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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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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,641 ratings · 462 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 845 ratings — published 2023 — 5 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) 4.39 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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) 4.04 avg rating — 246 ratings — 5 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 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 189 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 (The Everlands Cycle, #0.6) 4.41 avg rating — 69 ratings — 2 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

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J.C. Rycroft liked Theo Saur's review of The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle, #1): "4.5 stars: be gay, hatch dragons indeed! As an Australian and a dragon-enjoyer I am absolutely dead centre of the target audience for this book - I make a habit of reading books on the basis of nothing beyond 'it has a dragon in it', and this book ab" Read more of this review »
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J.C. Rycroft liked Shannon Summitt's review of The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle, #1): "was okay, dragged a little in some part and i found my focus wandering while listening to the audiobook"
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J.C. Rycroft and 3 other people liked Sam Reads Books Just the Highlights's review of The Timeless Legion (The Everlands Cycle, #2): "2026: 4.5 Blind reading deals me another unexpected cliffhanger 😂 Oh well, I’m used to it by now!"
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J.C. Rycroft and 2 other people liked Sam Reads Books Just the Highlights's review of The Blood-Born Dragon (The Everlands Cycle, #1): "2026: 4.5 This was a ton of fun, on to book 2!"
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J.C. Rycroft made a comment on Christine Titheradge’s review of The Timeless Legion (The Everlands Cycle, #2) " Book 3 is on the way! There’s a prequel novella for Des and another for Liv, which I think are best read after Book 1 and Book 2, respectively. Don’t ...more "
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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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