[ SECRET POST #2789 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2789 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Captain America]


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[The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Beyond Belief]


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05. [SPOILERS for Walking Dead]



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06. [SPOILERS for Fangirl]



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07. [SPOILERS for Orange is the New Black]



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08. [SPOILERS for TWDG]



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09. [WARNING for suicide]



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10. [WARNING for abuse, (possibly?) rape]














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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - stock photo ].
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Comments

Re: Related to Secret #10...

[(Anonymous)]

DA

ICE!!! Have you read the other books in the series? I've been thinking about reading her books, but I don't know if they're...eh...okay...?

Your opinion?

Re: Related to Secret #10...

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on what you're looking for...? If you don't have the same issues as some of the other anons and non-anons have with, er, maledom and some sketchy consent, then I'd rec the Ice series, definitely.

#1 Black Ice, and #3 Blue Ice, tie for my favorite. Black Ice takes place in Europe and Blue Ice takes place in LA and Japan. The sex isn't protracted or gratuitous or coarse, but there's elements of dom/sub, and the male protag of #1 and the female protag of #3 are 'broken' in some way.

#2 is very good as well, just doesn't hold up as well to 1 and 3 for me. I liked the male protag less there. 4 and 5 are also good but they didn't hold me the way the first three did. Characters from all the books are connected and make appearances in most of the books. I haven't read 6 but I might if I can get through GoT this year. We'll see.

Her other books are just as good too. She's a very good writer overall, her language is simple and her narrative flows. She doesn't get bogged down in description and her male characters are never immediately and overwhelmingly captivated by the female protags. It's more of an niggling, under-the-radar attraction despite their not wanting to be attracted.

Oh and I also wished I'd mention my ongoing love for Suzanne Brockmann! She started out very simply nearly 20 years ago about a team of Navy SEALS and it has branched out into this amazing world filled with manly men, intelligent women and consenting relationships EVERYWHERE. What's so special about her books is that she includes all kinds of races, body types, socio-economic backgrounds, and sexual orientations in her series. One male protag is half Vietnamese, half African American and the female is Irish white and deaf. Another female protag is a plus-size gal. One male is Indian. Yet another female is a mixed race FBI sniper named Lyssa who is very awesome. Another great character who recurs through most of the books is a gay FBI agent who isn't a stereotype, and he gets not one but two romances, the second of which is featured through at least 3 books before they get their own. While the gay romance has very little physical description beyond initial kisses, I think it has to do with the fact that he's based on the writer's gay son and mothers just can't go there. :) Anyway, they're full of consenting adults in very hot situations (in and out of bed). And who they are, their size and color and whatever, are never THE POINT but just a descriptor. But she never ignores it. If that makes sense. Anyway, I'd dive into those as well, if you can. You won't be sorry. :)