“If she were a man, he would not ask her this. For men there is no debt of blood which goes unpaid. If the world tips in another’s favor, it must be made to tip back again. But the world is never in a woman’s favor. She cannot tip the scale. The only choice is:…
Category: Historical Fantasy
She Who Became the Sun – Shelley Parker-Chan (The Radiant Emperor #1)
“Inside her there was only the perfect, blank brightness of belief and desire. Desire is the cause of all suffering. The greater the desire, the greater the suffering, and now she desired greatness itself. With all her will, she directed the thought to Heaven and the watching statues: Whatever suffering it takes, I can bear…
The Warm Hands of Ghosts – Katherine Arden (Standalone)
Rating
Plot ★★★☆☆
Characters ★★★★☆
Excitement ★★★☆☆
Atmosphere ★★★★★
Writing Style ★★★★☆
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi – S.A. Chakraborty (Standalone)
Adventurous Parents ✓ Badass Main Character ✓ Female Main Character ✓ First-Person Narration ✓ Found Family ✓ Grandpas on an Adventure ✓ Heist ✓
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries – Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde Series #1)
Cozy Read ✓ Female Main Character ✓ Lighthearted ✓ Unraveling Mysteries ✓
The Children of Gods and Fighting Men – Shauna Lawless (Gael Song #1)
““The right?” My voice rose. “The air we breathe gives me the right, the soil beneath my feet. I am born of this land, just as you are.““ So what’s the book about? They think they’ve killed the last of us… 981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has…
The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
All my life,” she said, “I have been told ‘go’ and ‘come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god….
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