23 FANTASY STANDALONES IN 23 MINUTES 📖

for most of this book it is going to feel like historical fiction and I can't say too much as to how any fantasy elements are woven into the story

the themes in this I think are very well executed

it's looking at all of the characters that were surrounding King Arthur and looking at how they played a role in all of the great events that occurred and why they often got pushed to the side and are so often forgotten

this is a story that follows a young woman who discovers that her family has this longstanding curse that has been placed on them as a result of having to constantly give somebody from the family over as a sacrifice to a very powerful being

this one absolutely felt like being told a tale it just felt like folklore but coming to life in a way that I found really captivating

you follow these two students who are definitely academic Rivals and they don't seem to just be competing when it comes to intelligence but they also seem to be competing for the attention of their professor

it was very wholesome and fun and cute and adventurous and I loved this one it's one of my favorites of this list I really thought it was darling

the way that the story progresses from there is interesting and that the narrative decisions are going to attach you to the character in a way that is different from typically following a human character

this is a story that is very much tapping into themes of propaganda and we're doing so through our main character Emily who lives in a society that is at War

this definitely feels very reminiscent of classic fantasy

this is following a group of characters who are searching for a missing girl and two of the three characters themselves went missing years and years ago

one of my favorites from today this is a story that does not sound or at least it didn't to me like it would be something I would find myself that captivated by but I absolutely adored this one

this follows a young woman who for most of her life she is expected to live in service to someone else as a performer but she never really has the opportunity to have much agency in her own life

I personally considered this to be essentially A Perfect Blend of both fantasy and horror specifically Grim Dark Fantasy with horror

I think that the setting for this one I actually think it's more of the entire town and the way that perception can shift throughout different time periods and who's telling the tale

the relationship and how it develops between these two characters I thought was quite beautiful

if there's no imprint on anybody in any way then does her existence mean anything and what does existence even mean as it is for any of us

I feel like I'm not really doing at justice but I just want to say one of my favorite reads of last year it was fantastic

this book definitely had all of that and in combination with all those things you have really precious cute magical animal creatures

you do have this very sweet Community element and found family element to the story and in typical Sarah be's fashion the World building is exceptional in this

there are some elements to June Pharaoh that I would say also lean more so into speculative in that you follow this character who has this curse you could call it in her family where at some point people start to hear things

it is more so I would say historical fiction than fantasy but there certainly are speculative elements to this