Chronicles of the Nocturnal Forest: by Vanessa Kings
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Author: Vanessa Kings
Genre: Children's Book/Fantasy
Melanie feels like there is no one in the world who truly understands her. She has her head in the clouds and her nose stuck in a book. Everyone is always telling her to grow up. One day, she dreams of a fairy who tells her the long history of a family from a place called Astebeth. All Melanie wants is to understand her place in the world. Perhaps she's about to find out.
Modern day fairy tales seem to be a trend in today's publishing. What separates the Chronicles of the Nocturnal Forest from these other tales is it's traditional pace and makeup. As in the style of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson, there is little detail. The plot stretches over a long time period, so the reader doesn't spend a lot of time with one character, aside from the protagonist and the fairy. The focus is directed on the action and development of the plot.
The twist in this fairytale is how each story is related to the other, coming full circle in the end. It takes some classic fairy tale elements and combines them with modern and sometimes futuristic components. The author created a magical adventure with a dash of space odessey.
Vanessa was born on March 14th of 1985, in Rosario, Argentina. At the age of 10 she wrote her first fairy tale. She found writing comforting and distracting. By the age of 18 she had 120 pieces written, between fairy tales, poems, life's reflections and other stories. She has self-published The Princess and the Enchanted Forest and Chronicles of the Nocturnal Forest, hoping to bring fantasy and imagination back to all those kids and young readers who would venture into their pages.
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ReplyDeleteI'm in no doubt that it would've anyway, but reading this did give me "just cause" to think of The Representative.
The talk, about what separates this fairy tale, from others - this the routine way I talk about "TR".
Why comment? This is also what runs through my head, reading the review.. When I see a book like this, being reviewed, my only natural thought pattern is to think "irrelevant", and therefore not inviting to me to reply to - however, wanting to then overcome this nature of thinking, and to penetrate my mind in order to think of something to say is my next thought pattern.
The cover looks lovely, and, to be fair, the premise sounds worthy. I wish you the best Vanessa.
It's definitely not your run of the mill fairy tale. Very original storytelling.
ReplyDeleteI do wish her well. Because of recent issues, especially over the past few weeks, having the will to indulge this specific kind of fiction "can" be endeavouring..
ReplyDeleteI said before, that "writing a book" isn't the reality that has value. The value, is in the ability to think, and to create a chart of events, such as I'm sure Vanessa has done.
I try to overcome patterns, that's what defines me as a person.. In this case, the pattern is visiting this site, and feeling uninvited to indulge a review about this kind of fiction, or about that kind of fiction; "What is there to say?" That's the cliché, that's the pattern.. Hence, it's my nature to recognise this pattern, and to then use that recognition to break with it.
There's always something to say: even if you're convinced there isn't.