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  • A Court of Thorns and Roses: 1-2

    This review was originally written and posted in April 2016. We open the book with our main character, who is out hunting in the dead of winter, despairing because it’s so late in the season that game is scarce. Also it’s starting to blizzard, and that’s never good. especially from my position up in the…

  • Queen of the Tearling: Part 20

    Kelsea and her guard head out from the “battle” site, and Kelsea “deep down” knows that there’s no more danger from Thorne. Because this book doesn’t “ like revelations and resolutions to come too soon or be simplified .” Nope, this book is like real life, where you can always clearly tell when the danger…

  • Queen of the Tearling: Part 19

    The evil queen is in her evil country, standing out on her evil balcony and eviling. Oh, and whining, because we have yet to see this POV serve an actual point. The Queen had ruled her kingdom with an iron grip for over a century, but now the lack of new slaves had created a…

  • Queen of the Tearling: Part 18

    Kelsea and her crew head out at dawn, and now Kelsea’s sapphire has decided to magic it up and drag her due east. Because it’s not done anything like that before, but hey, anything can happen when you have no rules for your magical artifact and can make it up as you go along! the…

  • Queen of the Tearling: Part 17

    Today, we open with Kelsea holding her first audience, allowing people to come in and present grievances and the like, but most importantly, see her and see that she’s alive and in charge. the entire Queen’s Guard had been stationed in the audience chamber, even those who usually worked the night and slept during the…