I remember discovering The Dark is Rising series as a kid. It was my introduction to urban (well, countryside, as I started with The Grey King, but still, contemporary) fantasy. Magic and telephones sharing the same space? Amazing! It set me up nicely for DeLint, Emma Bull, and so forth.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
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Calli - May 11, 2023 4:57:36 am PDT #27643 of 28095
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
meara - May 12, 2023 10:21:51 am PDT #27644 of 28095
I have been dragged into HockeyBookTok on TikTok (the Seattle Kraken are being very obliging of BookTok and it's hilarious), does anyone have any recommendations for straight hockey romance? Somehow I can find (and have already read) a whole lot of gay hockey romance, but other than Sarina Bowen, am not sure where the straight ones are. (Or lesbian, I would LOVE lesbian ones, but am only aware of one or two)
Jessica - May 16, 2023 7:26:54 am PDT #27645 of 28095
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Or lesbian, I would LOVE lesbian ones, but am only aware of one or two
Oh man, SAME. I read this one and it was so dull and passionless I gave up on this author completely, and I haven't been able to find more.
meara - May 16, 2023 7:51:56 am PDT #27646 of 28095
Hahahah Jessica that was one of the ones I was thinking of!!
-t - May 16, 2023 8:24:54 am PDT #27647 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Not hockey related, but meara I think you mentioned Legends and Lattes (possibly in Natter) and it was recommended in one of the book review columns in the May F&SF with the additional note that the audiobook is read by the author who makes his living as an audiobook narrator so they really recommend that
This led to me getting a vanilla soy latte on my way to work and probably eventually to getting the book in some form or other
DavidS - May 16, 2023 9:05:50 am PDT #27648 of 28095
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Seems like there should be a lesbian hockey storyline based on the true story of the US and Canadian women's soccer teams where there have been multiple instances of cross-team marriage.
meara - May 16, 2023 9:08:53 am PDT #27649 of 28095
Lol absolutely, David!! Enemies to lovers….yes.
I think there’s maybe a lesbian one by Sarina Bowen? I know she added a womens hockey team to her men’s hockey universe
t I wasn’t super impressed by legends and lattes but it was soothing and chill, which I appreciated. If I had paid money I might’ve felt it was a little light but I got it from the library.
Jessica - May 16, 2023 9:15:27 am PDT #27650 of 28095
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wish Sarina Bowen had a character/plot range to match her output volume, but as it stands I can really only take her in very small doses before I feel like I'm reading the same book over and over. (And she needs a new favorite audiobook narrator SO BAD. Teddy Hamilton, you do your one thing very well, but...oy.)
-t - May 16, 2023 11:51:25 am PDT #27651 of 28095
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, the reviewer's main points were that L&L was (a) soothing and chill and (b) not exactly like every other urban fantasy novel out there. Which are both pretty good but not enough for me to go out and get it right this minute especially as I currently feel inundated with Too Much to Read...
Calli - May 16, 2023 1:39:24 pm PDT #27652 of 28095
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I enjoyed Legends and Lattes, enough that I preordered the next book by the author. It scratched an itch (cosy high fantasy) that I didn't know I had. So, since I know know that's a thing, I also read You Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, [link] which was ok, but I didn't like it as much as L&L.