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Melissa Albert
The Hazel Wood

Flatiron Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Literature New Books Network September 6, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Melissa Albert‘s novel The Hazel Wood (Flatiron Books, 2018) is a shivery delight, like a dazzling vintage ball gown of paisley silk, slithering over your head. Reading it is like drowning in musk rose petals and damson wine. It begins in an almost conventional manner, with a missing person mystery.... Read More

Eyal Kless
The Lost Puzzler
The Tarakan Chronicles
Harper Voyager, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Literature July 30, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

A picaresque novel about a serious boy with special powers, The Lost Puzzler takes place in an impoverished, technologically backwards world. After the fall of the advanced Tarakan Empire, the remaining population struggles to get by on what remains of their technology. Others turn to a rural existence, adhering to... Read More

Sharon Shinn
Echo in Onyx
Uncommon Echoes
Audible Studios, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Literature New Books Network July 4, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Brianna, our narrator, is the daughter of a country inn-keeper. Her quick thinking and compassion during a job interview earn her a coveted position as lady’s maid for Lady Marguerite, the daughter of the governor of Orenza. Like many members of the nobility in this fantasy world, Marguerite has Echoes,... Read More

R. Scott Boyer
Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy

Koehler Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books Network May 31, 2019 Jim Stein

When sixteen-year-old Bobby Ether is abducted and brought to the secluded Jade Academy in Tibet, monks teach him and other special students how to tap into their Anima—the universal energy that connects all living things. But the headmistress of the academy is secretly exploiting the students, looking for genetic triggers... Read More

R. F. Kuang
The Poppy War

Harper Voyager, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Literature New Books Network May 29, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Rin, an orphan raised by a family that treats her badly, is no Harry Potter, despite the superficial similarities. No kindly wizards await her; there are no summons from a cute feathered familiar. She studies day and night to be able to attend the military academy at the city of... Read More

Madeline Miller
Circe

LIttle, Brown and Company, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Historical Fiction New Books in Literature New Books Network April 8, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Circe is an immortal naiad, the daughter of the Sun God, Helios. Ignored or belittled by her divine kin because of her human-sounding voice, dull-colored hair, and quiet manner, she turns to her little brother for company, and then eventually, meets a human man who seems to offer her adoration.... Read More

Matthew Binder
The Absolved

Black Spot Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Fantasy New Books in Literature New Books Network March 21, 2019 Gabrielle Mathieu

Henri is a middle-aged doctor, one of the few employed people left in the U.S, though the reader suspects his job might be in danger. The hospital administrator, Serena, keeps reducing staff. A large sector of the population, the Absolved are freed from doing any work and receive a guaranteed... Read More