Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, a blog dedicated to all things fantasy and speculative fiction, from book reviews to essays on world building, characters, and favorite novels.

Book Review: Empire’s Passing (Empire’s Legacy) by Marian L Thorpe

Empire's Passing Series: Empire's Legacy, #8 Author: Marian L Thorpe Genre: Historical Fantasy Release Date: February 22nd, 2024 Book Description: Gwenna, Principe of Emparias, is witnessing an empire's fall. She must not only predict the future, but create one – without the advice and support of her father. Her partner Lynthe is challenging her leadership; …

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Raina Nightingale's Paths of Fantasy, a blog dedicated to all things fantasy and speculative fiction, from book reviews to essays on world building, characters, and favorite novels.

Raina’s Fantastic Ramblings: What Does ‘Character Development’ Mean?

I'd always understood the phrase 'character development' a certain way, but a while ago I read a review of a certain book I had also read (which review and book is not, I think, necessary to this post), which complained of poor character development in the novel. Specifically, what was considered to be poor character …

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