[ SECRET POST #2562 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2562 ⌋

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

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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 044 secrets from Secret Submission Post #366.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[(Anonymous)]

I hate it when someone asks about fantasy books featuring LGBT characters, and people rush to rec The Last Herald-Mage trilogy. It's a depressing and mediocre YA series, and IMO there are far better books with better representation.

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[(Anonymous)]

Ooh, care to share what they are? /genuinely interested in lgbt fantasy

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[cbrachyrhynchos]

I'm liking Jemisin this year. At least the last De Lint I read seemed to have some nice representation. The anthologies Beyond Binary and Broken Time Blues were good as well.

This story was one of the best I read last month. (Originally intended for an Oz anthology, but didn't quite fit.)

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[sarillia]

If you don't mind me reccing one that I friend of mine wrote, I loved The Second Mango by Shira Glassman. It's got a fairy tale-ish feel to it and it just makes me really happy. The second book is coming out next summer.

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[(Anonymous)]

It is depressing, but I'm not sure if I'd say it's YA.

That said, it is nice that the entire focus of that isn't "OMG, HE'S GAY!" for most of the books.

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[hands4healing]

I believe all the Heralds of Valdemar series are considered YA. I could be wrong, because 20+ years since I read them, but. I do remember my friend (who is (a) gay and (b) over thirty years older than me) loved them. I thought they were fun for a new type of horse story.

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[(Anonymous)]

The only reason I'm hesitant to say they're YA is simply because I've never seen them there, and not for lack of a chance. But that could just be here and/or because she was writing fantasy long before YA really became as big a thing as it is now, so she's just shelved in Fantasy by default.

Either way, they're good books for the most part.

Re: Things you are sick of seeing in rec lists.

[(Anonymous)]

Heralds of Valdemar series is considered YA now. But it used to be just in the fantasy section. Before they started deciding that women writer + book without explicit sex = YA.