), as a catch-it-all word for the "style" the author uses, in contrast to whatever content they are writing about.

"OK prose" means to me that the grammar is (largely) correct - which should be a given but unfortunately is not - that dialogues might be a bit artificial ("As I'm sure you know, X is Y, but I'm telling you this so the reader also knows.") but not so completely ridiculous that I can't imagine them happening, vocabulary shows some variety, but not of the forced-dictionary-approach (not that I can always tell), sentences are varied (Not "I did this. She did that. Then we did that other thing."), but not forced to be four paragraphs long because the author equals long sentences = sophisticated writing, descriptions are sufficient so I can picture what's going on, but the author doesn't waste 5 pages on describing a cup of coffee, and so on.

Of course, there's also some basic storytelling issues that should be avoided: show, don't tell (too much). Don't info dump (too much). Give characters distinctive voices (but don't overdo it). And such things.

Not entirely sure actually where to draw the line to the actual content of a novel, but, ah, whatever. It's not like I have any aspirations of turning my grumbling into any assemblage of professional criticism. They are just opinions. Feel free to disagree (heck, going by amazon reviews "everyone" already does, basically, heh).

>>2366459
>brain melting from the summer heat

southwest US?

>>2366911
Southeastern Germany, actually. I know, I know, people from actually hot places may laugh now. But we generally don't have air conditioning here, so there's that.

I'd throw in a comment on FF literature to stay on topic, but all I (kind of) read was Gibbs's The Vampire's Witch and I found that to be rubbish (favorite part was how the heroine "played it cool" ~10 times in the first chapter. Not only is using the same phrase over and over again rather odd, but also none of the other characters actually cared about any 'playing cool' she did or did not do successfully).

>>2367049
>SE Germany
Don't sell yourself short. I was there during the summer of 2015. Shit was horrible for a Finn like me.