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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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Play me your tiny violins and order me a waaambulance, because this review is very whiny.

Fence, Vol. 4: Rivals by C.S. Pacat

September 8, 2020 by narfna 3 Comments

These take way too long to come out and they are way too short give me the next one nowwww. Seriously, it’s so frustrating. I just binge re-read the first three volumes as a refresher, and then went straight into this one, and it took me all of an hour, and then it was done, and now I have to wait. And I’ve been trained to wait since I was a wee-reader, but for some reason, waiting for this series is something that is very […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: boarding school, c.s. pacat, Comics, fence, fencing, graphic novels, johanna the mad, LGBTQIA, narfna, Rivals, vol. 4

narfna's CBR12 Review No:128 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: boarding school, c.s. pacat, Comics, fence, fencing, graphic novels, johanna the mad, LGBTQIA, narfna, Rivals, vol. 4 ·
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Okay I loved this but don’t read it until there’s more!!!

October 23, 2018 by narfna 6 Comments

What was that and give me the rest right now. I’ve been looking forward to reading this because even from the summary I could tell I was going to enjoy it, and also I loved C.S. Pacat’s Captive Prince trilogy. But I don’t think I was quite prepared for just how much fun I would have with this comic/manga hybrid (it was written with many of the techniques and tropes common in manga, even though pretty much everything else about it is western). Like, that […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: c.s. pacat, Comics, fence, fence vol. 1, johanna the mad, narfna

narfna's CBR10 Review No:128 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: c.s. pacat, Comics, fence, fence vol. 1, johanna the mad, narfna ·
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