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  1. Public Bookmark 7

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    There were a lot of rumors about Tobias Blackthorn. Rumor had it he shot somebody. Some said it was his father. Some say Benjamin was already dead by then. Some say that was arsenic. Rumor had it he’d gone mad with grief when he lost first his wife, then his daughter. He forgot English, retreating into his wife’s Gaelic and then mute nothingness. Rumor had it he’d adopted one daughter to replace the other, then sometimes forgot and called her by the wrong name. Rumor had it trespassing on his property was a death sentence. Rumor had it he’d make a deal with Despoina herself to get his family back.

    Rumor had it.
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    Or, as the tags state, the one where I got inspired, genderbent the entire cast of TLH, save one character, then took the new setup to its logical conclusion: that is to say, downhill from there, mostly of its own accord. Fair warning: sexual activity of dubious consent, various forms of addiction, and other terrible coping mechanisms.

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    14 Nov 2021

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  2. Public Bookmark 27

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    The year is 1717. The British port city of Alicante is under siege—sea monsters, typically scarce and reclusive, have begun to appear in droves, terrorizing anyone who ventures out into the ocean. Desperate to bring the situation under control, the British Navy sends every young man they can find on dangerous hunting expeditions.

    Captain James Herondale and his crew of hooligans answer the call, but they have their own ideas about how the situation should be handled. Thomas Lightwood, their level-headed navigator, worries. He worries they will be caught between conflicts in the sea and on the shore; he worries about James's increasingly mysterious behavior; he worries, most of all, about the benevolent creatures he knows hide beneath the treacherous waves.

    Hoping to escape the dangers of the deep ocean and begin a new life with her children, Sona Carstairs relocates her family to Alicante. Quickly, she realizes her mistake—the once-safe waters are no longer, plagued by monsters and Navy ships willing to kill sea-dwellers indiscriminately. With nowhere else to go, Cordelia and Alastair must act quickly to find safety. But in these strange times, safety on any terrain may be hard to come by.

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    02 Nov 2021

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  3. Public Bookmark 11

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    Cordelia thought college would be simple: hanging out with Lucie, her best friend, cramming the night before exams. What she did not expect was all of this. Her roommate is hiding a wanted acused murderer in their apartment, Cordelia herself is in a fake relationship with the boy she's in love with, her brother won't talk to her, and Christopher Lighwood keeps blowing things up.

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    29 Oct 2021

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    Nine-year-old Katarina Claes has wealthy parents, devoted servants who cater to her every whim, and is engaged to be married to a prince. Surely, she is the luckiest little girl in the whole wide world! But then she meets the old wise woman known as Maggy the Frog, who gives her a terrifying prophecy…

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    21 Oct 2021

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  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    In all the storybooks Maria had read, romance between a prince and a commoner was to end in happy marriage and many children, possibly enduring peace for the realm for the rest of all time. However, Maria was no heroine; if she was, then her story was a tragedy.

    Yet even after the curtains close and the pages stop, in real life the days continue on and new choices must be made. In the wake of her bad ending, Maria is left to pick up the pieces. And finds that life will always find a way to surprise you.

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    14 Oct 2021