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Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen

Bennett Reynard needs one thing: to speak to the Rougarou about starting a union for shifters in New York City before the delegation arrives. When his dirigible finally lands in Louisiana, he finds the Rougarou is gone and in his stead is his handsome son, Theo, who seems to care for everyone but himself. Hoping he can still petition the Rougarou, Bennett stays only to find he is growing dangerously close to Theo Bisclavret. Theo Bisclavret thought he had finally come to terms with never being able to take his father’s place as the Rougarou, but with his father stuck in England and a delegation of werewolves arriving in town, Theo’s quiet life is thrown into chaos as he and his sister take over his duties. Assuming his father’s place has salted old wounds, but when a stranger arrives offering to help, Theo knows he can’t say no, even if Mr. Reynard makes him long for things he had sworn off years ago. As rivals arrive to challenge Theo for power and destroy the life Bennett has built, ...
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Early December Reviews (2024)

Greetings

Welcome to the Books That Burn Fortnightly Roundup! Releasing every two weeks (one week early for Patrons).

News and Events

I track upcoming book releases by authors we've previously covered on a shareable google calendar.

Notable December Releases:

  • Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall

  • Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

  • Velveteen vs. The Early Adventures by Seanan McGuire

Signal Boost

Here’s this fortnight’s highlighted organization:

Unite Against Book Bans

With more than 200 partner organizations and tens of thousands of individual supporters, Unite Against Book Bans connects, equips, and mobilizes the public to advocate in their communities for the right to read and to defeat attempts at every level of government to censor reading material.

Recent Reviews

A NECESSARY CHAOS by Brent Lambert is Fantasy, with queer character(s), marketed as Adult. Vade and Althus a spies on opposite sides, faking a romance that turns real when they're both ordered to kill the other. Told in Third Person with Dual POVs.

CONSECRATED GROUND by Virginia Black, book 1 of Joan of Crows is Fantasy, with queer character(s), marketed as Adult. Joan returns home to attend her father's funeral, but finds the town beset by vampires and the coven unable to stand up to them. Told in Third Person with Dual POVs.

Reviews forthcoming for Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall and Books And Bone by Veo Corva.

Rereads and Older Reviews

I’m re-reading The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles so that I can read the connected novella Jackdaw.

Current Reads

The anthology Being Ace has a bunch of stories by asexual authors about ace characters.

Songs and Playlists

Sometimes I make book playlists, either chronological or character-vibes. You can find all of those here.

This fortnight’s featured playlist is: Reeve of Veils

In Case You Missed It

This time last year I read The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion by Margaret Killjoy.

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Thanks for reading, the next roundup will be in two weeks!

-Robin

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