#so I wanted to share a light on Pierre Bottero's body of work!

[rawliverandgoronspice]

do you have any fantasy series outside of zelda you like/recommend?

I'll be real, I've mostly been in the sci-fi trenches this last decade. My sudden swing back to Zelda and fantasy was extremely unexpected in that regard.

I guess, beyond LOTR (I grew up on it, my mom was a huge fan and would read the books to me when I was six year old --so it did pave the way for sure)... I think I want to recommand a rather obscure french series for children/YA that is sadly unfinished as the author passed away over a decade ago, maybe not translated (??) and has its fair share of issues honestly, but the series "La Quête d'Ewilan", "Les Mondes d'Ewilan", and then later "Le Pacte des Marchombres" (and the others) were hugely impactful when I was growing up. It's a french series about a classic isekai scenario and a really interesting magic system based on imagination, great female characters and a tenderly written black teenage boy love interest that I also love dearly, snappy action scenes, genuinely interesting thoughts on balance and the nature of love and freedom (especially in Ellana)... I'm not sure if it has held up the test of time as it's been a while, but I have really fond memories of this series and it was great to grow up on this.

also the *original* cover artist for these had a very unique and impactful visual style that I think are really cool (they were re-edited later, and. I hate the new covers with a passion, so not sharing these)