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The sword fighting is more interesting than the romance but not the point

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan

October 10, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Bingo 20: Star I think I mostly like the comics better; the novels for Fence, including Fence: Disarmed, get too wrapped up in the personal drama. At least Fence: Disarmed fits the star square; part of the premise of the whole series is that Nicholas, the new(est) kid at King’s Row boarding school, wants to become a star fencer to impress his supposed father Robert Coste who is a major figure in the sport. Part of the problem though is that Robert may have no […]

Filed Under: Romance, Sports, Young Adult Tagged With: C.S. Pascat, cbr14bingo, Comics, fence, Fence Disarmed, fencing, high school, johanna the mad, LGBTA YA, Romance, sarah rees brennan

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:72 · Genres: Romance, Sports, Young Adult · Tags: C.S. Pascat, cbr14bingo, Comics, fence, Fence Disarmed, fencing, high school, johanna the mad, LGBTA YA, Romance, sarah rees brennan ·
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Disarming and Charming

Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan

May 29, 2021 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

An original novel based on C.S.Pacat’s Fence comic series, illustrated by Johanna The Mad I read volume one of this series, Fence: Striking Distance, about a month ago and loved it. The love affair continues and I am very much hoping that another volume is in the works. In Fence: Disarmed, we return to the exclusive boys boarding school known as Kings Row and its fencing team. When last we left them, relationships among the members of the fencing team were fraught. Would they come […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: ElCicco, Fence Disarmed, Fiction, sarah rees brennan, YA

ElCicco's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: ElCicco, Fence Disarmed, Fiction, sarah rees brennan, YA ·
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