Hell Followed With Us - Blog Posts

Omg holy shit omg omg omg omg holy shit

CHAT BIG BIG BIG NEWS

Can somebody PLEASE give me the summarization of all the characters (excluding Benji) PLSSS!????

The wiki doesn’t say anything, and I barely remember anyone’s descriptions!! Somebody help so I can finish the line up 😭

I've learned how Tumblr works now. So um WHATS WITH THE NOTRS?? HMMM?? THIS IS CRAP. THIS IS BONKERS. I DIDNT DO BENJI JUSTICE. /nm

I might redo this, traditionally. Yeah.

This scene was my favorite part of a book. :)

Blood!

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I read the first few chapters of Hell Followed With Us. It's cool. Here's the mc, Benjamin. A trans dude who's father was murdered in front of him while they ran away from a cult. Yikes.

UPDATE: I HAVE READ THE TOOTH SCENE. OMG.

This scene was my favorite part of a book. :)

Blood!

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I read the first few chapters of Hell Followed With Us. It's cool. Here's the mc, Benjamin. A trans dude who's father was murdered in front of him while they ran away from a cult. Yikes.

UPDATE: I HAVE READ THE TOOTH SCENE. OMG.

Ikr, like after finishing hfwu I made one and got obsessed.

nick was right these things fucking rock

Just read hell followed with us, and the spirit bares it's teeth and omg, they are so good. If you haven't read these books (warning for intense gore)

These books changed my life, no joke. They got me into reading. They got me into books. I used to hate reading. I despised it. These books have changed my views. Now I read for fun before. But I was slow and tedious. I finished hell followed with us in a week and two weeks for the spirit bares its teeth. These are both 5 star books.

I will be makeing fanart!!!!!¡

HE IS OH MY GOD

Benji Woodside from Hell Followed With Us as un unwilling avatar of the corruption/flesh??

benji woodside from hell followed with us is an unwilling avatar of the corruption and the flesh!

art by @kio-rei ; let me know if you don’t want your art here

too many stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for pretending to be something you aren't and losing yourself in the process. not enough stories about turning yourself into a monster as a metaphor for choosing to openly embrace yourself even if it's strange to other people

GUESS WHO GOT TO MEET THEIR FAVORITE AUTHOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR BIRTHDAY!!?!?!!! Super fun book signing, Andrew Joseph White is such a chill nice guy. If you haven’t yet, GO READ HIS BOOKS!!!!! (if you’re okay with lots of body horror)

Also featuring: the crochet Benji doll I made. Yes I know he looks deformed in the photo, I didn’t stuff him very well so he gets like that. He’s also not used to traveling beyond my bookcase, so going on a one hour drive to Maryland was very stressful.

Here’s what he looks like under ideal conditions, more photos and info on my Pinterest:

There’s something very romantic about tearing off your flesh and becoming a monster of teeth and sunken eyes and claws and rage.

Have I read this book four times already…. Yes

Am I going to read it again…. Also yes….

It’s it apart of my current hyper fixation…. No

Is it somehow my favorite book…. Yes

Is it probably going to get banned because it’s about a trans guy who grew up in a cult that brought upon the end of the world who then kills everyone in the cult and lots of body horror through out

This is my book pitch for ‘Hell Followed With Us’ by Andrew Joseph White (he’s also got two other amazing books)

Saving this for later but I'd like to add

Tarnished are the Stars - Rosiee Thor (wlw, implied aroace, sci fi, recommended if you like steampunk vibes)

Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White (main character is trans and mlm, lot of queen background characters, post apocalyptic but the apocalypse was brought on by cult like evangelists (lot of religious trauma themes), i think this would be a horror)

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich - Deya Muniz (wlw, all the characters are named after cheeses, graphic novel with a really nice art style)

The Magnus Chase Series - Rick Riordan (pansexual, gender fluid, mlm background couple, set in the same world as Percy Jackson but it's the Norse pantheon, the best of Rick's series in my opinion)

List of queer books I read, loved & recommend!

(There isn't any particular order, I wrote these as I remembered them)

Master Of One - Jaida Jones & Dani Bennett (mlm, fantasy, very cool worldbuilding and magic system, funny, cool characters)

Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree (wlw, fantasy, very soft & chill vibes)

The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon (wlw, high fantasy, cool worldbuilding, kinda reminds me of LOTR but with more dragons and feminism and lesbians)

Even Though I Knew The End - C.L. Polk (wlw, supernatural noir, cool 1930s detective story with angels & demons, I loved this one!)

The Love Interest - Cale Dietrich (mlm, science fiction, very cool concept)

The Darkest Part Of The Forest - Holly Black (side mlm, fantasy, cool fae lore)

The Weight Of The Stars - K. Ancrum (wlw, not quite science fiction but space stuff is involved, lovely and complex characters)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz (mlm, fiction, very nice in general, there is also a sequel)

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee (mlm, historical and vaguely fantasy, nice story but I preferred the sequel honestly)

The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy - Mackenzi Lee (wlw, the sequel to the one before, more fantasy elements than the first, asexual main character!!)

Gallant - V.E. Schwab (no romance, but in the background one of the characters(?) uses they/them pronouns, very cool dark fantasy vibe)

Stranger Than Fanfiction - Chris Colfer (gay main character, trans main character, coming-of-age, nice book)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (yes it's the Love, Simon book, mlm, fiction, pretty nice)

They Both Die At The End - Adam Silvera (mlm, sci-fi ish but mostly fiction, cool ideas, but the ending is sad! Very amazing book though, I haven't read the prequel yet)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (wlw, bi main character, historical fiction, cool story, just a neat book in general)

This Is How You Lose The Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (wlw, sci-fi, very cool time travel stuff!! and very beautiful, it felt like reading poetry most of the time)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuinston (wlw, background trans & pan & queer characters, sci-fi or fantasy idk, but time travel, I loooved this book, great)

The House In The Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, THIS BOOK oh my gosh you should read it!!, just cute and lovely and good)

Under The Whispering Door - TJ Klune (mlm, fantasy, this book is also sooo amazing, great character development and awesome relationships and stuff, it's been a while since I read it but it was so good)

In the Lives of Puppets - TJ Klune (mlm, ace main character!!, sci-fi, now THIS is found family, oughh feelings. argh, tj klune you’ve done it again, a human and his family of funky robots… I love them)

And They Lived... - Steven Salvatore (nblm, fiction, about gender identity and learning to love yourself, read it a while ago but it was very nice)

I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver (nblm, fiction, about finding your identity and people who care about you, very cute and sweet)

The Song Of Achilles - Madeleine Miller (mlm, historical, very good in general)

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell (mlm, background wlw in the third book, fantasy, it's a trilogy, basically Harry Potter if it was gay and also better)

Silver In The Wood - Emily Tesh (mlm, fantasy, very pretty, lots of fae stuff and lovely descriptions, it has a really good sequel too)

Pretty much anything by Alice Oseman (all cute and lovely and great, though I've only read Radio Silence so far I hear only good things, Solitaire is on my to-read list)

I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuinston (wlw, fiction, it's been a while but I liked this book)

The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth (wlw, fiction, this book was so cute and funny and deeply emotional it made me Feel way too many things, I'd definitely recommend it)

What Big Teeth - Rose Szabo (a bit of queerness all around, fantasy, werewolves and monsters, this one was pretty cool!, lots of original ideas for the world/character building)

His Quiet Agent - Ada Maria Soto (mlm, asexual, fiction, about like spies but this book was so gentle and sweet I wanted to cry in the best way possible)

Some By Virtue Fall - Alexandra Rowland (wlw, historical fiction(?), theatre drama!! rival romance!! duels!!, a very good read in general)

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend - Emma R. Alban (wlw, historical fiction, I’m not usually one for regency romances, but I really liked this!!, very cute and lots of drama, and there’s a sequel coming out soon!)