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The Last Sun
The Last Sun | K. Edwards
In this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family's death and the torments of his past?
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julesG
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@thegirlwiththelibrarybag I'd have finished by now if it wasn't for sentences like "That's how it usually goes for Brand and I."

Gaaaaah!!! Pulls me out of the story every time.

But I'm getting there.

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Can‘t say I noticed 😅 phonetic spelling is my bug bear (I don‘t like it in Winnie the Pooh and I‘m never getting over the knife of never letting go 🫣) 2mo
julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag ?? the difference between "you and I" and "you and me" was drummed into me at an early stage of learning English as a Second Language. I can forgive phonetic spelling, I'm uncertain about comma rules, never know exactly where to place an adverb wg 2mo
julesG ... when using a form of "to be", but this rule I know and it's grating when used incorrectly. Well, we all have our pet peeves 2mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, I was always getting picked up for inconstant punctuation in school work 😬 I don‘t really remember being taught anything particularly useful about grammar at school (and I was rubbish at sounding words out which is probably why I hate phonetics so much 🤔) I feel like my schools probably just assumed we‘d work it out 🤪 (edited) 2mo
Leniverse That\'s the worst one for me too. Hypercorrection triggers me in the same way as people who chew with their mouth open. 😑 (edited) 2mo
Leniverse Also feel compelled to add that Litsy adds a backslash automatically when I use an apostrophe, and won\'t let me remove it. It\'s not my fault 😂 2mo
julesG @Leniverse that backslash bug seems to happen to some users, not all. Do you think it's hypercorrection? I spot it more often in books by American authors. It might be considered correct in some "dialects" over there. ? 2mo
Leniverse That's what my English professor at Uni told me. People trying to sound educated and posh thinking it should *never* be "you and me". But I think at this point it has practically become the new standard, and since I believe in language as a living, developing entity, I might have to overcome my instinctual grammatical objection ? 2mo
julesG @Leniverse I think I had a similar lecture, followed by the "developing entity" bit. I'm willing to embrace developments in language, but some things still grate. 2mo
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julesG
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#WhereAreYouMonday @Cupcake12

I'm in upstate New York with JR Ward's #BlackDaggerBrotherhood book 10

On Nantucket with KD Edwards' The Last Sun

And on a space station above an abandoned planet. (should we stop meeting like this, @Ruthiella?😁)

TheSpineView Book 10! Wow!👍🥳🤩 2mo
Ruthiella Let‘s get a cup of fictional coffee next time we meet instead of just waving across the pages! 😂😂😂 2mo
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julesG @Ruthiella good idea! 😂😂😂 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag And how are you finding Nantucket? 2mo
julesG @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I like the jumble of buildings. The banter is good, too. 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, the banter is excellent 😆 2mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The Last Sun | K. D. Edwards
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I love urban fantasy and I really don‘t read enough of it anymore… I loved reading this but at the same time am quite devastated to know that I‘m going to have to wait for years and years while the rest of it is written.

This had such delightful interactions - a found family in its early days, really great action, some gut wrenching moments (the part where Rune relives his assault in particular) but also lots of humour and banter.

Onwards!

julesG Sorry, I'm behind. Fell into a good ARC (for once!) and haven't started yet. Mea culpa! Will soon jump in and join our discussion on StoryGraph. 2mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @julesG, looking forward to it! 2mo
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BekaReid
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“I think people make themselves beautiful. I think everything on our outside is a line sketch, and whatever‘s on the inside blows those lines into three dimensions.“

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Bookfan1414
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“Fuck Geoffrey,” Brand said. “He‘s lucky I‘m not hiding outside the sanctum, making ghost sounds. What‘s happening now?” Hee hee hee I love Brand.
Side quest, does anyone else logically know that Geoffrey is pronounced the same as Jeffrey, but still read it in your head as GEE OFF REE?

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Bookfan1414
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I will admit that there were many instances of extreme discomfort while I read this book. And after finishing it, I know the next book has the potential of even more discomforting situations. Like I am incredibly tense right now. But it was an amazingly entertaining book and I am starting the next book now.

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Bookfan1414
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I am so deep in a reading slump that I am starting to feel ashamed. I need to get out of the slump! So here we go. I‘ll try to finish this one.

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Bookgoil
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I read 45 books last month! Go me!

My faves:
The Last Sun
The Hanged Man
Across a Field of Starlight
This Poison Heart
Throne breakers

And rereading Heartstopper v1 & 2

I read a ton of good books and my mood reading is really working for me!

sprainedbrain That‘s awesome! 3y
Alfoster Wow! Go you!👏👊❤️ 3y
Nutmegnc 😱🎉👏 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wowser!!! 👏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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snapsnarlgrowl
The Last Sun | K. D. Edwards

I‘ve been meaning to read this for a year or so since it first popped up on my radar. Cracked it open last night and I am SOLD. So far it‘s everything I missed about early urban fantasy noir, but queer. Feels like coming home.

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danimgill
The Last Sun | K. D. Edwards
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Sometimes Saturdays are for new books, favorite mugs, and more snow than you ever wanted to see at this point in the spring

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KtheBookwyrm
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Go read this book right now. There were a couple bumps along the way but it was excellent nonetheless and particularly impressive for a debut novel.

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Sumi
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Currently reading & loving it!!! Magic! Adventure! A power structure somehow based on the Major Arcana! And there is another one out there!

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BooksAtNight
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This is foster kitty Freyja‘s “sure you‘ve read all of these” look. I did read 3/4 and found them excellent, thank you very much judgmental reading buddy!

The Last Sun was a particular surprise: an urban fantasy featuring not only an m/m romance but also a really wonderful male-male friendship where they aren‘t afraid to tell each other things like “don‘t die because you mean a lot to me”. Yay for non-alpha males!

Karkar What a pretty little cat! ❤️🐾❤️ 5y
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