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Tag Archives: treachery
DWJ March – Favourite main character
This should have been posted on the 3 March, but I’m catching up! There are so many great protagonists in Diana Wynne Jones’ books, it’s hard to pick just one. I really like her double acts in Deep Secret (Rupert … Continue reading
REVIEW: Kushiel’s Dart – Jacqueline Carey
Phèdre is the child of a Servant of Naamah, and was sold by her mother into indentured servitude at Cereus House, oldest of the Court of Night-Blooming Flowers in the City of Elua. A nobleman named Anafiel Delaunay recognised her … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Re-read, Reviews
Tagged desire, historical fantasy, intrigue, Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Legacy, love, sex, treachery, war
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Fables 2: Animal Farm – Bill Willingham et alia
(Vertigo 2003) Note that there are spoilers in this post for events which happen in the first collection, Legends in Exile. After the events of the first Fables collection, wherein Rose Red and her long-time boyfriend, Jack, were found to … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fantasy, Fiction
Tagged Bill Willingham, Fables, Goldilocks, graphic novel, guns, loyalty, pigs as leaders, revolution, treachery
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