Tag: Kendare Blake

• Setting Study: Fennbirn from Three Dark Crowns

  When it comes to conceptual world-building, Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake did well at integrating various core elements of the setting itself, with a few critical misfires that flubbed the ending. Still, the blend of various magics is unique enough, and its effects on the culture plausible enough, that it sets Fennbirn apart from…

  Katie Bachelder

  June 19, 2020

  For Writers: Builder’s Theory, Reading Reflections

  book review, books, Fantasy, Kendare Blake, setting study, Three Dark Crowns, world-building

• Book Review: Five Dark Fates (Three Dark Crowns #4) by Kendare Blake

  I have been loyally following Kendare Blake’s Three Dark Crowns (TDC) series since Three Dark Crowns (#1) was published in September 2016. As personal preferences go, Three Dark Crowns seemed to be right up my alley; I liked the darker, intense fantasy, especially if it features an interesting magic system. Rating: 3/5 Stars Note: spoiler-free …

  Katie Bachelder

  June 6, 2020

  Reading Reflections

  book review, books, Fantasy, Five Dark Fates, hunger games, Kendare Blake, pride, queer, Three Dark Crowns, young adult

• Welcome 2018!

  We all know what comes with the new year: the dreaded Resolutions, promises we make ourselves until we find how difficult they are to keep. A new favorite author of mine, Leigh Bardugo, suggested that we Begin As We Mean To Go On. That’s exactly what I did on January 1st. But, before getting into…

  Katie Bachelder

  January 3, 2018

  Uncategorized

  #amreading, #amwriting, ACOWAR, Dire Fate, Kendare Blake, Laini Taylor, Leigh Bardugo, Marissa Meyer, Sarah J. Maas, Six of Crows, Three Dark Crowns, Wires and Nerves