![]() ![]() Starflower and Dragonwitch completely outdid everything that had come before them. I devoured Veiled Rose and then Moonblood, but whatever expectations I had for the series could not prepare me for what came next. I read Heartless three times before Veiled Rose was released ( Heartless was published in 2010, and Veiled Rose came out in 2011…). ![]() I’ve always enjoyed fantasy, living off of The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia for as long as I can remember, but The Tales of Goldstone Wood took that love to a new level. (Warning: this is a major nostalgic fangirl post with so many references that many won’t understand…. It is the first book in the Tales of Goldstone Wood series, and it is my childhood. It was titled Heartless, and it was written by Anne Elisabeth Stengl. It had one of the loveliest covers I had ever seen. Brittany, my eldest cousin, showed me a beautiful book she had picked up for just a few dollars at a little bookstore. I first heard about the Tales of Goldstone Wood while with my cousins eight years ago. ![]()
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Irene is rather good at being a spy and procurer of books, less so a diplomat (pity she is now a representative on a major treaty between the Fae and Dragons and Library).īut as the series has gone on, Cogman has been teasing out Irene’s true background, and the background of the Library itself. Her previous adventures have had her tangle with a traitor to the library (Alberich, more on him anon) deal with both Fae and Dragon politics (her first assistant is a Dragon, and her newest apprentice is a Fae) and visit a variety of worlds in places inspired by Venice, Vienna, New York, and more. ![]() Irene Winters is one of these interdimensional Librarians. ![]() ![]() It seems likely that she was influenced by Cecilia when she wrote Pride and Prejudice. In Burney’s story, Cecilia capitulates – unlike in Austen’s, where Elizabeth eventually wins over Mr Darcy, despite Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s – and Darcy’s own – pride. 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