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A seasonal book that takes a season to read

Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire

September 29, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

Bingo 18: Earth Day   Seanan McGuire knows her folklore, and it shows. In Seasonal Fears, there’s a ton of tropes, but mostly well handled. Basic plot involves the King of Winter and the Queen of Summer dying, and their crowns being up for grabs to those with affiliations for that season. The whole season emphasis thus qualifies for general environment theme, especially since the recently departed King of Winter was cheating the system where he was always in ascendance, which was probably causing climate […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: alchemists, cbr16bingo, Seanan McGuire, Seasonal Fears, seasons

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:57 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: alchemists, cbr16bingo, Seanan McGuire, Seasonal Fears, seasons ·
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