Praise! Your! Fandoms! Get others interested!

[crantz]

Hey, everyone! It's Praise Your Fandom time!

Get people into your canon! Tell them what's awesome about it!

Tell them where to find it!

Tell them ALL ABOUT IT!

Please use this format:

<b>Fandom/Canon Name:</b>
<b>What's awesome about it:</b>
<b>Where to find:</b>


Thank you and have a great yuletide!


(ALSO: Please feel free to ask for specific recs too! Like post a thread going 'hey I'm looking for canons with bisexual leads' or something!)

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[sailor]

Fandom/Canon Name: The Time of the Singing - Louise Blaydon

What's awesome about it: I was sold on this book by a friend with nothing more than "age difference m/m with overt Catholic imagery," so let me preface this by saying it definitely isn't for everyone! The story centers around a priest (presumed to be in his mid-20s) and a 17 year old boy (who turns 18 mid-story, though the book goes to great lengths to mention it takes place somewhere where the age of consent is 17). If that age difference or the religious theme squicks you, I don't recommend it.

But if you are into that, I can't recommend it enough. I honestly picked it up assuming it would be pulpy, iddy fun and nothing more. I was more than pleasantly surprised. Blaydon's writing is lovely. The perspective of the main character, Israfel Vacek, is so interesting — and everything that delves into his life before priesthood will make your heart hurt in the best way. It took an approach to being gay and Catholic that I didn't expect and that I enjoyed a lot. It's nuanced but never feels ham-handed. Also, the smut is super hot.

Basic plot summary: Israfel moves to small New England town to lead his new congregation, and it's all well and good until he meets a high school senior, Nate Mulligan, who sees right through Israfel and seems to only live to make his life hell. The Mulligan family are good church-going folk, so Nate and his younger brother are regular altar servers — Israfel literally can't avoid being around Nate. He tries to keep their relationship surface-level and platonic, but Nate has other plans, and things unravel from there.

Also, it has a happy ending. In case you were worried it might end in tragedy. (I was.)

Where to find: Here, both eBook and paperback!

[fenellaevangela]

I bought this book years ago, and you know what, I think I still have it on my shelf . . . Maybe I'll reread it!

[sailor]

(GIDDY SEAL CLAPPING)