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  • A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero’s journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart...
  • Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

    Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 24 ratings
    Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth...
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  • Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin Ancient Ireland – an era of clan wars, petty kings and invasions by raiders from the north. As Christianity tightens its hold, magic and the old ways fight to keep their place in the hearts of the people. Born into this world is Ash, orphaned and maimed, left to die. She is rescued by a clan of badgers and raised to be one of them...
  • Spear by Nicola Griffith

    Spear by Nicola Griffith

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court...
  • The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    "Every once in a while, a modern day parable, perfectly told, reflects all that could happen in a world gone mad." - Adriana Trigiani Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the sea break into a sudden and reckless storm. Forty fishermen, including her brother and father, are drowned and left broken on the rocks below...
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

    The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully...
  • Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

    Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation, she comes to claim a companion to return with her – never to be seen again. Now that time is drawing near once more...Mina, daughter of the duke, is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald...
  • The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Rin Chupeco

    The Ever Cruel Kingdom by Rin Chupeco

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a treacherous journey and a life-shattering meeting with a twin neither knew they had, Haidee and Odessa expected to emerge from the Great Abyss to a world set right. But though the planet is turning once again, the creatures of the abyss will not rest until they have tasted another goddess’s sacrifice...
  • The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

    The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Andrea Stewart returns with The Bone Shard Emperor, the second installment of this unmissable, action-packed, magic-laced fantasy epic. The Emperor is Dead. Long live the Emperor.   Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don’t trust her. Her political alliances are weak...
  • The True Queen by Zen Cho

    The True Queen by Zen Cho

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    In the follow-up to the "delightful" Regency fantasy novel (NPR.org) Sorcerer to the Crown, a young woman with no memories of her past finds herself embroiled in dangerous politics in England and the land of the fae. When sisters Muna and Sakti wake up on the peaceful beach of the island of Janda Baik, they can't remember anything, except that they are bound as only sisters can be...
  • The Phoenix Empress by K. Arsenault Rivera

    The Phoenix Empress by K. Arsenault Rivera

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Phoenix Empress, the sequel to K Arsenault Rivera's wildly buzzed about The Tiger's Daughter, an epic historical fantasy in the vein of Patrick Rothfuss and Naomi Novik.Since she was a child, the divine empress O Shizuka has believed she was an untouchable god...
    Categorized as:
    demons  magic  fantasy  f-f  high fantasy  young adult  historical  war
  • Dragon Whisper by Niamh Murphy

    Dragon Whisper by Niamh Murphy

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A LOOMING WAR. A DEVASTATING BLIGHT. A GOD HUNGRY FOR SOULS. To save herself, she will first have to save the world. In the dying forests of the Weald Wood, Breanna, a young outcast, is simply trying to earn a Hunter’s axe. When she witnesses the sacred Forest Drake kill her father and destroy her village home, she knows her life is forever altered...
  • The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation

    The Shattered Lands by Brenna Nation

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    'A bewitching fantasy packed with heart shattering twists, Brenna Nation has woven a devastating tale about the things we do for love.' - Rosie Talbot, author of Sixteen Souls18 years after her disappearance, the princess has returned. But what is left of her kingdom?Sapphire finds herself in Eriobis with a crown, a castle and too many handmaidens to count...
  • A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha

    A Curse of Roses by Diana Pinguicha

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies.There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic—her curse—has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starving, which only reminds her that the people of Portugal have been enduring the same pain...
  • The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

    The Tiger's Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    K Arsenault Rivera's debut, The Tiger's Daughter, the beginning of a new epic fantasy trilogyEven gods can be slain….The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach—but failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons swarming out of the forests...
  • Robbergirl by S.T. Gibson

    Robbergirl by S.T. Gibson

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SAVE THE WITCH, KILL THE SNOW QUEENIn a Sweden wracked by war and haunted by folk stories so dark they can only be spoken of in whispers, Helvig has been raised by her brigand father to steal whatever treasure catches her eye. When her men ambush a girl on the road with hair pale as death and a raven perched on her shoulder, Helvig cannot resist bringing home a truly unique prize: a genuine witch...
  • The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

    The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Wicked Deep meets House of Salt and Sorrows in this new standalone YA fantasy set in a snow-cloaked kingdom where witches are burned, and two enchantresses secretly compete for the heart of a prince, only to discover that they might be falling for each other...
  • The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

    The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 23 ratings
    Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth. Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want--except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice...
  • The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner

    The Valkyrie's Daughter by Tiana Warner

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the time she was born, Sigrid has only ever been ordinary. Being paired at birth with a plain horse―instead of the powerful winged mare of a valkyrie―meant there would be no warrior path for her. No riding the skies, no glory among the nine worlds. Just the simple, unremarkable life of a stable hand...
  • The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta

    The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don’s daughter, family is fate.All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family’s enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After all, everyone in Vinalia knows that stregas—wielders of magic—are figures out of fairytales. Nobody believes they’re real...
  • The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner

    The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena Rossner

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An evocative combination of fantasy, history, and Jewish folklore, The Light of the Midnight Stars is fairytale-inspired novel from the author of The Sisters of the Winter Wood.Deep in the Hungarian woods, the sacred magic of King Solomon lives on in his descendants...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  historical  f-f  young adult  paranormal
  • Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

    Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

    Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire—a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic is forbidden...
  • Sisters of Shadow by Katherine Livesey

    Sisters of Shadow by Katherine Livesey

    Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All she knew was vengeance…Alice has lived in the forest on the fringes of Alder Vale ever since her parents abandoned her. Alone, exiled, feared by all. All except Lily.But something is stirring beyond the mountains, whispers of spectres stalking the moors, women of unfathomable power luring children into a cult that has haunted local lore for a generation...
  • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

    Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society...
  • Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

    Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Comtesse Emilie Marchand is more at home holding scalpels than knitting needles and is desperate to escape her noble roots and serve her country as a physician. But society dictates a lady cannot perform such gruesome work. Annette Boucher, first-born daughter and least-loved child, wants more for her life, desperate to be trained so her magic can reach its full potential...
  • Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

    Reader, I Murdered Him by Betsy Cornwell

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In this daring tale of female agency and revenge from a New York Times bestselling author, a girl becomes a teenage vigilante who roams Victorian England using her privilege and power to punish her friends' abusive suitors and keep other young women safe...
  • Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

    Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An instant New York Times bestseller and legendary YA debut!This dazzling sapphic fantasy inspired by Greek mythology will captivate fans of Circe and The Song of Achilles.Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope’s twelve maids, hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago...
  • Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 48 ratings
    Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits...
  • A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson

    A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Book II of the trilogy, Tamras’s apprenticeship as a warrior isn’t turning out quite the way she expected. Her unconventional choices lead to her crossing swords, almost literally, with Vintel, the war leader of Merin’s house. She finds herself embroiled in a power struggle she is doomed to lose, but the loss sends her on a journey that will change her destiny and decide the fate of her people...
  • The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

    The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    The prophecy of the nameless god—the words that declared Malini the rightful empress of Parijatdvipa—has proven a blessing and curse. She is determined to claim the throne that fate offered her. But even with the strength of the rage in her heart and the army of loyal men by her side, deposing her brother is going to be a brutal and bloody fight...
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