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[darchildre]

You guys, on Tuesday, I got Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey from the library and this evening after work I started reading it. I am about halfway through.

And, okay, I could tell you that it is a darned awesome fantasy novel, with a badass female lead. I could tell you that it is set in New Zealand and has a wonderful feeling of being rooted in a place, which I love in any kind of book. I could tell you about how cool the fantasy elements are and how they make me want to learn about Maori mythology and legend and folklore, because obviously I don't know near enough about any of those topics.

All of that stuff is true. And it is great.

But I am going to tell you about the fact that it is a book with a canonically asexual character, whose asexuality is mentioned within the first 30 pages when he comes out to his best friend (who is the main character), and nobody tells him that he's damaged or going through a phase or just hasn't met the right person yet. And he isn't there to be a lesson or an after school special. He's just another character - this is Kevin, who does theater and kapu haka, who's a science nerd, who loves his friends and wants them to get along, and who happens to be asexual. It's marvelous.

So that is my book recommendation of today.

Comments

[ex_pippin880]

!!!!!

Jeeeeez, the last time I read a book set in Kiwiland was 15 years ago.

[tree]

i had to read that twice just to make sure it said what i thought it said. and it did! *adds to to-read list*

[craven]

I am going to have to see if my library has this book, because "badass female lead" grabbed my interest first but it's the other part of it that really makes me want to try it.

[silveradept]

That's an excellent recommendation. To the Bat-Library! (*70s Batman theme music sting!*)