Cackle rachel harrison lgbt
Book: &#;Cackle&#; by Rachel Harrison
Publishing Info: Berkley Books, October
Where Did I Receive This Book: I received an eARC from NetGalley.
Book Description: All her being, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh begin. She accepts a instruction position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how flawless and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and friendly. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation.
Then Annie meets Sophie. Stunning, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her comrade. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t facilitate but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem…a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain po This post may contain affiliate links for books we recommend. Read the packed disclosure here. Book: &#;The Fragile Threads of Power&#; by V.E. Schwab Publishing Info: Tor, September Where Did I Get this Book: Edelweiss+ Where Can You Get this Book: | Amazon | IndieBound Book Description: Once, there were four worlds, nestled enjoy pages in a manual, each pulsing with fantastical power, and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast, and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their have. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more uncommon as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory―Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London. But barely a glimpse of them have been seen in the last seven years―and a new Antari named Kosika has appeared in White London, taking the throne in Holland&#;s absence. The young queen is willing to feed her city with blood, including her own―but her growing religious fervor has the potential to drown them instead. And back in Red London, King Rhy Maresh is threatened by &#;He fears me because he is small. I will not meet him there. I will not recede myself down to his size, or anyone else&#;s, for their comfort. For their appeasement.&#; ★★★★ Berkely Books | Filed Under: Feminist Witch Bitch Lit Don&#;t let the synopsis and marketing for this book fool you. This is not horror. This is not a thriller. This is a cozy semi-mystery with Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic vibes and a feminist tilt. While I might have been expecting horror initially, I adjusted my expectations and ended up really liking this. It&#;s fucking cute and reads like Rachel Harrison has found her writing niche with this novel. I really liked Harrison&#;s first novel, The Return. That was definitely horror but with a heavy female-friendship theme that propelled the plot. Cackle follows in those footsteps, but abandons horror for delightful supernatural elements, like the kind, top-hat-wearing spider that sleeps under a little blanket at night. There are a couple of creepy moments with some ghosts and magic, but those are born more of the unknown than of genuine horror writing, and they dissipate quickly. Annie, a teacher, has been d Reclaiming What Has Been Taken: A Review of Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth Leticia Urieta Stories of werewolves include long played with the notion of the savage beast inside all of us, howling to find out. In classic films like The Wolfman and An American Werewolf in London, these are tragic stories of young men trying to maintain a grasp on their humanity while something monstrous takes over their bodies. These narratives depict men who turn into werewolves and must be stopped before they kill someone they love, and speak to the potential violence that men are socialized to inflict on vulnerable women who are trying desperately to save them from themselves. Even in more recent films such as the Underworld series and the Twilight films, turning into a werewolf is depicted as a masculine transformation that makes the person part of a pack, embodying community but also the toxic masculinity of control and aggression that forms these groups. Thankfully, more writers and filmmakers are tapping into the potential that werewolf lore and stories have to explore how trauma, assault and loss of bodily autonomy reflect the experiences of women and femme pe .