Sep 26, 2024
Send help I was pitching Fire and Hemlock to someone and was using Tam Lin references to describe it without remembering to clarify it's a Tam Lin retelling, accidentally referred to Polly and Tom as "lovers" and didn't realize it for four minutes then had to rush back and add a comment saying ALSO ITS A RETELLING OF THE BALLAD OF TAM LIN. BUT ITS A CHILDRENS NOVEL SO THE HEROINE IS ACTUALLY LIKE A CHILD/TEEN SO MY USAGE OF THE WORD "LOVER" HERE WAS IN A VERY LOOSE SENSE IN TERMS OF TROPES AND THE RELATIONSHIP IN THIS BOOK IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT***********