#witherward

1) eliot/ollivan. the og ‘wouldn’t it be funny’ rarepair. in an imaginary universe with witherward book 3 where they inevitably would’ve met (ollivan self-exiling to france and eliot daydreaming about visiting paris/mentioning how easy it is to dimension hop back to the witherward using portals in other countries is Not a coincidence) i would be so fucking insufferable about them. i am already insufferable about them. them having sex would make everyone’s lives worse including their own and i cannot help but root for it

2) ollivan/virgil/lev. far more problematic than ollivan/virgil (which will also appear on this list) for the sole reason of dragging lev into it. exists purely in my mind as a one off threesome that temporarily ruins ollivan’s friendship with them both and makes everything worse overall, much to lev’s disappointment. also virgil being the centre of a love triangle is just a really funny concept to me so

3) eliot/cassia. let’s just set aside the fact that cassia is a comphet lesbian for a moment. or maybe don’t! so many fun flavours for this one. hooking up all along while she’s with gedeon….right person wrong time….unrequited crush on eliot’s end that just leads to resentment….just walk with me for a moment. eliot/cassia is like the stem cell of witherward ships it can be anything you want it to be 💜

4) hester/alana. PROBLEMATIC AGE GAP YURI now cheer. ok yeah i guess alana could’ve had ollivan and cassia young and maybe the gap isn’t that big but still. i think they have messy hate sex and also i think hester is a stone top. came to me in a dream. technically they were in a room together that one time at fisk’s ball so it’s possible!!!

5) ollivan/virgil. really important to me that everyone knows this was canon TO ME given ollivan’s weird fucking resentment over virgil “abandoning” him to get a boyfriend but we’ll work with the letter of the law here. in my head this is a deliberate foil to the canon onesided jasper/ollivan with ollivan being in unrequited love with boybestie virgil. and also i think they fooled around a bit before virgil started seeing lev but neither of them deeped it that much. honestly this ship is like the foundation that enabled all my other non-canon insanity so we have a lot to thank it for

6) eliot/fowler. hatesex + the inherent eroticism of fucking your father’s murderer. makes so much sense it’s almost boring. next

7) ilsa/cassia. a bit weird since ilsa is famously the sister of cassia’s ex but that’s kind of a recurrent problem with the femslash ships in this series so i just ignore it. cassia canonically has a huge friendcrush on ilsa it isn’t hard to take it from there. see eliot/fowler on ‘makes so much sense it’s almost boring.’ next!

8) sybella/lev/virgil. another ship that exists because i think it’d be funny to psychologically torture ollivan (lev and virgil finally open their relationship but to his EX and not him). but also there’s a vision here…ollivan did promise society secretary to lev and virgil and presumably they got the position when sybella got promoted to president after ollivan left. and they do search camden together as a group of 3 in wayward. i think virgil is honestly just lev-sexual but if he’s tolerating any third it’s sybella tbh they have complementary personalities. and also it’s funny

9) sybella/cassia: another ‘let’s give ollivan psychic damage’ ship, this time with his ex gf and his baby sister. but also there’s roots here…sybella and cassia genuinely do have a lot in common and sybella advocates for cassia a lot in wayward. and also i think cassia needs someone firm to shock her into her gay awakening. did i mention it’d kill ollivan

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1. 4321 by Paul Auster

Paul Auster blew my mind with this extraordinary masterpiece. The character Ferguson and Paul Austers style of writing instantly captives the reader.  The reader accompanies  Ferguson in four varied and complex variations of him and his life. Each variation takes different turns and shows how a life can change with the smallest decisions and actions. This is one of the best books I have ever read!

2. The Beekeper of Aleppo by  Christy Lefteri

This book touched me deeply and has a special place in my heart. I couldn’t stop thinking about this remarkable story. The beekeeper of Aleppo portrays heartbreakingly and very realistic what Syrian refugees go through on their escape from war and their search for a new life. This is a must read. 

3. Witherward by Hannah Mathewson 

This is a great book for all the fantasy lovers out there and exactly the kind of fantasy book I was looking for. I loved Witherward with its rich, mystic and complex storytelling. The world, magic and characters convince with a lot of complexity and depths. This book never gets boring and there are many thrilling and dark aspects about the world and its characters to discover. Big recommendation.

4. Couchsurfing in Saudi-Arabien by Stephan Orth

Wie immer hat mich Stephan Orths Reiseabenteuer in den Bann gezogen.Mit Couchsurfing in Saudi-Arabien nimmt der Autor den Leser mit auf seine bisher wohl ungewöhnlichste Reise. Mit Saudi-Arabien reist Stephan Orth durch ein Land, dass so unbekannt und rätselhaft erscheint, wie kein anderes. Damit bringt er das Land, die Kultur und die Menschen dem Rest der Welt etwas näher. Wer bisher noch kein Couchsurfing-Buch gelesen hat, sollte schnellstmöglich damit anfangen. (This book is only available in German right now)

5. Vicious by V.E. Schwab 

New Review: Witherward by Hannah Mathewson #fantasy #review @TitanBooks

Welcome to the Witherward, and to a London that is not quite like our own. Here, it’s summertime in February, the Underground is a cavern of wonders and magic fills the streets. But this London is a city divided, split between six rival magical factions, each with their own extraordinary talents – and the alpha of the Changelings, Gedeon Ravenswood, has gone rogue, threatening the fragile accords…