Genre:
Fantasy
Themes:
Body Positivity
Butch / Butch
Character with Disability
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
Dark Fantasy
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Love Triangle
Menage / Polyamory
Mental Illness
Neurodiverse
Second Chance
Slow Burn
Wounded / Illness
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Adventurer / Explorer / World Traveler
Monster (dragons, orcs, gargoyles, minotaur, etc..)
Geographic Location:
Fantasy or Fictional Setting
Setting:
Castle / Palace
Forest
Kingdom / Realm
Wilderness / Outback
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Asexual / Demisexual
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Nonbinary / Gender Fluid
Queer
Transgender
Butch / Stud
Protagonist Identity:
Biracial / Multiracial
Middle Eastern
Trigger/Content Warning:
References to: romantic and sexual entanglements; kidnapping, organ trafficking and grafting; Mentions of: fantasy violence and fantasy violence perpetrated by animals; fantasy warfare and politics; traumatic and disabling events; self hate and self destructive tendencies; blood and bloodletting; cosmetic scarring; amnesia; undeath, dismemberment of the undead, slight gore; cancer and metastasis; parental abuse; captivity; assassination; death of a loved one; familial disputes; patricide, matricide and intention to kill a parent; children in harm’s way* *There is no child death, and no children are harmed on-page, as these things are triggering to us, the authors. On-page depictions of: fantasy violence; guns as weaponry; death and death of loved ones; trauma; complex and complicated relationships; pushing through disabilities; PTSD; blood; romance, flirting, and innuendo; kissing; sexual entanglements (non-graphic); drug use; smoking; poisoning; anger; death of fantasy animals, hunting, and butchering; manipulation; alcohol and drunkenness; undeath and survival of deadly wounds; body horror; moral ambiguity; death of a parent; vomiting, emetophobia and regurgitation of harmful objects
She Who Brought the Storm
The Stars, Hearts and Dreams Series, Book 0.5
By Vaela Denarr and Micah Iannandrea
She Who Brought the Storm follows the story of a lone human striking a deal for protection with a dragon, learning to love, and learning to be loved.
Rhi is small, anxious, and gifted with magic that disables them more than it helps–Powerful magic, which many would stop at nothing to obtain. In their desperate search for safety, Rhi turns to none other than one of the secret dragon masters of Habitat Seventeen, Laura, Lady of Ash.
Exposing Rhi’s forbidden knowledge could garner Laura the recognition and allies she needs. Instead she offers them a choice: She will shield them from their pursuers, and they’ll be her hunting dog. Loyal, obedient, and exactly what she needs to deal with a pervasive monster situation in her territory before the other Starborn catch wind of it.
Rhi tentatively agrees, but the plan is complicated by the watchful eye of Calia, a bloodthirsty dragon with much to gain from their failure. And Rhi, grappling with their magic and desperately angling for control, doesn’t realize that being with Laura will put them closer to danger than ever before until it’s too late.
This book was re-written in Spring 2024 to more closely fit the authors’ values and ideals of a non-colonial, anti-orientalist fantasy.
