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In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
4.0
Tamora Pierce has, in some weird way been doing typical YA tropes in the '80. The love triangle, the special girl, the animal friend, and some more. What amazes me is that it is very well done. It's clear even if they force her to put the tropes she managed to make them her own in an incredible feat. They also are very fast pace, a year passes between chapter and chapter and I wished they were a little longer, to linger in Alanna's growth. Alas, they are children's book so they can't be that long and there's still is to books left. I'll be reading them in the near future if I'm lucky.
PD: I Figure out who Alanna reminds me of Will from W.I.T.C.H, the cover of the first book here [bc:W.I.T.C.H., Part I. The Twelve Portals, Vol. 1|35838125|W.I.T.C.H., Part I. The Twelve Portals, Vol. 1|Elisabetta Gnone|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592079575l/35838125._SX50_.jpg|57346726] , i doubt they have read each other but if you are interested in magic and children media, W.i.T.C.H isn't a bad choice
PD: I Figure out who Alanna reminds me of Will from W.I.T.C.H, the cover of the first book here [bc:W.I.T.C.H., Part I. The Twelve Portals, Vol. 1|35838125|W.I.T.C.H., Part I. The Twelve Portals, Vol. 1|Elisabetta Gnone|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1592079575l/35838125._SX50_.jpg|57346726] , i doubt they have read each other but if you are interested in magic and children media, W.i.T.C.H isn't a bad choice
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
3.0
The Winter's Promise is a good book that suffers from two great curses. A very strange pace and a very typical main character. What it's excelling is the worldbuilding and the prose which makes it a more fun read than it should.
The plot is kind off a mess, it starts three times which makes it very confusing. It definitly more fantasy book than a romance so i might have come with the wrong expectasion still it takes a while to get started, lingering on the details of the world. Wich is why this book shouldn't be as fun as it's because it prose and worldbuilding are marvelous. With a few pages she manage to contruct places and their charmes. I might have forgoten some characters name but ClardeLune stayed on my mind long after with their magic them shine. Thorns office, the archives or even Ophelia's room i could picture in my mind with such clarity i felt i was there.
And with that i'l end in the luckwarm part of the review, the characters. The main cast is moslt woman but we mostly spend time in Ophelias head and how and what she thinks. She does have normal female protagonist traits like being shy, clumsy or bookish but the writer takes her time in explaing why and how she is. She get's a little carried around by the plot but grows some of a spine by the end wich she will be needing.
Over all is a nice summer read since it can invoque perfectly well the coldnss of winter in sunny day for a refreshing read. Thanks for reading i hope you have a good day.
The plot is kind off a mess, it starts three times which makes it very confusing. It definitly more fantasy book than a romance so i might have come with the wrong expectasion still it takes a while to get started, lingering on the details of the world. Wich is why this book shouldn't be as fun as it's because it prose and worldbuilding are marvelous. With a few pages she manage to contruct places and their charmes. I might have forgoten some characters name but ClardeLune stayed on my mind long after with their magic them shine. Thorns office, the archives or even Ophelia's room i could picture in my mind with such clarity i felt i was there.
And with that i'l end in the luckwarm part of the review, the characters. The main cast is moslt woman but we mostly spend time in Ophelias head and how and what she thinks. She does have normal female protagonist traits like being shy, clumsy or bookish but the writer takes her time in explaing why and how she is. She get's a little carried around by the plot but grows some of a spine by the end wich she will be needing.
Over all is a nice summer read since it can invoque perfectly well the coldnss of winter in sunny day for a refreshing read. Thanks for reading i hope you have a good day.
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
5.0
You always learn something new about yourself when you find a new favorite book, this one is a great ending really does it for me. But don't get me wrong, Small Gods is not only great in its ending but in everything it does. There might be things I like more about the book but overall it's very cohesive and I'll be re-reading this next year for a proper review. I like to let great books simmer in glory on my head for a while before doing a review since it might be skewed. So wait for next year to see me pick apart this book and why I love it or if it was that good in the first place.
What I'm telling you now is that if you want to read Discworld, this is the best place to start.[b:Guards! Guards!|64216|Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1431127356l/64216._SY75_.jpg|1128601] is good and [b:Mort|386372|Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388181166l/386372._SY75_.jpg|1857065] too but not on this level, trust me.
What I'm telling you now is that if you want to read Discworld, this is the best place to start.[b:Guards! Guards!|64216|Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1431127356l/64216._SY75_.jpg|1128601] is good and [b:Mort|386372|Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1)|Terry Pratchett|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388181166l/386372._SY75_.jpg|1857065] too but not on this level, trust me.
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
4.0
I have never heard of Tamora Pierce or her works until a few months when someone told me these were their favourite childhood books. I was surprised I never heard of them, After looking it up I realised they never arrived at where I'm from so I decided to dig in and see how this 80' book was so Wellbeloved.
The books had a different writing style to what I'm used to. It feels like something my parents read when they were children. To my surprise, Alanna had a very strong queer feeling to her which was wonderful. It really ties it together for me. It remembered me to [a:Leo Batic|5402632|Leo Batic|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1345908396p2/5402632.jpg] work with their themes of magic and womanhood. I want to read more books from this period, especially from Tamora Pierce.
The books had a different writing style to what I'm used to. It feels like something my parents read when they were children. To my surprise, Alanna had a very strong queer feeling to her which was wonderful. It really ties it together for me. It remembered me to [a:Leo Batic|5402632|Leo Batic|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1345908396p2/5402632.jpg] work with their themes of magic and womanhood. I want to read more books from this period, especially from Tamora Pierce.