[Series Overview] Dance of Thieves duology - Mary E. Pearson

I started this series on: March 28, 2020
I finished this series on: March 31, 2020
Cover editions here updated on: March 29, 2020
Written content here updated on: March 29, 2020

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

同世界觀：The Remnant Chronicles

這部時間點應該是前作的六年後，圈叉三角很不錯看xDDDDD（驚慌到語無倫次www）

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

GR stats (linking default edition)	Editions I'm privy to
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[Read My Review!]

Author:
Series: Unofficial:

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

American English | 美式英文


Deutsch | German | 德文

[Post Index] Series Overview [UPDATED on Mar 10, 2024]

(If you have a short reading attention span, feel free to just skip to the actual list >:3)

Hey, so, it's sad to say that while the actual acts of posting blog posts and editing their content are easy enough, I really can't say I'm all that familiar with what Blogger has to offer, this could be because prior to using it, I've already have experiences viewing and editing blogs provided by other services, mainly Taiwanese ones. Some of the things I quickly found out Blogger lacks, were a.] visible statistic display of the view counts of each posts (this data is visible to the author in the backstage, but I see no option for displaying it to regular viewers, unless it's something to do with the theme, but I doubt so,) b.] private post that requires password to view content, c.] a widget to use on side panels to show the latest comments (this I believe can be done by using 3rd party java script, but again, why couldn't this be simply featured?) and d.] similar posts suggestion for each posts. This last one can also been done by 3rd party installment, as I've done so myself, but it does not seem to always work, also, when it does successfully display, there were a few incidents that the panel actually suggested the exact post the viewer were already reading, when there's plenty more posts to choose from.

(Another one I didn't list out and suppose could be somewhat related to point b.] was warning for specific posts; I think Blogger does have the option for picking the entire blog to be marked as "having mature content," but for me specifically, hardly EVERYTHING on my blog would fit the bill. I do know some blogs offered by other services in English also have this, kind of like AO3 where it'd just ask you if you want to proceed. I mean, I know underage people could still lie and bypass to view the content, but the extra warning is still nice to have.)

I digress, my point was that I'm obviously aware of some of the things Blogger doesn't seem to provide, but only fairly recently did I come to face the fact that it seemly is also incapable of doing a simple listing that includes the full title of the posts and when they were posted. I think I was previously mollified by the "Blog Archive" widget, which, thankfully is officially provided by Blogger and is installed on this blog, and is indeed quite useful; however, it doesn't display the full title, also, while making it easy to spot the number of posts per month, it unfortunately is a downside for quick checking for all posts available. Then there's "Labels", which, thankfully is also an official Blogger feature; it's quite great for narrowing down and displaying only the posts of said label, HOWEVER, the number of blog posts is selectively displayed, sometimes, there'd be only two posts and you'd have to click "Older Posts" to slowly view how many posts in total. I mean, the number of how many posts is visible, but there's no way to see them all at once, unless all the posts are super short, which is not the case here.

SO, that's why after a brief internal struggle, I decided that it really isn't my fault for having to manually compile a list of links to posts on my own blog. Like, as the owner of the blog, the backstage I am able to see all my posts clearly and even filter what to see specifically, I really don't see why regular viewers should be deprived of this convenience. Alas, I don't have the energy or time to look up info on possibly resolving this with yet another java installation, so I'm doing this the old school way.

Since "Blog Archive" (while imperfect) already provided all my posts in chronological order, I'm listing posts in alphabetical order of the series' title, just so viewers can quickly check whether or not I covered certain series they are interested (so when they'd know I don't have it when they reach titles starting with another letter.) I'm debating to provide the dates of last content updates alongside, but probably not anytime soon. I've also provided the series' title in traditional Chinese when applicable; while I don't read translated editions of English books, all of my Series Overview posts are in Chinese in the hopes of sharing thoughts about them to a different audience than I would have on GR, so it's done in case the translated titles would generate more recognition. The first item is the only one not in alphabetical order, for it features multiple series that are listed under (which are listed alphabetically.) Labels at the end are ones they would have had, had those series gotten individual posts (though excluding labels such as completed series, duology, trilogy, and Series Overview, since those are repetitive.) The small numbers in front of the series title indicates the number of books in respective main series.

(Remember to click "read more" to view the entire list >:3)

1. List of Completed Book Series I've Read, and Links to My Reviews for Them:
   1. ³ The Blackwell Pages - K.L. Armstrong, M.A. Marr & Vivienne To (Illustrator)
      aka 諸神小鎮 - K‧L‧阿姆斯壯 & M‧A‧邁爾
      ^{[Goodreads Choice Award Nominee] [台灣有代理但（還？）沒出齊]}
   2. ³ Blood Rose Rebellion - Rosalyn Eves ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   3. ² The Crown's Game - Evelyn Skye ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   4. ³ Dark Caravan Cycle - Heather Demetrios ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   5. ³ Dr. Greta Helsing - Vivian Shaw
   6. ³ Everlife - Gena Showalter
   7. ³ The Explorers - Adrienne Kress & Matt Rockefeller (Illustrator)
      ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   8. ³ The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club - Theodora Goss
      ^{[optioned] [台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   9. ² These Feathered Flames - Alexandra Overy
      
   10. ³ Firebird - Claudia Gray aka 泡沫宇宙 - 克蘿蒂亞·格雷 ^{[台灣有代理但（還？）沒出齊]}
   11. ³ Gilded - Christina Farley
   12. ³ Kingdom on Fire - Jessica Cluess
   13. ³ Legends of Orkney - Alane Adams
   14. ² Mask of Shadows - Linsey Miller ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   15. ³ Menagerie - Rachel Vincent
   16. ² The Never Tilting World - Rin Chupeco ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   17. ² Poison's Kiss - Breeana Shields
   18. ³ Red Winter Trilogy - Annette Marie & Brittany Jackson (Illustrator)
   19. ² Shadow Bruja - J.C. Cervantes^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   20. ² Shadow Weaver - MarcyKate Connolly
   21. ³ Timekeeper - Tara Sim ^{[台灣有慧眼的出版社考慮一下好不好呢]}
   22. ² Traveler - L.E. DeLano
2. ³ A Charm of Magpies - K.J. Charles aka 喜鵲迷情 - KJ查爾斯
3. ² All the Stars and Teeth - Adalyn Grace
4. ³ The Apprentice Witch - James Nicol
5. ³ Ash Princess - Laura Sebastian
6. ⁴ Beautiful Creatures (Caster Chronicles) - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
   aka 美麗魔物 - 卡蜜·嘉西亞 & 瑪格麗特·史托爾
7. ³ Blood Heir - Amélie Wen Zhao
8. ³ Bloodleaf - Crystal Smith
9. ³ Blood of Eden - Julie Kagawa
10. ² The Blood of Stars - Elizabeth Lim
11. ² The Book of Tea - Judy I. Lin
12. ³ Captive Prince - C.S. Pacat aka 墮落王子 - C·S·帕卡特
13. ³ Caraval - Stephanie Garber aka 魔幻卡拉瓦 - 史蒂芬妮·蓋柏
14. ³ Cassidy Blake - Victoria Schwab
15. ⁴ Charlotte Holmes - Brittany Cavallaro aka 福爾摩斯家族 - 布瑞塔妮·卡瓦拉羅
16. ² Crown of Coral and Pearl - Mara Rutherford
17. ³ Cursebreaker - Brigid Kemmerer
18. ³ The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty
19. ² Dance of Thieves - Mary E. Pearson
20. ² Dangerous Creatures - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
21. ³ Dark Gifts - Vic James
22. ³ Daughter of Smoke & Bone - Laini Taylor aka 千年之願 - 萊妮·泰勒
23. ³ Defy - Sara B. Larson
24. ³ The Divine Cities - Robert Jackson Bennett aka 階梯之城 - 羅柏·傑克森·班奈特
25. ⁴ The Diviners - Libba Bray

[Series Overview] The Remnant Chronicles - Mary E. Pearson

I started this series on: March 21, 2020
I finished this series on: March 26, 2020
Cover editions here updated on: May 10, 2023
Written content here updated on: May 10, 2023

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts As I struggled to decide which book series to cover overviews for, it dawned to me that I'd never get started at this rate. It became clear to me that, it's rather unlikely for me to use this blog as my "main" reviewing spot since I have Goodreads for that, and chances of someone miraculously stumbling across this blog out of the countless ones out there, is just rather slim, therefore, I'd put up links to my GR reviews (in English,) and this post would be in Chinese for people who are curious about the series but either aren't comfortable with or just don't prefer reading in English. Please also note that, sometimes I don't have time to write actual reviews, HOWEVER, I do always put down thoughts when I document my reading status updates, so for GR desktop users, remember to scroll down if it appears to contain little, it'd be under the quotes I liked from that book (when applicable lol;) for mobile app users, remember to switch to "Reading Activity," which would not be the default as "Review" is.

同世界觀：Dance of Thieves（約本作時間軸六年後）

Goodreads Choice Award：前兩集都入圍Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction（2014和2015）

我本來寫"台灣有出但目前只有出到第一集（2018年），我是覺得這個也還沒有算是等太久啦！（2020年撰寫此的當下沒有出超過五年）也許有反轉的機會？加油！"... 但是！！！！我在找續作有沒有代理的時候看到這部前兩集繁中版權"到期可授"^{[大苹果事业有限公司一][二]}，有沒有到期的這麼快呀囧 出版社你要不要繼續把它買回來呢真是Orz

算是我個人出乎意料地覺得好看哈哈！但是！無奈我自己是真的覺得第一集蠻難看的（被揍）就是超平淡無奇沒什麼特色呀Orz 它唯一我覺得有趣的地方，在於半謎樣視點xDDD 這不算雷因為書籍簡介就有提到，有一個刺客、有一個王子。但是前面女主遇到兩個陌生人的時候，我們知道他們的名字，卻不太能判斷他們誰是刺客誰是王子哈哈，而視點就有分開標刺客、王子（和人名的）。也許是我自己看得不夠仔細，可能前面就有蛛絲馬跡（理論上應該要有啊xDD）但我後來就放棄去猜，慢慢等它揭曉了（好啦我騙人，我忍不住所以我有去查）（被揍）。我應該是在女主決定要做某件事時，當時就認為，喔喔，某人要翻牌承認了，結果另外一個人也有動作，然後這個時候女主才真的知道其中一人是什麼身份... 而另外一個人... 痾，等到第一集最後最後真的是最後才被震撼到xDDDDD 我其實超訝異會拖那麼久啊哈哈 還想說哇咧，該不會要等到第二集才發現，結果最後等到了那樣xP

會說平淡是因為本來真的超老套的劇情，就兩國邦交靠兒女結婚這種鳥事，會說後來覺得好看，是因為，結果事情沒那麼簡單，後面的爾虞我詐，以為最明顯的壞人其實不是、竟然是另外一個人？認為壞人的一群共犯真的是壞人，沒錯，結果又蹦出更多背叛者？然後搞了半天，那個"另一個人"其實是好人？笑死，這什麼繞口令xDDD 總之，這部後面對我來說是驚奇不斷，所以我也給了高評w 對我來說唯一算可惜的地方，是我覺得真的全部篇幅都偏長了。很微妙，因為也不是說書都超級厚，但就會覺得內容應該就是不需要花那麼多頁描寫之類的；對於注意力不夠集中的人，可能不時會去做別的事情再回來讀。（當然因人而異啦！）

The actual review is, as usual, WIP, but like I said above, getting the post out there first.

GR stats (links and covers represented by default edition)	Editions I'm privy to
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]
[Read My Review!]

Author:
Series: Unofficial:

Disclaimer, one you'd see on multiple posts The following section, basically a gallery of editions around the world with different book cover art, is largely inspired by treatments of fellow blogger Amethyst, who unfortunately hasn't done those types of blog posts for a while. Please DO NOT mistaken the following to be all existing editions; I'm only including completed sets with matching designs. All clickable images are linked to respective editions on GR; people, shelving correct editions ain't that hard. Highly recommend accurate shelving. =D

這部明明超多國家有出，但有出到完的卻很少？可能是因為第三集相對厚很多@@ 然後有不同封面的就是都（還？）沒有出第三集（波蘭跟土耳其第二集都是2018年出的、2020年查都還未有續集），本來以為！！喔喔！！有了有了！德國！結果仔細看了一下，它最後一集拆成兩本= =" 似乎連電子版也是，這種我就不會算進去了。

另外更可惜（兼莫名其妙）的是美國的平裝版啦！本來封面是跟精裝相同，但2018年的時候前兩集有出B&N Exclusive就是不同封面；好了，你可能會說、啊我就不跟B&N買書啊！你以為只有這版用新封面？錯了喔！現在正常平裝版（reprinted edition）也都是那個封面喔！只是沒人在GR上增頁面而已（2020年撰寫此的當下沒有頁面，2023年獨立發文時已有人建），就獨獨第三集沒有新封面！實在不知道他們在幹嘛啦囧> 做事沒貫徹始終啦真是。

American English | 美式英文


British English | 英式英文

我其實是因為FairyLoot的特別版^{[箱子Twitter文]}公佈後很開心覺得可以來開帖時，才發現不用等這特別版就已經能開了！抱歉2022年10月開始我真的被RL壓榨到沒注意到😭（更早的話大概就是純粹沒留意到）。這才更驚訝地發現，這部竟然2022才第一次有英版耶！恭喜了！

Français | French | 法文

跟英版一起發現，同樣更訝異在這之前沒出過法版（明明這類小說法國出很多的！）一樣恭喜！（母語法文的人應該很慶幸終於有前傳能看了😅，法國跟波蘭和土耳其都是續作先出完呢！）

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Cover editions update log:

• 2023/5/10: British & French

My vanity: Goodreads contributions

So I decided to be vain and just list out book pages on Goodreads I created BECAUSE of this blog lmao. Not counting pages edited to correct info, and not counting editions I myself actually would shelve: