BackgroundCharacter42
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Bitter Comes Before Sweet by BackgroundCharacter42
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
19 Jul 2025
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This story takes place post-canon in Kotlc where the quiet war between the Black Swan and Neverseen has grown into a raging one, fighting over possession of the humans, who are very frightened right now.
Follow 19-year-old Stina Heks as she becomes a soldier in this war, more than a soldier, even, as she is given a top-secret mission that could change the course of the war. But there’s a catch: she has to work with the most annoying elf on planet Earth: An always serious guy named Sunder Tradove.
At least, Marella, Lihn, Tam, and Jensi have also been placed on the mission with her. But as the war storms on, Stina can’t help but wonder if they are bound to lose no matter what they do.
Recent bookmarks
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dancing in a dark room by lilacribbon
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
20 Nov 2020
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in which Sophie saves Keefe from his own Winnowing Gala.
Bookmarked by BackgroundCharacter42
07 Jul 2025
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The cutest Sokeefe fic I've seen so far!
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Orphic: A Retelling by SolarEclipse13
Fandoms: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger
31 Dec 2024
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Sophie Foster doesn't know what it feels like to be safe. She was yanked out of her childhood and thrown into a huge mess that she has to clean up. No one can help her, how could they? They wouldn't understand. She started this alone, so she's going to finish it alone.
AKA bc I suck at summaries: Kotlc 1 but in a world where Sophie had awful parents and an awful upbringing.
TW: implied self-harm, childhood abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, self-hate, suicidal thoughts, implied suicide attempts (none of them are graphic, but just in case :) )
Bookmarked by BackgroundCharacter42
07 Jul 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Nice twist on the book, it has a much more mature tone.
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After learning that the “dream” she had wasn’t a dream, Noelle goes to the only other person from that “dream” she could trust.
With the Legend of Delta Rune off track, Susie and Noelle uncover darker yet darker secrets, taking fate into their own hands after their friend’s puppeteer tries to defy it.
(ACT 1 OF A PLANNED 3 IS FINISHED!)
(ACT 2 Is currently ongoing!)Bookmarked by BackgroundCharacter42
11 Jul 2025
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Very tragic and angsty but also very gripping.