Books read in September 2018

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Having done a re-read of Katharine Kerr’s Daggerspell in August’s reading, I decided to re-read the entire series (15 books), which took up the whole of September. So last month’s booklist is:

Maybe recommend:

cw for some/all of the below (I can't remember exactly what was in which books): child abuse, paedophilia, violence, incest, slavery, possession, whorephobia, fatphobia, homophobia, rape, murder, everyone-evil-is-gay, torture.

• Darkspell, Katharine Kerr
• Dawnspell, Katharine Kerr
• Dragonspell, Katharine Kerr
• A Time of Exile, Katharine Kerr
• A Time of Omens, Katharine Kerr
• A Time of War, Katharine Kerr
• A Time of Justice, Katharine Kerr
• The Red Wyvern, Katharine Kerr
• The Black Raven, Katharine Kerr
• The Fire Dragon, Katharine Kerr
• The Gold Falcon, Katharine Kerr
• The Spirit Stone, Katharine Kerr
• The Shadow Isle, Katharine Kerr
• The Silver Mage, Katharine Kerr

My feelings about this series are complicated. I’ve read it from start to finish twice now. I love the premise, the complex plotting is handled very well, and I’m fond of several of the characters. But it’s clear that this world was built without the author thinking that queer, trans, or disabled people might want to see themselves in it, and I’m a bit fed up of that sort of thing. I would love to see a series with this sort of structure written by someone more diverse and intersectional in their thinking.