Remulak posted:

voiceless anal fricative posted:

Exordia makes use of the concept.

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

Ok I went and read scholomance

I'm mad that it was really good

Naomi Novik is a really good fanfic writer and I don't know how to feel about that

StumblyWumbly posted:

3BP... horribly, laughably flat characters

Leng posted:

It’s set in an alt version of our world that’s West African centric (a world map is our world map inverted) and is basically a standalone prequel to the (YA?) series that’s on hiatus and was originally serialised via her newsletter.

There are some definite rough parts, especially early on, and especially with the inconsistency in how language is dealt with but it does hit the emotional points very well (albeit if one relationship arc is resolved pretty suddenly). The very extended ending is meant to be a segue to get you to buy the series.

I still haven’t read her follow up stand-alone, Blood Over Bright Haven, which got picked up by Del Rey. At this rate I’m gonna go preorder the new trad pubbed version through my library and read the indie and trad versions side by side just to see what, if anything, trad pub are actually bringing from an editorial perspective considering this had a pretty successful indie release.

Ahhhhhhhhhh she’s adorable. Please put her in the middle of a pile of books and let her pick her own name. Then report back.