Mina has lived in the south her whole life. Under the control of her magician father, she lives in terror of him. But after he tells her that her heart is made of glass, and that she can’t love or be loved, Mina decides that she’s going to change that. After moving north, she meets the king, and his beautiful little daughter. Lynet has grown up in the cold of the north, hearing the constant refrain that she looks so much like her dead mother. But Lynet is nothing like her delicate dead mother, only nobody seems to believe that. Instead, Lynet wants to be like her stepmother, the beautiful and ..read more

Ever since her father died when she was thirteen, Jane has had to take care of herself. Shuttled from foster home to foster home, and eventually to a job as a waitress, she’s never had any form of stability in her life, nothing she can count on, except herself. When she decides to upend her life and take classes to become an assistant, she thinks it’s a way to finally gain some stability, only to end up with a job at one of the top law firms in Canada. Her new boss, however, is referred to as a “holy terror,” and people are making bets for how long she’ll last. Jane is determined to keep her j ..read more

Corey is angry. Her best friend, Bree, the person she should have been able to count on for absolutely everything, has stolen her boyfriend and abandoned her. Now, Corey has no one, and nothing but her beloved garden to go back to. But when Corey kisses a mysterious stranger at a local festival, she finds her world changed. In that moment, after kissing the stranger, she wishes her ex-best friend dead, and only a short while later, she is. Only a few days later, Corey herself falls into the underworld, and she has to figure out why she’s there, and why everyone seems to be convinced that she b ..read more

Guinevere has been captured. The moment she thought she’d finally be able to face Merlin, and confront him to find out the truth about her identity and who she is, she is taken from Camelot, and by none other than Mordred, who has joined the Dark Queen in her quest to defeat Arthur and take over the land. Guinevere is no stranger to being captured, but it’s never been by someone she had trusted, someone she had feelings for. Her feelings for Mordred might be complicated, and they only serve to make everything harder. What is also complicating matters is the fact that Guinevere has no clue who ..read more

Frey is one of the Boneless Mercies, one of a group of girls whose job it is to bring a peaceful death to those who need it. The sick, the elderly, anyone who suffers, there the Mercies are with a gentle word to ease them into the next life. But the death trade takes its toll on anyone who participates in it, and Frey and her group of girls want to stop bringing so much death, and instead enjoy life. Unfortunately, it isn’t so easy to get out of the death trade; the lack of coin makes it nearly impossible. But when they hear about a place nearby that has been terrorized by a monster, and that ..read more

Circe is a minor deity in a world that has gods around every corner. In fact, she grows up in a home with many others, and her none are exactly like her. There’s something about Circe that makes them hate her. She’s different in more ways than one. When Circe unlocks her power of transformation, she is exiled for having proven her strength. In this island, she has to face many evils, the greatest of which is her own loneliness. Luckily, mortals often sail the seas and find themselves in need of help. Luckily, Circe possesses just the magics to help… or harm… Circe is a novel by Madeline Miller ..read more

Branwen has given up so much for peace. Most recently, she’s not only given up the most core memory she had, but also her humanity when she pledged herself to the god under the waves. Now, Branwen carries death in her hand, able to wield it at her whim. And with her cousin and Tristan missing, she might have to wield it sooner rather than later. Can Branwen find them without losing more of herself? Bright Raven Skies is a young adult fantasy by Kristina Pérez. It is also the third and final book in the Sweet Black Waves trilogy, a retelling of the Tristan and Iseult story. I absolutely loved B ..read more

Everything Branwen had been working for was ruined in a single moment. The love potion that was meant for Eseult and King Marc on their wedding day has been drunk by Eseult and Tristan on the ship. Now, Branwen’s romance with Tristan is doomed, and so is the peace between Eseult and Marc’s people. But Branwen will do anything for the land, and to keep the peace, and if she has to use her newfound magic to do so, so be it. But adapting to a new court in a new country can be difficult, especially when so much of the nobility is already against you. Not only that, but Branwen has to figure out ho ..read more

Branwen has never known peace. Her entire life, her country has been at war with another across the sea, a war which led to her parents’ deaths when she was very young. Now, orphaned, she watches over her cousin Essy, who is destined to become queen someday. It helps that Branwen is skilled as a healer, and her aunt tells her that she has a close connection to the land. But when an enemy washes up on the shore, Branwen has to fight what she’s been taught, and instead saves his life. As she gets to know this young man, she finds her eyes opened. Perhaps there is a path to peace, and Branwen can ..read more

Against all odds, Xingyin succeeded. She freed her mother, the goddess of the moon, and returned home. However, her return isn’t as peaceful as she would like. After the betrayal of whom she trusted most, she finds her heart broken. The half that used to love Wenzhi now hates him, but the other half that loves Liwei knows that her life beside him as his empress would bring her no happiness. But Xingyin doesn’t have long to consider her feelings before trouble stirs on the moon once again. The emperor is under evil influences, and Xingyin and her mother are now in the crosshairs. Xingyin will h ..read more