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The Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean

Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete--all except yokai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yokai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari's fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yokai outcast. Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA...
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White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton (Adam Binder #1)

Not all magicians go to schools of magic.

Adam Binder has the Sight. It's a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam's life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father's rage.

Years after his brother, Bobby, had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good. Hoping to track down his missing father, Adam follows a trail of cursed artifacts to Denver, only to discover that an ancient and horrifying spirit has taken possession of Bobby's wife.

It isn't long before Adam becomes the spirit's next target. To survive the confrontation, save his sister-in-law, and learn the truth about his father, Adam will have to risk bargaining with very dangerous beings... including his first love.

TITLE: White Trash Warlock
AUTHOR: David R. Slayton with Michael David Axtell (Narrator)
PUBLISHER: Blackstone Publishing
YEAR: 2020
LENGTH: 307 pages (9 hours 19 minutes)
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy
RECOMMENDED: N/A

Partial Queer Rep Summary: Gay/Achillean Main Character(s).

DNF 5 hours 12 minutes in (56%).

The way the love interest is handled started to feel like copaganda. It sucks, because otherwise I was enjoying the story.

Graphic/Explicit CW for blood, gore

Moderate CW for abandonment, toxic relationship, alcohol, alcoholism, mental illness, forced institutionalization, miscarriage, violence, gun violence, suicide, murder, death.

Minor CW for cursing, misogyny, homophobia, pregnancy, sexual content, ableism, child abuse, drug use, excrement, torture, animal cruelty, animal death.

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