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)
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 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.
Continue readingBook review: Elven Blood
My first new read of 2025 was a book from my Amazon recommendations. And I’ve finished it with quite mixed feelings. Let’s see why.
Continue readingBook review: A God’s Plea
The final book in the Legend of Tal series takes the heroes to the final stand – though the face of the true enemy might be different than they expected.
Continue readingBook review: An Emperor’s Gamble
The third book of the Legend of Tal series follows right after the destructive battle at the end of the second book – and delivers a good chunk of backstory that puts some current events into perspective.
Continue readingBook review: A Queen’s Command
The second book in the Legend of Tal series continues exactly where the first one left off, promising another part to an adventure journey – and a fair amount of challenges.
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