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Book review: The Rider’s Quest

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Tomas

The second book in the Sparks series keeps the spirit, while adding more backstory and twists. Which works great!

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Book review: The Sky Riders

Posted on June 15, 2025 by Tomas

After temporarily shelving the series I was reading recently, I went for something different. A dragon rider story with a female-only order.

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Book review: Unbound (Songs of Chaos #2)

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Tomas

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…

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Men vs. romance – writer’s view

Posted on May 25, 2025 by Tomas

In the past posts of this series, I shared my thoughts about male views on romance. Today, I’ll share what my goals were when writing romantic elements in my story and what points of the past posts these elements fulfill.

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Book review: Ascendant (Songs of Chaos #1)

Posted on May 18, 2025 by Tomas

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.

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Men vs. romance – examples

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Tomas

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.

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Men vs. romance, part four

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Tomas

In the fourth episode of my analysis of the strained relationship between men and romantic fiction, I’ll look at what men might expect from romance.

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Men vs. romance, part three

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look at some more aspects that might be problematic to men when it comes to romantic fiction – perfect partner and objectification.

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Book review: Dwarven Prince

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Tomas

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.

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Men vs. romance, part two

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Tomas

In this part of my analysis of the strained relationship between men and romantic fiction, I’ll look at some of the typical core features and why they turn men off.

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