The third book of the Sparks trilogy promises a conclusion to this action-packed story, and works out quite well.
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Book review: The Rider’s Quest
The second book in the Sparks series keeps the spirit, while adding more backstory and twists. Which works great!
Continue readingBook review: The Sky Riders
After temporarily shelving the series I was reading recently, I went for something different. A dragon rider story with a female-only order.
Continue readingBook review: Unbound (Songs of Chaos #2)
The first book in this series caught my attention with the level of detail and quite an unusual spin on the magic system. The second book continues the story well…
Continue readingBook review: Ascendant (Songs of Chaos #1)
After having mixed feelings about the previous series I was reading, I decided to pick something else. A book that promises an interesting twist on dragon rider fantasy.
Continue readingMen vs. romance – examples
In the past four posts on this topic, I talked about how men view romantic fiction. In this post, I’ll mention some of my favorite examples and why they work. Warning: this post contains minor spoilers for the respective books.
Continue readingBook review: Dwarven Prince
The third book in the Vellhor saga continues where the first one left off. And it keeps the pace and story, as well as some of the issues the series displayed so far.
Continue readingMen vs. romance, part one
In today’s post, I’ll look into why men the romantic fiction genre doesn’t seem to appeal to men. This will be based on some recent discussions I’ve seen and spotting connections between fiction and reality. Given that this topic is more complex than it might seem, I’ll tackle it over several posts in the coming weeks.
Continue readingBook review: Battle Mage
The second book of the Vellhor Saga benefits in plot clarity from the characters converging in two plot lines, and continues nicely, but still has many issues with the writing itself. Despite that, I was drawn enough into the story.
Continue readingAre fantasy movies on the decline?
Not so long ago, I saw a video listing 10 major fantasy stories where the movie failed. And one of the common factors was – with no big surprise – that a single movie was too short to feature the sprawling worldbuilding such sagas tend to feature.
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