alicambs-recs

Harry Potter and the Midlife Crisis by Enigmaris “The first group I sent over made the Avengers uncomfortable by thanking them constantly and asking for autographs. The next group stole things to sell on ebay. The group after that didn’t even get through the front door because Stark’s security system found something in their background that we missed. The fourth group left traumatized after cleaning out Thor’s room, apparently the god had some beheaded poultry dripping blood into a bowl in there. Then after that every group I’ve left hasn’t lasted more than three days because of some problem or another. I’m pretty sure one of those assholes has made it a game to scare my workers away.” “I don’t think you’re supposed to call the heroes of New York assholes.” Or, cleaning up after the Avengers involves more than just getting blood stains out of the carpet and most of them can't take the heat. Thankfully the Savior of the Wizarding has spent the last decade cleaning up after Death Eaters, so she's up to the task. Nothing, not pranks, bird corpses, or unidentified slime will keep her from cleaning up. Something completely different :-) I occasionally start reading a crossover with a fascinating summary (a couple of Sherlock/Avengers crossover were fun) and this summary caught my attention. Holly (Harry here is a young woman) makes for an engaging heroine. Things start quite small with the team getting to know her and she them. Holly starts turning their lives around at the same time as the Avengers begin to change her and then things just explode... A fascinating and rewarding read.

The Child and his Mandalorian by deebainwonderland It has been a very long time since the Mandalorian has truly known that he is loved. This is a series of short one shots regarding the relationship between the Mandalorian and his Child (aka the green bean or baby yoda :-)), all delightful and often revealing.

Annie Sawyer, This Is Your Afterlife by waspabi Annie still feels like a person. Her hands feel like hands. Her hair feels like hair. But Annie’s hair doesn’t grow; and her nails don’t break; and no one has looked at her in one year and nine months, ever since she fell down the stairs and split her head open on the black and white tile of her new house. A delightful short from the Being Human (original/UK) universe when it was all so new, fun, entertaining and mainly angst free.

The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek Imprisoned for 'inflammatory writings' by the totalitarian Theocracy, shy intellectual Ashleigh Trine figures his story's over. But when he meets Kieran Trevarde, a hard-hearted gunslinger with a dark magic lurking in his blood, Ash finds that necessity makes strange heroes... and love can change the world. I came across a list of Fantasy books/novels featuring gay main characters. I followed up this one and it was free on line. It's a mixture of a western with magic,  a harsh totalitarian religious state, fantasy and romance. Of the two main characters Kieran was fascinating while Ashleigh/Ash took time to grow on me, possibly because I struggled to imagine a 6' plus man blushing and acting quite as naively and wimply as he is first described. Generally a very interesting and rewarding read. I'd like a sequel.

Undesirable (A Vampire Novel) by velvet mace At the height of the Cold War, vampires came out of the closet and staged a coup to save humans from destroying themselves. All the Vampire protectors wanted in return was a simple monetary tithe and, of course, blood. But not George Handle's blood. He tastes foul. Maybe. Possibly. Okay, that might be a lie. Shit. Getting home from a business trip becomes very hard when every vampire around is suddenly after your skin. I read this fascinating original novel with great excitement. It was intriguing, different, fast paced and very well plotted. I really fell for George and was intrigued by Jeffrey. I wanted George to prevail, somehow and I could hardly wait to see how the author was going to finish the story. She didn't disappoint.