Blog Post 13

On the syllabus, there weren't any stories for as to read out of any of the anthologies. So I just presumed we were to do our blog on the story or stories  we're are doing for our reader's choice presentations. Anyhow, I was really bummed out that we bare;y talked about fantasy. I think we only spent one class time on fantasy. In my mind,  I was like, "Fantasy is my favourite genre!" So what better opportunity to go more in depth about fantasy than now? So instead of reading two to three short stories from our anthology, I read the first book to a fairly new series. It was published about two years ago. The story is called Fallen Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes. It that type of book you'd find in the teenager section of Barnes&Nobles. I don't to give too much away without actually doing my presentation. However, it is an epic fantasy (or could also be high fantasy) and takes place in a world other than our world. In the story, there's these three kingdoms named: Limeros, Palesia, and Auranos. So, the idea of the way the world works in terms of natural law is still there; however, these islands do not exist. So it's a world that is our world, but it's not in actuality our world. I think I'm not making sense, but it makes sense. Typically in high fantasy there is a hero who has to rise up against the circumstances that beyond his control and develop as a character. However, this book takes that particular expectation of the sub-genre and flips it. For example, this story is told in multiple point of views (four main points of view that all intertwine and gets pretty intricate). In a sense, there are multiple heroes and multiples bad guys. The bad guy and the hero differs depending on which perspective is being perceived in that particular chapter.  Overall, this story is pretty good, and I don't want to give away too much without my presentation.