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So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

9 reviews

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and War

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism

ezwolf's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Okay so. I read In Deeper Waters first and was surprised by how much I enjoyed that, so I went in to this with high expectations. Plus it’s based on Arthurian legend which I love. 

Unfortunately I was strongly debating stopping at a third of the way through. I cannot stand when modern language and slang are used in stories that are meant to be set in historical/medieval/etc time periods. And the way that the characters spoke made this book seem like it was lifted from a DND campaign or something similar with all of the ways the players might speak. It was just weird to me since this wasn’t an issue in In Deeper Water which is also set in an ambiguous historical fantasy world. 

In a surprising turn of events, Arek and Matt’s secret crush plot line was what I enjoyed the most. I actually enjoy a good angst + misunderstanding plot and that was what kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Kidnapping

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

b_positive109's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Best friends, childhood friends, to lovers.

Enter your typical D&D party set in a high fantasy rom-com. This will they won't they will have you laughing, smiling, sad, and mad all in one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping

ree_the_owlgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

rediswriting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent

madisone's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping and Injury/Injury detail

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

nutm3g's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

So This Is Ever After was yet another cozy queer fantasy read by F.T. Lukens, this time with a heavy emphasis on DnD/Pathfinder style plot and characters. Arek's misguided and poor attempts at romancing his friends only ending in disasters, while also further proving him a great leader, made this book even more enjoyable. It feels like it was specifically written for queer ttrpg players, which I personally loved. It had so many great tropes: marry or die (the tamed version of a different or die trope), requited unrequited love, best friends to lovers, and much more! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit