The pacing can drag as Arek tries to figure out the business of ruling, and the mishaps bringing Arek and Matt together, then apart, continue, but queer love, nonbinary gender identity, and polyamory are all refreshingly accepted in this medieval-esque world in which determining whether love is reciprocated nevertheless remains as difficult as ever. Lukens Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication date: MaAmazon Barnes and Noble Book Depository Goodreads StoryGraph Summary Nobody really thinks about what happens after you kill the evil king.

Lukens (Author) 824 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 11.59 22 Used from 7.97 23 New from 11.25 Paperback 12.99 1 New from 12.99 Audio CD 19.99 2 New from 19. And so begins a comedy of errors, as Arek tries to woo one (then another-and another) of his friends. Title: So This Is Ever After Author: F.T. So This Is Ever After Audio CD Unabridged, Maby F.

The perfect candidate is Matt, his beloved mage, best friend, and longtime crush (who reads as white, like Arek), but Arek’s afraid Matt would bond out of obligation, not affection. Now what? He never planned on being king, but since the kingdom’s heiress is dead, he’s stuck moreover, it turns out that he, as monarch, must soul bond with someone before turning 18 in three months or he’ll wither away. Seventeen-year-old Arek did what the prophecy asked of him: assembled a troupe of skilled followers (bard, Fae, knight, mage, and warrior), quested his way to the castle, and beheaded the Vile One, saving the Kingdom of Ere. Lukens So This Is Ever After Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep itand to stay alive.

A queer teen navigates happily-ever-after in Lukens’s ( In Deeper Waters) tropey medieval romance.

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