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Book review: Dragon Rift

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Tomas

The third book in Eileen Mueller’s series shows more backstory, but also smaller plotholes and reveals one peculiar danger of writing.

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Book review: Dragon Hero

Posted on May 22, 2022 by Tomas

The second book of Eileen Mueller’s Riders of Fire series caught me by surprise in a couple of ways – and shows an interesting approach to series storytelling.

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Book review: Ezaara

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Tomas

My next read is a three-book bundle from Eileen Mueller’s Riders of Fire series. In this post, I’m reviewing the first book in the series.

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Book review: Seer of the Lost Sands

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Tomas

After a short break, I read book two of The Rogue Elf series by J.T. Williams. It mostly had the same pros and cons as the first book – and so my rating stays mostly similar.

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Book review: Half-bloods Rising

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Tomas

Back to fantasy! My next read was J.T. William’s book Half-Bloods Rising – the first book of The Rogue Elf series, though it’s a part of a larger story.

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Storytelling: hope

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Tomas

I’ve been thinking about some common aspects of the stories I like. And I’ve found that one of them is hope. In this post, I’ll share why.

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Book review: Return of a Warlord

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Tomas

The fourth book of R.K. Lander’s series brings one of its subplots to an end. And what an end it is… (don’t worry, I won’t spoil it).

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Book review: Road of a Warrior

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Tomas

The second book of R.K. Lander’s series follows the first book right away – and while the first one was focused on the dangers outside, this one delves more into the threats within.

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Book review: Path of a Novice

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Tomas

After a couple of re-reads and forays into different genres, I’m back to reading fantasy. This time, I picked up quite a popular series, and was pleasantly surprised by it.

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Forging characters: parent-child relationships pt.2

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Tomas

Continuing where I left off two weeks ago, today, I’ll look into the parent-child relationships in my writing project. As before, headers will be for the child’s name.

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