Dan Thompson

AUTHOR PROFILE 


Author name: Dan Thompson

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary

Books & thoughts on them: 

  • Hatred Hidden: 5 stars out of 5
This is a psychological short story that takes on the strong subject of homophobia and despite being done in a short story format the writing is fantastic and makes you feel uncomfortable, as it should, and makes the reader question things that they may have never thought about.  Highly recommend reading this one. 

  • Ana's Trial: 5 stars out of 5
Another short story from Dan and yet another that reads beautifully.  This is a story set in ancient Egypt and having read this one I came away seeing this as a potential beginning for a whole new series and know for a fact if there were more works based around this world I would be reading them without question.

  • The Black Petal: 5 stars out of 5
A tale which sees myth, legend, travelling to a different world and much more, this is the first book in a planned trilogy and was one which I was blown away by.  Dan manages to weave a tale with many different characters and stories that intertwine and develop throughout the book.  I have previously come across fantasy tales where you can struggle with keeping track of what is going on or remembering characters names thanks to the author attempting to go overboard with the vastness of their world but thankfully Dan has managed to keep an excellent balance with this story and whilst it is set out as a trilogy this could well be the start of a much larger series if he were to choose to go down this route.

  • The Golden Lyre (The Black Petal trilogy book 2): 5 stars out of 5
The second part of the trilogy continues to see more myth, legend and more suck the reader in and keep them gripped as we follow the characters on their long journey but with more twists this doesn't read like something which is simply there to setup the final part of a trilogy and instead feels like a great book that stands up on its own.  One of the things I love about this book is that despite being a sequel, the author has continued to deliver development of the characters and this for me helps the reader to connect much more with the story as you are able to "watch" as the characters overcome their own challenges alongside the challenges set in front of them on their journey.  This book confirmed for me that Dan is an author who has a huge amount of talent and has found a perfect fit for his writing style (although I have loved his other works I've read so far).


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