Happy Christmas to all those celebrating. We’re heading into the final week of the year, that strange time when no one knows what is going on.
I’m writing this month’s blog post early, so I can put in a good word for some books in the running for the 2024 Indie Ink Awards. I am also going to imitate other book bloggers by presenting these books as the winners of my own peculiar awards. I have read all of them either this year or late last year.
1. Most Sympathetic Monster: The Girl from Your Blood and Bones (links)
2. Most Dramatic Family: The Marsden and Caein brothers from The Caein Legacy (links)
3. Standout Mature Couple: Katarina and Uther (Grim’s parents) from Starlight Jewel (links)
4. Best Moral Guide: The Emissary from Unfortunate (links)
5. Most Delicious Food Descriptions: Light my Pyre (links)
6. Most Unstable Royal MC: Lord Mute from The Whisper that Replaced God (links)
7. Most Memorable Minor Character: Greison from Children of Rima: Seeds of the Fallen (links)
8. Most Well-travelled Character: Ames Emerys (links)
Dust and Lightning: Best Friendship
These Violent Nights: Best Morally Gray Character and Best Setting
9. Best Use of Flower Symbolism: Imbued (links)
10. Animal Companion with the most Compelling Arc: The seacat mother in Talia on the Shore of the Sea (link)
Best of luck to all those involved in the competition. I encourage readers to pick up some of these titles, and look at others in the authors’ catalogues.
Far Removed was also nominated for the Indie Ink Awards. If you would like to give it a vote, you can find it in the categories below:
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