Elckerlyc
"Philosophy will clip an angel's wings."
Yesterday I finished Skyclad by Scott Browder, the first fiction book I read and finished in about 5 months. This long period of not reading is highly unusual for me. Somehow I couldn't get engaged, no matter what I tried to read, until I didn't even try anymore. Until Skyclad, that is.
So, what was so special?
Not because it was Fantasy, which isn't really my thing. Worse even, it was LitRPG; stories about things like [Classes] and [Skills] and [Levels], with a range of Fantasy creatures and, naturally, magic. I am just saying that this is not the usual stuff I read (with a few exceptions) and it certainly wasn't what made me start reading.
Could it perhaps be because the female protagonist is walking around in her birthday outfit from the second till the last page?
Well, I won't deny it made me curious. It what kind of situation would any sensible girl be willing to face the world naked and then become the [Skyclad Sorceress]? How would you go about telling such a story in a convincing, non-titillated way?
It was curiosity that made me start reading, but the excellent world-building, the strong characterization of all main characters and the well thought out plot were what made me finish it without any trouble. Now waiting for Book 2.
Morgan Mackenzie is having a bath after a bad day when she, complete with bathtub and loofah, drops through a hole into another world. Her fall ends in a tree, in the middle of the Wildlands, where she (or rather the bathtub) flattens several birds of prey in their nest. This earns her double points for defeating a threat while being [Naked] and [Unequipped]. This starts a series of events, while trying to survive in the well depicted and highly dangerous Wildlands, that eventually will influence Morgan when she has to choose a [Class]. And learns that every choice has a price.
It is by no means an erotic tale. It is a believable story about several 'worldwalkers' who all will have a role to play, in the larger world, in the coming battle against an evil slaver empire.
Recommended.
So, what was so special?
Not because it was Fantasy, which isn't really my thing. Worse even, it was LitRPG; stories about things like [Classes] and [Skills] and [Levels], with a range of Fantasy creatures and, naturally, magic. I am just saying that this is not the usual stuff I read (with a few exceptions) and it certainly wasn't what made me start reading.
Could it perhaps be because the female protagonist is walking around in her birthday outfit from the second till the last page?
Well, I won't deny it made me curious. It what kind of situation would any sensible girl be willing to face the world naked and then become the [Skyclad Sorceress]? How would you go about telling such a story in a convincing, non-titillated way?
It was curiosity that made me start reading, but the excellent world-building, the strong characterization of all main characters and the well thought out plot were what made me finish it without any trouble. Now waiting for Book 2.
Morgan Mackenzie is having a bath after a bad day when she, complete with bathtub and loofah, drops through a hole into another world. Her fall ends in a tree, in the middle of the Wildlands, where she (or rather the bathtub) flattens several birds of prey in their nest. This earns her double points for defeating a threat while being [Naked] and [Unequipped]. This starts a series of events, while trying to survive in the well depicted and highly dangerous Wildlands, that eventually will influence Morgan when she has to choose a [Class]. And learns that every choice has a price.
It is by no means an erotic tale. It is a believable story about several 'worldwalkers' who all will have a role to play, in the larger world, in the coming battle against an evil slaver empire.
Recommended.