![]() ![]() The war has raged her entire life, but takes on new meaning when an assassination attempt on Damian’s life kills Marcel. Alexa and her twin brother, Marcel, disguised her gender to keep her from being sent to the breeding houses after losing their parents in an attack by neighboring Blevon. “Alex” is actually young woman living as a man-specifically, as a guard for Prince Damian, the lazy heir to the jungle nation of Antion. ![]() On paper (oh, what an incredibly poor metaphor to use for this medium), Defy seems right up my alley. And when that last one means that the love triangle devours the narrative from which it was born, you’re in trouble.Ĭase in point, Sara B. Wielded poorly, it can feel bland, unnecessary, or worse-shoehorned into a narrative that didn’t need it. I submit for your examination A Midsummer’s Night Dream, where yon Billy Shakespeare makes merriment for all by playing merry hell with a love quadrangle. Wielded wisely, it can flavor a story, emphasize a theme, or even be a story on its own. ![]() It’s an instantly relatable situation that generates tension and conflict in spades. ![]() Out of the narrative ingredients available to a writer, the love triangle is an especially potent and attractive one. ![]()
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