By Brigid Kemmerer
Bloomsbury, 2022. 545 pages. Young Adult Fiction
When the King's Courier, Lord Tycho, stops in the small town of Briarlock he is quick to befriend Jax and Callyn, but the town has long been an outpost for the anti-magic Truthbringers, and soon they find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances and ancient magic.
I thoroughly enjoyed the worldbuilding in this novel, and that we get a great non-heteronormative romance! While this book does take place in the same world that Kemmerer introduced to us with her Cursebreaker series (mentioned below), it isn't required reading for you to enjoy this new series. Court intrigue abounds and the use of multiple perspectives allows the reader to get into the heads of various characters so that you can hash out their motivations outside of their actions which always makes a story feel more complete to me. Of note is that this is a romance best suited for more mature YA and Adult audiences.
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By Brigid Kemmerer
Bloomsbury, 2019. 484 pages. Young Adult Fiction
This is the precursor to Forging Silver Into Stars. A modern girl is pulled into a fantasy world in this series of fairy tale retellings. Harper finds herself at the center of a kingdom at war where a prince must fight for his right to rule and an evil sorceress uses her enchantments to control him. Detailed worldbuilding and characters, romance, and secrets add to the suspense.
By Tahereh Mafi
Harper, 2022. 495 pages. Young Adult Fiction
The long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight, servant girl Alizeh waits in the shadows to uproot the kingdom of the crown prince—and the world.
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