Ooh, that does make the Raven Cycle sound promising! I am ALL ABOUT YA books that tick lots of boxes for NOT just the same old straight white cis ablebodied etc. etc. love stories that our culture already has so many of. :-)
I agree the premise of the Shiver stories sounded lame to me too (yet another entry in the "paranormal romance" vein which is generally just "thinly veiled romanticization of actual straight-up stalking behaviors, WTF, how is this STILL the standard for "romance"?? I'm looking at you TWILIGHT) but I was willing to give it a try since my impression of Maggie Stiefvater is good so far. But maybe I'll read something else of hers instead!
Scorpio Races is, yes, partly a hetero romance storyline, but I found it refreshingly atypical - very understated but powerful, no manufactured "DOOMED LOVE" obstacles thrown up to create tension, no sickeningly eye-rolling love triangle - just two very fierce, tough people finding a way to survive in a fairly harsh existence, and quietly learning how to lean on each other a little along the way.
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Date: 2016-02-28 06:06 pm (UTC)I agree the premise of the Shiver stories sounded lame to me too (yet another entry in the "paranormal romance" vein which is generally just "thinly veiled romanticization of actual straight-up stalking behaviors, WTF, how is this STILL the standard for "romance"?? I'm looking at you TWILIGHT) but I was willing to give it a try since my impression of Maggie Stiefvater is good so far. But maybe I'll read something else of hers instead!
Scorpio Races is, yes, partly a hetero romance storyline, but I found it refreshingly atypical - very understated but powerful, no manufactured "DOOMED LOVE" obstacles thrown up to create tension, no sickeningly eye-rolling love triangle - just two very fierce, tough people finding a way to survive in a fairly harsh existence, and quietly learning how to lean on each other a little along the way.