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The Woodcutters and Their Messes

June 20, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Trix and the Faerie Queen is the second book staring Trix Woodcutter, and the sixth book in the books of Arilland. This is one where you will probably need to read at least Trixter to follow what is going on, but for someone who has read all of the previous books this is a nice addition. Trix Woodcutter is the youngest son of the Woodcutter family, not the youngest child as that honor goes to Sunday, but the youngest son. In a family with many […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Alethia Kontis, Arilland

melanir's CBR8 Review No:51 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Alethia Kontis, Arilland ·
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Have I mentioned how much I enjoy fairy tale retellings?

June 20, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Tales of Arilland is a collection of short stories, ostensibly set in Alethia Kontis’s fictional world of Arilland where she has set her set of fairytale retellings. Like most short story collections this one is uneven, and the stories range from decent to quite good. While I don’t believe you need to have read the previous Arriland books, a series of fairytale retellings staring a very peculiar family-the Woodcutters, and in fact I think this could be a very good introduction to the series. Reviewing short […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Alethia Kontis, Arilland

melanir's CBR8 Review No:50 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Alethia Kontis, Arilland ·
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