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#WyrdAndWonder day 21: beyond the binary

Good/evil. Black/white. Male/female. Fantasy/scifi. Why limit ourselves to binaries?

I‘ve picked Pantomime by Laura Lam - a YA fantasy in which a young intersex person runs away and joins the circus, but they‘re plagued by visions of danger. I haven‘t read this yet, but I‘m very excited to dive in and meet Micah Grey!

#BookMail Pt7 In non-Star Wars mail,we have this pretty little book about circuses,love,magic & being different in a world that prizes sameness. Gene is born with magic inside her & another secret, she‘s both boy & girl. Fleeing her home after a betrayal, she reinvents herself in the circus as Micah Grey, aerialist extraordinaire. But she‘s beset by dark visions foretelling danger, will she heed them before it‘s too late? Had me at Circus & Magic.

Yaaay finally got to finish it. I have somewhat mixed feelings about the ending -- I didn't want things to turn out like that with Aenea, and I need to know a heckuva lot more about Drystan to judge what he does. Still, I was riveted.

I'm not even that far from finally getting to finish this, but work and assignments keep being due! 😒

An aristocratic runaway hermaphrodite takes up with a circus as ze discovers ze has magical powers

sussing out sexuality & gender through #fantasy religion

Today's #bookmail from the UK

I have to take a moment to recommend this book it is brilliant and I haven't even finished it yet 😯 pantomime follows the tale of Gene/Micah a sixteen year old born with both male and female genitals in a fantasy world, who struggles with her family's and societies expectations before running away to the circus - a place if magic and wonder, to escape the past and deal with feelings for both men and women.

I almost forgot to do #riotgram Challenge Day 3, #onewordtitle 😰 There are a lot to choose from, but I'm going with these, first released by Strange Chemistry, then repurchased by TOR. TOR re-released them recently, and the third book, MASQUERADE, will be out soon! It's on NetGalley now, for those of you who use it.

Sometimes I really struggle with themes because I don't keep books after reading them unless I really love them. This was one of those times, I couldn't find any #LGBT+ #UKYA books that I'd actually read. So instead, here's one I've been meaning to read for absolutely ages and that everyone I know raves about. It's now back in print too (the original imprint closed down) so let me know if you want to read along with me! #UKYANov #LGBTQIA #YA