“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.” Evanjalin of the Monts offers advice to the First Man of Lumatere, Sir Topher, as they sit in waiting for their comrade Finnikin and his believed-to-be-lost father. Some may call Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta a character-driven fantasy adventure and I’d agree wholeheartedly, yet it is more than […]