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Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2024 |
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Black Shield Maiden
by Willow Smith and Jess Hendel
Kidnapped, enslaved, and transported from her home in the empire of Wagadu to the northern realm of Skíringssal, blacksmith's daughter Yafeu forges a new path as a warrior with the help of magic-wielding Princess Freydis. This sweeping historical fantasy debut draws inspiration from West African and Scandinavian history. For fans of: Charles R. Saunders' Dossouye books; Lilith Saintcrow's Black Land's Bane series.
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Emily Wilde's encyclopaedia of faeries
by Heather Fawcett
A Cambridge professor, scholar and researcher on the study of faeries visits the hardscrabble village of Hransvik where she gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones and resists her insufferably handsome academic rival.
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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
by Heather Fawcett
In this sequel to Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, the titular scholar and her colleague-turned-suitor Wendell Bambleby travel to the Austrian Alps to find a door into the Otherlands. Read-alike: Marie Brennan's Memoirs of Lady Trent series.
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A magical girl retires
by Park Seolyeon
Stopped from jumping off a bridge by her guardian angel, a millennial woman learns she is a magical girl like the ones in manga and must wield her credit card as her magic wand to defeat monsters
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When Among Crows
by Veronica Roth
In this "captivating, bite-sized" (Publishers Weekly) urban fantasy by the author of Arch-Conspirator, human monster hunter Dymitr approaches zmora Ala in a Chicago bar and offers her a curse-breaking magical flower in exchange for her help in locating Baba Jaga. You might also like: Lilith Saintcrow's Dear God's Heart novels; GennaRose Nethercott's Thistlefoot; Zalika Reid-Benta's River Mumma.
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