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J.C. Rycroft

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Fantasy, Gay and Lesbian

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JC Rycroft is a queer fantasy author living and writing on unceded Wadawurrung land in Australia. Their work draws on high and epic fantasy tropes, mixed with a dollop of queer romance, humour and wit, flawed but fabulous feminist heroes and diverse-in-all-the-ways characters, liberally sprinkled with philosophical concepts brought to life. She loves bringing together the apparent contradictions: high theory and silly humour, profound theoretical concerns with a rollicking good story, and ordinary people with unexpected demands to heroism that somehow only they can answer.

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	The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Timeless Legion (The Everlands Cycle, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Hired Blade (The Everlands Cycle, #0.5) 4.06 avg rating — 230 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fires of Longest Night 4.10 avg rating — 126 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Player and the Prince: An Everlands Cycle novella 4.41 avg rating — 54 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood-Born Dragon: The Everlands Cycle, Book 1 by J.C. Rycroft (Goodreads Author), Katherine Littrell (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Player and the Prince: The Everlands Cycle by J.C. Rycroft (Goodreads Author), Katherine Littrell (narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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J.C. Rycroft liked Carrie's review of The Fires of Longest Night: "Sweet relationship beginning between a dragon rider and a healer. This is the start of a series and some seeds were planted for an interesting story arc. "
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J.C. Rycroft liked Mel's review of A Hired Blade (The Everlands Cycle, #0.5): "This novella honestly makes me want to read the whole series. While this nearly ruined me, I just need to know what the rest of the story and world are like. Not only that but the underlying message is so touching and one hell of a wake up call. I do" Read more of this review »
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J.C. Rycroft and 9 other people liked Juniper L.H.'s review of The Fires of Longest Night: "This was interesting. There was a LOT of worldbuilding packed into a very short story, and it makes a lot of sense that this is essentially an intro for an upcoming series. I think that on its own it doesn’t quite hold up; it’s somewhat of a cliffhan" Read more of this review »
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J.C. Rycroft and 1 other person liked Aila Krisse's review of The Fires of Longest Night: "more like 3.5 stars but it was very sweet and a fun read, there’s a pretty long sex scene that I kinda just skimmed cause I’m mostly just uninterested in sex but the rest was cute"
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J.C. Rycroft made a comment on Jay’s review of The Fires of Longest Night " Jay, I know I’m such a terrible tease! The Era of Storms will explore the crazed dragons in more detail (hopefully Book 1 will release next year?) tho ...more "
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What a sumptuous little feast of a story! Ready yourself for a sapphic fairytale, with curses and murders, and the chance that maybe, just maybe, love might win out in the end. I so enjoyed spending time with Kolfrosta and Dalla, especially the fairy ...more
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