Kuni Ruto by Llewellyn Burgess is a political fantasy that follows the story of Arinko Xelha. This begins a decade after the Queendom of Xelha’s civil war with Arinko as the new queen. Young and inexperienced in politics, Arinka was passionate about rebuilding her damaged...

In Midnight Reverie by Hermione Lee, Cyndi Osmond wakes up from a dream of a royal wedding to the nightmare of her real life as a housemaid. In this version of the Cinderella story, there was no magic to get her to the ball, so...

The Whirring by Will J. Donnel is a multi-generational fantasy told by Lytie, an Irish-American matriarch. The story focuses on her family's unique mystical inheritance. In this story, you will meet five grandchildren, Alina, Kayla, Donnie, Coleton, and Emalee, who manifest "the gift," which is...

Tears of the Flames is a dark fantasy novel by Sisi Zhao. Mira Murphy's life turns upside down after a brutal assault in the woods awakens something dark and powerful within her, summoning a mysterious green vortex over her hometown. A couple of years pass,...

Sword of the Golden City is a young adult fantasy adventure by Jane Alvey Harris and Ruston Jones. After his beloved uncle's unexpected death, thirteen-year-old Nick Gordon receives a cryptic note inside a book that cautions him about an ancient evil rising in the city...

Amy McNulty delivers beautiful fantasy fiction in Nobody’s Goddess. Noll is on the verge of turning seventeen, and all her friends are moving on, finding their goddesses. Her best friend Jurij found his goddess in Noll’s sister. Women wield power over the men in the...

A Flash of Fire by A.L. Wyss follows Vivian Carmine, an ordinary teen whose life is turned upside down when she discovers she has superpowers. Her powers are destructive because the first time she uses them, she almost burns down the school gym during a...

Circle of Nine: Mercy in the Mist by Valerie Biel follows Brigit, a teenage girl from an Irish mythological bloodline called the Tuatha de Danann. She and her parents, who have just gotten back together, and Bree, her newborn sister, live in a small town....

Holly M. Jenkins’ The Swan’s Arrow is a fairytale-themed story that enthralled me with its magic and thematic development. Princess Odette loses her mother to a terrifying curse. Now she is bound by duty to marry the one person she detests, Prince Derek, whose seemingly...

The Shadowless by R.J. Garcia follows Mae Dawson as she tries to make sense of the mysterious and eerie things happening around her. After her sisters’ disappearance, Mae returns to her family’s secluded cabin and slips from the safety of her bed into a nightmare...