Two Literary Characters + Quotes to Sustain Your Mortal Soul

Two of my Favorite Literary Characters + Quotes to Sustain Your Mortal Soul

1. Gwyneth Shepherd from the Ruby Red trilogy by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell

While Gwyneth is hilarious and awesome, I loved all of the characters. Except, you know, the evil ones. But even they were well thought out.

Now, since I have no gifs of her saying/doing something significant, I found a bunch of quotes from Goodreads.

Quote 1:

"You were talking to that niche in the wall again, Gwyneth. I saw you."

"Yes, but it's my favorite bit of wall, Gordon. I'd hurt its feelings if I didn't stop and talk to it."

~This conversation was, quite obviously, between Gwyneth and Gordon. (with the added presence of the wall)

Quote 2:

"The others can't see me," said the little ghost.

"I know," I said. "My name's Gwyneth. What's yours?"

"Dr. White to you," said Dr. White.

"I'm Robert," said the ghost.

"That's a very nice name," I said.

"Thank you," said Dr. White. "I'll return the compliment by saying you have very nice veins."

~Robert, Gwyneth, and an oblivious third wheel Dr. White.


2. Sage from The False Prince Bk. 1 in the Ascendance trilogy by Jennifer A. Nielson

Quote 1:

"I've got to go." 

"Go where?"
"To go. I'd have just taken care of it myself, but it looks like you want to come along."
Mott cursed. "Wait for morning."
"Wish I could. I've been cursed with my mother's pea-size bladder."

~ Sage and Mott

Quote 2:

"You stole it from the master."
"Who stole it from me. What I did simply set the universe back in order." 

Quote 3:

"Conner answered, "Mrs. Turbeldy warned me that you have a history of running away. Where did you go?" To the church of course. To confess my sins."  Quote 4: "If he put us in dresses, we wouldn't suddenly become women."  Well, those were just a couple of characters. My lists are usually longer than this. Sorry. I had a very transient amount of time allowed. Later lovelies, Tansie G.

Reviewing: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielson

The False Prince

In this first book in a remarkable trilogy, an orphan is forced into a twisted game with deadly stakes.

Choose to lie...or choose to die.

In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to find an impersonator of the king's long-lost son and install him as a puppet prince. Four orphans are recruited to compete for the role, including a defiant boy named Sage. Sage knows that Conner's motives are more than questionable, yet his life balances on a sword's point -- he must be chosen to play the prince or he will certainly be killed. But Sage's rivals have their own agendas as well.

As Sage moves from a rundown orphanage to Conner's sumptuous palace, layer upon layer of treachery and deceit unfold, until finally, a truth is revealed that, in the end, may very well prove more dangerous than all of the lies taken together.

An extraordinary adventure filled with danger and action, lies and deadly truths that will have readers clinging to the edge of their seats.

Let me just start out by saying this: I absolutely loved the main character. What can I say? I'm a sucker for sarcasm and wit and cleverness and Sage is a master of all three.

He carried the story, but he didn't completely drown out the other characters. And the plot twist. It completely fooled me. I was stunned. 

After I read this book the first time, I read it again just a couple days later, even though I remember books for a long time after reading them. It was just so completely awesome.

Along with being sufficiently packed with sword fights and mind games, the humor is flawless. I laughed out loud on more than one occasion.

The secondary characters also deliver well. They're somewhat cliché, but not so much that who they are is completely drowned out. 

4.5 stars.

Later,

Tansie G.