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Stop me if you‘ve heard this one: a priestess, a knight, a mage, an archer, & a thief set off to defeat a Dark Lord. Same old same old, but then...

along comes a spider.

& suddenly we‘re investigating issues of faith, toxic masculinity, otherness, empathy, & all the many shades of gray in the classic fantasy Light/Dark binary with complex characters & a twisty plot.

Also somehow it‘s really funny. $5 on Kindle. Highest recommendation.

That awkward moment when you realize you missed the Dark Lord‘s throne room...

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Imagine if one of the Mirkwood spiders ended up joining the dwarves and Bilbo on their quest -

wait, no, imagine The Last Unicorn, but this time it‘s a giant spider dealing with being remade into human form -

Oh! No, this totally the fantasy equivalent of a Murderbot book! It deals with a lot of the same themes and situations, just with magic instead of lasers.

This book rules so far, by the way.

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The fact that I still made progress in Spiderlight through the big birthday weekend speaks to its awesomeness. My kiddos turned 5 and 2 (they are 3 years and 1 day apart) and much fun was had by all!

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Let me see if I can adequately explain why I‘m so very excited about #starting this book...

The summary on the back makes it sound like the most boring tropey Tolkien rip-off fantasy imaginable, but I know the author‘s style well enough to know that this is all just set-up so he can mess with expectations.

It sounds so bland that I know it‘s going to be WILD.

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Spiderlight was a great read and even though character's seem unlikable you like them then like them a lot , it builds to quite an intense momentum .
It has every swords giant spiders & magic mayhem.
Highly recommended.

Here is my fantasy shelf, covering everything from urban to epic. #magical #aprilamazingreads

This book gives you a new perspective on the adventuring fantasy party. It puts you in the mind of a spider, and it shows you what the other side of a glorious quest against the darkness looks like. Plenty of laugh out loud moments, as this book has plenty of humor. Popular fantasy tropes are examined and poked fun at. Fans of the fantasy genre will like this one. I know I did.

I haven't read a book that kept me this entertained in a very long time! Parts made me chuckle quietly to myself and some of them made me laugh out loud (prompting the odd strange look from my wife until I read it to her and made her laugh too!) and others brought a deal of pathos to the story allowing us a way of looking back at humanity using its own looking glass without cracking it too much. Full of action, comedy and drama - go and read it!

Book mail is the best kind of mail! I can't decide what I'm more excited about, Spiderlight or My Best Friend's Exorcism. I'm a little wary of Cursed Child at this point, it's making me nervous.