A Spindle Splintered by Alix Harrow is a gorgeous, female empowered retelling of Sleeping Beauty with incredible heart and passion.
Genre: <span>Fantasy</span>
With family curses, secret witches, world walking and time travel, The Orphan Witch is perfect for fans of the All Souls books by Deborah Harkess or the Lost Things series by Paula Brackston.
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune will wreck you in the most amazing, banter-filled, heart-wrenching yet kind way possible.
No one creates that long slow burn as tension mounts until it’s full-blown, full-out terror like Erin A. Craig. And I love it!
alf Sick of Shadows is a fantastic reimagining of the King Arthur story that focuses on three of the women – Elaine, Guinevere, and Morgana. These are strong, imperfect, powerful women – not the seductresses or prizes of the source material.
The Betrayals is a slow burn, wait for the revelations story. Your heart aches for some of the characters while you’ll root for the downfall of others.
The Chosen and the Beautiful is Nghi Vo’s debut novel. This retelling of The Great Gatsby dazzles with its luxuriously louche writing.
A spellbinding tale of dark family secrets, magic and witches, and creatures of myth and the sea; of strong women and the men who seek to control them.
Dellaria Wells is a low-class con artist, petty thief, and fire witch. Perpetually behind on her rent as she’s working on some grift or another, her landlady lays down the law. Pay up or suffer an outbreak of pus-filled boils all over her body.
Set in the city-state of Alu, the lugal – the ruler – lies dying. That means that three gravemaidens must be chosen to accompany him into the afterlife as his queens. Seen as a great honor, many seek to be chosen but Kammani is horrified by the ritual murder.