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The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Craving "once-upon-a-time" with a twist? These modern retellings conjure the classics & fill them with fresh magic! Mix of grim, cozy, & in-between. 💫
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Dramatic battles, tense political intrigue, unique world building...and is that maybe some romance I'm sensing? These books are not Romantasy but focus primarily on the SFF elements. Romance is a subplot and may not appear until later in the series, but when it does, you won't be disappointed.
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The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
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Do you suffer from frequent wanderlust, longing to explore cultures & history across time? Here is your ticket: tour the world with fantasy inspired by various world myths. For series, only the first book is featured.
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Starling House
Alix E. Harrow
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One & Only
Maurene Goo
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Hench (Hench, #1)
Natalie Zina Walschots
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I normally don't bounce off quieter, more contemplative stories but the ever-changing POVs made it difficult to really connect with any one character; as soon as I felt like I had a grasp of someone or enjoyed a certain perspective (Sarah, mostly), I was put into someone else's shoes and the urge to keep reading faded.
I tried my best but ultimately added this to my fairly long string of DNFs.
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American Fantasy : A Novel
Emma Straub
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The Geomagician
Jennifer Mandula
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American Fantasy : A Novel
Emma Straub
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Hench (Hench, #1)
Natalie Zina Walschots
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
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Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Jacqueline Carey
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I struggled to get into this. The author clearly had a vision and meant to deliver on it, and I'd say she succeeded: if you want something that makes you feel as grimy, base, and heavy as the scene-setting, you're in luck.
The setup, unfortunately, went on too long and was so dense that it didn't capture my interest, and by the time vivid, on-page descriptions of animal death started happening I was actively looking for excuses to DNF. Thanks, I guess? lmao