#sarah rees brennan

[sarahreesbrennan]

Happy Bard-day to all who celebrate. Shakespeare turns 460 today and I must celebrate his influence on Long Live Evil. He created many unforgettable villains (e.g. Edmund of King Lear, ‘now gods stand up for bastards’ a personal crush!) but I’ve always been fascinated by his play Richard III - a real person, and the last Plantagenet king, supplanted by the Tudors reigning in Shakespeare’s day, i.e. Shakespeare had to BLACKEN his name. That meant Shakespeare also wrote Richard III as the kind of man who could seduce a widow, on the day of her husband’s funeral, after killing the husband in question! What can I say, baby? Evil’s just sexier.

Shakespeare being a genius was part of what made Richard III’s name echo with infamy down the ages. Josephine Tey’s A Daughter of Time gives us a very different Richard. But isn’t that the case with Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea, or a thousand fanfictions for a thousand properties, or Shakespeare himself with the legend of Romeo and Juliet, all asking ‘why’ and ‘what if’ and ‘can we explore…’

The best stories ask: who’s telling the story? How does that change the story? How many different ways are there to tell it? What do you do with the story people are telling about you? Who’s good, who’s bad and who’s interesting? That’s why, three years ago, I picked this epigraph for LONG LIVE EVIL. Thanks to the Bard for a perfect opener.

#Richard iii #Shakespeare #villain #bookblr #evil is a point of view #sarah rees brennan #long live evil

[fairycosmos]

in other lands by sarah rees brennan

#in other lands #sarah rees brennan #books

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#books #fantasy #poll #In Other Lands #Sarah Rees Brennan #result: no #l: English

[fideos-de-verdura]

Opening my art blog with my favorite book, In Other Lands by @sarahreesbrennan !! I made some character designs and a little illustration featuring Luke, Elliot and Serene

#in other lands #sarah rees brennan #elliot schafer #luke sunborn #serene heart in the chaos of battle #iol #fideos de verdura art tag #character design #my dream is making an in other lands graphic novel #i'd die for them #i literally read this book like #two times a year #currently rereading lol

[2amcheese]

hyperspecific poll: NO CHEATING!!

edit bc of confusion: first one is bestie has a seven WORD name not letter! like Mary Ellen Kate Susan Junior The Third! obv no judgement on those who misunderstood—lots of people have haha

this is crazy specific so nobody cheat!!! only click if all terms apply! if the two guys who shook you out of a tree were brunettes don’t click that option! If it wasn’t a butter knife don’t click that option!

#polls #poll #hyperspecific poll #hyperspecific #tumblr polls #my polls #hehehe i hope people like this #i love polls they’re so awesome possum sauce #iol #in other lands #sarah rees brennan #elliot schafer #sunbrat #luke sunborn #serene heart in the chaos of battle

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

#in other lands #sarah rees brennan #young adult #fantasy #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Elliot Schafer- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Neil Josten- All for the Game by Nora Sakavic

#Elliot Schafer #In Other Lands #iol #Sarah Rees Brennan #Neil Josten #aftg #the foxhole court #tfc #the kings men #the raven king #all for the game #Nora Sakavic #polls #lgbt books #queer book character tournament 2.0

[ionlydrinkhotwater]

Just remembering that Elliot gave Luke one of his pens and Luke displays it all special in his room like it's a precious item 🥺

#iol #in other lands #sunbrat #luke sunborn #elliot schafer #sarah rees brennan

[agardenandlibrary]

new episode of my podcast Backlog Books is out now (link in pinned post)

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan made a place for herself on the bookshelf of my heart back in 2015 when I read her Lynburn Legacy trilogy. Which is also very good, just FYI. I have been meaning to read In Other Lands basically since it was published. This gives you an idea of how long things sit on my mental shelf before I pick them up. It may have taken me 6 years, but I finally got around to it. Everyone who told me to hurry up and read it, you were right, it was very good.

Recommended:

Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire

Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan

#cara podcasts #cara reads in other lands #in other lands #sarah rees brennan

[its-blorbin-time]

drew the pals from In Other Lands the only book ever

#in other lands #in other lands fanart #sarah rees brennan #my art #art

[oblivionsdream]

Hear me out- an animated In Other Lands tv show.

#the right style and pretty colors would perfectly illustrate the mood of this book #my sister and i were discussing it and I just want it so badly #in other lands #sarah rees brennan

[sarahreesbrennan]

LONG LIVE EVIL Cover Reveal

This is the cover of LONG LIVE EVIL. So many thanks to my cover artist Syd Mills and my designer Ben Prior. The blend of gleeful irreverence and epic fantasy is so dear to me! I hope you like the cover. I hope even more that you enjoy the book…

A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN… When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favourite fantasy series. She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale. So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.

This adult epic fantasy debut from Sarah Rees Brennan puts the reader in the villain's shoes, for an adventure that is both 'brilliant' (Holly Black) and 'supremely satisfying' (Leigh Bardugo). Expect a rogue's gallery of villains including an axe wielding maid, a shining knight with dark moods, a homicidal bodyguard, and a playboy spymaster with a golden heart and a filthy reputation.

Preorder here (tales of goodness to come)!

#bookblr #sarah rees brennan #leigh bardugo #holly black #epic fantasy #villain #long live evil

[fairycosmos]

in other lands by sarah rees brennan

#in other lands #sarah rees brennan #books

[magiclamd]

“I want to be anywhere that guy is not,” says Elliot Schafer in the most hilarious last words ever; and then the Captain is all “sure thing!” as though SHE CAN KEEP THEM APART AT ANY POINT EVER

#in other lands #guess who is rereading #sarah rees brennan

[fantasybooktournament]

#ransom riggs #kendare blake #sarah rees brennan #miss peregrines home for peculiar children #three dark crowns #in other lands #round 1 #polls #fantasy book tournament

[condessavesper]

#in other lands #sarah rees brennan #elliot schafer #serene-heart-in-the-chaos-of-battle #friendship!! #quotes