“This is how you survive: one breath to the next, refusing each thought as it comes to you. This is how you get through the worst of things.” Year published: 2012 (indie) and 2020 (traditional) Categories: YA, fantasy, retelling (The Goose Girl) Summary: Between her cruel family and the contempt she faces at court, Princess… Continue reading

“He does not mean that we are not frightened. Only that: we are here. This is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. This is what it means to be alive.” So What’s It About?“In the house of Helios, god of the sun and… Continue reading

‘We consider it cruel,’ Maia said. ‘And we do not think that cruelty is ever just.’ Year published: 2014 Categories: Adult, steampunk fantasy Summary: The youngest, half-goblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and… Continue reading

“It is bright in the wilderness now, warm and inviting, in those trackless lands where she has thrown away the key. Only she can walk safely there.But it is never safe.” Year published: 1998 Categories: Adult, fantasy Summary: The kingdom of Wendar is in turmoil. King Henry’s reign is contested by his conniving sister Sabella,… Continue reading

“One witch you can laugh at. Three you can burn. But what do you do with a hundred?” Year published: 2020 Categories: Adult, historical fantasy, retelling LGBTQIA representation: F/F, perspective character and her love interest, asexual, perspective character, trans woman, side character Summary: In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be,… Continue reading

“But the world I wanted wasn’t the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at once, I would do nothing forever.” Year published: 2018 Categories: Adult, fantasy, retelling (Rumpelstiltskin) Summary: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his… Continue reading

“Hate cannot be fought with hate. Evil cannot be conquered by darkness. Only love has the power to conquer them both.” Year published: 2013 Categories: YA, fantasy Summary: The convent has returned Sybella to a life that nearly drove her mad. Her father’s rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother’s love is equally monstrous.… Continue reading

Year published: 2018 Categories: YA, fantasy, retelling (The Little Mermaid) Summary: Deep beneath the sea, off the cold Irish coast, Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface, she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world, but… Continue reading

“Nobody could want more than who you are.” Year published: 2021 Categories: Sci-fi LGBTQIA representation: M/M (main characters) Summary: While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several planets, including Thea, have begun to chafe under Iskat’s rule. When tragedy befalls Imperial Prince Taam, his Thean widower, Jainan, is… Continue reading

“If you do not touch,” said Moondance, as if he read Vanyel’s thought, “You do not live. If you seal yourself away inside your barriers, you seal out the love with the pain. And though love sometimes brings pain, you have no way of knowing if the pain you feel now might not bring you… Continue reading