“Professional audiobook narrator Cooney . . . reads her own tale with joy and confidence. She is delighted to tell you her story and you will be delighted to hear it. Cooney also does a great drunk voice, and some really fun character voices. I particularly liked the voice of the assist...
Ever got stuck at the"Your name here"part of a role playing character sheet or video game? Are you the GM of a pen & paper RPG, currently in urgent need of names for a group of elves, dwarves, orcs, etc.? Or perhaps you're writing a fantasy novel? This site can probably help....
There is so much that makes it a truly special book: the clever-tongued titular character and his loyal best-bud, Jean Tannen; the grim and gritty yet somehow grand and epic world, the fantasy “heist” story unlike anything written before or since, and the neck-snapping plot twists and ...
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This book has great world-building and character development. The paranormal aspects intrigued me, while the chemistry and banter left me salivating for more. I know it may not seem like it, but my thoughts are a jumbled mess in the best possible way. All I can say is I absolutely ...
There's also this character Kaleido who's supposed to be some kind of prophet. Her people think she's going to bring back their king, which added an interesting layer to the plot. As Sænd goes on his journey, things get more complicated. He starts learning about what really happened...
(or vampire, or sorcerer/vampire) who then turns on the very adventurers he/she/it hired only to be thwarted by the one dwarf in the party. In fact, toss us a dwarf curveball. So far we’ve never seen a story with a dwarf character where that character doesn’t kick ass from ...
They are still recognisably Japanese for all that; this was before the anime cartoon style ruled that every female character had to have huge Western eyes and childish faces. By contrast the men in his pictures remained largely homogenous and uniform, pathetic and passive in their adoration at...
It would do the novel a great disservice to have each character ‘tell’ their history when we meet them, so seeing their history is much more exciting. Grossman takes a few liberties with characters (and their stories) that we think we know (specifically Lancelot du Lac), and of course ...
I’ll leave you with a taster of Guy at work. I love how he gets into character! During the #IndieApril book sale I could not resist picking up some new books. I haven’t read any of these authors before so I’m looking forward to checking them out. Here is a taste of what att...