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Language of Thorns / Leigh Bardugo - I grew up on fairy tales. Grimm's. Hans Christen Andersen. The original Aladdin. Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows are also two of my favorite series. So, this is really a no brainer. I only haven't read it yet because (a) I've had the plague both mentally and physically and (b) I have to be in the right mood for fairy tales.
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2. | Saints and Misfits / S.K. Ali - This one has been sitting on my shelf sad and neglected for too long. I could use a fluffy positive meaningful read to break up all the kickass fantasy, mindbreaking dystopian, and super angsty tearjerkers. Plus, a book with a cover that pretty has to be just as pretty inside, right? Especially when its author is someone as delightful as Ali?
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3. | The City of Brass / S.A. Chakraborty - I preordered this one for the Muslim authors preorder campaign, but I wanted to read it as soon as I came across it. I'm a sucker for a rich, complex high fantasy of the magic, sword and sorcery, other worlds variety. And as much as I love Game of Thrones, I can only read minute descriptions of armor for so many pages. Plus, non Western fantasy worlds are SO much rarer than they should be. It's like C.J. candy.
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4. | Before She Ignites / Jodi Meadows - Things I love include (a) Jodi, (b) dragons, (c) magic, (d) Jodi, (e) beautiful black girls kicking ass. I fully acknowledge the issues over the cover, i.e. it being a milestone that should have gone to a black author. C.f. Dhonielle Clayton's The Belles, which would have been on this list if I'd gone past five. However, I also have faith in Jodi as an author and a human, and I can't wait to dive into her next lush fantasy world.
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5. | This Darkness Mine / Mindy McGinnis - The glorious Shannon Miz of It Starts at Midnight recommended this as a creepy, insidious dark thriller, so really those two things combined are all you need to know for why I jumped on this. But also, did I mention creepy dark thriller? Of the psychological variety? By Mindy, who is twisty and awesome? Yeah. I thought so.
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Language of Thorns is one of my most anticipated books too because LEIGH BARDUGO!!! Hopefully it's just as good as all of her other books. :) Thanks for sharing and, as always, fabulous post! <3
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