Trauma in SFF Blog
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Tears of the Wolf by Elisabeth Wheatley (Wrath and Weeping #1)
Elisabeth Wheatley is a successful indie fantasy romance author who has also carved out her niche as an online book influencer. She mainly focuses her videos on romance novels, historical facts, historical accuracy in fiction, and comedy skits. She recently made waves in the online book community when she announced that she was removing all… Continue reading
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The Children by Melissa Albert
Guinevere Sharpe has two childhoods. In one, she lives in the wooded shadow of her family’s isolated Vermont farmhouse; in the other, the pages of her mother’s world-famous Ninth City books, where her magical adventures have made her a household name. In reality, Guinevere’s childhood isn’t the enchanted idyll her mother’s readers imagine: she and… Continue reading
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The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood (The Serpent Gates #2)
Two years ago, Csorwe and Shuthmili defied the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and stole his gauntlets. The gauntlets have made Shuthmili extraordinarily powerful, but they’re beginning to take a sinister toll on her. She and Csorwe travel to a distant world to discover how to use the gauntlets safely, but when an old enemy arrives on… Continue reading
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The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood (The Serpent Gates #1)
What if you knew how and when you will die? Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice. On the day of her foretold death, however, a powerful mage offers her a new fate. Csorwe leaves her home, her destiny, and her god… Continue reading
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The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she… Continue reading
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Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier (Sevenwaters #3)
Magic is fading… and the ways of Man are driving the Old Ones to the West, beyond the ken of humankind. The ancient groves are being destroyed, and if nothing is done, Ireland will lose its essential mystic core. The prophecies of long ago have foretold a way to prevent this horror, and it is… Continue reading
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We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel
As a reproductive health care worker in Chicago, Nisha is barely staying afloat in the ocean of abortion bans, screaming protestors, and her own all-consuming depression. When she escapes to the Indian art exhibit at her favorite museum for a brief respite, Nisha suddenly finds herself bleeding, disoriented, and collapsed on the ground. The last… Continue reading
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Bitterbloom by Teagan Olivia Cole
The villagers of Rixton—including Adelaide’s father, the vicar—believe her to be the monster responsible for all the town’s tragedies, spurred on by the strange visions and blackouts caused by her chronic illness. Kept locked away except for funerals, even Addie herself begins to wonder if she is the one with blood on her hands. But… Continue reading
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Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh (The Greenhollow Duology #1)
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads. When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new… Continue reading
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Tris’s Book by Tamora Pierce
Summary Earthquake damage leaves Winding Circle vulnerable to pirate attack, so everyone – including the young mages-in-training Tris, Briar, Daja, and Sandry – is working to strengthen the community’s defenses. When Tris’s cousin Aymery comes to visit, he advises the “weather witch” to return to the family that exiled her, but she doesn’t wish to… Continue reading
