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Briar Girls

Briar Girls (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Kim Wells

$18.99

ISBN: 9781534488427

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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - November 16th, 2021

Briar Girls manages to incorporate the feelings and aspects of beloved fantasy classics like Stardust and Tamora Pierce’s Tortall, drawing from tropes such as the sleeping princess, and a curse placed by a witch, while transforming these things into something completely new. Join Lena on her journey into the Silence and encounter a tale filled with betrayal, quests, revenge, monsters, chases, escapes….really everything you could want from a fantasy novel.

Katherine

Elatsoe

Elatsoe (Hardcover)

By Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

$18.99

ISBN: 9781646140053

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Published: Levine Querido - August 25th, 2020

In a world adjacent to our own, but where vampires, ghosts, and other folklore creatures walk the earth, Ellie Bride’s cousin appears to her between his last breath and his descent to the underworld to warn her that his death was no accident. With the help of her friends, family, and ghost dog she sets out to solve the mystery and uncover the secrets of a mysterious town. This book was amazingly fun and I could not put it down. I can’t wait to make everyone in my life read Elatsoe.

Katherine

Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Nothing But Blackened Teeth (Hardcover)

By Cassandra Khaw

$19.99

ISBN: 9781250759412

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Published: Tor Nightfire - October 19th, 2021

Nothing but Blackened Teeth is kind of the perfect ghost story. Right from the beginning, it establishes a sense of dread that only grows with every page. Five friends, with fraught histories of their own, rent out a haunted Japanese mansion for a wedding. In order to provide a welcoming environment for the ghosts, the group lights a hundred candles to blow out one by one as each person tells a ghost story. When the last candle goes out, things go from tense to hostile. This book feels like a ghost story that would get told in the flickering candlelight of your own haunted sleepover (maybe even at a Japanese mansion). The narrator, Cat, is both incredibly intuitive and slightly detached from the situation, watching as her friends make all the wrong decisions but unable to stop them. Familiar without being predictable and self-aware in a way that brings an alarming inevitability to the ending

Katherine

To Break a Covenant

To Break a Covenant (Hardcover)

By Alison Ames

$17.99

ISBN: 9781645672067

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Published: Page Street Kids - September 21st, 2021

Fans of Plain Bad Heroines and Wilder Girls will love this book. Moon Basin is the type of haunted town that draws in Ghost Hunters from all over the country, and one summer four friends realize the chilling truth of what it means that no one ever leaves. This book is the type of bone-chilling you won’t be able to look away from.

Katherine

Payback's a Witch

Payback's a Witch (The Witches of Thistle Grove #1) (Paperback)

By Lana Harper

$16.00

ISBN: 9780593336069

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Published: Berkley - October 5th, 2021

Charmed and Practical Magic meet John Tucker Must Die (along with a sprinkle of queer romance) in this delightful gem of a novel. Returning to Thistle Grove, her magical home town, Emmy Harlow is surprised to learn it’s not just her who has been burned by her ex-flame, Gareth. So she teams up with Linden Thorn, her long time best friend, and the seductive and mysterious Talia Avramov to take him down a peg. Sexy, charming, and downright magical, this book is the perfect Halloween read for anyone who’s a little more Hocus Pocus than The Conjuring.

Katherine

A Lesson in Vengeance

A Lesson in Vengeance (Hardcover)

By Victoria Lee

$18.99

ISBN: 9780593305829

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Published: Delacorte Press - August 3rd, 2021

Sapphic dark academia, pulling on the complicated and witchy bonds of female relationships and weaving them into a fantastic tapestry you can’t look away from. It’s witchy and addictining and you’ll find yourself pulling back layer after layer of secrets. If this book had come out when I was in highschool, it would be my whole personality. It made me absolutely and completely feral, and I loved every second of it.

Katherine

The World Gives Way

The World Gives Way: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Marissa Levien

$28.00
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ISBN: 9780316592413

Published: Redhook - June 15th, 2021

The word "timely" is used too often in reviews, but after a year where the rich got richer and the poor were faced with everything from mass unemployment to death, a story about an indentured servant who works in a world where the rich work to save themselves after destroying world after world is exactly that. Despite the inevitable end that this book promises, Levien weaves hope and humanity into every line.

Katherine

I Know What I am

I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi (Hardcover)

By Gina Siciliano

$34.99

ISBN: 9781683962113

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Published: Fantagraphics - September 10th, 2019

This incredibly well researched graphic biography tells the story of my personal favorite painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. Siciliano doesn't shy away from the dark and often violent truth of Gentileschi's life as she went from her father's apprentice to a famous Renaissance painter in her own right. This book captures the humanity of such a great figure, while still giving us a view of the politics and hardships of the time --and an art lesson to round out the whole thing. Plus, just look at this cover, who wouldn't want to add such a beautiful book to their collection? CW: Sexual Assault

Katherine

The Accursed Vampire

The Accursed Vampire (Hardcover)

By Madeline McGrane, Madeline McGrane (Illustrator)

$22.99

ISBN: 9780062954350

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Published: Quill Tree Books - July 27th, 2021

I have been a big fan of these tiny vampires since they were just three panel comics floating around the internet, so it came as no surprise that I loved this book. It's both a funny and charming story about witches and curses and magical quests, as well as a tale about friendship and standing up for yourself. 10/10 I'd definitely let these precocious vampires drink some blood (although maybe not mine).

Katherine

The Wolf and the Woodsman

The Wolf and the Woodsman: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ava Reid

$27.99

ISBN: 9780062973122

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Published: Harper Voyager - June 8th, 2021

This might very well be my new favorite fantasy book. A debut novel that draws from the same foundation as books like or the Wolf and Spinning Silver, but is still wholly and completely it's own thing. An enemies to friends to lovers story about survival, and sacrifice, that understands forgiveness and redemption in a wholly transformative way. This book is the type of fantasy that grabs you by the hair and doesn’t let go.

Katherine

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