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The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Summary Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds. The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold Continue reading
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Weyward by Emilia Hart
Summary I am a Weyward, and wild inside. 2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great Continue reading
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Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga #1)
Summary When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge. Continue reading
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The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
So What’s It About? For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true. It is. For behind the town’s idyllic facade lies a terrible secret—a secret so shattering that no one who encounters it will ever be the same. At once a masterpiece of Continue reading
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Blood Mercy by Vela Roth (Blood Grace, #1)
Year published: 2018 Category: Romantasy Summary: One human. One immortal. Will their alliance save the kingdom, or will their forbidden love be a death sentence? When Cassia seeks out a Hesperine, he could end her mortal life in a heartbeat. But she has no fear of his magic or his fangs. She knows the real monster is the Continue reading
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Chalice by Robin McKinley
Year published: 2008 Category: Fantasy Summary: As the newly appointed Chalice, Mirasol is the most important member of the Master’s Circle. It is her duty to bind the Circle, the land and its people together with their new Master. But the new Master of Willowlands is a Priest of Fire, only drawn back into the human world Continue reading
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Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
Year published: 2021 Category: YA fantasy Summary: The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the Continue reading
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Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi
Year published: 2011 Category: Litfic/magical realism Summary: It’s a bright afternoon in 1938 and Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox, celebrated novelist, hasn’t seen her in six years. He’s unprepared for her afternoon visit, not least because she doesn’t exist. He’s infatuated with her. But he also made her up.“You’re a villain,” she Continue reading
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Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan (Girls of Paper and Fire #2)
Year published: 2019 Category: YA fantasy Representation: F/F, main character and side characters, M/M, side characters Summary: In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost. Lei, Continue reading
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Wolfsong by TJ Klune (Green Creek #1)
Year published: 2016 Category: urban fantasy Representation: M/M, main couple and side couples/characters Summary: Ox was twelve when his daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. He said that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who Continue reading
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