Historical Fantasy
Muse
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Alternate HistoryChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Seventeen-year-old Claire Emerson’s inventor father believes her touch is magic, that her skin-to-skin touch grants a person their deepest wish. Claire is ...Read Review
The Witch’s Heart
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Gods and goddesses are enjoying a popular revival. Genevieve Gornichec has done the same for Angrboda, witch and mother of Norse god Loki’...Read Review
The Linden’s Red Plague (The Valkyries)
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Ann Chamberlin brings the Nordic legends of a banished Valkyrie, Brynhild, and hero, Siegfried, to life in the historical fantasy, The Linden’s ...Read Review
Dark Roads: Book 1 Map Maker
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Mathew de Quincey, a skilled swordfighter, is hired by William Marshall, the king’s right-hand man. With his apprentice, Will, he travels the ...Read Review
The Light of the Midnight Stars
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Mid-1300s, the Hungarian woods. As descendants of King Solomon, Hannah, Sarah, and Levana possess sacred magic. But their abilities will be put ...Read Review
The Hidden Palace: A Novel of the Golem and the Jinni
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With The Hidden Palace, the follow-up to her historical fantasy The Golem and the Jinni, Wecker returns with a layered novel of many ...Read Review
She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor)
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Shelley Parker-Chan’s debut is a historical fantasy of medieval China which reimagines the birth of the Ming dynasty. In the era of ...Read Review
Mebet
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This is historical fiction/fantasy to the extent that it claims to be based on an oral tradition. Mebet is a hunter living ...Read Review
The Shadow War
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Magic and history combine in an exciting tale set behind the lines in World War II Germany as five teens try to take ...Read Review
Dangerous Magic (Mr. Darcy’s Magic)
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Dangerous Magic is a fantasy variation on Pride and Prejudice, set in a world where England is under attack by Napoleon’s mages. ...Read Review