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I do love aftg, but I have to admit, I don't read a lot of new stuff, mostly reread the current obsession again and again... But!

• I do love 'The Song Of Achilles' by Madeline Miller! Made me cry but that's the good stuff

(You're going to cry, a bit slow, gay, very sweet)

• In the same fashion, the 'Captive Prince' trilogy by C. S. Pacat is very good, but I have to warn (TW!) , there is a lot of mentions and descriptions of all kind of abuse, including sexual, physical and mental, and I really hate the backstory they're setting up for babey Laurent... And it's... the third book is very heavy in the beginning (secondhand emotions), in the way that where the two first book took me a day to read through alltogether, the third has taken me a week and I'm only halfway through. Be warned (though I think it's a good read nonetheless ;o).

(Emotionally heavy, realistic world structure and use, slowburn, hella back and forth, TW graphic, very gay)

• 'Good omens' by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman is very nice! I think everyone knows of/has read/has seen it at this point though so it's probably not new

(Stopping the apocalypse, you probably already know, kinda gay)

• Then there's books I've only read in swedish which I remember really liking when I was little, 'Graceling', 'Fire' and 'Bitterblue' by Kristin Cashore, but books change a lot between languages so I can't vouch for the english versions...

(Fantasy, slowburn kinda, coming to terms with yourself, straight)

• Much in the same fashion, books I've reread for more than 15 times each are 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer (Genom dina ögon, translated by Carina Jansson) and 'The Neverending Story' by Michael Ende, both of which I love. I've tried them in the english format though (there was an extra chapter for The Host in one english edition oop👀) which I disliked a whole lot in comparison. They just don't do it in the same way sadly...

(The host: sci-fi, emotional, sisterly bond, coming to term with yourself, I fucking love this one, VERY straight)

(TNS: fantasy, for reader to loose themselves in, come to terms with yourself, maturing)

• Honurable mentions: PJO/HOO by Rick Riordan and Ingo/The Tide Knot/The Deep/The crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore

I hope you got something new (and if you've got any good ones to rec, please send in ;o)!