Introducing: Get Nerdy With Me
I'm deep diving the first two books of The Legendborn Cycle series in anticipation of OATHBOUND's release March 4th.
One of my most anticipated book releases in 2025 is OATHBOUND by Tracy Deonn. It’s the third book in The Legendborn Cycle, a YA series inspired by Arthurian legend, and a book that will be in my hands in exactly 23 days.
I feel in my bones that Tracy Deonn is writing the most exciting and thoughtful addition to the Arthurian legend canon in my lifetime. To celebrate what has made Deonn’s work so good thus far, I’ve started this new Substack series, Get Nerdy With Me. Leading up to Oathbound’s release, I plan to break down the details and literary devices that I love in these books.
The foreshadowing.
The subtle tricks of characterization.
The motifs.
The beautiful poetics.
If you have read Legendborn and Bloodmarked and want some content that digs deep into Tracy Deonn’s long game and artistry as a writer, please stick around. I will be fangirling for the next 23 days.
I’ll leave you now with this gorgeous bit of character foiling. Look how the language echoes.
“but Selwyn is something else […] something worse.”
-from Legendborn, Chapter 2, Page 27
“Bree is something new. Something powerful.”
-from Legendborn, Chapter 57, Page 481
Other Oathbound things:
Make sure you are following
across her platforms for some exciting announcements.- is doing Storygraph read alongs. I’ve just started my rereads and plan to be active in the read along chat!
Mysterious Galaxy Books in San Diego is having a midnight release party!!!
I can’t wait for this series!! I’ll be consuming so much Legendborn content in the coming weeks