I have been reading romantasy for a while now and love it but I'm getting tired of the same fae in every. Single. Book.. I recently read Tea & Alchemy and Salt & Broom by Sharon Lynn Fisher and I loved them! Both set in like 1850s with just enough magic/suspense to keep it interesting. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I feel I spend more time trying to find a book than I do actually reading said book ðŸ«
by UngovernableThirteen
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Have you read The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger?
Patricia C Wrede has a series called Frontier Magic that is good. It’s definitely Ya though.
The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Ardern. Medieval Russia with Slavic folklore.
The Familiar by Leigj Bardugo. Inquisition-era Spain with magic.
The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman. Regency England with demons.
2 I’ve read in recent months that I absolutely loved.
1 Babel by RF Kuang
This is a Dark Academia fantasy novel that takes place at Oxford University in the 1830s and is about a group of foreign students brought to England for the translation department. The world is mostly the same, except that expert translation, combined with silver bars, create magical effects that allow the British Empire to rule even beyond what they were able to IRL.
2 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakrabourty
This is about a female pirate captain in the Indian Ocean trading system in the 12th century. She gets pulled into some jobs involving powerful and ancient magical artifacts, hangs out djinns and poisoners, has a great swashbuckling time – good shit.
There’s also a sequel that came out last week. Really enjoying the second one so far!
Couple suggestions:
-Firefax by A.M. Vergara
-Blackwater by Emily BlakeneyÂ