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smalltownfae · 11 months

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I'm counting LotR as just one book so it's not here and I only read one ASOIAF book so it can't enter this.

#booklr #fantasy book series #rote #discworld #nightrunner series #the first law #the poppy war trilogy #shades of magic #his dark materials #gentleman bastards #the chronicles of prydain #sevenwaters #the title is a joke these are only series I read ahah #I am putting broken earth in the scifi poll #my polls

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oracleofmadness · 6 months

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I just want to hug this book!!! I loved it so much for the comforting characters and the author's smooth storytelling. I am a huge fan of A.K. Mulford and this did not disappoint.

Calla is twin to the missing golden wolf princess, which, of course, makes Calla a missing princess too. They are the last of the golden wolves, wolf shifters, whose family were the monarchs of a kingdom. When Briar and Calla were born, an evil sorceress murdered their parents along with all the other golden wolves and took over their kingdom. Calla and Briar have been raised by a faerie who kept them safe until it was time for Briar to wed the prince of the silver wolves which also marked the time for both sisters to come out of hiding in secrecy. However, as per usual in any good book, things do not go as expected... at all.

Calla went through a journey in this story in more ways than one. There are so many meaningful and insightful quotes throughout this book that I definitely recommend a good highlighter or tabs for! Most meaningful to me is the author's incredibly kind and understanding way of expressing Calla's gender and the very real fears that go along with self-discovery. This not only made me feel seen but just so comforted by these characters (particularly Ora).

I definitely recommend this one!!

Out December 5, 2023!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

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el-niphrendil · 1 year

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Hello everyone!

Long time no see :D Being a mom for two little boys keeps me more busy than expected. I still try to draw sometimes.

So here we are:

I wanted to draw fanart for the Riyria revelations series from Michael J. Sullivan from the moment I’ve read the books.

And now here they are, the dynamic duo of Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn.

I hope you’ll like them :)

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#hadrian blackwater #royce melborn #riyra #riyria revelations #michael j sullivan #fantasy book series #world of elan #riyria fanart #hadrian/royce #knight and assassin #brotp #my brotp #otp #book fanart #fantasy

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esmeraythewriter · 2 months

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My current tbr

The fear (currently reading actually)

The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue

Empire of the Vampire

Scythe (series)

The Poppy War (series)

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noahhawthorneauthor · 5 months

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This is a happy feel good story with traumatized characters learning how to love and live again, and an evil ex-boyfriend x2.

Edit* the sexual assault is brief on page.

#matsdotter and adrastus #queer books #aelina isaacs #gay books #content warnings #dark academia #queer urban fantasy #indie books #phantom and rook #fantasy author #indie author #fantasy book series #indie authors

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mask131 · 2 years

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About youth fantasy or fantasy for children: it is quite easy to know when a fantasy work for children or preteens works. Just read it again when you are older and see if it is still strong.

I’ll take two series to illustrate this.

First series: Deltora Quest. It was one of my favorite book series as a child, one of my first introductions to literary fantasy, and I adored it. I read it as a young adult, and the series was just as good - if not better.

I originally read it for the magic, the monsters, the adventures, the... well, the fantasy. I once jokingly called Deltora Quest “The Lord of the Rings for kids and in Australia”, but it is true that A) Deltora Quest reuses all the classical elements of the “traditional” fantasy genre, mostly high fantasy/epic fantasy (a group of heroes on a secret mission, an evil sorcerous overlord invading the country, a lost heir to the crown must be found, various tribes must be united to fight the villain, there’s monsters and witches at every corner...) ; but B) It does so in a simple, easy, flowing way that makes it a good and enjoyable read for kids (even though it isn’t an oversimplification - there’s still twists and turns and reveals, keeping up the mystery and the tension).

However when I read it again with more maturity (and more knowledge of the fantasy genre), I found something entirely new. More than just fascinating visuals, gripping descriptions and epic adventures, I found beneath it solid messages and adult themes. I found in it a setting that contrasts from traditional “European fantasies” due the novel being written by an Australian and thus the fictional country of Deltora being inspired by Australia ; I found serious themes about things such as dealing with grief or fighting depression ; I found a balanced trio of heroes covering various ages and genders (with quite a handful of strong, powerful or heroic female figures across the story) ; I found books that get better upon re-read, and that are more adult than they seem, and that works to be quite unique in the general fantasy landscape. A good exemple of the brilliantness of Deltora Quest is how for example they handle their ecological message: because, walking in Tolkien’s path, in this series the evil is manifested through factories, urban nightmare, demented chemistry, pollution, eugenics and other mad science, while goodness equals a fertile land, a bright landscape, a peaceful nature, healthy beasts... BUT as I said before, Deltora Quest is an Australian work and given Australians know quite well how flora and fauna can be deadly, the nature of Deltora is not all bright and happy and colorful : it has numerous lethal, hurtful, evil and ugly things in it (that in fact, the villains often turn onto the Deltorans themselves). But here is the important message: these things are still part of Deltora, they are part of nature, while the forces of pollution and destruction the heroes face are unnatural. By accepting nature, you accept both its good and bad, what can heal and kill you - but it is better to have that than just a poisonous and filfthy wasteland. A nuanced, interesting take on the ecological message - again, in a series primarily aimed at kids and pre-teens!

That was the good example.

Now the bad.

Amos Daragon. I don’t know if English-speakers have heard of this book series because it comes from French Canada - it was a big success there, which led to it coming to France and it had its hour of glory there. I bought Amos Daragon after having read the Deltora Quest books because they both had these ultra-cool 3D covers that were so unique at the time. And I remember that, as a kid, when I read it, I loved it a lot. It was the story of one boy who had to collect masks controlling the four elements to help the world, in grip between a battle of good and evil gods, and all the while he had adventures in various countries with various creatures inspired by all sorts of folklores and mythologies.

So when MANY years later I found back my collection, I decided to read them again to refresh my memory. I was bored, I cringed, I wanted to barf sometimes. This series not only did not age well, but also could not resist the maturity and knowledge I had gained with time. It was filled with SO many problems. For example, the Amos Daragon world is filled with gods forming a vast and rich pantheon : in fact these gods are the same as real-world gods, the various mythologies of our world mixed together in one big fantasy world. I didn’t mind as a kid because I was a fan of mythology and had never seen such “mixing-of-mythologies” work before. But as an adult, I realized how... bad it was done. The gods in the stories were basically cliche and stereotypes of themselves, sometimes completely reinterpreted or reinvented, notably because as I said there are GOOD and EVIL gods and so each god had to be sorted in one or another category... Which leads to massive reinterpretations of course. Similarly, the world of Amos Daragon has LOTS of creatures coming from all mythologies coexisting together, and a lot of fictional populations that correspond to real-life cultures (your typical medieval England countries, your fantasy-Arabia stand-in, your fictional China empire, etc...). Or at least I REMEMBERED these fictional people being expies. What a surprise I had upon finding out these populations had the same name as our real-life people : they were for example the “Vikings” and the “Dogons”. All existing alongside fictional countries in a clearly fictional world that had no relationship to our own. It was massively confusing as it was unclear whether this was supposed to be an alternate version of our world or a purely fictional one. And oh boy, let me tell you the depiction of the Dogons (who are basically all of your African people thrown in one nationality) does not age well... And the Asian martial-artist elderly “wise trickster” mentor? Well let’s say it is a type of character that would fit in 80s America but not today. It seems almost that the author was just very lazy and did a hasty patchwork without thinking much of the consequences (but apparently it is just a standard way of things when it comes to French-Canadian media? I’ll come back to it one of those days).

Okay, this is a setting problem, but what about the story then? Is it any good? Well... To be fair, there are good ideas and good elements in Amos Daragon. There’s a reason I liked this series in the first place. There are fascinating concepts and plot points. There are good elements sure, and the author clearly knows his folktales, fairytales and legends well enough to weave on traditional themes - and some reinterpretations of the mythological beings are interesting, don’t get me wrong! But that’s not enough to make a good story, far from it. The knowledge the author has in folklore comes to bite him back as if you know your basic stories and legends, a lot of the outcomes are predictable, a lot of the enigmas easy to solve. The story has all sorts of cliche of fantasy and youth stories - and not in a good way. It can please and entertain a kid who hasn’t read much or who doesn’t know much - but as soon as you know better, the story loses its charm.

The biggest offense however, the problem that immediately jumped to my eyes upon reading, beyond the insensitive (borderline racist) depictions and the use of mythologies and cultures as building blocks to play with randomly (in many ways Amos Daragon is a sort of anti-Avatar The Last Airbender), a good part of what made the story not so enjoyable as an adult and what swallowed up the good elements... The main protagonist, Amos Daragon, is a Mary Sue. One of the purest and most unfiltered examples of a Mary Sue I ever saw. I am not kidding. As a kid, of course I didn’t know what a Mary Sue was - I didn’t even had Internet. But now I can claim it: Amos Daragon is the example of a successful Mary Sue in children literature. He is beautiful, strong, talented, clever, cunning, virtuous, always purer and better than anyone else. He always manages to defeat his ennemies, he is adored by all his friends, he can find the solution of everything (even when the deduction or solutions are just... so bizarre and unlogical) - and of course, as he gathers the masks of powers, he becomes a super-hero that saves everyone and is one of the most powerful beings in the world... Come on. Even when (spoilers) at the end of the series he meets four other mask-wearers such as him, supposed to be his equal in everything... He still manages to be the cleverest, most talented and ressourceful of them all, making the other three look like losers.

So yeah. BAD re-read.

This experience however proves what I said. Good fantasy for children (and in general, good works for children) can be read again as an adult and still somehow enjoyed. Because bad fantasy for children (and maybe by extension bad literature for children) doesn’t resist the power of maturity, knowledge or experience - all the illusions pierced, all the tricks dispelled, all the laziness, shortcuts or lack of care revealed into light ; while good works will be works written by adults, for future adults, written with the knowledge that children aren’t stupid, and that reading is also a matter of discovering, learning and maturing.

#fantasy #children literature #deltora quest #amos daragon #youth fantasy #fantasy for children #book series #fantasy book series

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charlesmoffat · 1 year

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Book Review of Tad Williams's "The Dragonbone Chair". If you want to know how Game of Thrones ends... Just read this series instead. It is the same plot... ;)

#book review #fantasy book series #fantasy #author #fantasybooks #fantasy books #fantasy book review #fantasy book recs #Youtube

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sarahkateishii · 1 year

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The curse: A quote from Origin Curse

The curse that started it all. This is a snippet from one of the earlier chapters of my debut fantasy book, Origin Curse, book 1 in the international fantasy series Dynasty Codes. In this quote, Asumi, the mother of the primary protagonist Yoshiko, is telling her daughter about their familial curse.

Have you heard of Kiyohimé?

‘Many generations ago, in the age the spirits walked between this world and theirs’ freely, our ancestor was cursed. You’ve probably heard of folktales where humans were blessed or—more commonly—condemned by the spirits. Once, a heartbroken and vengeful woman was turned into a dragon, fated to hunt down the man who broke her heart, only for both to suffer. You know the story of Kiyohimé.

‘Well, a woman in our line was cursed as such, to transform into a dragon and her descendants with her. I don’t know why. That much is lost. It gave her strength and power, abilities only the dragons could have, including transformation, if strong enough. But each time she transformed, she became more and more like a dragon. Each time, her human body paid the price until, eventually, it consumed her, and when she turned into a dragon, she could no longer be human again.

‘They say that’s when they go crazy. Humans trapped inside the body of a dragon, they hunt down whatever is closest to what made them that way, then live until they die of some unnaturally old age or are killed.’

#book quotes #fantasy books #fantasy book series #fantasy quotes #author life #writers of tumblr #fantasy writers #fantasy book #fantasy reads

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towerofsorcerers · 2 years

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Vi Ci'dan Solaris, the most badass protagonist ever. Love how she went jock -> nerd. She's the best, I love her.

#air awakens #vortex chronicles #elise kova #books #book protagonist #fantasy #fantasy book series #reading #booklr

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rtisticwriter · 9 months

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In three months, answer the call of the woods.

Preorder "Wolf's Red" now!

Features-

💭Multiple POVs, various ages

🐺Talking wolf

🤔Morally-Grey Characters

💙Angst

🤬Some Swearing

✨🌿Magic and Plants

🤗Strong Friendships

💀Bit o' Horror

🎨ARTWORK

Learn more about the characters!⬇️

https://rtisticwriter.wixsite.com/my-site/characters

Preorder link here⬇️

#wolfsred #rtist #fantasy writer #am writing #fantasy author #fantasy book series #art #digital illustration #my oc art #digital art #artists on tumblr #drawing #oc art #new book series

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jdbuchmiller-blog · 11 months

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A new gothic fantasy series, The Rose Tree Chronicles!

Starting with "Book 1: Follow"

It all begins with the Stone War. Two warriors who hate each other are forced to work together to bring the empires to peace, unknowing that there is a purpose to their very existence which goes far beyond a war among three empires. “Follow,” is only the beginning of a series fraught with prophecy, assassination, heartbreak, and the merging of two powerful bloodlines fated to end an evil growing in silence.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/follow-jd-buchmiller/1115201968?ean=9788461626571

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nlcarterwrites · 1 year

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Jannan and Arelda

Apparently, it took me a while to decide how to spell Jannan’s name.

These characters will be featured, in small roles, in my upcoming book A Kingdom of Curse and Ruin. (Read the working draft of the Prologue + Chapters 1 & 2 HERE)

After the Curse and Ruin trilogy, Jannan and Arelda will get their own series :)

#vss365 #jannan and arelda #jannan & arelda #fantasy #fantasybook #fantasy characters #high fantasy #sword & sorcery #fantasy book series #nlcarterbooks #nicholas lawrence carter #a kingdom of curse and ruin #realm of secrets and blood #found family trope #wounded hero #mysterious hero #mysterious heroine #adult fantasy

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lannegarrett · 1 year

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The Court of Less

Book Two in The Cursed Crow Series

They’ve Taken the wrong Crow…

The bells toll over Whitwick.

The Gate has opened.

The fog fills the streets.

The Fae have come.

The screaming has started.

The Taking has begun.

The Gate closes once again.

They took the last Crow.

Named a Crow, Perdi learns how to survive in a land where she has been marked for death. Now that she is on the run, her enemies realize they’ve Taken the very last Crow.

Pre-order February 14, 2023

General Release Date: May 23, 2023

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deardragonbook · 2 years

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A World Building Article from my Website - Hot Water in The Union

Piping has existed since long before The Union, a human invention like most practical things. However, hot water is a bit more nuance. It’s been around since Peter’s reign, centuries ago. It appeared in the form of a potion.

People say it was one of the first ever alchemy recipes, and they’re half right. See, it was one of the first written alchemy recipes and one of the few that continues to be used to this day. It was discovered at the very beginning of the so-called alchemy revolution in which there was an influx of scholars interested in these studies and many new recipes arose from it.

The potion is called Califeru, though many refer to it merely as the heating potion. They are most commonly made by brewing jasmine tea over an entire week before adding live philodendron selloum, leaving it for another week and then it is left in the sun for another week.

If this sounds like a lot of work for a hot bath? Well, it is, but fortunately from the moment of invention, there was a business opportunity. Alchemists would get apprentices used to measuring ingredients and controlling temperature by having them make large batches of the stuff. They would then bottle them up and sell them at the markets.

The average potion size was enough for a week’s baths for one person. It was just another thing to add to the grocery list each week.

There hadn’t been much innovation as the potions work pretty perfectly. There have been other methods tested, such as metal water tanks kept on the roof in the sunlight or baths built over candles, but both were far more fiddly and less reliable.

One innovation thought, reserved for large buildings with many rooms, happened in piping. A genius idea to have not one water tank but two. One for the water and another holding the potion. It took some time to get the quantities right but once that was sorted you could open a tap and have hot water directly at your fingertips.

This also allowed for the appearance of showers.

Something fun to know is that when Henry was rebuilding the cottage after Itazu burnt it down by accident, he considered putting in the two tanks despite its high cost in exchange for the convenience of showers. But Itazu insisted she could heat up an entire water tank without help.

So Henry had a normal metal water tank installed which Itazu would place her palms on and heat up with her magic. The first few times Henry found he had to pour a bath and wait for the water to cool down, but eventually Itazu figured out the ideal temperature. Henry still has a small basket of heating potions though, in case Itazu forgets or is not home for a while.

You can learn more about my fantasy world and read other articles like this as well as several short stories, character profiles and more on my website deardragon.eu

#fantasy world #fantasy world building #fantasy worldbuilding #fantasy stories #fantasy book series #fantasy novels #fantasy worlds #how fantasy worlds work #my writing

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amanda-n-newman-author · 2 years

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Differences between the Tales From the Outback series & my new series

After my big announcement about my new series and my hiatus from working on the Tales From the Outback series, I’m sure a lot of you have questions about how this new series is going to be different from Tales From the Outback (besides not being as dark or set in dystopian societies). Well, fear not, because that’s what this post is going to be all about. So, without further delay, follow me and we’ll dig into it.

First off, since the world in the new series isn’t dystopic and my characters aren’t fighting to survive the whole time, the characters in this series actually have time for *GASP* hobbies. In the series, the main character (who I’m not revealing the name of yet) has several hobbies and interests. Those hobbies include the Conflict Cryptids collectable card game and warhound riding. Throughout the series he rides warhounds in “rodeo style” competitions and races. In the second book he also dabbles in a DnD-esq TTRPG called Moors and Monsters.

The “cozier” or “more relaxed” atmosphere leads to the series being a little more slow paced than the Tales From the Outback books. There’s still plenty of internal conflict in these books but the external conflict isn’t as prominent as in Tales From the Outback (meaning there’s not really an overarching “societal big bad” that’s looming over the characters at all times). Rather, the main character’s conflict is mostly internal (ex: battling his own anxieties and insecurities) with some external (ex: some other characters don’t like him for reasons). To be honest, I’m a little afraid that the slower pace in this book might be boring to some readers, though I hope that’s not the case and they still give it a chance.

And that “coziness” leads me to my next point. The Shadowed Curses series books are definitely “anime inspired” (meaning there’s a bit of a “power of friendship” vibe going on). While the Tales From the Outback books do emphasize found family, it’s not quite the same as in Shadowed Curses.

Finally, one of the big differences between the Tales From the Outback books and the Shadowed Curses books is that the point of view. Now, before you get excited, I don’t mean that in the sense that I’m writing a third person point of view book (at least not yet...I might write one in the future, but I don’t know yet). So, both of the series are told from a first-person point of view. The Tales From the Outback series is told from multiple first-person points of view in each book. The Shadowed Curses books, however, will be told from only one first-person point of view per book (something I haven’t done since writing the Hybrid Empire trilogy) and most of the books in the series will be told from the same character’s point of view (the only exception to this are the companion books, which will be told from a single point of view of a different character per book).

#new book series #fantasy author #fantasy writer #am writing #fantasy book series

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chaospixiemagic · 2 years

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She had expected a barnacle-covered mess of old wooden ships and rotted canvas sails, and sands filled with the tarnished treasures of forgotten, fallen crews. And yet …

- Worldbreaker (The Mapweaver Chronicles, Scroll V)

#concept art #book concept #underwater scene #fantasy books #book excerpt #the mapweaver chronicles #pirate goddess #Pirates #pirate fantasy #pirate books #fantasy book series #ya fantasy books #authors #writeblr #writers of tumblr

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