Category: Fantasy
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EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by HEATHER FAWCETT
A curmudgeonly professor journey to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love, in this heartwarming and enchanting fantasy. Well, that sounded interesting. Nothing I love more than an academic-based tale on faeries! Emily Wilde is a professor at Cambridge. She is an expert…
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The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang
This is a YA, magical realism, fantasy story that is a bit of a mystery as well. Nora Wilder is coming unglued. Wandering at night, looking for something, forgetting who she is sometimes. Her two daughters, Zadie, and Finn know something is wrong, but Finn is young and Zadie doesn’t share her concerns about their…
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WILD is the WITCH by Rachel Griffin
When eighteen-year-old witch Iris Gray accidentally enacts a curse that could have dire consequences, she must team up with a boy who hates witches to make sure her magic isn’t unleashed on the world. Iris Gray and her mother run a wildlife refuge in Washington. It’s not where she is from but that place no…
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THE FORCE OF SUCH BEAUTY by Barbara Bourland
Caroline is a former runner. Olympic level runner. She’s well-known and well-loved. Then she has an accident that stops her from running and ruins her career. When she meets Finn, she doesn’t know he is the prince of a small and very backward country. Her leash may be made of diamonds but it’s still a…
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WHAT MOVES THE DEAD by T. KINGFISHER
From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic “The Fall of the House of Usher.” This one had a bit of everything scary! The war, deadly fungi, ghostly animals, and the House of Usher, already half fallen. When Alex Easton, now retired from the soldier’s life,…
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UPGRADE by BLAKE CROUCH
“You are the next step in human evolution.” Logan Ramsay works for the Gene Police. They shut down unscrupulous gene-editing labs so what happened with Logan’s mother, never happens again. While Logan spent a little time in prison for what happened, his mother chose to drive off a cliff. During a raid gone bad, Logan…
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THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL by R.M.ROMERO
Magic will burn you up. Ilana Lopez is a biracial Jewish girl of immigrant parents who want more for her. A stable career, a good man, and a good income. Ilana dreams of becoming a violinist. And she is talented. But her parents don’t believe she understands how difficult the life of an artist can…
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THE CHANGE by KIRSTEN MILLER
Big Little Lies meets The Witches of Eastwick–a gloriously entertaining and knife-sharp feminist revenge fantasy about three women whose midlife crisis brings unexpected new powers–putting them on a collision course with the evil that lurks in their wealthy beach town. Well, that certainly describes this book! Mattauk is an oceanfront community, where three midlife women are about…
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IN A GARDEN BURNING GOLD by RORY POWER
First in the Argyrosi Series Before anything can we talk about the stunning cover art on this book? I have to admit this was one time I judged a book by its cover and it was great! This is a Fantasy/YA/LGBT and much more. I went in knowing nothing and I figured out a lot…
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SUCH A PRETTY SMILE by KRISTI DEMEESTER
I finished this book in one sitting. With the lights on and the doors locked. This is for all the women who don’t want to sit still and look pretty. For the women and girls who have been patronized and marginalized by men. Told by two rather unreliable narrators. Caroline and her daughter Lila. In…
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