Today, author Cherie Reich is dropping by to explain why she reads fantasy. Be sure to check out the links to her new novel, Reborn, a Greek mythology-influenced YA high fantasy.
Why
Cherie Reich Reads Fantasy
I didn’t start out reading fantasy.
My fantasy experience as a child revolved around Disney movies. I delved more
into mysteries and horror as a child. I loved RL Stine’s Goosebumps series. I couldn’t keep my hands off the next Nancy Drew
book. I watched Scooby Doo and Inspector Gadget.
From childhood, I graduated to
Stephen King and Michael Crichton. I couldn’t stop reading horror, mysteries,
and thrillers. I watched The X-Files, CSI, Criminal Minds, etc. I loved it.
Then, my friend told me about
Mercedes Lackey. That moment changed my life. I picked up her Magic’s Pawn. I fell in love with the
world, the characters. I started snatching up as many books as possible from
her Valdemar series. My friend and I even created a roleplaying game featuring
her characters and characters we created in her worlds.
Then, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie was about to come out.
I devoured the first four books, which were out at the time. I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and so many other types of fantasy books.
Recently I’ve been reading Brandon Sanderson’s work, and man, I’m crushing hard
on his world building abilities.
I couldn’t get enough of magical
worlds which contained elements of mystery and horror. Who wouldn’t want to
live in a magical world, after all? I found my home within these worlds.
Do you read fantasy books? What are
your favorites?
To save a kingdom, a
prophetess must challenge Fate.
On the day of Yssa’s death and rebirth, the god Apenth chose her as the Phoenix Prophetess.
Sea serpents and gods endanger the young prophetess’s journey and sour the omens. Yssa is cursed instead of blessed, and her duties at the Temple of Apenth prove it. She spends her days reading dusty scrolls, which does nothing to help her forget Tym, the boy back home. But the annoying yet gorgeous ferryman’s son Liam proves to be a distraction she can’t predict, even though he rarely leaves her alone for two sand grains.
Her boring temple life screeches to a halt when visions of her parents’ murders consume her. Yssa races across an ocean to stop the future. If she can’t change Fate, she’ll refuse to be the Phoenix Prophetess any longer. Fate, however, has other plans for her and the kingdom.
Yssa must either accept her destiny or fight to change Fate.
On the day of Yssa’s death and rebirth, the god Apenth chose her as the Phoenix Prophetess.
Sea serpents and gods endanger the young prophetess’s journey and sour the omens. Yssa is cursed instead of blessed, and her duties at the Temple of Apenth prove it. She spends her days reading dusty scrolls, which does nothing to help her forget Tym, the boy back home. But the annoying yet gorgeous ferryman’s son Liam proves to be a distraction she can’t predict, even though he rarely leaves her alone for two sand grains.
Her boring temple life screeches to a halt when visions of her parents’ murders consume her. Yssa races across an ocean to stop the future. If she can’t change Fate, she’ll refuse to be the Phoenix Prophetess any longer. Fate, however, has other plans for her and the kingdom.
Yssa must either accept her destiny or fight to change Fate.
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To purchase: Amazon | Createspace | GooglePlay | Kobo | Nook | OmniLit | Smashwords | Other Retailers
Click here to add on Goodreads.
The authors of Untethered Realms and I are giving away over $50 worth of books to one lucky winner. The giveaway is open internationally. A Rafflecopter giveaway.
A self-proclaimed bookworm, Cherie
Reich is a speculative fiction writer and library assistant living in Virginia.
Her short stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies, and her books
include the horror collection Nightmare, a space fantasy novella
collection titled Gravity, and the fantasy series The Foxwick
Chronicles and The Fate Challenges. Reborn is her debut
novel. She is Vice President of Valley Writers and a member of the Virginia
Writers Club and Untethered Realms. For more information, please visit her website.
