Tag: na fantasy
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I’m Rewriting My Complete Fantasy Manuscript – What Will The Changes Be?
For those who don’t know, I spent four years at uni working on two creative writing degrees. These degrees are part of the reason I feel so comfortable and capable when talking about books and writing. I learnt how to look at writing objectively, what to say to bring tone and tension into the setting,…
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A Court of Silver Flames Deep Dive
Finally, after what feels like months, I have finished (or caught up with, given there’s a pending sixth book) Sarah J Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series reread. There have been ups and downs, pleasant realisations and some no-so-pleasant moments where I strongly reconsidered this reread journey. I knew it was to get…
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Favourites of 2023
2023 was a year where I read 160 books but only gave 5-stars to maybe six of them. I’m a bit of a hard reviewer, only giving five stars to something that I genuinely enjoy and I must take the whole story into consideration as both a reader and a writer when considering a five-star…
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Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue – One of The Darkest YA Books I Have Read
Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue is like nothing I have read before because of its unabashed confrontation of abuse and trauma. It’s heavy-hitting in its detail, in the way characters interact with each other or react to triggers, and it creates such a complex world and multi-layered situation to unravel. Before you decide to read it, I…
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Revisiting Fourth Wing – How Has My Opinion Changed
So I read and wrote up a review for Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros rather soon after its release in hopes to beat the hype and get a genuine reaction out of it. While I certainly enjoyed it, I have since seen a lot of responses and reviews of it and I can’t help but…