Title: From All False Doctrine / Neither Have I Wings
Media: Books
Approx length: 526 and 334 pages, respectively
Where to find it: "Anywhere books are sold" (I got Kobo editions from my go-to ebook store, which is not the Big A)
What is it, in summary? Fantasy of an Anglo-Catholic flavour set in the 1920s in Toronto / the 1940s in England.
What do you love about it? People are friends! People are being good people! People do good things for each other! The books are unashamedly Christian without being in any way proselytising or sappy. The pace is leisurely, even slow, without dragging. In the first book, there's a wonderful slow-burn romance. In the second book a trope I dislike (friends to lovers) is evaded very elegantly: both of the friends already firmly love elsewhere, but they remain friends throughout.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it? Missing-scene stories, friendship banter. Defintely gen rather than ship, though there's a lot of potential for shippiness.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships? Either book can stand on its own. Some characters in False Doctrine appear in Wings, mostly in the background, but the story is perfectly clear if you don't know them. False Doctrine has more music, Wings more war heroism and suspense.
Content warnings: Rampant Anglo-Catholicism (and in the second book also Greek Orthodoxy). Angels and demons; suspense and supernatural events but no overt horror. Some story-appropriate violence.
Note: I forgot to nominate it! If you have a spare slot, please think of me! (I know there are at least 2 people who know this fandom and aren't me, and I'd love to be able to offer and request it)
False Doctrine series - Alice Degan
Media: Books
Approx length: 526 and 334 pages, respectively
Where to find it: "Anywhere books are sold" (I got Kobo editions from my go-to ebook store, which is not the Big A)
What is it, in summary? Fantasy of an Anglo-Catholic flavour set in the 1920s in Toronto / the 1940s in England.
What do you love about it? People are friends! People are being good people! People do good things for each other! The books are unashamedly Christian without being in any way proselytising or sappy. The pace is leisurely, even slow, without dragging. In the first book, there's a wonderful slow-burn romance. In the second book a trope I dislike (friends to lovers) is evaded very elegantly: both of the friends already firmly love elsewhere, but they remain friends throughout.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it? Missing-scene stories, friendship banter. Defintely gen rather than ship, though there's a lot of potential for shippiness.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships? Either book can stand on its own. Some characters in False Doctrine appear in Wings, mostly in the background, but the story is perfectly clear if you don't know them. False Doctrine has more music, Wings more war heroism and suspense.
Content warnings: Rampant Anglo-Catholicism (and in the second book also Greek Orthodoxy). Angels and demons; suspense and supernatural events but no overt horror. Some story-appropriate violence.
Note: I forgot to nominate it! If you have a spare slot, please think of me! (I know there are at least 2 people who know this fandom and aren't me, and I'd love to be able to offer and request it)