fantasy Archives

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

A Forced Sequel Author: TJ Klune As the sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, I don’t think much backdrop is needed for Somewhere Beyond the Sea. If you haven’t read the first book, then this sequel will have you instantly lost anyway, so go back to the beginning, see how it all began, and then return here. We left House in the Cerulean Sea with Linus having left his job at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICMY). The rule follower, having broken free of his grey, rainy city life, followed his heart, and gave it to one Arthur Parnassus, master of a [...]

Frances Carden2024-10-07T08:57:58-07:00October 7th, 2024|Tags: book review, fantasy, read, reading|

House in the Cerulean Sea, The

Bad Morals, Charming Storytelling Author: TJ Klune Linus Baker is the type of unassuming person who always colors within the lines. He does what he is told with precision, sheaves of paper, and a pedantic directness that has finally gotten him noticed. And that’s probably not a good thing. Linus is a Case Worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He’s the bureaucrat sent to government-sanctioned orphanages to make sure that magical children are safe from one another and that society is shielded from them. That’s not to say that Linus doesn’t have a conscience. He does. But [...]

Frances Carden2024-09-13T21:05:17-07:00September 13th, 2024|Tags: book review, fantasy, read, reading, sci-fi, science fiction|

Flint the King

Version 1.0.0 One of the Best Dragonlance Adventures Authors: Mark Kirchoff & Douglas Niles It’s five years before the companions’ reunion, that fateful meeting in Otik’s tavern that sparks a shattering war between good and evil. Each of the companions, during this time, is off on their own adventures, and each is starting to see pieces of the evil to come. For Flint, he is returning to Hillhome. But he doesn’t get the warm welcome he expected. Instead, he finds his family grieving, his brother dead, his alcoholic nephew running amok, and mountain dwarves having breached a centuries old [...]

Frances Carden2024-07-21T18:21:10-07:00July 21st, 2024|Tags: book review, dragonlance, fantasy, read, reading|