Fantasy & Romantasy Blog: Strong Heroines, Power, and Story Craft

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Welcome to the thinking behind the throne

This space goes deeper than star ratings and spice levels. It exists for essays, breakdowns, and sharp observations on fantasy, romantasy, and paranormal fiction, and on the women who lead those worlds.

Here, I focus on why certain heroines hold the page and why others fade. I examine how agency takes shape, where it fractures, and what happens when power feels earned or hollow. Patterns matter here. The quiet craft choices that turn a strong premise into a forgettable read or an unforgettable one matter too.

This blog examines structure, growth, leadership, resilience, and emotional truth. It does not stop at what happens in a story. It asks how it happens and why it lands the way it does.

Readers who care about strong female leads, meaningful character arcs, and stories that respect their women will feel at home here. If you read for depth, intention, and heroines who earn their crowns, you belong in this space.

What You Will Find Here

These articles go beyond summary and reaction. I write them to think, not to fill space. Each piece digs into patterns, structure, and the choices that shape how a story actually works.

I build every article through close reading, comparison, and careful attention to character logic, narrative structure, and consequence. The goal stays clear. I focus on agency, power, and narrative integrity, not surface level commentary.

Rather than recap plots, I examine why certain stories hold and why others quietly fracture. I look beneath pacing, dialogue, and conflict to understand how trust forms or breaks between the page and the reader.

You will find analysis, not noise. You will find standards, not hype. Expect thoughtful critique, earned praise, and direct questions when something does not hold up.

This space does not exist to agree with everything. It exists to add something. Every article aims to sharpen how we read, how we notice, and how we understand the stories we choose to spend our time with.

BLOG ARTICLES

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What Editors Fix That Readers Never See

Most readers never think about editing unless something goes wrong. A missing word, a stray typo, or a sentence that …
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What Breaks Immersion and What Keeps Me Reading

Immersion forms the fragile contract between a story and a reader. A tense shift, a grammar slip, or a broken …
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I Love This Genre and I Will Absolutely Roast It

I love this genre. I reread it, recommend it, and defend it. I also laugh at it more than I …
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Why Readers Stop Reading Books in the First Chapter

Readers rarely stop reading because of a single mistake. Something quieter happens first. Trust weakens. Flow resists. The story never …
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Giving Up the Library Dream and Why I Am Okay With It

I used to dream of floor to ceiling bookshelves and a permanent home library. Life changed. My reading life did …
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Why I Refuse to Push Through Books That “Get Good Later”

Reading should feel immersive, not exhausting. In this post, I break down why “it gets good later” is not enough …
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Good Editing Is Invisible. Bad Editing Is Unforgettable.

Some books pull you in so completely that the world around you disappears. Others make you work for every page …
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Why Present Tense Stops Me From Getting Lost in a Book

Reading should feel effortless, not mentally exhausting. When every sentence pulls me out of the moment, the story never has …