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Would you believe that my internal pitch for these books is “cozy fantasy about a gardener”? lol.

You rule dude. Thanks for reading!

 

I think you should, I’m loving it

 

@OwainGlyndwr did much change since I read them?

 

Not a crazy amount for Leafdust. I incorporated most of your suggestions, tightened things up, and added more character/location details. But mostly the same.

Tangleweed might change more than that - I can let you know if it’s worth a reread on your end once it’s done.

 

Just finished assassins apprentice…not sure if I am going to continue the series.

 

Thanks so much dude! That means a lot. Especially the offer to spread the world - you’re better connected to that world than most people I know, so that’s really cool and helpful. Anything you can do to share them around is incredibly appreciated, and I’ll let you know if I can think of anything else.

 

Reading the Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. Founders trilogy fell off in book three for me but it was a great series and I can already see that this is making strides. I just hope Bennett keeps it less complicated.

 

His Divine Cities trilogies is one of my all time favorites and I had no idea about this one at all. I'll have to pick it up as soon as possible.

 

Friends, look what was waiting for me on my front porch when I got home from work just now! -->

 

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That makes two copies out in the wild haha. As far as I know, that's literally copy #2 printed. So hang on to that like diamonds.

Mine's supposed to arrive tomorrow lol.

 

holy heck that was fast!

 

A friend of mine received his copy yesterday morning. He lives in Indiana. Apparently right on top of a KDP printing studio or something, because otherwise I don't know how that happened.

 

@GBlades Took me a while, but I just finished Eleventh Cycle! What a ride, wow. Thanks again!

 

You’re very welcome! It can be a massive undertaking and a bit infodump-y at times but in my opinion it rewards you. Glad you had a good time!

 

Yeah, I liked the character introductions, and then the next like ~250 pages were kind of a slog in terms of plot. Then things really picked up.

But the vibes throughout were spot on. Super evocative.

Also good lord this book needs an editor. Flagrantly bad punctuation and grammar, particularly in literally everything the Elders say. Some of the non-native writing style added to the final product, but still haha

 

Yeah i don't disagree with any of that at all. Enjoyably deep but also insanely flawed. I'm sure there's an editor now that the book has traction, it's getting a TBB special edition, but you're totally right!

 

Ohhhh look what turned up!!

 

It’s super cool to see it with the backdrop of other books haha. Thanks for getting one dude!

 

cant wait to get started on it!

 

I just finished The Grace of Kings and I came to ask this same question about the rest of the series.

I think I enjoyed the first book well enough, and I read it extremely fast, but when I started reading it I thought the beginning of the book was the author kinda trying to get the reader up to speed with a kinda quick summary of events, but then the entire book went by and it was all written in this same style.

 

First book is definitely more info dumpy. From my understanding it becomes a cohesive narrative moving forward.

 

Well, I just finished Leafdust & Deadwood and it was absolutely marvelous. A beautiful introduction to these characters, and such an intriguing taste of this world.

I cannot wait to get my hands on Tangleweed & Waterbloom.

 

That is incredibly kind of you to say! So glad you enjoyed it so much. Thank you for reading

 

A mini review for a mini story that I loved! Thank you for releasing this @OwainGlyndwr , genuinely can't wait for book one!

I'll be posting on instagram tomorrow but I did feature it on FanFiAddict tonight
Review: Leafdust & Deadwood (The Garden Knight #0.5) by Justin Greer | FanFiAddict

 

Dude this is so lovely to hear. So kind of you to review and share it, especially given the following you have. I truly appreciate it.

Mostly I'm just glad you liked it! It is incredibly gratifying to write something that seems to resonate in a small way with people whose opinions I value.