Thank you! I went looking, inspired by its existence, and found a different green I kind of like, but I do still think I like yours better, so I'll probably switch.
In Alera, I do like the way the "bad guys"/scary Other is gradually revealed and humanized in subsequent books -- the Marat from the first book becoming allies, then the Canem, then the Icemen (though I agree, we don't get that much time with them). And the Vord never become allies, of course, but we do get an inside and almost compassionate look at them by the end.
If you enjoy good world building, let me suggest the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone. It is amazing.
I *do* enjoy good worldbuilding, and would agree that the Craft Sequence is pretty amazing at it :D I'm a couple of books behind (I need to go back to Last First Snow), but I really enjoyed the three that I read. Besides the extremely creative worldbuilding, my favorite book is Full Fathom Five and my favorite character is Temoc. (I'm guessing from this post that yours is Elayne :)
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Date: 2017-08-31 11:59 pm (UTC)In Alera, I do like the way the "bad guys"/scary Other is gradually revealed and humanized in subsequent books -- the Marat from the first book becoming allies, then the Canem, then the Icemen (though I agree, we don't get that much time with them). And the Vord never become allies, of course, but we do get an inside and almost compassionate look at them by the end.
If you enjoy good world building, let me suggest the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone. It is amazing.
I *do* enjoy good worldbuilding, and would agree that the Craft Sequence is pretty amazing at it :D I'm a couple of books behind (I need to go back to Last First Snow), but I really enjoyed the three that I read. Besides the extremely creative worldbuilding, my favorite book is Full Fathom Five and my favorite character is Temoc. (I'm guessing from this post that yours is Elayne :)