#ask mi

kit!!!! thank you for these sorry it took soooo long

135. recommend any book you like!

oh how good. HOW wonderful for ME. legendborn (obv), also jasmine throne!!!!!!!! (tasha suri) (none of this is shocking but i will continue to repeat myself until everyone reads) 

but also non-fantasy the brown sisters trilogy (talia hibbert) is chef’s kiss

130. a book featuring flashbacks and/or intersecting storylines

OOO! seven days in june (tia williams) i think was a really good flashback-to-present story i think the way it was written really added a lot to the romance and dynamic + same with people we meet on vacation (emily henry)

also, intersecting storylines a very much a favourite in the fantasy genre i think for me & wheel of time does this so insanely well 

126. your favourite spring read

hm.. not really sure what classifies as a spring read i'm very much a read what i want when i want, but i think in the spirit no more winter sadness and just serotonin boost, last spring i read hani and ishu's guide to fake dating (adiba jaigirdar) and wow!!! was it cute!!!

125. your favourite autumn read

again, horrible with trying to figure out what this means but i read dowry of blood (s.t. gibson) in oct/nov last year and i think the vibes are very much that (vampires? that's all)

121. a book that makes you nostalgic

percy jackson. just. yeah. just all of them. the first five more than hoo but just in general

114. your favourite chick lit novel

why out of all of the questions did this one have me stumped. like genuinely sat there for god knows how long going what is a chick lit novel... i’ll have to ask someone who knows better than me bc these lists keep showing me a lot of romance novels so now idk where the line is because i wouldn’t consider like beach read a chick lit novel but random chick-lit lists do? bottom line is i need to read more things 

110. your favourite psychological thriller

i haven’t read any i loved THAT much (i’ve pretty much given all the ones i’ve read like a solid 3 stars) i think maybe this just isn’t my genre but i want to read more by gillian flynn? also a flicker in the dark was okay too 

50. a book that made you cry a LOT

WHAHHSSJ i have no idea what to do with it

can i take more specific request as to what i should write in it?? COMMENT YALL

Yes of course!! Marlowe is my darling and I adore talking about her.

They were first created for a curse of Strahd dnd that centred around amnesia and horror. In it Marlowe was incredibly paranoid, untrusting and often caused interpersonal conflicts due to it. He had a lot of trauma around being controlled and gaslit and was terrified of people using her. All the whole she was being very heavily manipulated by a figure called Dusk, a corrupted wizard who looked like a shadowy tiefling.

Marlowe eventually escaped Barovia thanks to Dusk who pulled him into the feywilds instead. She spent two years there, continuing to be manipulated by Dusk and doing his bidding (side note on Dusk: he was essentially trying to ascend into godhood and would use Marlowe as an accessory to murder to do so. Marlowe would curse people for Dusk and with each curse Marlowe would gain a new eye tattoo somewhere on their body.)

What Marlowe didn't know is that he actually had ties to an archfey, dubbed Patron, who after getting tired of Dusk, helped Marlowe to contain Dusk in a witch bottle. In trade for the help, Marlowe paid with his memories, once more being an amnesiac with only a memory of a past friend who he then spent his days looking for again: Euphoria.

Marlowe found Euphoria again in time (Context: they were party members in CoS and were pining for one another but had a lot of issues) and is living far more happily and healthily with him.

Marlowe is interesting to me because depending which "form" he's in, his personality varies. Original Marlowe pre any amnesia is very broken and corrupt, he wanted magic he wanted power and she would have done anything for it. 1st amnesia (aka Barovia) Marlowe is passive and argumentative and incredibly secretive, but they were also just scared and afraid because they had no understanding of what was truly happening or why. Then you have current Marlowe (2nd amnesia/post Dusk) who is so trusting she's naive. She doesn't have the memories of their trauma to actually cause all the anger and fear so instead her need for power and passion for arcana comes across in a pleasant curiosity.

In a very elevator pitch means, Marlowe's character is all about trust, internal acceptance, and an inherent need to be cared for, both by himself and by another.

There is so so much more I could say about Marlowe, so many things about her life and origin and story. I have AUs that explore other aspects of her personality more in-depth, like an AU where he never left Barovia and how the fear and distrust would have transformed, what kind of person he would have been if Dusk hadn't been stopped etc.

omg hello!! @thequibblah i think i have anon working howeva !! thank you love

3. a stand-alone that you wish was part of a series

genuinely, i can't think of a single one.. like a lot of the standalones i read are romance-y and they don't really need a sequel. however, if you ask me if there are any series i wish were simply left as standalones, well........

12. a book that mentions food in the title

smirk emoji. (one of) my favourite fantasy books... priory of the orange tree... (you (everyone) reading it when???) i need everyone to add this to their tbrs immediately right now

18. your least favorite book ever

suze jfc. the hating game is safe answer

51. a book that you found underwhelming

hm i think sharp objects maybe? like i think i was expecting it to be something more than it was and it just didn't reach those expectations. it wasn't even necessarily a bad book and i didn't not enjoy it

62. a book with a forgettable plot but amazing characters