If you decide to we can make one for you here and hand it over to you to mod/lead :) A gaming community would be a great addition.
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It absolutely counts :D Not all fantasy is just books :)
We are still pretty new, but we're trying :D
Murderbot is great! Nowhere near as dark as some books I've read, but yeah they do definitely have LGBT rep in them!
Any reason in particular you're not reading the last book?
I didn't hate the relationship, I found it interesting and it was kinda neat seeing it from Jasnah's side and her reasonings and such. I'm sad for her that it's not going to work out, but like... it was never going to work out. Hoid has too much going on to settle down in a realistic way with another person.
And yeah the memory confirmation was great. Hoid being terrified is GREAT tension in the scene and for the book.
I actually don't mind slice of life. Sometimes a slow paced opening is a breath of fresh air.
Yeah, getting that confirmation was really nice. It's terrifying me though to see
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how terrified Hoid is. Like, he's running scared and THAT scares me. It was also nice seeing Jasnah and how she genuinely wants a relationship with him, but it was bittersweet seeing her realize it's just not going to happen how she would want it to.
A long Way to a Small Angry Planet was cute. It was a good little book and I went into it knowing nothing really and was pleasantly surprised by the queer rep. It felt natural and realistic even if it did involve aliens. Enjoyed it.
We're reading Gideon the Ninth (first of Locked Tomb) in book club in October on the Discord server.
I have The Priory of the Orange Tree purchased in ebook format but I haven't read it yet. Had no idea it had queer rep, so now I am even more excited to get to it.
This is absolutely gorgeous. My new headcanon for her.
I've definitely heard First Law is both grimdark and good. I have it on my TBR.
if you're not opposed to REALLY dark, Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire trilogy (starts with Prince of Thorns) is very good. You kinda have to push through hating theMC for the first part of the first book but it's totally worth it.
Also the Poppy War trilogy by RF Kuang is excellent.
Also, I will never pass up the chance to recommend Malazan Book of the Fallen.
Oh Reaper was really nice, you have some great stuff coming up in the next books. I finished Cradle this summer and it was SO good. Very satisfying finish.
I'm still on my first go-through of Discworld. I've read City Watch, a few standalones and am on the Witches books now. Next up is Maskerade.