Eira is the main antagonist of Apple of My Eye, the Snow White retelling in The Mirror-Hunter Chronicles. She’s dramatic, driven, cunning, and motivated. Enjoy her interview. :) Continue reading “Character Interview: Eira Evanly”
Category: Books & Reading
My Top 3 Favorite Fairytale Retellings
I enjoy fairytale retellings, and I love seeing how authors twist and adapt existing stories and make them their own. I’ve read and watched a decent handful of retellings, but these three are tops on my list.
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The Rising Author Tag
I stole this tag from Nicki, who told me to steal it, who stole it from someone else who told her to steal it, and I’m told it’s just messy beyond that, but the point is that this tag has devolved into a Macguffin-ish thing and is no longer really a tag. But anyway, without further ado…
(Apparently this tag has no rules.) Continue reading “The Rising Author Tag”
Character Interview: Rhylan Aryon
Rhylan is Rynn‘s older brother and crown prince of Scythia. He’s fiercely loyal, protective of those he loves, and dedicated to doing what’s best for Scythia when it’s up to him. Enjoy his interview. :) Continue reading “Character Interview: Rhylan Aryon”
Book Review: The Hidden Queen by Janelle Garrett
I really, really, really wanted to love this book. I had high hopes, going in, and the book just… didn’t deliver. (I do list positives at the end, I promise. :P)
First, the writing style was bland. There wasn’t enough description or action to balance out the dialogue, and the dialogue was bogged down by repetitive descriptions of itself. Like the spot where it’s mentioned that Gwen laughed because she was amused. Or where she said “Perhaps” and we’re told it was noncommittal. A lot of places just could have benefited from trimming things down in a lot of places and bulking them up in others. Continue reading “Book Review: The Hidden Queen by Janelle Garrett”