K. Ancrum
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The Wicker King (The Wicker King, #1)
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2017
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Icarus
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2024
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The Weight of the Stars
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2019
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Darling
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2021
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The Legend of the Golden Raven (The Wicker King, #1.5)
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2017
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The Corruption of Hollis Brown
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2025
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That Way Madness Lies
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2021
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Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder
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2022
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Murder of Crows
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2022
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Adam, Mine
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2026
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"“What was magic after all, but having the gall to believe you could tell the world around you how it ought to be, and then watching as it did as it was told.” I would have absolutely loved this book when I was a kid, and imagining my younger self rea"
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“How familiar was Walt with this? Did his other "rides" tell him? How being possessed didn't feel like being puppeteered from above, or remote-controlled.
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"“I know, but you’re not by yourself, we’re together. If you just stop running, you can walk with me.“
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“If you drop the weight you are carrying, it is okay. You can build yourself back up out of the pieces.”
― The Wicker King
― The Wicker King
“I never said I didn’t feel the same,” Jack said harshly. “Just because I don’t see the kingdom doesn’t mean it doesn’t still exist,” Jack said furiously. “As long as one of us remembers it, it still counts. We decide the end of the game, not them. Not anyone else. You’re so stupid, August. You’re so stupid and I love you so much.”
― The Wicker King
― The Wicker King
“Diversity is a flower that blooms with greater beauty and greater strength each time it is cross-pollinated.”
― The Weight of the Stars
― The Weight of the Stars
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“She had the swagger of a girl. She blushed like a boy. She had a girl’s toughness. She has a boy’s gentleness. She was as meaty as a girl. She was as graceful as a boy. She was as brave and handsome and rough as a girl. She was as pretty and delicate and dainty as a boy. She turned boys' heads like a girl. She turned girls' heads like a boy. She made love like a boy. She made love like a girl. She was so boyish it was girlish, so girlish it was boyish, she made me want to rove the world writing our names on every tree. I had simply never found someone so right. Sometimes this shocked me so much that I was unable to speak.”
― Girl Meets Boy
― Girl Meets Boy
“CUSTOMER: OK, so you want this book?
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes!
CUSTOMER: Peter Pan?
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes, please. Because he can fly.
CUSTOMER: Yes, he can - he's very good at flying.
THEIR DAUGHTER: Why can't I fly, daddy?
CUSTOMER: Because of evolution, sweetheart.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes!
CUSTOMER: Peter Pan?
THEIR DAUGHTER: Yes, please. Because he can fly.
CUSTOMER: Yes, he can - he's very good at flying.
THEIR DAUGHTER: Why can't I fly, daddy?
CUSTOMER: Because of evolution, sweetheart.”
― Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
“She was too quiet, or she was too loud. She took things too seriously, or not seriously at all. She was too sensitive, or too cold-hearted. She hated with every fiber of her being, or loved with all her heart. There was no in-between for her. It was either all or nothing. She wanted everything, but in the end, she settled for nothing.”
― Game of Nightmares
― Game of Nightmares

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We need more authors like you.
Also, mad props for a groovy taste in music (as referenced by THE WICKER KING mixtapes)."
Thank you so m..."
You deserve all the praise! I started reading it early in the evening yesterday, with plans of stopping around 1AM to sleep.
Yeah... that didn’t happen. I had to finish it. Next thing I knew, I turned the last page, it was 5AM, and I was wrecked. I wound up crawling through my bedroom window to sit on my roof and decompress with a cigarette (or four). This book— It hit me. Hard. That doesn’t happen often. So, again, thank you!

We need more authors like you.
Also, mad props for a groovy taste in music (as referenced by THE WICKER KING mixtapes)."
Thank you so much! Your review was so lovely, I was super touched!
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