#ft lukens

So here comes a fanart of Matt and Arek from “So this is Ever After” by F.T Lukens that I’ve read some weeks ago! I hope you’ll like it! 🙈

By the way, I’ve reworked a background that is originally from the movie “The Swan Princess”! 🦢

Summer is here and I know many like to read more lighthearted books during that time, so here are some queer romances I've really enjoyed and that I think are perfect for the summer.

Anything by F.T. Lukens. Most specifically, those I've read are So This Is Ever After, In Deeper Waters, and Otherworldly. If you're looking for cute queer romantasy novels to read this summer, look no further. F.T. Lukens' books are fun and lighthearted even when they deal with heavier topics, and they contain mlm, mlnb, and nb rep.

Running Close to the Wind by Alex Rowland. I've talked about this book before and I'll probably talk about it many more times because I adored it. It's hilarious and refreshing even though it handles some heavy topics, so if you like pirates, accidental treason, and dirty jokes, this book is perfect for you. In terms of representation, it has polyamory rep, various sexualities, and intersex (if I remember correctly) and non-binary rep.

Gwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher. This book is an adorable, fun romance set in a historical setting inspired by Arthurian times. It's perfect if you're looking for not one but two forbidden romances, banter and adventure, humour, and wlw and mlm rep.

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake. I remember I absolutely loved this book when I read it during the summer a couple of years ago, and my feelings after two years are still the same. This book is an adult romance novel (with one or two sex scenes) with vivid and complex characters, amazing sapphic rep, and a fantastic romance. Even better, it's a completed trilogy, and though I've yet to read the two other books, I'm sure they're great too.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. You've probably already heard of this one, and it is a book I've really enjoyed. Carry On is fun and captivating, and reads easily.

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick. A cute love story inspired directly from the real-life romance between the authors (who are married, if I'm not mistaken), and a great way to cheer yourself up.

Café con Lychee by Emery Lee. I read this book a couple years ago already, but it was super cute and it read so easily that I finished it in a day. If you're looking for a light-heared, coming-of-age mlm romance, then this is the book for you.

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. Last but not least, one of my favourite books from last year. Boyfriend Material is a hilarious mlm romance that somehow manages to be a light read even though it deals with some dark topics. The characters are amazing, their relationship and how it develops even more so, and this book was an immediate favourite for me. Some people have disliked the sequel, Husband Material, but I loved it just as much, and the third and final book is due to come out some time next year.

I'm very excited to finally share the alternative dust jacket designs I did for dazzlingbookishshop's FT Lukens set! I absolutely adore these books and they were such a pleasure to illustrate covers for. Check out their site for details if you're interested in grabbing the set!

i have just gotten to the part where arek, our protagonist, tells matt, his best friend, "you had plenty of chances at relationships, it's not my fault you didn't branch out!" and i could just HEAR mike's "it's not my fault you don't like girls!!!" superimposed over it 😭

and then we get this whole speech from matt about him wanting relationships but not being allowed to let anyone close, except arek, because arek didn't give him the chance to push him away (and arek goes "i wanted to be friends with the weird kid!"), and later not being able to trust arek with his biggest secret because he was afraid he'd go blabbing it to the first person to bat their eyes at him (which arek says was a fair assumption) BUT also and most importantly because he had one (1) friend, one person who even pretended to like him, and he could not risk that for anything. like. come on.

Quick, fun, little whodunnit story with a gay romantic subplot!

It's set in a queernorm world!

The main love interest is a werewolf who loses control of his shift when he gets flustered and it's so cute because his ears start getting longer and furry and he's real self conscious about it

Interesting worldbuilding for a world where the paranormal exists and they live out in the open! Humans know they exist and they're fully integrated into society!