a small thumbnail sketch. it shows an alley with a canal at the end. close to the viewer are two dark shapes recoiling. at the end of the alley a horse and rider erupt from the canal. it is raining.

reading "Unraveller" by Frances Hardinge.

inspired by the scene where gall and his horse leap from the canal. i think it would be cinematic.

i want to try painting it, so i did a thumbnail sketch.

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Book cover: “Unraveller” by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan, 2022); audiobook read by Eleanor Bennett (Macmillan Children’s, 2022)

In terms of character arcs this is standard YA fare (and overlong at that), but Hardinge commits all-in to the fantasy scenario, weaving a world whose magics and creatures seem as natural as they are wondrous. The destination more-or-less warrants the journey. #Unraveller #FrancesHardinge