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2 December 2017
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Fantasy Faction, Snarky Sidekicks, Tough Travelling
It’s time once again to go Tough Travelling with Fantasy Faction, On the first day of each month, with a pre arranged theme in mind, we will all come up with out own individual selection of books that take us travelling through the tropes of fantasy. This month’s theme:
SNARKY SIDEKICKS.
Why is everyone so serious all the time? Perhaps they need a friend that is there with a quick bit of wit to liven up the day… even if the day is looking to quickly turn to blood.
Oberon – from The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. I love Oberon and the element of fun that he brings to these stories.
Dog – Poison City (Delphic Division #1) by Paul Crilley. Dog is a spiritual advisor to London (Gideon Tau) who works for the Delphic Division police force – they specialise in the supernatural. Dog is a snarky sidekick indeed. Rude and usually a little drunk -he has a penchant for sherry.
Reiches – a squirrel cat from Sebastien de Castell’s Spellslinger series – I love this critter. Not everybody understands him but he’s definitely snarky and it turns out he loves a hot bath with buttery biscuits on the side.
Samwise Gamgee – I will not explain this one. If you don’t know then I can’t even look at you right now – ‘a promise is a promise Mr Frodo’.
Derrick – a honey loving fae type character who plays the snarky sidekick to Aileana in The Falconer (The Falconer #1) by Elizabeth May.
Next month’s topic will be : ELVES (Please note that from January 2018 The Fantasy Hive will be hosting this meme).
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Oh yes, I love me a good snarky sidekick, especially Samwise.
Samwise – such a good character.
Lynn 😀
Oh my, Dog and Reichis are both awesome!
I know – Dog – you have to love him.
Lynn 😀
Who doesn’t love a snarky side kick? These are great examples. I really do need to start the Sebastien de Castell series, I love the idea of a squirrel cat!
It’s such a good series so far – I can’t wait to read more.
Lynn 😀
Samwise was the first character I thought of when I read sidekick. 🙂
Yeah, hard not to really.
Lynn 😀
All excellent sidekicks, Lynn! And I PARTICULARLY love the addition of Reichis:))
yeah – I’m loving including that book on my lists at the moment.
Lynn 😀
I’m glad you posted this. I’ve never heard of some of these books before. They’re on my TBR now!
Cool – hope you enjoy 😀
I just finished Hearne’s second novella featuring Oberon, I love that dog!
Yeah, such a funny hound. Who wouldn’t love their very own Oberon?
Lynn 😀
The more I hear about Reiches the squirrel cat, the more I think I need to read Sebastien de Castell’s Spellslinger series! I am still working on my post for this topic, but I hope to have it up soon 😀
If there’s one thing I feel really certain of its that you would love this series. I really do think so.
Lynn 😀
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