Surely we can love our favorite books without pretending they're something they're not. Until perhaps, one day, perhaps theyll share a land called home again. Is it a great book? Absolutely! But it contains not the slightest whiff of romance. Finnikin of the Rock is the story of people who try to step forward, and forward, and forward. If I were editing the article on Finnikin of the Rock, the cited statement by the author that 'in the first chapter of FINNIKIN, I knew it would be Mont Saint-Michel in France and although my climb was nothing like Finnikin’s, the smell and the views and the atmosphere was all there including the room where Finnikin first sees the novice. That's not their selling point.Īnd why, in the name of all that is holy, is The Hobbit (Item 440) on this list? There - are - no - females - in - this - book! Nor is there any homosexual text or subtext. No one picks up those books expecting to be swept away by a detailed, sympathetic depiction of romance. These books have quite a lot to recommend them they are powerful, intriguing stories. Yet I'm finding quite a few, even high up in the list, that have magic and adventure but almost no romance.įor instance, I question the inclusion of books from Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga. I've been looking for books on this list that have a good balance of the three items. (Feb.I've been going through and adding some of my own votes - because voting on Goodreads lists is fun, I've discovered, and because I have more right to complain about items on a list if I have voted myself. Magic, romance, intrigue, and adventure all play their parts as this dense, intricate epic unfolds, and flawed, memorable heroes fight for their kingdom’s redemption. As Finnikin and Evanjalin seek to reunite Lumatere’s far-flung people and restore their land, they face betrayals, horrors, and ethical crises. Then he and his mentor are called to safeguard Evanjalin, an enigmatic young woman who claims to know the location of Lumatere’s long-missing heir, who can break the curse and bring the exiles home. Finnikin has spent the decade after Lumatere’s fall traveling, collecting stories of his scattered people and trying to ease their plight. Years ago, Lumatere’s royal family was brutally murdered, an imposter king placed on the throne, and a curse levied on the land, forever locking it away from the rest of the land of Skuldenore, with many of its inhabitants cast out to the winds. ) spins a sprawling yet intimate tale about a doomed kingdom and its struggle for reclamation. In her first fantasy work, Printz Award–winner Marchetta ( Jellicoe Road
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