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A Wild and Unremarkable Thing
A Wild and Unremarkable Thing | Jen Castleberry
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Fifteen years have passed since a Fire Scale scorched Cayda’s village. Fifteen years of beatings, of bare kitchen cupboards and sloppy swordplay. Fifteen years of biting her lip for her father’s cane while her younger sisters did the same for the grimy patrons of the village brothels. Fifteen years of staring steadfastly after beauty in an increasingly ugly world. Now, with hair shorn and breast bound, Cayda marches into the Summer Alps as Cody, a hopeful Champion seeking a dragon-slayer’s reward, with the full weight of her family’s survival on her shoulders. But the road between poverty and prosperity is rife with beasts, betrayals, and baser temptations. Sensible Cayda soon discovers that she is not the only Champion with her eye on the prize, or the only one wearing a disguise. With monsters, gods, and royalty hot on her heels, Cayda must ask herself if victory is worth sacrificing her identity for – or her life. A Wild and Unremarkable Thing pits girl against dragon in a stunning blend of Greek mythology and medieval lore. Readers will not quickly forget the diverse cast or the thrilling, sexy ride!
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This had the feel of an old fairy tale, and the writing made me think of Le Guin‘s Earthsea and Dragon‘s Winter Elizabeth A Lynn. I do think that the use of action beats to break dialogue, and the use of other dialogue tags besides 'says‘ would improve the writing. 'Says‘ was used even when the dialogue was a question. I found this annoying at first, but the story itself was so engaging that I soon put it out of mind.