teenage boys in young adult novels: greed bows to me. it is my servant and my lever. there was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken. it’s shame that eats men whole.
teenage boys in real life: i bet you can’t eat that entire pizza by yourself-
minor spoilers for six of crows, these violent delights, house of hades, the cruel prince and an ember in the ashes below!
listen i know we all love unhinged female villains but can we just appreciate unhinged boys for a second? like.
kaz brekker’s dark, wet hair against pale skin and glinting eyes when he tears out oomen’s eyeball because he can’t stand the thought that he might lose inej because she’s his wraith and yes, he protects his investments but he’s also afraid of being alone and won’t let the people he loves slip away from him, not again, because then he might actually turn into the monster everyone assumes him to be, and what would jordie think of him then?
roma montagov launching himself at dimitri in the fighting ring because he’s reached breaking point and his anger is overwhelming and all-consuming so he bares his teeth and lunges for his cousin to prevent himself from breaking down because if he can’t prove his strength to fucking dimitri of all people, how will he stay strong enough to resist juliette and make his father proud at the same time? and if he fails at that, won’t he lose everything?
percy jackson, perfectly composed, drowning akhlys in her own tears because if she’s inflicted so much sorrow on him, why shouldn’t she feel his pain for once? why shouldn’t she know what it’s like to feel afraid? why shouldn’t someone be afraid of him, for once, to give him the power to end their life in a flick of the wrist?
cardan greenbriar, eyes gleaming with hatred, pressing his quill into parchment to scribble jude jude jude over and over again, the ink bleeding through the page until it stains the desk beneath it, smiling dangerously as he holds a knife to the love of his life’s throat because it’s either kill her or kiss her and he’s not sure if he’ll survive either.
elias veturius killing his best friends in the third trial after seeing them dead in the first, anger tearing at his skin and blurring his vision because if he doesn’t kill them then he’ll be killed, and the only thing he’s been taught how to do is survive. it’s instinct. lifting his head slowly, hands shaking, surveying the massacre, blood stains spattered across his shirt, his stomach dropping because is this what i’ve become?
when something inside boys breaks and they go absolutely feral, it is absolutely terrifying. and i love it.
So, the director of my favorite LGBTQ film said that she’s going to read my novel O_O Holy shit…I did not think she was actually going to respond. Man, I really hope she likes it. It’s already such an honor that she’s saying that she’s going to check it out. If you want to check out my book too, it can be purchased here. Thanks!
updates always come first on our patreon or its discord server (which you can access FOREVER with only 1 simple payment of– haha ok this isn’t an informercial). you only need to pledge once for all access there! and why not check out this cool art before your pals… and then excitedly share it here after?
So, quick announcement the ebook version of my debut novel Dear Dragon ison sale from today (31st of March 2022) for about a week! The price is $0,99 in the US and £0,99 in the UK.
It’s the cheapest I’ve put it on sale so far because I want as many people to read it before the second book comes out hopefully in summer.
It’s a YA Fantasy featuring the introduction to a fantasy world I’ve been building since I was sixteen and characters that are, at this point, part of my family.
If you’ve ever wanted to support me this is honestly the best way! (Not the only one, every re-blog, like and comments makes my day mind you).
Also if you enjoy it you don’t need to wait for the second book, you can just message me and come be a beta reader!
I’m working on a couple of writing posts right now but I’ll admit during this week of promotions my attention will probably be more centered on TikTok as there is way more traffic, you can come check me out there or any other social if you’d like!
At the end of the week I’ll probably do an update on the financial side of self-publishing as I still believe it’s important to be transparent and it gives me a good reference and timeline to go on.
Anyway, I really hope you’re having a nice day, your writing is coming along great and your dreams are still at the forefront of everything you do.
