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A review by goodbyepuckpie
The First Stone by Mark Anthony
4.0
Really enjoyed this series -- it was in many ways sort of a pulp sf blend of, like, the Lord of the Rings with Back to the Future and a dash of super sweet pining and romance. Really enjoyed the matter of fact depiction of gay and lesbian characters, of people being bi and of the trans* character. These books had a lot of heart, too, and I was definitely cheering for not just the main characters that we grew to know and enjoy but a huge number of the background minor characters too -- the author does a great job of sketching people three dimensionally (sometimes too good a job, woe for the body count of charming innocent bystanders in some cases :/)
Trigger warnings for one attempted assault 'on screen' in the first book, and for repeated reference (and several flashback scenes) to a main character's history of sexual abuse as a child. I really wish there'd been another way chosen to incorporate the plot points that that served, but the author did do a fairly sensitive job with it, at least. I can probably give more details if friends would like them, but I would still definitely recommend reading this series. (I want moooooooooore!)
Trigger warnings for one attempted assault 'on screen' in the first book, and for repeated reference (and several flashback scenes) to a main character's history of sexual abuse as a child. I really wish there'd been another way chosen to incorporate the plot points that that served, but the author did do a fairly sensitive job with it, at least. I can probably give more details if friends would like them, but I would still definitely recommend reading this series. (I want moooooooooore!)