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Wake of Vultures
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
A rich, dark fantasy of destiny, death, and the supernatural world hiding beneath the surface. Nettie Lonesome lives in a land of hard people and hard ground dusted with sand. She's a half-breed who dresses like a boy, raised by folks who don't call her a slave but use her like one. She knows of nothing else. That is, until the day a stranger attacks her. When nothing, not even a sickle to the eye can stop him, Nettie stabs him through the heart with a chunk of wood, and he turns into black sand. And just like that, Nettie can see. But her newfound ability is a blessing and a curse. Even if she doesn't understand what's under her own skin, she can sense what everyone else is hiding -- at least physically. The world is full of evil, and now she knows the source of all the sand in the desert. Haunted by the spirits, Nettie has no choice but to set out on a quest that might lead to her true kin... if the monsters along the way don't kill her first.
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AaronZipp
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Wake of Vultures was an annoying read, written in western dialect that was hard to push through all of the little drama the main character went through that was hard to sympathize with.

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Sharanya
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Mehso-so

A Black Native bisexual gender-fluid horse-wrangling demon hunter in a fantastical Wild West? Damn, that‘s a lot to chew on...& I honestly don‘t know if the author managed to pull it off. The characters & setting were AWESOME. But the plot moved slowly, & the narrative style got tiring. Also, it felt like the MC questioning their gender identity was rooted in internalized misogyny. Well crafted, but there‘s still a lot that left me wanting. ★★★☆☆.

Sharanya **TW for sexual assault** 3y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Saw this last night—all four books in Delilah Dawson‘s (writing as Lila Bowen) Shadow series are on sale for $1.99 across platforms (I found them on both Kindle and Apple Books)! At that price how could I say no? I just checked and they‘re still on sale so if you need a little more reading, you might want to take a look!

ReadingVampire These are so freaking good!!!! I‘m glad someone else is into these!!!! 4y
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SassenachTheBookWizard
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Wow okay I'm really happy I gave this a reread when I felt more into a western. I liked all the cast and it really does circle around a lot of topics like gender roles, sexual orientation and race from a personal perspective as well as societal.

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SassenachTheBookWizard
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Finally giving this a reread. I was super uninterested the first time around but now feeling more like a western-y book

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JacintaMCarter
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#2020Book35
If you want a fantasy/cowboy novel that includes diversity and LGBTQ+ representation that fits naturally into the plot, then I highly recommend checking out this book. The climax seemed to resolve a bit too easily, but that's likely because this is the first of a series, so I assume the villains will just get tougher in the following books.

BookmarkTavern I am loving that cover! 😍 4y
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SkeletonKey
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Made it home safe. Settling in to read this one now. When I checked it out I had no idea that it was a western about vampires but it‘s pretty good.

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uwak
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I don't have much interest in westerns to begin with but this was darned fun. it's more of a fantasy/supernatural-flavored western with a gender-nonconforming + mixed race protagonist which upped much of my enjoyment. will definitely be reading more of this series going forward.

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Ubookquitous
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A complex, relatable, and remarkable heroine that brings a great voice to a story dances through history, culture, and mythology all while being unique. The characters are great, the story fast-paced, and the writing is vivid.

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uwak
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a big ol #bookhaul from #halfpricebooks 😅 honestly I'm most excited to finally read Schwab since her books are in perpetual holds hell at my local and digital libraries.

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jpmcwisemorgan
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
Mehso-so

Hmmm....I‘m mixed on this one. Interesting alternate universe of the early American western frontier, complete with Rangers. Bowen (who is actually Delilah S. Dawson) plays fast and loose with facts and I think this could have worked better if it were actually an own voices book. It ended on a cliffhanger so I‘m going to need to read the next book but I‘m not in a hurry to do it.

jpmcwisemorgan I really wanted to like this book more but I read Rebecca Roanhorses‘s Trail of Lightning first and now any book with Native Americans and fantasy and monsters and/or gods will have to live up to it. 5y
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jpmcwisemorgan
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen

Reading this now. I‘m not sure where I saw it recommended but it apparently has monsters.

Soscha Great title! 5y
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Squidapus
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Well yeeehaw! This was a rip roaring good time! Squidapus feels Westerns are a hugely underrepresented setting in fantasy. Bowen sometimes skirts there line of making her language a bit too stereotypical "ah got a snake in my boot" but uses it well enough to great narrative effect. Nettie is a fantastic character and might be the only nonbinary/possibly trans-male protagonist I've read in any fiction; her journey inward and outward is enthralling

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Alan Dean Foster is hit-or-miss with me but I really enjoyed his Western fantasy 5y
Squidapus @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Squidapus quite liked World of Tiers 5y
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Squidapus
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Squidapus heard a lot about this one, if the really awful cover subsumed in slathery praise is anything to go by. Minimalism people, it's like a frickin game of the year edition. Squidapus might put up a review for Good Faeries of New York but holy heck get did not like it. Finally have time to read again so let's see how this goes!

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QueenJen
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I picked this up because I read a review somewhere that called this a "Weird Western." There are cowboys, bronc bustin, Rangers, and monsters! Lots of monsters! I absolutley LOVED this book!! It is my current favorite!
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5⭐

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SassenachTheBookWizard
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Mehso-so

Hmmmm not what I was expecting but not terrible. It was much more of a western than I was anticipating which...I ain't a big fan of westerns buy I loved the diversity in this

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SassenachTheBookWizard
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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I did all my adulty stuff (work and voted in the Alberta election) so now it's time to unplug and pick this baby up

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Schlinkles
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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This month‘s Sci-fi & Fantasy Book Club pick. #eshaverbookseller

JanJan I have this on my TBR pile! How is it? 6y
Schlinkles @JanJan I‘m only 5 chapters in, but I like the main character a lot. From everything I‘ve seen about it, it‘s slow to get going but people really like it once it does. I‘ll let you know when I‘m further in. 6y
readordierachel Just finished this one! Loved the characters. 6y
Schlinkles @JanJan I ended up liking it. The characters are great! I‘m not a huge fan of westerns in general, so that aspect of it wasn‘t my thing, but liked it in spite of that. 6y
JanJan Thanks for letting me know! Hopefully, I will get to it soon... 6y
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ReadingVampire
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What a great book! This is a wonderful fantasy, fast paced and well written! Love the wonderfully diverse characters! I love all the monsters as well as the western setting! Highly recommend! 🤩🤩🤩

InBooksILive Stacked! This sounds right up my alley! 6y
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Robothugs
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I have so much love for this book! The inclusivity with sexuality was heavily emphasized, but it needed to be for how naive Nettie was. A bit anticlimactic at the end for me - I was expecting more from it. I‘m interested in where Nettie‘s story takes her and so I‘ll be picking up the next book.

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Robothugs
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Wasn‘t too sure about this one in the beginning, but it‘s turning out to be pretty good! #CurrentlyReading

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iread2much
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This was a good book, the mysteries are well done, the violence is realistic but not in the creepy torture porn levels, and the characters are interesting. I would say that the obsession over gender identity was a bit over done, but the author did a good job explaining the main characters naivety regarding sexuality. 3.5/5 stars. A mixed girl must discover her true self among monsters and save innocents along the way w/o dying or worse.

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readordierachel
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1. In my kiddo's room, waiting to make sure she's sound asleep before tiptoeing out
2. Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen and Feel Free by Zadie Smith (ostensibly I'm also reading Circe, but I'm having trouble focusing and I want to be able to give it the attention it deserves)
3. It's so hard to choose sometimes. I tend to start a bunch of them until one really speaks to me.

Thanks for the tag @Trashcanman 😊
#tuesdaytidbits @SilversReviews

SilversReviews Thanks for playing. Good way of choosing. 😊 6y
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kristina_with_a_k
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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Rainy day reading...and coffee 📖☕️ #booksandbeans

Robothugs I know this is a filter but. You got me. 🤣 6y
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rekahlee
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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A little writing and a little book time on this cold, wet day before I head to work. I‘m about 100 pages into my current read and I can see the plot starting to come together 🤗

#MarchInBooks #currentread @maich

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RestingBodiceFace
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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This teenage western paranormal/horror story is unlike anything else I have ever read. I had the next 2 books ordered before I was finished, and it only got better! Recommended. #YA

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bookwrm526
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Apologies for the flood of posts but I‘m catching up on photo challenges! This series is the first thing that pops into my head when I think cowboys, and it‘s funny and dark at the same time, which is a winning combination for me. 🤠 #emojinov @RealLifeReading

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elkeOriginal
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A sassy half-Indian, half-black girl who identifies as a boy has her eyes opened to a mysterious Wild West full of mythical creatures + monsters preying on unsuspecting humans. Nettie finds her calling fighting these evils alongside Rangers & skinwalkers. Lots of action/adventure + great characters & surprising creatures. I love that this is my second book recently with the message that you don't have to be what others tell you to be. PICK!

RanaElizabeth I loved this book! 7y
elkeOriginal I also forgot to say this book is me completing the #sirensreadingchallenge! 7y
IndyHannaJones I love these books 7y
Kalalalatja Stacked! 7y
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elkeOriginal
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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So I enjoy a good map at the start of a book, but I assumed some of the items on this one (dwarfs, roc aerie, cockatrice infestation) were an amusing case of 'here be dragons' - but after surviving the chupacabra territory and tackling a Siren, I can only assume the rest (satyrs, wyverns, sasquatch!) are all real and will be appearing at some point!
🐉🦄🦅✨
#bookswithmaps #mapsinbooks #sirensreadingchallenge

brilliantglow Sand wyrms *shudders* 7y
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elkeOriginal
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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You know how some books take a little while to get going? This is not one of those! By the end of paragraph 2, I am fully invested in this strange wild west with dark scary magical monsters and my undervalued main character with her sassy narrative voice. Consider me IN this...
#sirensreadingchallenge

swishandflick I've had this on my e-reader for so long but haven't gotten to it yet! I'm gonna have to bump it up the queue 😄 7y
elkeOriginal @swishandflick I will let y'all know how it ends up! I have high hopes now for sure 🤠 7y
DragonSadhana I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and can't wait to get to the next one! 7y
Jess_Read_This Stacking! It's so rare to find a book that grabs you second paragraph in! 7y
Moray_Reads That is a great cover 7y
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DragonSadhana
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Nettie Lonesome is a half-black, half-Indian girl navigating her way through a world of white men and monsters - who are sometimes one and the same. Bucking the gender binary, Nettie thinks of herself as a boy, and finds that being human can mean a number of different things, including being more than the sum of your parts. I can't wait to read the sequel!

#sirensreadingchallenge #lgbtq #genderbinarybusted

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DragonSadhana
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It's a #roadtripread! Heading up to Maine to witness my brother's marriage.

#sirensreadingchallenge

398.2 Sounds good! Are you liking it? 7y
DragonSadhana @398.2 Actually, I'm loving it! Glad the third book in the series will be published this fall! 7y
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bookwrm526
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen
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This is my favorite recent series that #smellsliketeenspirit. The characters are great and the adventures are highly entertaining, and I can't wait to read the next one! #JuneTunz

Cinfhen Sounds really good! I need to check the page count #PageCountPhobia if it's over 450 pages I start to get anxious 😩 7y
Cinfhen Oh good, only 352....stacked! 7y
bookwrm526 @Cinfhen Whew! So glad it wasn't too many! If you like audio books, I think the narrator of these nails it 7y
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LiteraryLona
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Fantastic!!! Pick it up & you won't put it down! Western, female heroine & supernatural beasties!!!

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WinFinBug
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"Ain't polite to bite your friends, Chuck" -from Wake of Vultures.This stack is only a small portion of my to be read list

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Claireluana
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This was a unique fantasy western filled with monsters and myths. Started a little slow but quickly picked up! Nettie was a tough but deep-feeling MC trying to understand herself and the world around her. I recommend this one!

elkeOriginal I have been dancing around this one for my TBR - good to know it may be worth jumping in! 8y
bookwrm526 I've got the second one queued up next on Audible! 8y
Claireluana @elkeo definitely worth it! 8y
Claireluana @bookwrm526 oh great! I like how it wasn't a cliffhanger but I could definitely see more to the story! 8y
elkeOriginal Also good to know it's not an annoying cliffhanger! 8y
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BethFishReads
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Thanks to @bartsbooks I bought this -- it combines two of my favorites: the old west and fantasy. This is the first of a new series and I think book two CONSPIRACY OF RAVENS is already out.

bartsbooks Ravens is out. Got my copy this week! Hope you enjoy. 8y
BethFishReads @bartsbooks oh good I'll go looking for it 8y
annkuch13 This series is so amazing! And she's editing book 3 right now! 8y
BethFishReads @annkuch13 yay. Must get to this soon 8y
melrailey I loved this first book! Still need to read book two! 8y
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josie281
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For #booklove17 #sharethelove is modeled here by my oldest. Other middle school kids are playing around and wandering before the meet, mine is reading.

Texreader That's terrific!! 8y
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bartsbooks
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Western inspired things usually are not my go to genre. And it took me a little while to settle in to this mix of western and fantasy properly. But when I did. I loved it. Nettie Lonesome is a fantastic character! Can't wait till Wordery deliver my order of book 2!

BethFishReads New to me. I'll have to keep this on my radar 8y
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bartsbooks
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About a quarter in, and really enjoying it so far.

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bookwrm526
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Fun!! I really enjoyed this book, described as Lonesome Dove meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm counting it for the @bookriot #ReadHarder challenge for a book in which a person of color goes on a spiritual journey - Nettie is on a LOT of journeys in this book to figure out WHAT she is (human? monster? something between?) and WHO she is (boy? girl? someone who doesn't fit the binary?) and where she came from. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterB

Bookzombie I'm totally grabbed by "described as Lonesome Dove meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Stacked! 8y
MrBook 😻😻😻😻 8y
bookwrm526 @MrBook he was moving from sunny spot to sunny spot while I read 8y
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bookwrm526 @Bookzombie to be fair, I haven't read Lonesome Dove so that part of the comparison might just be because it's a western? I don't want to give you false expectations lol (edited) 8y
DGRachel I think you may have just filled in another spot on my challenge! 😁👏🏻 8y
Bookzombie @bookwrm526 I really like westerns so even if that's the only reason it should be good. 🙂 8y
RanaElizabeth I loved this book! I've been staring at the sequel for awhile now and knowing that this does fit a Read Harder challenge is good incentive. 8y
melrailey Loved this book! I need to break down and buy the next one. 8y
BethFishReads Second litten in a row to recommend this. Okay, okay!!!! I'll try it 8y
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bookwrm526
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#Cupidgoespostal You guys are freaking me out because I haven't put my package in the mail yet, because I decided to make something and it's taking me longer than it should be. So, I'm listening to my audiobook while frantically trying to finish so I can get it in the mail tomorrow!

Kalalalatja That's an awesome idea though! I wish I were good at crafts, so I could make something for my recipient 😊👍 8y
drokka I reckon some of us are sending early because of the distance, and possibly taking advantage of lower rates for slower delivery. I wouldn't worry too much. 8y
Bookzombie I think you still have plenty of time. Your recipient is going to love your handcrafted item, I'm sure. 🙂 (edited) 8y
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Daisydo You have lots of time! Being crafty takes lots of time. 8y
Alfoster Yes, thought is more important than speed!😀 8y
bookwrm526 Thanks guys @Alfoster @Daisydo @Bookzombie @drokka @Kalalalatja that makes me feel better! And I hope they like it :) 8y
DeborahSmall I've still to wrap, but won't get to the post office until Monday, plenty of time !! 💞 8y
LeahBergen Yep, you have lots of time (especially if it's not international). 8y
Jinjer Mine won't go out til Monday so no worries! 8y
Betty @DeborahSmall reminder: Monday is a postal holiday 8y
DeborahSmall @Betty not in Ireland, so it's good to be on its way x 8y
Betty @DeborahSmall ah, Ireland! Love that country. When we visited I was struck by how much it looked like home. A few years later I went to a lecture by an author (Sharyn McCrumb) who talked about the Continental Drift. That explained the similarities (edited) 8y
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josie281
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#kindledeal This series is a western, paranormal, idunnobutiloveit kind of thing. And Delilah Dawson writes many different genres (comics, YA, paranormal sass, Star Wars!!) . I love that about her. #girlcrush https://t.co/EZpkT3OLYH

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IndyHannaJones
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Sooooooooo much fun. Such a badass, lovable heroine. Nettie Lonesome is my hero. I desperately want the next book (but I is poor)

BethFishReads Crap. Third person in 3 minutes to recommend. I just bought it 8y
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IndyHannaJones
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen

Nettie Lonesome is a gosh darn badass. This book is sooo good. Reading it is defiantly easing the pain of the 400$ I just had to spend on my car.

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IndyHannaJones
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Good lord this book is fun already. I'm 27 pages in and I'm completely hooked. A POC protagonist, a bizarre Wild West, and a wicked wit narration. I would love to just sit around a read this and drink coffee all day but alas I have to clean the bathrooms

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Daughter-of-words
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This book was not exactly what I was expecting it to be but I enjoyed the heck out of it. It had an old western vibe with tons of supernatural and mythical creatures. The main character Nettie Lonesome was really interesting too. I can't wait to get the the next book! 😁👍

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Daughter-of-words
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Nettie Lonesome dreams of a greater life than toiling as a slave in the sandy desert. This is all she knows, until she survives an attack by a stranger and is awakened to the sinister truth of the world around her (from the back cover) I'm only 22 pages in but it's pretty interesting so far😁

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anamuk
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"Moran.Had a danged fine moustache"

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quietdissident
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I think my reading drought might finally be broken with Lila Bowen's Wake of Vultures. Creepy weird west horror with shapeshifters, monsters, and a delicious dash of gender identity confusion, my own personal catnip. This is the west as we don't usually see it depicted--not just the monsters--but in whose stories are being told. Absolutely loved it!