Recent content by Ozonequeen

Honestly, the book cover might catch my eye but the description of the story and reviews draw me in way more than the covers. I can't tell you how many books I've looked at that have beautiful covers but the description and story itself sent me running. As an avid reader of fantasy romance, I...

I've found that some of the best romance I've read comes from characters where the focus is less on physical beauty and more on WHO they are... What made Natalia Jaster's Foolish Kingdoms series so amazing to me was that because many of the characters had disabilities they didn't pay attention...

Also, in Maiden of Belial, and there's the whole... 'King Solomon created a ring to control demons and covert them to Jesus Christ'... Solomon lived at least 1000 years before Jesus smh

The characters are... The thing with women is that what makes someone attractive or unattractive can vary widely from woman to woman... A lot of fantasy romance authors describe their characters as having ripped bodies and all that (I read A LOT) but if the character is an asshole like in Amelia...

Thank you, PMMG I really do appreciate the vote of confidence, it helps! I had forgotten about how much Herbert used the word 'bark' lol, about as much as he loved bringing Duncan Idaho back!

I look forward to reading it soon! Ya know Liddiya Foxglove writes Deliciously Dark fairy tales and her male characters are often described as ugly or frightening. The main female character just starts noticing 'other' things and falls in love. Lol

Well, I think I get too wordy and descriptive in my writing sometimes. Years ago, I worked in television and read a book called "Shorter, sharper, stronger". The idea being try to be as direct as possible. I worry I use 'and' too much and as pmmg pointed out to me, I was using the wrong...

Not sure if Border's still exists but we have a Barnes and Nobles near us. I'm currently slogging through a book called "The Maiden of Belial"... It had potential, a coven of satanic witches trying to summon their master but alas it reads more like a Hallmark holiday movie, complete with the...

So far in the story, she must be very conscious of everything she does.... Case in point, she just got a job in a bakery, thanks to her nature she works nonstop and does things very quickly and perfectly at first... To not draw suspicion, she begins choosing to make small mistakes... She knows...

Speaking of Adam and the clay story... In some gnostic texts, they claim the false god, Yabaldaoth l, made Adam in his own image to glorify himself but as a creature of ego and not God he couldn't bring him to life. Sophia took pity on the creation and breathed life info Adam

The book is a little tedious as its intended to be character driven and an homage I think to Middle Eastern and Jewish immigrants. A theme for both the Jinni and the Golem is the idea that they would terrify their respective communities. The Golem, Hava is taken in by a Rabbi who knows what...

By chance, I started 'reading' the Jinni and the Golem on audiobook a few weeks ago. It's a long story but the Golem in the story was created to be intelligent and curious about the world. It is a good story and focuses on not just the main characters but the lives of Jewish and Middle Eastern...

I've read a lot of urban fantasy written in the first person that starts out with an action scene... I'm thinking here of Raven Crossed which began on a 'stake out'. You can do a battle scene in a prologue but I think it's easier to follow if you're only in the mind of one narrator who gives...

Came across this article today about how locations in Middle Earth might match times in human history Middle Earth Tolkien history

I prefer fantasy romance written by women with strong female protagonists. One of the best non fantasy books with female characters I have read are "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver, "Paradise" by Toni Morrison, and the heartbreaking "The Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold. In fantasy I love...