Fantasy Annotation - Daughter of No Worlds
Author: Carissa Broadbent
Title: Daughter of No
Worlds
Genre: Fantasy
Publication Date: January
8, 2020
Number of Pages: 518
Geographical Setting:
Time Period:
Series (If applicable):
The War of Lost Hearts
Tisaanah, a girl forcibly
removed from her home at a young age in the middle of the night, and forced
into slavery, wants to help those that she had been taken from. All she wants to
do is free them with the help of the Order, being that they are a highly
powerful organization of magic wielders. Maxantarius Farlione wants nothing to
do with her but is forced to take her on. With the dynamic between two opposing
forces, we see how each grows and pushes each other to their limits.
Subject Headings: Fantasy
Fiction, Slavery, Magic, Women Heroes
Appeal:
Story Line –
This story goes into such depth that helps build the characterization of the
characters well and makes it clear how they have come to have their motivations
throughout the book. Building the world through storytelling and creating such
rich places with tons of history builds out this world and story to help guide the
reader through the world that is depicted.
Characterization –
The storytelling builds out the character's storylines and motivations to allow
the reader to read and learn about the characters and grow with them as the
reader continues through the story. It builds each character with proper motivations
and shows their strengths and weaknesses that make the reader sympathetic to
the characters.
Pacing –
Always making sure to have an engaging story, the pacing stays in a way that
the slower moments are impactful for learning about the characters more, and
the faster moments build out their story. It creates a delicate balance that
makes the reader excited for the next fast scene without overloading the reader
with an extremely heavy adventure story that is constant and never slows down.
3 terms that best
describe this book:
Desperation, Salvation, Building
Relationships
3 Relevant Non-Fiction
Works and Authors
1. The Supremacist Syndrome: How Domination Underpins Slavery, Genocide, the Exploitation of Women, and the Maltreatment of Animals by Peter Marsh
Subjects: Social Sciences,
Psychology, Male Domination, Ethnic Relations
2.
Slaves Among Us: The Hidden World of Human
Trafficking by Monique Villa
Subjects: Slavery,
History, 21st Century
3.
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s
Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy Leary
Subjects: Slavery, Mental
Health, Psychology
3 Relevant Fiction Works
and Authors
1.
Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Subjects: Vampires,
Werewolves, Shapeshifting
2.
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
Subjects: Demonology, Angels,
Fairies
3.
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Subjects: Magic, Kings
and Rulers, Quests
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Taryn,
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed seeing annotations in genres I don't read, as it's starting to put titles in the back of my mind for future RA encounters. Someone recently walked in and asked for our fantasy section, and I panicked. The other district in our county does genrefication and we don't, so every "where's your _____ section?" question ends up with RA.
This patron kind of shrugged when asked about books she has enjoyed in the past, making it even harder, so I ended up looking at a Goodreads list of popular fantasy titles and pulling several that I remembered seeing circulate a lot. She had read one of the five and loved it, and she ended up taking three of the other four, plus the prequel for one of those.
It made me a little sad, actually, and also pleased. Sad because she apologized for taking up my time, and pleased because I managed to send her home with books she was excited about despite my limited knowledge of the genre. Next time I'd like it to be because I have knowledge though.