Fantasy

With beautifully flowing prose and countless twists, Kell Woods’ Upon a Starlit Tide combines “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella” to enchanting effect.

With beautifully flowing prose and countless twists, Kell Woods’ Upon a Starlit Tide combines “The Little Mermaid” and “Cinderella” to enchanting effect.

The Radiant King may have a familiar epic fantasy framework, but it achieves great heights thanks to its complex perspective on immortality.

The Radiant King may have a familiar epic fantasy framework, but it achieves great heights thanks to its complex perspective on immortality.

Poet and novelist Andrea Eames pays homage to Uprooted and the Studio Ghibli adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle with A Harvest of Hearts.

Poet and novelist Andrea Eames pays homage to Uprooted and the Studio Ghibli adaptation of Howl’s Moving Castle with A Harvest of Hearts.

Laura Brooke Robson’s debut fantasy romance is both second-chance love story and devoted character study, all written with simple elegance.

Laura Brooke Robson’s debut fantasy romance is both second-chance love story and devoted character study, all written with simple elegance.

Lucy Rose’s horror-folktale hybrid, The Lamb, is hypnotic, grotesque and beautiful all at once.

Lucy Rose’s horror-folktale hybrid, The Lamb, is hypnotic, grotesque and beautiful all at once.

Readers are enamored with the bookish, blunt Miss Wilde and her dashing fiancé, fellow academic and secret Faerie prince Wendell Barnaby. The pair’s latest adventure sees them taking the throne of Wendell’s kingdom, only to find out that his evil stepmother has placed a curse on the realm.

Readers are enamored with the bookish, blunt Miss Wilde and her dashing fiancé, fellow academic and secret Faerie prince Wendell Barnaby. The pair’s latest adventure sees them taking the throne of Wendell’s kingdom, only to find out that his evil stepmother has placed a curse…

The book world can be a bit like a pendulum when it comes to trends: For every rom-com revival, there’s a rise in dark romance. Hopepunk and cozy fantasy have reigned supreme for the last few years in SFF, so does that mean we’ll see grimdark rise again? Joe Abercrombie, one of the original purveyors of that gritty, ruthless approach to high fantasy, may kickstart a new wave with The Devils. Set in an alternate version of medieval Europe, The Devils sounds, honest to god, like a fantasy take on The Suicide Squad: The team is made up of a werewolf, a vampire, an elf, an immortal warrior and a monk, and according to Abercrombie, they’ve been tasked with solving “problems the righteous are not equipped to tackle.”

The book world can be a bit like a pendulum when it comes to trends: For every rom-com revival, there’s a rise in dark romance. Hopepunk and cozy fantasy have reigned supreme for the last few years in SFF, so does that mean we’ll see…

We’re big fans here at BookPage HQ of Parry’s joyously nerdy approach to historical fantasy, whether she’s dreaming up a French Revolution but with sorcerers or a World War I fought with faerie magic. A Far Better Thing sounds like a combination of all of Parry’s books to date: faeries, the French Revolution and the classic literature revisionism of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep. In a brilliant spin on A Tale of Two Cities, Parry transforms coincidental lookalikes Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay into a boy kidnapped by faeries and the changeling left in his place, respectively. And as the book opens, the now-grown Sidney is out for revenge.

We’re big fans here at BookPage HQ of Parry’s joyously nerdy approach to historical fantasy, whether she’s dreaming up a French Revolution but with sorcerers or a World War I fought with faerie magic. A Far Better Thing sounds like a combination of all of…

Guy Gavriel Kay doesn’t usually write historical fantasy; most of his work is set in fictional worlds. But in every other way that matters, he’s one of the best historical fantasy authors alive. Many of Kay’s fantasies are set in worlds just one step away from our own, exhaustively researched and beautifully realized reimaginings of eras such as Tang Dynasty China or Renaissance Europe, whose separation from our reality allows Kay to comment freely upon our cultural foibles and historical sins. His latest, Written on the Dark, will take place in a world inspired by the chaotic, captivating tapestry of medieval France.

Guy Gavriel Kay doesn’t usually write historical fantasy; most of his work is set in fictional worlds. But in every other way that matters, he’s one of the best historical fantasy authors alive. Many of Kay’s fantasies are set in worlds just one step away…

John Wiswell’s debut, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, was a lovable and ambitious fantasy romance starring an inhuman monster impossible to not fall for. In his sophomore novel, Wiswell appears to be continuing in that vein: His retelling of the Hercules myth will see the iconic hero caring for the monsters set against him, rather than defeating them. Meanwhile, Hera, the goddess responsible for Hercules’ trials and tribulations, tries to come to terms with her guilt over her actions.

John Wiswell’s debut, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, was a lovable and ambitious fantasy romance starring an inhuman monster impossible to not fall for. In his sophomore novel, Wiswell appears to be continuing in that vein: His retelling of the Hercules myth…

Before readers get a sequel to Carissa Broadbent’s The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, the author will take a quick detour with this standalone novel. Sylina is a devoted acolyte and assassin of the Goddess of Fate, and her latest assignment is to gain the trust of Atrius, a vampire intent on conquering the kingdom of Glaea—and kill him. As one would expect, this plan hits several snags as Sylina learns more about Atrius and his mysterious past.

Before readers get a sequel to Carissa Broadbent's The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, the author will take a quick detour with this standalone novel. Sylina is a devoted acolyte and assassin of the Goddess of Fate, and her latest assignment is to…

YA icon Cassandra Clare’s first series for adults picks up right where the first book, Sword Catcher, left off. After a massacre at the palace, Kel Saren, body double to the city-state of Castellane’s crown prince, is trying to hunt down those responsible. Meanwhile, physician Lin Caster is pretending to be the Goddess Reborn, her Ashkari people’s prophesied savior.

 

YA icon Cassandra Clare’s first series for adults picks up right where the first book, Sword Catcher, left off. After a massacre at the palace, Kel Saren, body double to the city-state of Castellane’s crown prince, is trying to hunt down those responsible. Meanwhile,…

If you’ve read T. Kingfisher’s Thornhedge, a novella with a particularly inspired take on Sleeping Beauty, you know she does a great fairy-tale retelling. The acclaimed fantasy and horror author’s Hemlock & Silver will be a dark reimagining of Snow White, starring a late Renaissance healer tasked with figuring out which poison is slowly killing the king’s daughter.

If you’ve read T. Kingfisher’s Thornhedge, a novella with a particularly inspired take on Sleeping Beauty, you know she does a great fairy-tale retelling. The acclaimed fantasy and horror author’s Hemlock & Silver will be a dark reimagining of Snow White, starring a late Renaissance…

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