UPDATE: I wrote this more than eight years ago. Since then, my views have greatly evolved. I no longer believe a lot of what I wrote in here. The heavy handed moralizing is due to a stint I had with the Catholic Church, but that's long pass. I still believe that art should better society in some way, even as it seems purposeless. But I no longer have such rigid standards about the methodology. If anything, I believe that good art forces us to confront the ugly truths inside us. I think I can fairly say that the me who wrote this essay was avoiding some truths she'd been confronted with. I'm not going to remove this. Fuck, no one is ever going to even read it except me since this blog is a long fossilized piece of history that very few knew about or interacted with in the first place. But I'll know that once upon a time when I excavated this blog via long forgotten passwords and platforms, I saw this post, realized it was problematic, and did something to address it.
I'm a sporadic blogger that writes critical reviews of YA and classical literature. I might post the occasional article about small publishing vs. large publishing. Harry Potter vs. Twilight. High Fantasy vs. Contemporary. Who knows? (Not me).
Showing posts with label Holly Black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holly Black. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Review: Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader edited by Cassandra Clare
Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader by Holly Black, Kendra Blake, Gwenda Bond, Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Caine, Sarah Cross, Kami Garcia, Michelle Hodkin, Kelly Link, Kate Milford, Diana Peterfeund, Sarah Ryan, Scott Tracey, and Robin Wasserman
Series: The Mortal Instruments (companion)
Published: January 29, 2013
Publisher: SmartPopPages: 198
Join Cassandra Clare and a Circle of more than a dozen top YA writers, including New York Times bestsellers Holly Black, Rachel Caine, and Kami Garcia, as they write about the Mortal Instruments series, its characters, and its world.
Inside you’ll read:•
- A cinematic tutorial on why the best friend (Simon) always loses out to the bad boy (Jace)•
- The unexpected benefits of the incest taboo•
- What we can read between the lines of Alec and Magnus’ European vacation•
- The importance of friendship, art, humor, and rebellion•
- And more, from the virtues of Downworlders to the naughty side of Shadowhunting
Now, before you look at that 5 star rating and say, “oh, it’s just another of Cassies cray cray obsessive followers…” hear me out.
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