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Enjoyable, if completely forgettable fantasy

May 16, 2016 by melanir Leave a Comment

Thornlost is the third book in a fantasy series by Melanie Rawn, and that cover makes it look so much more exciting then it actually is. The cover makes it look like evil knights, fierce battles, lost jewels, you know typical fantasy excitement. But in actuality the series is basically troubadours in Tudor England with magic. The series follows a group of these troubadours as they progress from basically unknown to one of the more renowned groups in the kingdom. In this kingdom the various magical species (of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: melanie rawn

melanir's CBR8 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: melanie rawn ·
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An epic fantasy anthology, cherry-picked from other sources.

February 28, 2015 by narfna 2 Comments

This was a pretty great anthology. I was probably destined to like it because it’s pretty hard for me to dislike most kinds of fantasy. This is also different than some anthologies because the editor didn’t commission pieces for this book, but collected them from other already published sources. I sampled a lot of authors I’ve been meaning to try for some time, although I’m annoyed that some of the stories occur halfway through a series or something like that. If you like Epic fantasy […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: aliette de bodard, anthologies, brandon sanderson, carrie vaughn, epic fantasy, fantasy, george r.r. martin, john joseph adams, juliet marillier, kate elliott, Mary Robinette Kowal, melanie rawn, michael moorcock, n.k. jemisin, narfna, Orson Scott Card, Paolo Bacigalupi, Patrick Rothfuss, robin hobb, tad williams, trudi canavan, ursula k le guin

narfna's CBR7 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: aliette de bodard, anthologies, brandon sanderson, carrie vaughn, epic fantasy, fantasy, george r.r. martin, john joseph adams, juliet marillier, kate elliott, Mary Robinette Kowal, melanie rawn, michael moorcock, n.k. jemisin, narfna, Orson Scott Card, Paolo Bacigalupi, Patrick Rothfuss, robin hobb, tad williams, trudi canavan, ursula k le guin ·
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