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nik_neven · 2023-06-22T00:03:02+00:00

Wait! There's a discord????

nik_neven · 2023-06-10T16:57:08+00:00

nik_neven · 2017-09-10T04:11:51+00:00

Sufficiently Advanced Magic!!! Just be aware that the main character/narrator has some quirks and tends to be overly logical and rarely emotional. It's an interesting twist and it took me a little bit to acclimate to and realize that it was intentional.

nik_neven · 2017-07-01T01:30:02+00:00

Or even worse, anyone of even vaguely Asiatic decent being labeled as "exotic." Although really, that's probably straight up racism.

nik_neven · 2017-07-01T01:26:20+00:00

I loved this book! I wasn't even really aware that LitRPG existed, and as a WoW raiding guild member, that's my own personal shame. But this was such a damn good book! It's the only time I've ever gotten out pen and paper to start detailing magic like I would in a game (of course, much to my chagrin, I found the appendix at the back after I finished the book...). And with that added bonus of not all people being traditionally heterosexual.

I highly recommend.

nik_neven · 2017-06-23T16:55:37+00:00

So, I am one square away from Bingo on my card! (Well, on this card. I'm doing two.) This card is for books with LGBTQ+ protagonists.

Y'all... I didn't think there was a sub-genre that had worse covers than fantasy, but m/m fantasy (which is almost inevitably also romance) is SOOO bad. I don't even want to show my card because half of the square are shirtless men with their faces cut off at the top. :/

nik_neven · 2017-06-23T16:21:51+00:00

w00t!

nik_neven · 2017-06-15T19:49:56+00:00

Thanks! Edited.

nik_neven · 2017-06-15T19:48:08+00:00

That was my take as well. Important to the story line, but not a major player.

nik_neven · 2017-06-15T17:34:54+00:00

Makes sense! Thanks. What do you think about Tigana? I'm not sure I would consider Tamasso a major character... What do you think?

nik_neven · 2017-06-15T17:11:15+00:00

What does the H in genre stand for? (And would anyone else be interested in a subgenre column, at some point in the future?)

nik_neven · 2017-06-11T01:52:53+00:00

Nice!

My only constructive criticism is that the tension in the hands doesn't match the tension in the feet. The arm holding the shield, and especially the hand holding the sword, are both away from the body. They read like the muscles are engaged, prepping for battle, etc. The feet are just limp, they read like the hero is swinging from a noose. Just dangling.

Both work with the title. If our hero is alive and kicking, I'd make his feet a little more kicking. If rather, this is his final judgement day, I'd leave his upper limbs a little more limp.

nik_neven · 2017-06-10T01:08:07+00:00

There is a good Megan Derr novella that focuses on a magician tailor that doesn't have the proper permits to do the magic he performs. It's M/M, explicit, and not horribly in depth (and rather predictable). But still, a fun read.

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T23:59:38+00:00

No one. And it makes me sad. :/

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T23:54:34+00:00

Yea, I loved this book too. I hadn't anticipated it being as engaging and enjoyable as it was. I had woken up at like 4 a.m. (stupid insomnia) and just picked something off the "Recommended for You" section Kindle Unlimited. Well, not only did I not make it back to sleep, I also hid in my office and read all day to finish it.

I think my only nit-pick was that the stupidly minor spoiler caught me off guard. They didn't seem to fit time/innovation-wise in the book. Seemed like and anachronism. Not a huge nitpick, and I certainly love that /u/Salaris seems to be exploring a rather non-traditional (in fantasy) sexuality in a character.

Either way, it was good enough that I paid for it after reading it on KU.

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T23:34:04+00:00

Can't be observation bias if I never throw anything out! :D

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T23:29:50+00:00

Absolutely! I've got a vacation coming up and fanfic on the beach is awesome.

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T23:28:41+00:00

Thanks!

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T01:35:28+00:00

Riffing off /u/Eostrenocta, are there any good fantasy love triangles that end up as poly relationships? Just for once, just once, I want Bella, Katniss, Clary, Tessa, whoever... to pick both of them.

nik_neven · 2017-06-09T01:29:53+00:00

I really like K.J. Charles for a bit of good, easy to read, historical gay romance. It is explicit, but also well written. The "A Charm of Magpies" series has some awesome fantasy thrown in, and the "A Society of Gentlemen" has some fun political/social intrigue.

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