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It has been a great year reading fantasy! Here’s what I’ve been up to:

Epic or Fairytale Fantasy

• Renee Ahdieh – The Wrath & the Dawn, The Rose & the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn duology)
• Casey L. Bond – Where Oceans Burn duology
• S.A. Chakraborty – The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy)
• Alexandra Christo – Princess of Souls (Hundred Kingdoms)
• Lyndall Clipstone – Lakesedge, Forestfall (World at the Lake’s Edge duology)
• Ayana Gray – Beasts of Ruin (Beasts of Prey)
• Intisar Khanani – A Darkness at the Door (Dauntless Path)
• Tricia Levenseller – Blade of Secrets, Master of Iron (Bladesmith duology)
• Juliet Lockwood – The Legacy of Villains
• Sylvia Mercedes – I started The Venatrix Chronicles
• Melissa Meyer – Cursed (Gilded)
• Nicki Pau Preto – Bonesmith (House of the Dead)
• Jordan Rivet – Curse Painter, Stone Charmer (Art Mages of Lure)
• Margaret Rogerson – An Enchantment of Ravens
• Jackary Salem – Where the Lightning Goes (The Impossible Series)
• Adrienne Young – Saint (Fable prequel)

Contemporary Fantasy

• Sarah Rees Brennan – The Demon’s Lexicon series
• Patricia Briggs – I am now up-to-date with the Mercy Thompson and related Alpha & Omega series
• Tracy Deonn – Bloodmarked (Legendborn)

Fantasy Romance or Romantic Fantasy – For a nice romance set in a fantasy world, I enjoyed:

• Rachel Griffin – Bring Me Your Midnight
• Danielle L. Jensen – The Inadequate Heir (The Bridge Kingdom)
• Sylvia Mercedes – Of Wolves and Wardens, Enticed
• Gemma L. Preston – Prince of the Ancients, Stillmerean Summers (Stag & Hollow Chronicles)
• Sarah K.L. Wilson – Bluebeard’s Secret series

Fantasy/Sci-Fi mix – For a mix of genres, check out:

• Alix E. Harrow – A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables)
• T.J. Klune – In the Lives of Puppets

Historical Fantasy – For a historical fiction feel, combined with myth/lore and magic, check out:

• Kate J. Armstrong – Nightbirds
• Gail Carriger – Soulless (Parasol Protectorate)
• Cassandra Clare – Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours)
• Colleen Cowley – Subversive, Radical (Clandestine Magic)

I also reread some of my favorites this year:

• Neil Gaiman – Neverwhere, Stardust
• Rosamund Hodge – Cruel Beauty, Crimson Bound
• Sarah J. Maas – Throne of Glass series
• Patrick Ness – The Rest of Us Just Live Here
• Naomi Novik – Spinning Silver, Uprooted
• Robin McKinley – The Blue Sword, The Hero and the Crown
• Paula Weston – The Rephaim series

For a comprehensive list of book recommendations for this genre, check out my post If you’re looking to dive into fantasy…