Mini-Reviews: Shadow of the Fox & Traitor’s Blade
The Shadow of the Fox is the series opener for a YA fantasy story inspired by Japanese legends – and feudal Japanese history. Three very different teenagers find their fates […]
Mini Reviews: All’s Well, The Bride Test, & Good Neighbors
As you’ve likely guessed, all is not well with Miranda Fitch. Former stage actress turned struggling theatre professor, Miranda is being crushed under the weight of her excruciating chronic pain […]
Tough Traveling: Messiahs
This week’s trope is MESSIAHS:
If the world needs saving who are you going to call? Perhaps there is someone out there destined to save everything? It sounds like you need…a Messiah. (Thanks Rabindranauth for the topic).
Tough Traveling: Desert Nomads
“Tough Traveling” is a weekly Thursday feature created by Nathan at Review Barn where participants make a new list each week based on The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones. […]
Tough Traveling: Curses
This week’s trope is CURSES:
CURSES are long-standing ill-wishings which, in Fantasyland, often manifest as semi-sentient. They have to be broken or dispelled.
Tough Traveling: Towers
This week’s trope is TOWERS:
TOWERS stand along in waster areas and almost always belong to Wizards. All are several storeys high, round, doorless, virtually windowless, and composed of smooth blocks of masonry that make them very hard to climb.