• Handle With Care

    handle with care; the fantasy edition

    It took me a long time to actually write this post because generally, I adore fantasy novels. Fantasy is one of those genres where you can take a whole bunch of tropes and turn them on their head. Do all authors take advantage of this fact? No, they do not. And it’s a shame. But of course, as in all genres, there are things that I feel are handled poorly more often than not, and things I would love to see worked into the story less for plot convenience and more naturally. Sometimes, the use of prophecies in stories just seems a way to make the main character the focus,…