I Can’t Wait For…A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows
Can’t-Wait Wednesdayis a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For is A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows!
A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows Representation: M/M
Published on: 26th July 2022
Genres: Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
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“Many a reader longing for a sense of homecoming in the realm of romantic fantasy will find it in A Strange and Stubborn Endurance.”—Jacqueline Carey
“Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.”
Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different solution: for Vel to marry his former intended’s brother instead.
Caethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal to a man from Ralia, where such relationships are forbidden, comes as a shock.
With an unknown faction willing to kill to end their new alliance, Vel and Cae have no choice but to trust each other. Survival is one thing, but love—as both will learn—is quite another.
Byzantine politics, lush sexual energy, and a queer love story that is by turns sweet and sultry. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance is an exploration of gender, identity, and self-worth. It is a book that will live in your heart long after you turn the last page.
Meadows’ Manifold Path duology is one of my favourite series ever, so I was BEYOND excited when I heard they had written another book! The Manifold Path books had the most incredible worldbuilding, and an amazing, diverse cast, and I’d bet good money that A Strange and Stubborn Endurance will have both as well.
I’d be perfectly happy if this is ‘just’ a lovely romance novel, but the regal vibe of the cover has me thinking that the politics might be a bigger part of the plot than ‘excuse to get the couple together’. A sword! An arrow! Silky red leaves and gold! (And don’t think I missed the two rings!) Colour me intrigued!
It doesn’t hurt in the slightest that another of my all-time favourite authors, Jacqueline Carey, is quoted on the cover and in the description. ‘Many a reader longing for a sense of homecoming in the realm of romantic fantasy will find it in A Strange and Stubborn Endurance‘??? That sounds pretty wonderful.
Have you preordered this yet? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
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