Charlie Bone

Fantasy Tropes Book Tag

This tag looked awesome and was a ton of fun. I’m so glad that Leslie @ Books Are the New Black tagged everyone. Welp, here I go!

Rules:

📚 Mention the creator (one’s peculiar)
🏷️ Answer the questions
📚 Tag as many people as you like
🏷️ HAVE FUN!

👸 The Lost Princess 👸
A book/series you lost interest in halfway through

So, full disclosure: I went into Serpent & Dove kind of planning to hate-read it. But then I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. Sure I had a lot of problems with it – and it was a bit of a trashy romantasy novel – but I had fun with it. Enough to continue with the sequel, at least. No, Blood & Honey is where the real problems lie. I despised that book, and it completely turned me off from finishing the trilogy.

🛡️ The Knight in Shining Armor 🛡️
A hyped book/series you were swept up by

The Emily Wilde series sank its claws into my with Encyclopaedia and I fell further in love after reading Otherlands. I’m absolutely frothing at the mouth waiting for book three, I’m so excited. I absolutely adore this series.

🧙‍♂️ The Wise Old Wizard 🧙‍♂️
An author who amazes you with his/her writing

V.E. Schwab. Every book I’ve read of hers, from like three separate series and one standalone, has been a book that I enjoyed.

♍ The Maiden in Distress ♍
An undervalued character you wish had a bigger storyline

When reading The Girl With No Reflection and writing its review a couple weeks ago I felt that Prince Zhang was somewhat underutilized as a character, and that the narrative of this novel would have benefited if the POVs were split between him and Ying. I still feel this way now. Also, Ying’s handmaidens may as well have not been there for all their storylines mattered to the plot.

🗡️ The Magical Sword 🗡️
A magical item/ability you wished authors used less

Hmmm… This one is a bit tricky. I can’t really think of any specifically that bother me, but when stuff like time travel isn’t done right or written well, it pisses me off. So I guess magical items and abilities that are written badly.

😈 The Mindless Villain 😈
A phrase you cannot help but roll your eyes at

There are a couple. “Like calls to like” got to me a bit after some time while reading ACOTAR, “a breath she didn’t know she was holding” makes me almost physically angry, and I absolutely cannot stand the phrase/descriptor “pillowy lips.” I. Hate. That. Phrase.

🐉 The Untamed Dragon 🐉
A magical creature you wish you had as a pet

The Flames (Aries, Leo and Sagittarius) from the Charlie Bone series. Three adorable, hyper intelligent, immortal, magical fire cats? I mean come on, who wouldn’t want them? And there’s three of them.

🥠 The Chosen One 🥠
A book/series you will always root for

Murderbot was a character I fell for instantly and was immediately rooting for. I absolutely devoured this series when I first discovered it, and I think it’s something that I’ll continue to follow for a long time.

Sooo… Since I don’t really know anyone or have any blogging connections, everyone who reads this gets tagged! The fantasy tropes book tag was a fun one, so if you’re interested, you should totally do it!

As always, thanks to everybody so much for reading, and I hope that you have an awesome day/night!

See ya ~Mar

Top Ten Tuesday: Relationship Freebie

Happy Tuesday peeps!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post currently hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. It celebrates lovely lists, wonderful books and the bookish community. This week’s topic is Relationship Freebie. Specifically, it’s about picking a relationship type and choosing characters who fit that relationship as it relates to you. So, characters you’d like to date, be friends with, be enemies with, etc. Bookish families you’d like to be a part of, characters you’d want as your siblings, pets you’d like to take for yourself, etc.

The one that I decided to go with was Pets I’d Like to Take for Myself. Because I like a challenge. Let’s do this! I had to go waayyy back on the books I’ve read in my lifetime for some of these – like 15+ years guys!

Charlie Bone series: The Flames! I love Aries, Leo and Sagittarius so much! When I was in middle school/junior high I wanted to have these three colorful magic cats so badly. (I still want them, lol.)

The Scorpio Races: This might not be the answer you expect in the book about horses – but Puffin. The  sweet little barn cat.

Beautiful Darkness: It’s been awhile, but I’m pretty sure this is the one with Lucille Ball the Cat in it? I love her, btw.

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands: I picked this one over the first one, because not only does it have Shadow the Magical and Loyal Dog in it, but it also has Orga the Magical and Sassy Kitty.

The Dresden Files: Harry’s cat, Mister, as well as his dog, Moose.

Hounded: I didn’t much care for this book, but one thing I adored was Atticus’ perfect doggo, Oberon.

The Lost Story: Skya has a magical red crow named Aurora. I want a magical red crow named Aurora, and I’m not even that into birds.

The Ghostkeeper: There’s a cute ghost cat named Muffin in this graphic novel that likes knocking things over. Enough said.

A Dog’s Life: I read this one a long time ago. But I still remember clearly how much I wished I could find Squirrel in real life and give her a home. (I’m so happy she ultimately got a happy ending.)

Warrior Cats: The cats. All of them. There’s room in my heart for everyone (except the villains, but even then…) I promise!