YA fiction continues
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snugglekittyI reread The Kestrel and The Beggar Queen. That concludes the Westmark trilogy.
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srl was asking me this weekend what I like about YA fiction. I explained that YA fiction tends to have adult themes, without some of the really graphic stuff that publishers seem to think adult audiences want. Also, it generally has a sense of wonder and magic in it, or at least a moral. I'm not a big fan of adult books where you get to the end and think, "Well, that was good, but what was the point?" I used the example of this trilogy being about a country's revolution, and that the main character, Theo, is horrified by the person that he becomes through trying to fight for his ideals, but it doesn't have a lot of gore. I would give each of these books three stars.
I followed it up by reading A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. She's probably one of my favorite new fantasy authors (she's new to me, at least). This book features the character Matt Black, whose novella Hoffman won the World Fantasy Award with. (I would really like to find "Unmasking" anthologized somewhere. Perhaps I'll try to get it as an ILL.) I loved this book. I thought it was awesome. I've been recently running across a number of books that deal with trauma and recovery - Westmark and Widdershins have that theme as well. I love the way Hoffman writes and book 69 was no exception.
I'm still working my way through The Empire of Tea. That book is so much fun.
srl was asking me this weekend what I like about YA fiction. I explained that YA fiction tends to have adult themes, without some of the really graphic stuff that publishers seem to think adult audiences want. Also, it generally has a sense of wonder and magic in it, or at least a moral. I'm not a big fan of adult books where you get to the end and think, "Well, that was good, but what was the point?" I used the example of this trilogy being about a country's revolution, and that the main character, Theo, is horrified by the person that he becomes through trying to fight for his ideals, but it doesn't have a lot of gore. I would give each of these books three stars.I followed it up by reading A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. She's probably one of my favorite new fantasy authors (she's new to me, at least). This book features the character Matt Black, whose novella Hoffman won the World Fantasy Award with. (I would really like to find "Unmasking" anthologized somewhere. Perhaps I'll try to get it as an ILL.) I loved this book. I thought it was awesome. I've been recently running across a number of books that deal with trauma and recovery - Westmark and Widdershins have that theme as well. I love the way Hoffman writes and book 69 was no exception.
I'm still working my way through The Empire of Tea. That book is so much fun.