Today we welcome Livia Blackburne whose young adult novel Rosemarked has recently been released (here’s my review). Livia is a neuroscientist and, since we have two neuroscientists on our team here at FanLit, we asked her how her background influences her writing. Livia says that she views neuroscience and fiction as two sides of the same […]
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Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne In this 2017 YA political fantasy, Zivah and Dineas infiltrate a common enemy kingdom on a spy mission to preserve their respective tribe/agrarian village from an imperial oppressor. Rosemarked follows a dual POV narrative between Zivah, a mystical healer afflicted with the deadly Rosemark Plague, and Dineas, a tribal warrior who […]
Read MoreTaya Okerlund´s rating: 3.5 | Livia Blackburne | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | | 5 comments |
Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne Livia Blackburne’s second novel in the ROSEMARKED duology, Umbertouched (2018) follows the story of plague-infected Zivah and -recovered Dineas as they escape imperial quarantine to return to their tribe and village, prepare them for imperial attack, and try to widely expose the rogue physician who had used the plague to deliberately […]
Read MoreTaya Okerlund´s rating: 3 | Livia Blackburne | Young Adult | Giveaway!, SFF Reviews | | 7 comments |
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