Recs if you like The Bards of Bone Plain...

less of the usual culprits if you please!

Clever, arresting and intentional SFF books by genre writers who really know how to play with and control language; not even necessarily immensely quotable or flowery, but wholly competent and meticulous.

A subgenre that I'm absolutely loving. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

Your favourite female fantasy writer's... favourite female fantasy writer. Works of SFF by female writers which proved critically lauded or influential to subsequent writers.

Like a fire in the dark, like a sword upon our hearts.

Books that have the power to become their own fairy tale story and some fairytale retellings that still feel unique or are just pure classics. Happy Endings, Tragic ones and To Be Continued all included. (In Series only the first books are listed)