Years ago, as a teenager I took the Raven Ring out of the public library, and instantly devoured it. Twice. Before Katniss Everdeen and Hermione Granger, I had Eleret, a mountain warrior woman who couldn’t grasp city mannerisms, but who could memorize anything spoken to her and throw knives with the best of them. I loved that book so much that my friend almost stole it from the library because even 13 years ago, the book wasn’t easy to find. However, one of the great things […]
Only one Bad Wolf mention?
It’s really cute how these Doctor Who books do a pre-credits scene before the first chapter. You can practically hear the theme song in your head.
My heart’s not open.
There are better Frozen books out there.
“Orange” you glad I didn’t say banana?
“Orange” is the title of the Neil Gaiman story included in this book, and as it was his name on the cover that got be to buy it in the first place, I thought it should get some sort of mention. While I enjoyed that story, it wasn’t my absolute favorite, so I left it out of my review.
Sometimes being kidnapped might be the best thing to ever happen to a young woman
Having finally read The Hero and the Crown, it felt like it was time for a re-read of the Damar book I had actually read. The Blue Sword is set many centuries after Aerin the Dragon Slayer saved her kingdom from magical threat. Damarians now seem to be chiefly desert dwelling nomads and expert horsemen. They are now threatened both by magic wielding enemies to the north and ignorant colonists from the Homeland (read: Imperialist Britain). Corlath, the Damarian king tries to propose an alliance with […]
1001 Nights, for Beginners
Engraved on the Eye is a collection of 8 short stories told in various settings of Fantasy Middle East, drawing on Islamic and Middle Eastern folklore. It’s an extremely quick read. The stories are entertaining and the characters are lively, jovial, and diverse. Every story has some sort of supernatural creatures; ghuls feature prominently, along with ghul-hunters, martial artists, gunslingers, supervillains, rogues, dervishes,bounty hunters, and shaykhs. As with many short story books, there’s a range in subject matter and quality. I particularly enjoyed Mister Hadj’s Sunset Ride (about a gun-slinging Muslim wizard in […]
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