![]() ![]() Shadow doused the hard panes of his face, but his features were so sharp that they sliced through the dusk, meeting mine with equal determination and wary curiosity. Some, just because the language was beautiful: I stopped highlighting passages in the book because I found myself highlighting entire paragraphs on page after page. Broadbent’s writing shows passion, insight, and fine attention to detail. The first thing that drew my attention was the prose. It easily cracks my top 10 books I have ever read, in any genre, and I urge you to pick it up and begin reading it today. There are rare books that perfectly straddle the line between these two genres, where the fantasy and the romance are two halves of one seamless whole, interdependent, almost symbiotic.ĭaughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent is just such a book, a flawless symphony of immersive fantasy and enthralling romance, tied together by prose that is by turns gorgeous and profound. They say if you can take out the fantasy and you still have a love story it’s fantasy romance, and if you can remove the romance and still have a fantasy story it’s romantic fantasy. The line between these two subgenres is a nebulous one, and in truth it’s more of a continuum. Daughter of No Worlds could be considered a fantasy romance or a romantic fantasy, depending on who’s describing it. ![]()
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