Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch

Salt Magic, Skin Magic

3/5. Historical M/M about the noble young man trapped on his estate by magic until he marries at his father's command, and the industrial magician who gets entangled in helping him.

A book that exists in a new-ish genre space – too driven by supernatural plot elements to be pure romance, too much explicit queer sex to easily slot into fantasy. I approve, mind you. This is pleasant – sort of KJ Charles with a little less zing.

The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restorin

The Fourth Trimester

DNF. Oh man. This was recced to me by an RL friend and my perception of her is . . . undergoing some changes. I knew I was in for a lot of woo when the author's introduction casually mentioned how she liked to hike naked (including no shoes?!) to be closer to nature. So I figured I'd lolz read this, and I got a respectable way into it. The thing is, she's not wrong in her largest premise, that postpartum women need more permission to rest and receive love and care. However, when we got to the visualization exercises that are supposed to help complete the birthing journey or something, and I was abjured to visualize white light pouring out of my vagina, I just lolzed right outa there.