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What was the last book that surprised you? (beehaw.org)

submitted 9 months ago by TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org to c/literature@beehaw.org

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Something you thought you would love that turned out to be awful, or vice versa? A great plot twist that blew your mind?

What was the last book that surprised you in some way?

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[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey. From what little I knew about Lackey, I thought she wrote fun pulp fantasy novels, so I read the book after a particularly heavy downer book. It has a gay romance and magical psychic horses; how could it not cheer me up?

And then I proceeded to sob uncontrollably on and off from the middle of the book onward.

[–] TimTheEnchanter@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Isn’t that one part of a trilogy? I think I remember seeing those books!

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago

It is indeed. I'm taking a break before starting the next one LOL

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

I grew up on Lackey, she's great!