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Kelly van der Laan

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George R. R. Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Stephen King

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Kelly van der Laan is schrijver, maar vooral ook lezer. Ze geniet van goede verhalen en kijkt daarbij niet zo naar genres. Fantasy, SF, drama, horror, wie maakt zich eigenlijk druk om labels? Voor haar gaat om de verhalen, de personages, de plot twists en de gevoelens, het gevoel van buiten adem zijn wanneer je vol spanning de pagina omslaat (of op de 'volgende' knop van je e-reader drukt).

Zulke verhalen schrijft ze zelf ook het liefst. Ze won Fantastels Verhalenwedstrijd 2013 met een dystopisch fantasyverhaal genaamd "Roze Water".

Inmiddels is via uitgeverij Zilverbron/Zilverspoor haar (Fantasy/thriller/SF/???) Lentagon serie verschenen: de trilogie "Stof en Schitteringen", "Bloed en Scherven", en "Talent en Kristal", en een prequel ...more

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	Stof & Schitteringen 4.16 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloed & Scherven 4.34 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Talent & Kristal 4.42 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vuur & Vergankelijkheid 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edgezero: de beste Nederlandse genreverhalen van 2016 by Mike Jansen (Goodreads Author), Tais Teng (Goodreads Author) , Jaap Boekestein 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In de schaduw van het Keezending by Bo Balder (Goodreads Author), Pieter van de Walle , Dirk Bontes 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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I stayed up to 2am to finish this book, because i just couldn't stop reading. I love Jude and Cardan so much, and i was so glad to see them together. It wasn't the most tightly plotted book, but the characterisation is so amazing that I will ...more
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I stayed up to 2am to finish this book, because i just couldn't stop reading. I love Jude and Cardan so much, and i was so glad to see them together. It wasn't the most tightly plotted book, but the characterisation is so amazing that I will ...more
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