The magical boarding school novel forms a robust subgenre of children’s and young adult fantasy literature. Harry Potter learns he’s a legacy student at Hogwarts; Percy Jackson is spirited off to a training ground for demigods; Lissa and Rose get dragged back to St. Vladimir’s, the vampire academy. This, despite the fact that the boarding […]
It’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the leaves are starting to change, and parents are rejoicing as their children finally return to the classroom. Yes, it’s back to school season, the time of the year when I want to do drown myself in No. 2 pencils and unsullied spiral notebooks (filled only with potential!), despite the […]
Orcs have been a mainstay villain in fantasy literature for as long as the genre has been around. Over the course of many books and stories, they’ve often made for a convenient stock enemy for the heroes to kill without thought or remorse. Their many battles against groups of stalwart humans have formed the basis of a […]