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The business of empire and myth making

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

November 14, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

There are a few different layers through which to view this book. At the top, there is the story between the knight and the scholar, two people intertwined across time, who are in a loop and keep reliving the same story, with variations, and have a strong connection and love, and whether they can ever break the cycle and get their happy ending. It is a story about storytelling – something Harrow seems to be more and more interested in with the Spindle Splintered novels […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: alix e harrow, Arthurian, empire, knights, storytelling

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:115 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: alix e harrow, Arthurian, empire, knights, storytelling ·
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Gay-Lesbian Solidarity

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

September 16, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR 15 Bingo – Queer Lives: Both the main characters in this book are queer, and one of the major plot-lines concerns itself with what must change in society for them to live their lives openly. Hundreds of years after the time of Arthur Pendragon, his descendent Arthur Delacey is betrothed to Gwen, the princess of England. If only she wasn’t more interested in the only female knight in the realm; if only he wasn’t more interested in her brother… I picked up this book because […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, ARC, Arthurian, cbr15bingo, historical, Lex Croucher, lgbt, NetGalley, queer, Romance, YA

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, ARC, Arthurian, cbr15bingo, historical, Lex Croucher, lgbt, NetGalley, queer, Romance, YA ·
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What’s in a name?

Spear by Nicola Griffith

October 21, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The last few years I try to read at least one or two things that I would not normally read. I have done horror graphic novels, manga, and adult novels. I did not do great (but not horrible) this year (that horror manga comic alone would have been enough), but I figured Spear by Nicola Griffith might work. It was adult, and science-fiction/fantasy (heavier on the fantasy). And it was short. I find that if you are tackling a subject/genre you do not normally, short […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: Arthurian, British, folk tales, gender, glbtq, Knights and knighthood, Legends & Mythology, lesbian, Medieval (500-1453) Studies, nicola griffith

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:532 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: Arthurian, British, folk tales, gender, glbtq, Knights and knighthood, Legends & Mythology, lesbian, Medieval (500-1453) Studies, nicola griffith ·
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