Author: F.T. Lukens
Series: None
Age Category: Young Adult
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publish Date: April 20, 2021
Print Length: 320
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Wyrd and Wonder is a celebration of all things fantasy. The format of figurative consumption doesn’t matter. You can read, watch, game, puzzle, etc. anything fantasy! To learn more visit my introduction post, which includes links to the hosts and more information about this month-long appreciation of the fantasy genre.
Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is “love it or loathe it”:
What cover art themes / tropes instantly make you pick up a book – or put you off it?
For this prompt I decided to talk about tropes that I either love or loathe. Let’s start with the ones that make me wrinkle my nose, shall we?
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In an effort to support and promote book bloggers further in 2022, Pages Unbound is hosting a (very casual) “Support Book Bloggers” Challenge. The idea is simple: we will work together to read blog posts, share them, comment on them, and boost book bloggers in other ways. To learn more about the challenge and the 12 prompts involved, visit the original post here. (The above banner was created by Pages Unbound.)
If you decide to join in on the fun, the social media hashtag to use is #BookBloggerSupport22.
Here are my responses to the previous prompts:
Without further ado, keep reading for May’s prompt.
I interpreted this as sharing directly from a book blogger’s website. So here are 10 blog posts I shared to my Twitter account.
Today’s review is about THE NORTH WIND by Alexandria Warwick. It’s the first book in The Four Winds series, though I believe it reads as a standalone within a series. This first installment is a dark fantasy romance billed as a cross between Hades and Persephone and Beauty and the Beast.
Author: Alexandria Warwick
Series: The Four Winds #1
Age Category: New Adult/Adult
Publisher: Andromeda Press
Publish Date: January 13, 2022
Print Length: 551
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Wyrd and Wonder is a celebration of all things fantasy. The format of figurative consumption doesn’t matter. You can read, watch, game, puzzle, etc. anything fantasy! To learn more visit my introduction post, which includes links to the hosts and more information about this month-long appreciation of the fantasy genre.
Today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is “dark:”
Time to celebrate a subgenre – choose your path wisely, whether you love grimdark, dark fantasy, or horror.
When I stop to think about the type of fantasy I read, it comes down to either fantasy with romance or dark fantasy. Usually there’s some of both subgenres in a fantasy book that I pick up.
What is dark fantasy? Fantasy Book Fanatic describes this subgenre as “typified by a deliberately ominous tone, reinforcing what is commonly perceived as a “gloomy” atmosphere. Standard features of fantasy are deliberately intertwined with a sense of terror and dread to create this sinister subcategory of fantasy.” FBF lists characteristics often found in dark fantasy books, which can include a deliberately ominous tone; the possibility that evil can win; themes of good vs. evil; a lack of heroes; elements of horror; and a gloomy atmosphere.
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