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Victoria Goddard

Författare till The Hands of the Emperor

41+ verk 1,426 medlemmar 161 recensioner 7 favoritmärkta

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Verk av Victoria Goddard

The Hands of the Emperor (2018) 251 exemplar
Stargazy Pie (2016) 100 exemplar
At the Feet of the Sun (2022) 84 exemplar
Petty Treasons (2021) 68 exemplar
Bee Sting Cake (2017) 62 exemplar
The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul (2022) 54 exemplar
Whiskeyjack (2018) 53 exemplar
Blackcurrant Fool (2019) 47 exemplar
The Bride of the Blue Wind (2017) 43 exemplar
Love in a Mist (2020) 43 exemplar
Plum Duff (2021) 42 exemplar
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2014) 34 exemplar
Derring-Do for Beginners (2023) 34 exemplar
The Warrior of the Third Veil (2017) 32 exemplar
Those Who Hold the Fire (2022) 31 exemplar
Aurelius (to be called) Magnus (2022) 30 exemplar
Clary Sage (2023) 28 exemplar
The Game of Courts 27 exemplar
In the Company of Gentlemen (2018) 26 exemplar
Terec and the Wild (2022) 25 exemplar
The Saint of the Bookstore (2022) 23 exemplar
The Bone Harp (2024) 16 exemplar
ATFOTS Further Bonus Scenes (2023) 2 exemplar
ATFOTS Bonus Chapters (2022) 2 exemplar
Rook 2 exemplar
Bonus Scene - End of HOTE (2022) 2 exemplar
Traveller's Joy 2 exemplar
Sheherezade (2014) 1 exemplar
Inkebarrow 1 exemplar

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Sword & Magic: Eight Fantasy Novels (2019) — Bidragsgivare — 43 exemplar

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If The Silmarillion and The Hobbit were to have a baby… and that baby grew up and had grandchildren… then this book would be one of them.

This is pure magic. Everything sparkles and sings with it. The writing is dreamlike, woven out of myths and fairy tales. I found myself rereading paragraphs again and again. The rhythm of the prose was hypnotising. The pace is slow, ever so slow. But this is a book you want to stay in, be happy in, for as long as possible, so the pace is perfect (except for the “oh, no” when the book ended).

What would you have in an epic story about elves and Elfland? Yes, exactly. Bone Harp is not this kind of story. Instead, how about what comes after? After the battles. After the heartbreak and horror. After the dragon is slain. After the Enemy is defeated.

Tamsin the legendary hero, Tamsin the bard, Tamsin the fearsome killer awakes after a long magical sleep. He had been cursed; he himself had been a curse. Yet, here is a sense of peace.

“Nearer to him were green meadows, impossibly green, except where they were streaked and stippled with flowers – red and white, purple and gold, blue and pink, and some fine silvery thing like the glimmer of moonlight caught in his sword.
Tamsin breathed.”

He travels on, meeting two young elf-maids, River and Ash, to travel with. Their adventures and growing friendship are a delight.

" “Imagine,” River said dreamily, “other people!” Ash raised her eyebrows, and River hastily backtracked. “I mean – not that I don’t love you both - “
An utterly impossible inclusion, that both. River was so free with words. So free.""

This is a tale of healing, of redemption, of forgiveness, of acceptance, of beginning anew, of allowing yourself to come home. This is also a tale of those left behind when heroes go on their fabled impossible quests. Klara! “O Lady of Starlight, Lady of Shadows, Lady of Song.” I’ve never thought any characters in any book would remind me of Lúthien and Beren, but there they were, Klara and Tamsin. (Theirs is not the same story, but the atmosphere, the impact are the same.) It’s just that their story is… deeper, more mature, perhaps?

I loved the emotional intensity of the many reunions. The book ends in the best way, and I still wanted more.

In the author’s note, Victoria Goddard talks about the possibility of a sequel. Yes, please!
… (mer)
 
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Alexandra_book_life | 2 andra recensioner | Mar 14, 2024 |
Though it starts in aftermath of Jemis' stoning at Marrowlea this is a sweet story of friendship told from Hal's pov as he and Marcan take Jemis on a walking tour along a pilgrim path among late spring flowers.
 
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quondame | Mar 7, 2024 |
Goddard’s turned characters into galaxies. Artorin's split interior POV?? The ruler vs the man?? I love that! I love him!! Clever, clever. Anyway this is one of the best meet-cutes I’ve ever read. Kicking my feet the whole time lmao.
 
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hannerwell | 9 andra recensioner | Feb 24, 2024 |
Wtf Conju is so lovable. Giving him and Kip a coworkers-to-friends slow burn with a little miscommunication trope thrown in slaps so hard. I shouldn’t have cheated and skipped to these novellas without having finished the first book, but god I’m even more excited to know them better as I go.
 
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hannerwell | 4 andra recensioner | Feb 24, 2024 |

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Verk
41
Även av
1
Medlemmar
1,426
Popularitet
#18,045
Betyg
4.1
Recensioner
161
ISBN
69
Favoritmärkt
7

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