Plot: ★★ Characters: ★ Readability: ★★ I had really high expectations for Encounters – aliens or mass hysteria? Zimbabwe? Multiple points of view, from different kids with a connection? Honestly, Encounters sounded like something I should have loved, but it just didn’t work for me at all. The writing style feels very young, more like… Read More Review: Encounters
Plot: ★★★★★ Characters: ★★★★ Readability: ★★★★★ Tower of Dawn runs parallel to Empire of Storms, following Chaol and Nesryn’s journey to try and gain more allies for Aelin and the others. On top of dealing with the politics and negotiations, trying to gain allies without revealing what they know about the Wyrdkeys because they don’t… Read More Review: Tower of Dawn
What’s on in October? I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo again next month (yes, even despite failing last year, because I’m an optimist!), and things at work really pick up between now and Christmas, so this month will mostly be filled with NaNo Prep and working. I’m hoping to complete both the Writing.com NaNo Prep calendar… Read More Looking Ahead: October 2017
Reading I’ve read a bit of a mixture this month: 1 manga, more kids than usual, more contemporary than usual, but still some fantasy representation of course! My reviews for Encounters and Tower of Dawn are already scheduled, but suffice to say I loved Tower of Dawn and was bitterly disappointed by Encounters! Indexing was… Read More September Wrap-Up
So you may have been wondering where I am – and that’d be a fair question. My hosting renews every August, and this year, I really debated whether to continue paying for self-hosted, or indeed, to keep blogging at all. I’m in a very different place from where I was when I started this blog… Read More When real life takes over (in a good way!)
