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The meter of the poem fired his blood until he was a molten core. The hammer’s song was a charm for living, a way to keep singing himself into existence.

The Winter Knight by Jes Battis

January 29, 2024 by carmelpie 2 Comments

The word eôel meant home turf. People trust home. Through years of investigation, her grandmother had learned that what people told you depended on where you talked to them. Lies for every space, but occasionally a truth snuck its way in.” ― Jes Battis, The Winter Knight When she had interviewed him, she’d traced a discreet rune on his phone case. It was sketchy magic, but it should have given her access to the phone’s GPS. The problem was that it wasn’t working. His location […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Arthurian legend, Camelot, Jes Battis, king arthur, Knights and knighthood, medieval fantasy, Medieval Fiction, murder mystery, mythology and legends, queer author, Queer characters, queer fantasy, reluctant hero, trans character, Urban Fantasy, Vancouver

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Arthurian legend, Camelot, Jes Battis, king arthur, Knights and knighthood, medieval fantasy, Medieval Fiction, murder mystery, mythology and legends, queer author, Queer characters, queer fantasy, reluctant hero, trans character, Urban Fantasy, Vancouver ·
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The Boobs that Launched a Thousand Ships (or just one really nice cathedral)

February 12, 2016 by Bea Pants 6 Comments

The historical fiction I enjoy the most manages to take significant events from the past and show their effects on the average person. It’s all well and good to say “the peasants suffered,” but it’s much more effective to actually hear from the peasants themselves. This book manages to both give voice to the everyman while still keeping the reader in the heart of the political intrigue going on during the period. The period, in this case, is 1135-1154 CE in England; a period known […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: CBR8, historical fiction, Medieval Fiction

Bea Pants's CBR8 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: CBR8, historical fiction, Medieval Fiction ·
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