Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Nart is an avid romance reader who dabbles in other stuff when she has the spoons. When she’s not reading she’s a bureaucrat both professionally and as an activist because she’s a masochist. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Nart's Quick Questions interview.)

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“Sometimes the first family you get isn’t the right one.”

The Kingpin of Camelot by Cassandra Gannon

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Yes, I’ve been hoovering this series. Do you like Arthurian legends? Do you want to figure out how a romance novelist wrote a book with Midas, the guy who can’t touch anyone, as a romantic lead? Of course you do. Plot: Guinevere Pendragon is deeply fucked. Her husband, Arthur, is dead, and a Scarecrow made out of vicious birds is trying to steal her kingdom and doing it pretty easily. Good thing she knows where to run – the only person in Camelot with enough […]

“‘Then, Avenant foreclosed on my shoe.’ – Testimony of Old Woman who (Formerly) Lived in a Shoe.”

A Beast in Shining Armor by Cassandra Gannon

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The second in Gannon’s A Kinda Fairy Tale series. Folks who enjoy the archetypes (particular the more brooding, controlling heroes common in them) will definitely like this book better than the first in the series. Plot: Prince Avenant was  born Bad to Good parents who hated him. One of the biggest differences between people born Good and Bad is that Bad people recognise their True Love on sight, while Good people don’t (because otherwise the Baddies would probably accidentally kill them otherwise – oops!). Avenant […]

“Don’t worry. We’re about to cause some trouble.”

Wicked Ugly Bad by Cassandra Gannon

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Fluffy paranormal urban fantasy? If you like the ideas in paranormal urban fantasy stories but are frustrated by the iffy (if existing) consent and soap-level angst that stalls out the action for chapters at a time, this book is a gift to you. You’re welcome. If you LOVE paranormal urban fantasy, the second book in the series will work better for you. Plot: In a kingdom far far away, Cinderella is about to marry her prince while her evil ugly stepsisters rot in an asylum […]

Young Adult Fantasy now explicitly (eyebrow wiggle) for adults

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout

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If you loved Twilight but wished it had sex scenes, this book is for you. If you like clear consent, Tolkien-sized world-building, and an original story, move on. Plot: In a world where a mist full of bloodthirsty Craven roam the wastelands, people live behind huge walls. Their leaders are the Ascended, immortal(ish) creatures who look like people and don’t go out in the daytime (ahem). All second children also Ascend when they become of age. Penellaphe is The Maiden. This means… Well it’s hard to […]

Spy novel with sex in a hot air balloon. So there’s that.

Spy Fall by Diana Quincy

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Do you like spy stories? Do you really like Joanna Bourne novels and wish she didn’t kneecap her heroines 5 minutes into the book? Do you like the study of aeronautics? Do you enjoy a reformed rake? This story might be for you. Plot: Mari is a renaissance woman. She’s a part time spy and a part time parachutist, mostly doing both at the same time. Her latest job is to get inside the house of a celebrated British statesman and figure out if he’s […]

There are no shortcuts in agitating for change

No Shortcuts by Jane McAlevey

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I don’t think it’s an understatement to say that in the last century, some of the most significant accomplishments made towards equality have been achieved through the labour movement. By the time I started working, unions were already mostly bloated bureaucratic structures more concerned with pay increases and job security (even for unbelievably incompetent workers) than any meaningful improvement in the quality of people’s work experience. And with that change came the rollback of a lot of those victories. No Shortcuts explores what happened and […]



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