Tag: fantasy
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Deities in Fiction
Whether you’re incorporating real-world gods into your book, or you’ve created your own pantheon, deities are some of the most difficult to write because humans are not immortal. How can you think like one? How can you determine what an immortal would think is important, considering they have all the time—and often all the power—in…
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Review: The Stone Sky
The Broken Earth trilogy: The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin This is the final book. Everything is set up so nicely for this book that I can’t wait to see what happens. I couldn’t wait to finish this series! Read: May 22 – May 27, 2023 Buy Your Own Copy Visit nkjemisin.com Book contains: violence,…
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Review: The Obelisk Gate
The Broken Earth trilogy: The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin Book two of the Broken Earth series, and whew! book one ended on a cliff-hanger. That one line somewhere near the beginning of that book talking about what people miss is what’s lacking I understood right away because there was no mention of any moon…
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Review: The Fifth Season
The Broken Earth trilogy: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin I learned about this author through taking her Masterclass for Creative Writing. I tend to lean toward teen and young adult science fiction and fantasy, rather than adult fiction like hers is, but I felt that I would enjoy the series, so I bought all…
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Review: House of Ravens
The Shadow Atlas: House of Ravens by Jenny Sandiford This is the prequel to the series, all about Torin Dumont. It was no longer available on BookSirens by the time I was ready for it, so instead I downloaded it from Sandiford’s website for free when I subscribed to her newsletter. I’ve been loving the…
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The Rise and Fall of a Franchise
Sometimes, when a book franchise is popular enough, it receives what every author dreams of—a movie or TV series contract. For the Harry Potter series, first published in 1997, it was only a matter of time before movies hit the screens. Despite minor missteps in the movies (see: “calmly”, book 4), the popularity of the…
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Review: Good Omens
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 4 stars – I liked it; it was good I received this book (a paperback) as a birthday gift from a good friend, along with a pair of bright yellow socks covered in images of socks. This friend, obviously, has an interesting sense of humour, but every…
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Review: The Tower of Nero
The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan 4 stars – I liked it, it was good Last book of the series! I’m sorry to see it end, but I’m also glad that I collected all five before reading them. I’ve never been good with cliff-hangers. As for the rest of Riordan’s…
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Dragons in Fiction
Dragons and dragon-like beings permeate history and culture across the world. From the typical European interpretation to their Asian cousins, to Africa and Central America and the Middle East. They differ vastly from one another and go by different names, but they are all, inherently, mythological and majestic creatures. [A handy chart highlighting some of…