A pair of Pellinor siblings! Maerad and Hem 🌹🐦‍⬛

I know there is basically no fandom on tumblr for the Books of Pellinor, but I need to say this SOMEWHERE.

In "The Crow", Hem and Zelika's relationship is basically Orpheus and Euridice. Hem's journey to find Zelika, even going all the way to the Iron Tower, very much reminds me of Orpheus's descent into the Underworld. Even the moments in The Put where he couldn't eat food without losing himself, or how the Hulls eyes on him prevented him from using any abilities because it would prove him to be an outsider and not to belong to the army/land of the Dead.

The only difference is that Orpheus actually had hope of saving Euridice. Hem learns that his journey was doomed to end in failure before he ever took the first step.

And I love that about it. But DAMN does it break my heart every time.

MAERAD OF PELLINOR - The Books of Pellinor

PROPAGANDA:

Maerad is a beutifully flawed character. She makes mistakes, is in the wrong, and hurts other people. But she is filled with such compassion and love for others that she grows from this and gives everything to those she cares about.

Also, she made a grown man panic over a period and that was hilarious.

Hey, what are the Books of Pellinor about? Should I read them?

*squeals in utter delight*

the Books of Pellinor is a YA fantasy epic written by Australian poet Alison Croggon. She’s mildly known for poetry over there, as well as what she writes with her playwright husband, who was knighted by the French for his plays.

most of that isn’t relevant, I just wanted you to know that. The series itself is four books and a prequel following a side character that is Actually worth a read and might be my favorite Pellinor book overall.

Here are the books:

The plot follows a teenage slave in a mountain hamlet named Maerad. She’s known for weird things happening around her and is turned away from as a witch, but also bullied for the same reason. One day she finds a half-dead guy in the barn, but he swears she shouldn’t be able to see him, and because she can, she Should Not have ever ended up here. She runs away with him and tries to navigate the secret quest he was already on, powers that are targeting her specifically, a new world that she’s not used to, and resurfacing memories from her past that could change everything. More characters are introduced throughout the series, each book is a quest in a larger battle, and book three follows a separate character in a separate culture altogether.

One of THE BEST things about this series is the worldbuilding. It’s almost Tolkien-esque. Alison Croggon filled the ends of each book with appendixes and notes on the details and explanations of each aspect of culture or history she mentioned. She details the LANGUAGES, for goodness sake. In the world that it takes place (technically a sunken and forgotten continent on our world, but y’know), magic is deeply connected to music. People who have the ability to do the magic stuff are called Bards, and they play regular music, but also the fabric of the world is so deeply intertwined with music that it’s a HUGE theme in the books and in how magic operates. Larger cities in the civilization are called Schools, and are built in a circular ascending model. Each School fosters knowledge and students of magic. This is a lot more explored in the prequel imo, as in the original series the characters are too caught up in the action to see how the world functions on the regular.

The other thing that makes this series really stand out is the spectacular writing. Yes, it’s technically YA, but it’s not the snappy quick YA writing a lot of us associate with the genre. Alison Croggon is a poet, and that very much bleeds out in everything about the series. The world, the plot, the characters, and the writing.

Anyway, I absolutely adore her and would also highly highly recommend her middle grade books The River And The Book and The Threads of Magic.

Oh dear. I’ve been rereading old favourite fantasy books as a way of dealing with The Horrors and I’ve just started The Gift by Allison Croggan. I regret to inform you that I once again massively fancy Cadvan of Lirigon.

Im rereading the books of pellinor (again) and im still so in love and the tag on here is so empty

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contender for funniest chapter opening of any retelling. ever. step dad pelli takes a tumble. whoopsie. (the road to avalon by joan wolf)

Stay and heal your hurt Lay down that brow of stone From this day forth my hidden heart Will be your own. from The Lay of Andomian and Beruldh

every so often I return to the Books of Pellinor...

I love The Naming by Alison Croggon, but I’m honestly not surprised it didn’t make the cut. I first encountered it in my middle school library when I was desperately trying to find a book I was interested in that would be advanced enough to get my teachers off my back for “not reading books at my grade level”. Tolkien was boring and Shakespeare was not really my thing (to be fair I was only like 12 at the time and trying to read The Scottish Play… probably not my best idea).

I fell in love with the world of The Chronicles of Pellinor (the title of the series). It was amazing. Well written and is definitely one of the books (the whole series really) that has influenced me as a writer. It has many similarities to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (huge evil trying to take over the land, one person has to stop it, burdens of great power, etc.) but fewer side tracks. And the main character is a teen girl. I read the first three of the series (The Naming—sometimes known as The Gift, The Riddle, and The Crow). I will admit I didn’t like The Crow the first time I read it, but it’s grown on me.

I’ve never seen the series in another library. I thought for a while I was misremembering it even existing. Then one day in a local used book store I saw a copy of The Naming which I of course immediately got. I now have the whole series which I read about once a year. Even though I know what happens it is an amazing read each time. I don’t want to spoil the books too much, but if you like Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, then you’ll probably like this series as well. I never really got into Lord of the Rings—Tolkien’s writing style is not for me. But if you like that series you’d probably enjoy this one too.

Also if you’re a writer and you want insight on world building each book has appendixes that give more info about the world. When I was like 12/13 and first reading the books I was fully immersed in the world building the author had done. She presents the books as translated copies of an ancient story that happened a long time ago.

Anyways it’s an amazing, albeit very obscure book, that I cannot recommend enough. I’d say check your local library but it probably won’t be there. Unless you live in Australia as the author is Australian.

Thank you!!

it seems like i once again kept you up late, will henry

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do you guys think warthrop ever tried to put will to bed after long night in lab but then got distracted and just stand there with will in his arms for god know how long thinking about something revolutionary because i do

and will getting sleep of his life meanwhile

i’m starting a reread of the Books of Pellinor because i want all my friends to hate me (posting commentary) and i’m starting with the prequel because i hate myself (will cry when i start book one and time has passed)

So I finished reading The curse of the wendigo and idk how I didn't fall in love with this series when I first read it it's so good

I got my Dr Warthrop design and then yknow the silliest moment ever from the 2nd book

Me: The Monstrumologist books are my comfort books :)

The comfort :

If I had a nickle for every time beloved characters got eaten by a large cylindrical creature of their own creation, I'd have two nickles, which isn't alot but weird it happened twice