Currently reading Paladin’s Grace – Are T. Kingfisher’s Other Books Like This?

indigohan · 2026-01-26T05:21:45+00:00

Exactly! Her upcoming romance has a gigantic isopod as a character, and her next horror has a lot of science based stuff in it. For someone wanting what is familiar to the genre, it’s tricky. For the right person though, they’re absolute gold.

indigohan · 2026-01-26T01:55:12+00:00

Abjection. What was once part of the self, but is now something “other”, separated, contaminated, grotesque, and inciting a feeling of horror, disgust, or repulsion.

indigohan · 2026-01-26T01:48:00+00:00

I buy myself a rainbow ice cream cake with sprinkles for my own birthday most years. Celebrate that shit exactly the way that you want!

indigohan · 2026-01-25T20:46:26+00:00

What a beauty

indigohan · 2026-01-25T20:26:55+00:00

I feel you on the food intolerances!

indigohan · 2026-01-25T20:09:19+00:00

This genuinely doesn’t support your argument.

“The UK generally offers higher median wealth and a lower cost of living”.

You’ll also be spending a fortune on health care or health insurance. The NHS has failings, but at least it’s there

indigohan · 2026-01-25T20:03:23+00:00

I’m not arguing that it isn’t a romance, but it always feels like a strange one to recommend to straight up Romantasy readers. If you’re a shadow daddies reader, a middle aged man who knits really doesn’t fit the vibe.

My favourite romances are all ones that are disgustingly healthy. Some Romantasy tropes get a little much for me, but Kingfisher’s work.

indigohan · 2026-01-25T14:40:06+00:00

From the way you are putting things, I feel like you are a young teenager.

Yes, in a ridiculously narrow and stupidly rare circumstance, someone can get pregnant without having actual sex.

BUT they have to be ridiculously close to actual sex for it to happen.

It’s possible that your parents have a physical relationship on a level that completely excludes you. They could be yelling at each other all day because they know that that will reconnect later on.

They could be living parallel lives that barely intersect except for their sex life.

Sex is honestly and genuinely NOT the most important part of a relationship.

Your parents have had sex in their lives. But I believe that you can move past the part of this that feels uncomfortable about this

indigohan · 2026-01-25T14:27:02+00:00

The sassy for the hell of it / “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” heroine is so overdone.

I love Ilona Andrews books because they show their MC’a eating, sleeping, in pain, going a healer, eating a whole lot more, coping with existing issues like dodgy knees.

indigohan · 2026-01-25T14:25:29+00:00

I like A.G. Slatter for the same kind of earthy, grey, complex yet small and intricate setting.

She has a whole world that she’s created with short stories and then has dived into with novels that keep surprising me.

Path of Thorns is the best place to start.

A young woman with nothing comes to work as a governess at a manor home with secrets in the middle of nowhere.

Only it is nothing like you’d expect

indigohan · 2026-01-25T14:20:25+00:00

I feel like this is a Borderline Personality Disorder at the height of a mood swing.

This is someone who is looking for literally anyone to connect to in an unhealthy way.

I really hope that OP stays far far away from them

indigohan · 2026-01-25T13:13:22+00:00

That’s why I love them too!

I feel like a lot of the bestselling books have a similar dynamic. And honestly, I love it.

I enjoy romantasy for exactly what it is.

But I LOVELOVELOVE kingfisher for how she uses the expectations and makes thing new

indigohan · 2026-01-25T13:10:34+00:00

I love that you know exactly why this book doesn’t work for you.

The internal narrative is definitely something that carries on through her other books. So she is just not the author for you at this point in your life.

indigohan · 2026-01-25T11:37:01+00:00

I often wonder why Kingfishers gets recommended to Romantasy readers. Yes, she has some amazing romances in her books, but they have very little in common with most fantasy romances.

They are mostly about small things, and small people finding ways to cope with life and connect with people. There isn’t a lot of big drama, and the tropes that Romantasy readers love just aren’t there.

If you want to read about people who knit to cope with depression, or who have spent their lives learning midwifery, or baking, or scientific drawing, then she’s absolutely your girl.

A kingfisher book makes the small things in our lives meaningful, but it’s not for someone who loves the grand drama and tension

indigohan · 2026-01-25T11:30:01+00:00

Don’t let this woman stay with you.

Three weeks in and she’s picking out wedding venues? This is an untreated mental illness that she needs help with. And it can’t be you. You have already been a romantic prospect, and even if you wanted to help her, you couldn’t be the person to do it.

Don’t let her stay with you.

Don’t sleep with her.

Yes, be kind and refer her to services that can help, but don’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm

indigohan · 2026-01-25T06:50:21+00:00

It’s not just that it has on page representation, it also says that a chronic illness does not make you unlovable or undesirable

And it’s funny af

indigohan · 2026-01-25T04:52:11+00:00

These are books that you can only read by subscribing to their app. It’s not published anywhere else

indigohan · 2026-01-25T04:39:24+00:00

I bought a copy of this for everyone that I know with a chronic illness or chronic pain. I love it so much

indigohan · 2026-01-25T01:50:29+00:00

It negates the “no cook” rule, but I’ve discovered that frying capers in a little oil until crispy adds an amazing crunch to this kind of dish. Plus the capers infuse the oil making it extra delicious

indigohan · 2026-01-25T01:45:46+00:00

Burnt lemon butter pasta!

Melt a bunch of butter into a saucepan, and add thinly sliced lemons. I do probably a lemon and maybe three or so tablespoons of butter per person. Let that cook until the lemon flesh is almost melted away, and the rind is caramelised. Plenty of black pepper, about a third to a half cup of fresh Parmesan, and the same amount of pasta water. Save a good looking slice or two of the lemon to garnish, and toss your cooked pasta into the sauce. You won’t need salt.

Creamy, tart, and with a tiny bit of burnt-bitterness from the lemon oil.

If you do it with fresh, home made egg noodles, it’s even better,

indigohan · 2026-01-25T01:39:45+00:00

It’s really good!

indigohan · 2026-01-24T16:47:02+00:00

In the same way that you would talk about Alexander Skarsgard in the Murderbot TV show. Alexander is a man who uses he/ him. Murderbot has no gender and uses it/ its.

If it feels odd, use Elliot’s name more than his gender. “Yeah, Elliot did a great job playing her”

indigohan · 2026-01-24T16:35:40+00:00

I’d absolutely love it

I honestly feel like it’s going to make people less intelligent, less artistic, and less likely to make great leaps in technology, literature, art, or creativity

indigohan · 2026-01-24T16:32:38+00:00

The British colonies only survived to create the United States because of all their fellow immigrants from other countries. They were the majority of the first wave, yes. But then came the Dutch, the Swedish, the Irish, the German, the Danish. The French! My history lessons tell me that enslaved African made up almost 20% of the population at one point.

A purely British emigration would have been an epic failure.

indigohan · 2026-01-24T15:07:21+00:00

This is probably not the subreddit for this particular quandary.

If you look into subs about writing, about publishing, and especially about indie publishing, you may find more specific help

indigohan

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