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I picked up Otherbound for my first DiFR review because it recently won the Bisexual Book Award for speculative fiction from The Bi Writers Association. As a bisexual person myself I have been frustrated with the lack of representation we receive. As such I felt that the winner of such an award would be the best place to start for this blog. Otherbound even beat out Climbing The Date Palm by Shira Glassman, a book I've had my eye on for a while due to how widely praised it is in the circles that know about it. I first came across Otherbound a few weeks ago while browsing around Goodreads for books with diverse protagonists. The book description didn't interest me, well most fantasy that involves people from earth doesn't, so I passed it …show more content…

However, having a princess around doesn't stop Jorn from throwing his weight around in order to keep control of the group through emotional abuse and fear tactics. Nolan himself has been keeping journals of what he sees through Amara's eyes, trying to figure out why he has this connection with her and how to break free of it. The book turned out to be far more fascinating than I initially gave it credit for and even has a very unique magic system that comes with dire consequences whenever it is abused. As a writer myself, I loved seeing the plethora of new ideas, or at least new to me, presented in this book and I really look forward to reading Duyvis's other books. Confession time. If it weren't for the fact that I had decided to review this book I would have most likely given up on it about halfway through. Now that's not a criticism of the book in this case. It's a self admonition over just how jaded I've become when it comes to stories in general, whether it be books, movies, or any other medium. You see, I don't handle character death very well, having been hurt too many times by the poor handling of it in past. So I have a tendency to assume the worst whenever the reaper comes knocking on my book cover. *SPOILER

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