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A review by garbutch
A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert
5.0
This is some high quality fantasy and the use of sensitivity readers definitely shows. The pacing is fast and the disability rep is excellent IMO. One thing I want to note is that while the protagonist gets married at 17, the nuances of her being a minor at the beginning of that are addressed with grace, IMO. If you're reading this while the review is fresh enough for me to remember the details, feel free to ask. But I stayed up to read this so I'm going to wrap this up.
I also very much love that queerness is a part of this worldbuilding so casually. Even though there are no nonbinary main characters, it's addressed that these people exist and it's mentioned several times that there are people in different cultures that "aren't completely men or women" and it's just. Really nice to feel included in a story setting without it being a throwaway comment made just the once. It's seamless.
I also very much love that queerness is a part of this worldbuilding so casually. Even though there are no nonbinary main characters, it's addressed that these people exist and it's mentioned several times that there are people in different cultures that "aren't completely men or women" and it's just. Really nice to feel included in a story setting without it being a throwaway comment made just the once. It's seamless.