KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. http://kjcharleswriter.com
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KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
· Feb 19
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In fairness I did tell Mr KJC to make me a celebration drink...
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In fairness I did tell Mr KJC to make me a celebration drink...
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
It's a Corpse Reviver Number Blue, apparently, ie a No 2 with curacao.
What has two thumbs, just finished the first draft of a novel in six working weeks, and needs a big drink?
January 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
What has two thumbs, just finished the first draft of a novel in six working weeks, and needs a big drink?
wow, I see BookPage is calling me out...
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
wow, I see BookPage is calling me out...
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"Perhaps he is a fool and a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both."
Reading "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin and heard this line echoing down the decades
Reading "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin and heard this line echoing down the decades
January 9, 2026 at 10:23 AM
"Perhaps he is a fool and a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both."
Reading "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin and heard this line echoing down the decades
Reading "Giovanni's Room" by James Baldwin and heard this line echoing down the decades
OK Booksky let's have a metadata competition. I've just seen a book subtitled "A charming, must-read 2025 cosy fantasy romance debut with grumpy/sunshine vibes, small-town magic, and heartwarming second chances".
I make it 18 words (hyphenates count as 1) with nine adjectives. Beat that.
I make it 18 words (hyphenates count as 1) with nine adjectives. Beat that.
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
OK Booksky let's have a metadata competition. I've just seen a book subtitled "A charming, must-read 2025 cosy fantasy romance debut with grumpy/sunshine vibes, small-town magic, and heartwarming second chances".
I make it 18 words (hyphenates count as 1) with nine adjectives. Beat that.
I make it 18 words (hyphenates count as 1) with nine adjectives. Beat that.
I read Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1) by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
K.J. Charles's review of Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1)
I mean, if you like the Night Vale podcast vein of what I can only call cosy cosmic horror, you'll like this. If you don't, you won't. If you've never listened to it, I wouldn't start with the book. ...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:38 AM
I read Welcome to Night Vale (Welcome to Night Vale, #1) by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
I read The Grapples of Wrath: The BRAND NEW funny, spooky cosy crime mystery for 2026 (Grave Expectations Book 3)
by Alice Bell
[I'm sorry but *what* are the publishers playing at with this metadata, Jesus. anyway not the book's fault.]
by Alice Bell
[I'm sorry but *what* are the publishers playing at with this metadata, Jesus. anyway not the book's fault.]
K.J. Charles's review of The Grapples of Wrath (Grave Expectations Book 3)
Third in the series about unwilling medium Claire, in her 30s, perma-haunted by the ghost of a murdered schoolfriend who is an eternal stroppy teenager, and attempting to solve murders as you do. The ...
www.goodreads.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I read The Grapples of Wrath: The BRAND NEW funny, spooky cosy crime mystery for 2026 (Grave Expectations Book 3)
by Alice Bell
[I'm sorry but *what* are the publishers playing at with this metadata, Jesus. anyway not the book's fault.]
by Alice Bell
[I'm sorry but *what* are the publishers playing at with this metadata, Jesus. anyway not the book's fault.]
Reposted by KJ Charles
you should absolutely read this book. masterpiece of the Rotten People In a Sinister House Keep Dying genre. and if you are REALLY unhinged like I am you should read it in bed at night. that version comes with an added audio soundtrack of your own tiny screams every time there's a noise outside
ALL OF US MURDERERS is on cheap on Amazon today! Get your Gothic second chance romance for £/$1.99! (I have no idea how long for or if it's going to other sites, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
All of Us Murderers
All of Us Murderers eBook : Charles, KJ: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
you should absolutely read this book. masterpiece of the Rotten People In a Sinister House Keep Dying genre. and if you are REALLY unhinged like I am you should read it in bed at night. that version comes with an added audio soundtrack of your own tiny screams every time there's a noise outside
Reposted by KJ Charles
ALL OF US MURDERERS is on cheap on Amazon today! Get your Gothic second chance romance for £/$1.99! (I have no idea how long for or if it's going to other sites, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
All of Us Murderers
All of Us Murderers eBook : Charles, KJ: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ALL OF US MURDERERS is on cheap on Amazon today! Get your Gothic second chance romance for £/$1.99! (I have no idea how long for or if it's going to other sites, sorry.)
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
www.amazon.co.uk/All-Us-Murde...
Finally watched the David Attenborough doc on London's wildlife. Absolutely wonderful depiction of the extraordinary breadth and vitality of nature's WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN SNAKES
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Finally watched the David Attenborough doc on London's wildlife. Absolutely wonderful depiction of the extraordinary breadth and vitality of nature's WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN SNAKES
Bids welcome for advertising in my WIP!
--Set in 1916 so your brand must be over 110 years old, for accuracy
--It's an occult romance, so you should be looking to appeal to the 'depraved perv' market segment
--The MCs are horrible: perfect ad space if your product is toxic or deeply misguided!
--Set in 1916 so your brand must be over 110 years old, for accuracy
--It's an occult romance, so you should be looking to appeal to the 'depraved perv' market segment
--The MCs are horrible: perfect ad space if your product is toxic or deeply misguided!
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Bids welcome for advertising in my WIP!
--Set in 1916 so your brand must be over 110 years old, for accuracy
--It's an occult romance, so you should be looking to appeal to the 'depraved perv' market segment
--The MCs are horrible: perfect ad space if your product is toxic or deeply misguided!
--Set in 1916 so your brand must be over 110 years old, for accuracy
--It's an occult romance, so you should be looking to appeal to the 'depraved perv' market segment
--The MCs are horrible: perfect ad space if your product is toxic or deeply misguided!
Reposted by KJ Charles
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
May is a terrific editor and book doctor. I absolutely rely on her and you should too.
I’m actively taking new editing clients!
Whether you’re stuck on a book, want help with a project idea, or simply have a manuscript you want to make the best it can be, check out my website for info about services and fees!
www.maypetersonbooks.com/editorial/
Whether you’re stuck on a book, want help with a project idea, or simply have a manuscript you want to make the best it can be, check out my website for info about services and fees!
www.maypetersonbooks.com/editorial/
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
May is a terrific editor and book doctor. I absolutely rely on her and you should too.
Did a medicine ball slam in the gym with a 6kg ball, expecting it to hit the floor with a thud. Damn thing bounced on the rubber flooring, shot up, and smashed me right in the face. Seven stitches, still have a whacking jagged scar on my lip a year later.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Did a medicine ball slam in the gym with a 6kg ball, expecting it to hit the floor with a thud. Damn thing bounced on the rubber flooring, shot up, and smashed me right in the face. Seven stitches, still have a whacking jagged scar on my lip a year later.
I read The Weightless World by Anthony Trevelyan
K.J. Charles's review of The Weightless World
Literary SF. An Indian scientist has supposedly invented an antigravity device, a UK businessman is trying to buy it from him, and his assistant narrates their trip to India. The best way I can put ...
www.goodreads.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I read The Weightless World by Anthony Trevelyan
I read The Fool (The Austellus Saga #1) by Laura J Fitzwilson
K.J. Charles's review of The Fool (The Austellus Saga #1)
Fantasy romance set in a magical realm based on Australia, which makes a change. I enjoyed absolutely masses of this. The premise is really fun--a prince studying magic is catapulted into kingship b...
www.goodreads.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I read The Fool (The Austellus Saga #1) by Laura J Fitzwilson
I just realised this is out! Loved the first two in the series, very much looking forward.
It’s so lovely that so many of you are throwing parties tonight to celebrate my new book launching tomorrow! atlantic-books.co.uk/book/the-gra...
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I just realised this is out! Loved the first two in the series, very much looking forward.
oh my god it's snowing please stop
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
oh my god it's snowing please stop
Ah, this was one of my fave reads of last year! Get in.
Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Ah, this was one of my fave reads of last year! Get in.
I read A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
K.J. Charles's review of A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2)
Second in the epic fantasy series with a Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin duo, where the Watson can remember everything (a lovely conceit that explains the amazing ability of the legwork narrator to repeat v...
www.goodreads.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I read A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan, #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
I read A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
K.J. Charles's review of A Book of Tongues (Hexslinger, #1)
Putting both the weird and the wild in the West, this is a fantasy Western with stone cold rotten MCs: the Reverend Rook (hexslinger), his lover Chess (freelance psychopathic murderer with issues) and...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I read A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files
I read Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
K.J. Charles's review of Hemlock & Silver
Marvellous, of course. A terrific reimagining of the Snow White story, in which a poisons specialist is trying to find out what's killing the king's daughter...only the stepmother is already dead. Som...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I read Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
I read Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
K.J. Charles's review of Little Rot
A deeply bleak novel about the seedy underbelly of life for a set of rich Nigerian socialites, centering on the sordid sex parties held by one of them. There's a lot of nasty and degrading sex, a lot ...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I read Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
I read The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1) by Antonia Hodgson
K.J. Charles's review of The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
Jeez this was long. I think I should have read it twenty years ago when I wasn't so aware of my dwindling lifespan, but as it is I kind of felt that it didn't quite earn its length. (eg a A Memory cal...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I read The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1) by Antonia Hodgson
I read The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier, trans Adriana Hunter
K.J. Charles's review of The Anomaly
A terrific metaphysical thriller, very well translated from the French. Basically, in March an Air France flight goes through turbulence and lands safely and its passengers get on with their lives, un...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
I read The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier, trans Adriana Hunter