Amy de la Force
@amydelaforce.bsky.social
#Romantasy A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥
(Canelo, DK, PRH) out now 🇬🇧 / in Dec ‘25 🇺🇸
Whimsigoth #SpecFic writer. She / her 🇦🇺🩷💜💙
SL: Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize ‘24.
Rep: Sarah Hornsley @ PFD.
https://linktr.ee/amydelaforce
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For US readers, the preorder campaign for my debut #romantasy A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME is live! ❤️🔥
Preorder from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, and you’ll get a book plate signed by me and an art print by the legendary Queen Joey!
PREORDER NOW 🇺🇸 : sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
Preorder from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, and you’ll get a book plate signed by me and an art print by the legendary Queen Joey!
PREORDER NOW 🇺🇸 : sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
Attention US #romantasy lovers! 🇺🇸💖📚 Enter to win 1 / 50 *exclusive* 1st-edition sprayed edge copies of my debut A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥 by entering the Goodreads giveaway! Open from November 11-18, 2025. 🥰
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November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Attention US #romantasy lovers! 🇺🇸💖📚 Enter to win 1 / 50 *exclusive* 1st-edition sprayed edge copies of my debut A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥 by entering the Goodreads giveaway! Open from November 11-18, 2025. 🥰
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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⚔️ A debut romantasy novel from @amydelaforce.bsky.social
🍳New cookbooks
💭Graphic novel series for young readers
🧪New narrative nonfiction
It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy
🍳New cookbooks
💭Graphic novel series for young readers
🧪New narrative nonfiction
It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
⚔️ A debut romantasy novel from @amydelaforce.bsky.social
🍳New cookbooks
💭Graphic novel series for young readers
🧪New narrative nonfiction
It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy
🍳New cookbooks
💭Graphic novel series for young readers
🧪New narrative nonfiction
It's all here during @dkbooks.bsky.social Spring 2026 Season Preview happening Thursday, November 13 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT! RSVP now: bit.ly/4ocebRy
Welp, between this morning's NetGalley email and discovering my US Goodreads giveaway has started, I'm officially too excited to focus now. 😂
(Link: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...)
(Link: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...)
Book giveaway for A Kiss of Hammer and Flame: The must-read, sizzling romantasy debut for fans of Throne of Glass (Fated for Hael) by Amy de la Force Nov 11-Nov 18, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 11-Nov 18, 2025. Enter to win one of 50 first-edition copies of A Kiss of Hammer an...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Welp, between this morning's NetGalley email and discovering my US Goodreads giveaway has started, I'm officially too excited to focus now. 😂
(Link: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...)
(Link: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...)
Not me opening my email and thinking, “Oooh, this looks interesting!”, and it’s my book on US @netgalley.bsky.social. 😱🤩😂
Thank you @canelobooks.bsky.social
and DK for the best jump scare everrrrr!!! 🥰😘
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Thank you @canelobooks.bsky.social
and DK for the best jump scare everrrrr!!! 🥰😘
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Not me opening my email and thinking, “Oooh, this looks interesting!”, and it’s my book on US @netgalley.bsky.social. 😱🤩😂
Thank you @canelobooks.bsky.social
and DK for the best jump scare everrrrr!!! 🥰😘
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Thank you @canelobooks.bsky.social
and DK for the best jump scare everrrrr!!! 🥰😘
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Any #MonsterRomance readers in the audience? There's an interesting study on rhetoric happening:
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Reader Perceptions of Shame, Empowerment, and Genre in Monster Romance Fiction
Informed Consent Page
IRB Number- IRB-FY26-184
Title of Research Study: Reader Perceptions of Shame, Empowerment, and Genre in Monster Romance Fiction
Researcher's Contact Information:
Princple Inv...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Any #MonsterRomance readers in the audience? There's an interesting study on rhetoric happening:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Kid just asked if he could get an owl.
Marginally better than the PS5 he asked for yesterday. 🤣
Marginally better than the PS5 he asked for yesterday. 🤣
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Kid just asked if he could get an owl.
Marginally better than the PS5 he asked for yesterday. 🤣
Marginally better than the PS5 he asked for yesterday. 🤣
One for the #WritingCommunity 📚: silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-... by @silviamg.bsky.social (thanks @sophiavahdati.bsky.social for the share!) #YA
The YA boom and bust story | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One for the #WritingCommunity 📚: silviamoreno-garcia.com/the-ya-boom-... by @silviamg.bsky.social (thanks @sophiavahdati.bsky.social for the share!) #YA
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Me to Mercury Retrograde tomorrow.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Me to Mercury Retrograde tomorrow.
VF rebuttal to the NYT. Joke’s on you, Times-ers, I’m ruining stuff and I’m not even in the workplace any more. 🥴😈
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
Women of Vanity Fair Consider: Wait, Did We Ruin the Workplace?
Today, The New York Times published a conversation between the conservative columnist Ross Douthat and two writers about just how bad ladies have screwed up corporate culture with their presence. We f...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
VF rebuttal to the NYT. Joke’s on you, Times-ers, I’m ruining stuff and I’m not even in the workplace any more. 🥴😈
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
www.vanityfair.com/culture/stor...
Okay, so when I was a youngin’, I was obsessed with Honda Preludes (the shape, the kits, so prettyyyyy!!! 😱😍). And THEY HAVE FREAKING REBOOTED IT 🫨🫨🫨😂
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Okay, so when I was a youngin’, I was obsessed with Honda Preludes (the shape, the kits, so prettyyyyy!!! 😱😍). And THEY HAVE FREAKING REBOOTED IT 🫨🫨🫨😂
On deadline and I'm now at the stage of admin dreams and teeth clenching in my sleep. 🫠
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
On deadline and I'm now at the stage of admin dreams and teeth clenching in my sleep. 🫠
In other news, welcome to the time of year I start banging on about Zara's seasonal candles! 😂
I wrote AKOHAF to the scent of Zara's Chimney candle, and a new one arrived yesterday (I've been out for ages), and now I feel *𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝑔𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹*! 🤣
I wrote AKOHAF to the scent of Zara's Chimney candle, and a new one arrived yesterday (I've been out for ages), and now I feel *𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝑔𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹*! 🤣
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In other news, welcome to the time of year I start banging on about Zara's seasonal candles! 😂
I wrote AKOHAF to the scent of Zara's Chimney candle, and a new one arrived yesterday (I've been out for ages), and now I feel *𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝑔𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹*! 🤣
I wrote AKOHAF to the scent of Zara's Chimney candle, and a new one arrived yesterday (I've been out for ages), and now I feel *𝒾𝓃𝓋𝒾𝑔𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹𝒹*! 🤣
An enormous ✨𝓣𝓗𝓐𝓝𝓚 𝓨𝓞𝓤✨ to @libraryjournal.bsky.social for the interview, and for including my debut #romantasy A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME in LJ’s 1st romantasy preview! 💖😍🥹🥰
The article’s behind a paywall, but a screenshot is on the last slide – be warned, it has ‼️SPOILERS‼️... 🤫 x #AKOHAF
The article’s behind a paywall, but a screenshot is on the last slide – be warned, it has ‼️SPOILERS‼️... 🤫 x #AKOHAF
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
An enormous ✨𝓣𝓗𝓐𝓝𝓚 𝓨𝓞𝓤✨ to @libraryjournal.bsky.social for the interview, and for including my debut #romantasy A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME in LJ’s 1st romantasy preview! 💖😍🥹🥰
The article’s behind a paywall, but a screenshot is on the last slide – be warned, it has ‼️SPOILERS‼️... 🤫 x #AKOHAF
The article’s behind a paywall, but a screenshot is on the last slide – be warned, it has ‼️SPOILERS‼️... 🤫 x #AKOHAF
😱 1 MONTH 😱 until A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥 starts landing in bookstores in North America!
PREORDER NOW: sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
#AKissOfHammerAndFlame #AKOHAF
PREORDER NOW: sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
#AKissOfHammerAndFlame #AKOHAF
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
😱 1 MONTH 😱 until A KISS OF HAMMER AND FLAME ❤️🔥 starts landing in bookstores in North America!
PREORDER NOW: sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
#AKissOfHammerAndFlame #AKOHAF
PREORDER NOW: sites.prh.com/kiss-of-hamm...
#AKissOfHammerAndFlame #AKOHAF
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First panel of the day: Paranormal
Romance to Romantasy with Ruth Frances Long, @amydelaforce.bsky.social, @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social, @anniesummerlee.bsky.social and Sophie Jarrell
Romance to Romantasy with Ruth Frances Long, @amydelaforce.bsky.social, @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social, @anniesummerlee.bsky.social and Sophie Jarrell
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
First panel of the day: Paranormal
Romance to Romantasy with Ruth Frances Long, @amydelaforce.bsky.social, @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social, @anniesummerlee.bsky.social and Sophie Jarrell
Romance to Romantasy with Ruth Frances Long, @amydelaforce.bsky.social, @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social, @anniesummerlee.bsky.social and Sophie Jarrell
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Day 2 at WFC. Time for some paranormal romance & romantasy: how did we get here? Do tropes matter? And what is the expected level of spice these days, anyway? Here’s @rflong.bsky.social @amydelaforce.bsky.social @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social @anniesummerlee.bsky.social & mod Sophie Jarrell.
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Day 2 at WFC. Time for some paranormal romance & romantasy: how did we get here? Do tropes matter? And what is the expected level of spice these days, anyway? Here’s @rflong.bsky.social @amydelaforce.bsky.social @nadiaelfassi.bsky.social @anniesummerlee.bsky.social & mod Sophie Jarrell.
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: M&S have lamingtons!!!!! 😍 Do slice the jam and cream rosette off the top and smush it into your halved cakey part for maximum effect. 🥰 #ExpatLife 🇦🇺
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL: M&S have lamingtons!!!!! 😍 Do slice the jam and cream rosette off the top and smush it into your halved cakey part for maximum effect. 🥰 #ExpatLife 🇦🇺
Today’s the day, and on my way! @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social #WorldFantasyCon
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today’s the day, and on my way! @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social #WorldFantasyCon
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These FREE BOOKS including selections from @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @amydelaforce.bsky.social @stephellis.bsky.social @clhellisen.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social and more!
a baby is sitting in a high chair making a surprised face and saying wow .
ALT: a baby is sitting in a high chair making a surprised face and saying wow .
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October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
These FREE BOOKS including selections from @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @amydelaforce.bsky.social @stephellis.bsky.social @clhellisen.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social and more!
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Heads-up to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees - I just logged into the members area of the website for the first time since I got my ticket, and there are FREE BOOKS waiting for you.
This has been a public service announcement. Another follows 🧵⬇️
This has been a public service announcement. Another follows 🧵⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Heads-up to @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social attendees - I just logged into the members area of the website for the first time since I got my ticket, and there are FREE BOOKS waiting for you.
This has been a public service announcement. Another follows 🧵⬇️
This has been a public service announcement. Another follows 🧵⬇️
So… The husband and I made a thing yesterday. ⚔️ #OldfieldForge
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
So… The husband and I made a thing yesterday. ⚔️ #OldfieldForge
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One more from last week's in Bournemouth with @amydelaforce.bsky.social and @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One more from last week's in Bournemouth with @amydelaforce.bsky.social and @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
Why is the Bluesky app logo the same colour as Facebook now 😭
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Why is the Bluesky app logo the same colour as Facebook now 😭
Saging my room and I suddenly feel really anxious...
Am I the demon? 🤔😂
Am I the demon? 🤔😂
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Saging my room and I suddenly feel really anxious...
Am I the demon? 🤔😂
Am I the demon? 🤔😂
OMG I met Bea Fitzgerald at a book launch last night and she just started following me on Instagram I AM NOT OKAYYYYY
two people are dancing in a crowd and one of them is saying we 're not worthy ! we 're not worthy !
ALT: two people are dancing in a crowd and one of them is saying we 're not worthy ! we 're not worthy !
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
OMG I met Bea Fitzgerald at a book launch last night and she just started following me on Instagram I AM NOT OKAYYYYY