Tag: YA book recs
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Another Sweet, Eerie YA Dark Fantasy With Small Favors
After reading House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig, I had to pick up more of her work. Her dark fairytale horrors are so vivid and descriptive and when I saw Small Favors I knew I needed to read it. An isolated religious town. An ominous vibe in the air. Bees. What’s not…
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A Discovery of Witches is Peak Dark Academia Fantasy
When I say that I fell in love with A Discovery of Witches upon reading it’s first few chapters, I’m not exaggerating in any way. Deborah Harkness has a truly mesmerising and compelling narrative style and is able to bring her settings to life, creating this supernatural-dipped Oxford where witches, vampires and daemons roam the…
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Sherlock Holmes Meets Doctor Who in William Ritter’s Jackaby
If you’re a fan of Doctor Who or Sherlock Holmes (or both), then Jackaby by William Ritter should definitely be on your radar. Not only is it a fun, easy-going story with that adventure detective vibe, but it also has details reminiscent of a good Doctor Who alien species introduction. The creatures Jackaby and Abigail…
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Lancali’s I Fell In Love With Hope is Captivating and Heartbreaking
I’m a sucker for a story set in a hospital, centred around terminally ill kids just trying to live their lives. Lancali’s I Fell In Love With Hope is just that and so much more. With beautiful poetic prose, characters full of heart and soul and light, and the shadow hanging over your shoulder as…
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Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries – A YA Dark Naturalism Favourite
I love a book with a dark, moody setting. Give me a forest, a secluded town, and a mythical-dipped lore whereby people must guard the population by dealing with what lurks in the shadows. Susan Dennard’s The Luminaries gives all that and more and it’s a wonderful introduction to the world of dark naturalism –…
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House of Salt and Sorrows – Erin A. Craig’s Dark Fantasy Must Read
With the sequel on it’s way, I thought now would be a great time to sing my praises to Erin A. Craig and her magnificent dark fantasy fairytale retelling, House of Salt and Sorrows. House of Salt and Sorrows is a dark fantasy retelling of the fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses with mild horror elements…