Summary (serial): Kuthumae’s a highly trained mercenary captain who’s pulled off the impossible (and the extremely improbable) many times. It’s had its costs; on the last mission, while he pulled off the impossible job and got his team home alive, he got stuck between dimensions, in a plane outside the normal flow of time. There he met a girl - because if one person can be stuck there, why not two? Rina is the sheltered-yet-traumatized daughter of a noble family on an entirely different world from Kuth; a world of goddesses and wishes, imprisoned in that dimension so that she may never realize the full extent of her powers. Not that she’s likely to; she volunteered to be put there. When the two meet, they each prove the key to the other’s freedom - and we’d say they hold the keys to each other’s hearts, but frankly when it comes to People, we’re talking about a pair of dumbasses here.
Summary (this arc): Kuthumae and Rina are welcome to live in the strange, multidimensional, post-apocalyptic city of Andeliin. But is that really a good idea? They know only the bare bones of its history and circumstances, but they do know it was until quite recently the capital of a very unpleasant empire. Who knows who might come calling, seeking to tear down what’s left - and anyone left alive inside?
There’s a romance here, but it’s a slow burn one. Let’s put it this way. 104 chapters in, we FINALLY got the Three Words. And it’s STILL Complicated.
Rating: Mature (violence, language)
Warnings: Discussion of rape, depression, PTSD, generally questionable situations. (Not all the time by any means, but they’ll be there.) What can I say, I like quandaries.
The 2019 Master Linkpost is here. The 2020 Master Linkpost is here. The 2021 Master Linkpost is here. The 2022 Master Linkpost is here.
New reader? Don’t love in medias res? Begin here! (Or head to the grand masterpost and pick a likely arc!)
This week:
The Gentleman’s Siege comes to an end. While that’s kind of a problem for the people of the city of Andeliin, the Specialists aren’t paying it much attention. Gudrun’s awake, and it’s starting to look like they might have just bought a very large, very expensive, very angry paperweight.
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You can join my Patreon for as little as one dollar a month, which gives you access to story chapters four weeks ahead of everyone else! (Not a bad bargain, eh?) Or, if you’re less committed, my Ko-Fi link is below, and I’ll happily accept whatever you feel willing to send. If you’re as broke as I am but still want to show me some encouragement, liking or (oooooh) reblogging these story posts would help me find new readers. Or, hey, just a reply to let me know you’re enjoying the story. (Or if you have questions. You can also send me questions.) I know I post these every week, but I genuinely have no idea who’s reading…
Summary (serial): Kuthumae’s a highly trained mercenary captain who’s pulled off the impossible (and the extremely improbable) many times. It’s had its costs; on the last mission, while he pulled off the impossible job and got his team home alive, he got stuck between dimensions, in a plane outside the normal flow of time. There he met a girl - because if one person can be stuck there, why not two? Rina is the sheltered-yet-traumatized daughter of a noble family on an entirely different world from Kuth; a world of goddesses and wishes, imprisoned in that dimension so that she may never realize the full extent of her powers. Not that she’s likely to; she volunteered to be put there. When the two meet, they each prove the key to the other’s freedom - and we’d say they hold the keys to each other’s hearts, but frankly when it comes to People, we’re talking about a pair of dumbasses here.
Summary (this arc): Kuthumae and Rina are welcome to live in the strange, multidimensional, post-apocalyptic city of Andeliin. But is that really a good idea? They know only the bare bones of its history and circumstances, but they do know it was until quite recently the capital of a very unpleasant empire. Who knows who might come calling, seeking to tear down what’s left - and anyone left alive inside?
There’s a romance here, but it’s a slow burn one. Let’s put it this way. 104 chapters in, we FINALLY got the Three Words. And it’s STILL Complicated.
Rating: Mature (violence, language)
Warnings: Discussion of rape, depression, PTSD, generally questionable situations. (Not all the time by any means, but they’ll be there.) What can I say, I like quandaries.
The 2019 Master Linkpost is here. The 2020 Master Linkpost is here. The 2021 Master Linkpost is here. The 2022 Master Linkpost is here.
New reader? Don’t love in medias res? Begin here! (Or head to the grand masterpost and pick a likely arc!)
This week:
One gets up, and another is knocked down. Kuth learns something helpful (and I feel it’s important to note that Specialists are typically touch-starved), and then learns something dangerous.
Want to support my writing?
You can join my Patreon for as little as one dollar a month, which gives you access to story chapters four weeks ahead of everyone else! (Not a bad bargain, eh?) Or, if you’re less committed, my Ko-Fi link is below, and I’ll happily accept whatever you feel willing to send. If you’re as broke as I am but still want to show me some encouragement, liking or (oooooh) reblogging these story posts would help me find new readers. Or, hey, just a reply to let me know you’re enjoying the story. (Or if you have questions. You can also send me questions.) I know I post these every week, but I genuinely have no idea who’s reading…
Summary (serial): Kuthumae’s a highly trained mercenary captain who’s pulled off the impossible (and the extremely improbable) many times. It’s had its costs; on the last mission, while he pulled off the impossible job and got his team home alive, he got stuck between dimensions, in a plane outside the normal flow of time. There he met a girl - because if one person can be stuck there, why not two? Rina is the sheltered-yet-traumatized daughter of a noble family on an entirely different world from Kuth; a world of goddesses and wishes, imprisoned in that dimension so that she may never realize the full extent of her powers. Not that she’s likely to; she volunteered to be put there. When the two meet, they each prove the key to the other’s freedom - and we’d say they hold the keys to each other’s hearts, but frankly when it comes to People, we’re talking about a pair of dumbasses here.
Summary (this arc): In an unprecedented bargain, the worlds of Arsu and Andeliin have exchanged the services of dozens if not hundreds of Specialists for ownership of the Tyrant of Andeliin’s former flagship - a ship that can cross the layers of reality. Or at least it could, before the Tyrant was turned into a lake of glass and Sif blew a very large hole straight through its alien engines. But no big, right? They just have to figure out how it crosses the layers, how its engines work, and fix all the damage somehow. Right? Oh, and then figure out how to steer it. And - wait. Which way would ‘home’ be, if you have to walk it instead of jump?
Rating: Mature (violence, language)
Warnings: Discussion of rape, depression, PTSD, generally questionable situations. (Not all the time by any means, but they’ll be there.) What can I say, I like quandaries.
The 2019 Master Linkpost is here. The 2020 Master Linkpost is here. The 2021 Master Linkpost is here. The 2022 Master Linkpost is here.
New reader? Don’t love in medias res? Begin here! (Or head to the grand masterpost and pick a likely arc!)
This week:
Rina spends a day with Queen Rhynn, learning a little bit more about Andeliin in the process.
Want to support my writing?
You can join my Patreon for as little as one dollar a month, which gives you access to story chapters four weeks ahead of everyone else! (Not a bad bargain, eh?) Or, if you’re less committed, my Ko-Fi link is below, and I’ll happily accept whatever you feel willing to send. If you’re as broke as I am but still want to show me some encouragement, liking or (oooooh) reblogging these story posts would help me find new readers. Or, hey, just a reply to let me know you’re enjoying the story. (Or if you have questions. You can also send me questions.) I know I post these every week, but I genuinely have no idea who’s reading…
Summary (serial): Kuthumae’s a highly trained mercenary captain who’s pulled off the impossible (and the extremely improbable) many times. It’s had its costs; on the last mission, while he pulled off the impossible job and got his team home alive, he got stuck between dimensions, in a plane outside the normal flow of time. There he met a girl - because if one person can be stuck there, why not two? Rina is the sheltered-yet-traumatized daughter of a noble family on an entirely different world from Kuth; a world of goddesses and wishes, imprisoned in that dimension so that she may never realize the full extent of her powers. Not that she’s likely to; she volunteered to be put there. When the two meet, they each prove the key to the other’s freedom - and we’d say they hold the keys to each other’s hearts, but frankly when it comes to People, we’re talking about a pair of dumbasses here.
Summary (this arc): In an unprecedented bargain, the worlds of Arsu and Andeliin have exchanged the services of dozens if not hundreds of Specialists for ownership of the Tyrant of Andeliin’s former flagship - a ship that can cross the layers of reality. Or at least it could, before the Tyrant was turned into a lake of glass and Sif blew a very large hole straight through its alien engines. But no big, right? They just have to figure out how it crosses the layers, how its engines work, and fix all the damage somehow. Right? Oh, and then figure out how to steer it. And - wait. Which way would ‘home’ be, if you have to walk it instead of jump?
Rating: Mature (violence, language)
Warnings: Discussion of rape, depression, PTSD, generally questionable situations. (Not all the time by any means, but they’ll be there.) What can I say, I like quandaries.
The 2019 Master Linkpost is here. The 2020 Master Linkpost is here. The 2021 Master Linkpost is here. The 2022 Master Linkpost is here.
New reader? Don’t love in medias res? Begin here! (Or head to the grand masterpost and pick a likely arc!)
This week:
Gudrun gets a reminder - as if he needed one - that Kuth can be unpleasantly ruthless. There’s a problem with the newly acquired ship, and Gudrun becomes the living problem-detector to bring it to light…whether he wants to or not.
Want to support my writing?
You can join my Patreon for as little as one dollar a month, which gives you access to story chapters four weeks ahead of everyone else! (Not a bad bargain, eh?) Or, if you’re less committed, my Ko-Fi link is below, and I’ll happily accept whatever you feel willing to send. If you’re as broke as I am but still want to show me some encouragement, liking or (oooooh) reblogging these story posts would help me find new readers. Or, hey, just a reply to let me know you’re enjoying the story. (Or if you have questions. You can also send me questions.) I know I post these every week, but I genuinely have no idea who’s reading…
- perfect for fans of The Hating Game and Mariana Zapata
- fake dating
- enemies to lovers
- grumpyxsunshine
- guy fell first
2. The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
- hate-to-love relationship
- the sick scene is *double thumbs up
- grumpyxsunshine
- shared one office
3. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- grumpyxsunshine
- fake dating
- Age gap
- women in science
- the friendships you wish you have
4. People We Meet On Vacation
- friends to lovers
- Harry Meets Sally x Love Rosie Vibe
- have one of the best heroine speech
- a feel good - tearjerker story (at least for me)
5. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
- the autism rep is good
- cool inclusion of Vietnamese culture
- fake dating
- perfect blend of sweet and steamy
- trigger warnings: anxiety attacks, abandonment, a fatphobic comment or insult, and someone telling someone else about a person’s diagnosis
6. The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
- cute smutty romance
- with high functioning autistic and geeky hero who’s struggles and passion for his few interest is genuine
- with uneducated Vietnamese immigrant heroine who’s hard not to love
- shatters ignorant stereotypes as you witness internal battle, growth and love
7. The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- two individuals from different worlds that cross paths towards the way of healing and learning more about each other for the betterment of their individual selves
- beautiful emotional book
- elicited an emotional reaction a few times which meant something right?
8. . Kulti by Mariana Zapata
- age gap
- slow burn
- grumpy hero
- awesome heroine
9. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
- slow burn
- fake dating (more like a fake marriage but it’s legal)
- have interesting side characters
- fun banter and bickering
10. From Lukov With Love by Mariana Zapata
- hero and heroine seemed to hate each other on the surface
- slow burn
- the main characters are figure skaters
- great character development
11. All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
- slow burn
- age gap
- grumpy landlord x sunshine tenant
- great storytelling
- fun and heartwarming
12. Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
- book 2 of The Simple Wild
- bearded bush pilot
- tackles couples journey in overcoming their domestic problems
- with great and interesting side characters
13. It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
- bearded fisherman from Washington x fashionable influencer from L.A.
- the romance was to die for
- did not expect to be steamy because of that cute cover
