Initial Thoughts I do like me some books about dragons, and this had dragons galore! The dragons themselves are adorable characters, and I might actually have preferred them over the humans (go figure). Still, it was a good tale, and the worldbuilding was lovely, and I'm actually curious about what's going to happen next! ASCENDANT [...]
Initial Thoughts This. This has potential. I'm loving Val and her wonderful snark. I'm loving Sindari her spirit tiger animal thing. I'm loving the urban fantasy feel and whyyyy haven't I gotten back on THAT bandwagon, I wonder? SINISTER MAGIC by Lindsay Buroker February 2020 Urban fantasy Rated: 3.5 / 5 cookies copy provided by [...]
Initial Thoughts: Can I just like this book for the first half of the story? The second bit got way too convoluted and mired with characters I really didn't care about. But that first half. That first half was fabulous. THE DRAGON ROUND by Stephen S. Power Simon & Schuster, July 2016 Adult fantasy, dragons [...]
So on Wednesdays I wear pink host a small writing workshop to a couple of middle grade students. Often I get them to write crazy things, though I haven't really done much prompt-writing until lately. I started last week, and they seemed to enjoy the prompts, enough that I had one fifth grader coming up to [...]
"Books Featuring Characters Who Can SET BITCHES ON FIRE" had been my original title. I settled on a different direction, obviously, but the sentiment's the same. As far as elemental magic goes, I've always been biased to fire, and this is not just because I've watched Avatar: The Last Airbender too many times or anything (FIRE IS THE BEST--hem [...]
Story and Somnomancy 