I love a romantasy every now and then but that’s not what I’m looking for right now.
I’m looking for a good fantasy- stand-alone or series- with an excellent plot, a strong female protagonist, and minimal romance. It’s okay if romance is a sub plot but I don’t want it to be a main event
I’ve enjoyed twisted fairytales like the lunar chronicles in the past. Also anything magical- witchcraft/ wizardry/etc. or a Greek/Roman pantheon type story
by iamanxiousandtired
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The Winnowing Flame trilogy by Jen Williams, starts with *The Ninth Rain*
*Paladin of Souls* by Lois McMaster Bujold
Chronicles of the Bitch Queen trilogy by KS Villoso, starts with *The Wolf of Oren Yaro*
*Godkiller* by Hannah Kaner – first book of a trilogy, book 2 is due out in February
*A Master of Djinn* by P Djeli Clark
*The Once and Future Witches* by Alix E Harrow – also her other novel, *The Ten Thousand Doors of January*
*An Unkindness of Magicians* by Kat Howard
*All the Murmuring Bones* by Angela Slatter
*Ink Blood Sister Scribe* by Emma Torzs
_By the Sword_ by Mercedes Lackey. It’s peripheral to her Valdemar series, but it stands alone. Romance subplot, but it’s not the whole focus.
– The Inhabited Woman by Gioconda Belli
– My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
– Perla by Carolina De Robertis