Need even more books to tide you over? Check out 100 Must-Read Fairytale Retellings for Adults and YA Readers. The fairytales of Althea Proserpine will be published in their own book. More Books in The Hazel Wood Series Untitled (2019)Īll that is currently known is that this will be another novel taking place in the same universe as The Hazel Wood. This is a time travel fantasy, and because of that it shares a lot of elements with portal fantasy. The Girl From Everywhere and The Ship Beyond Time by Heidi Heilig Maybe these are portal fantasies? Maybe they are something else entirely? They’re definitely haunting me.

Magonia and Aerie by Maria Dahvana Headley I love changeling stories, but I cannot read (or watch, or think about) stories featuring child harm, so I have not yet read this book…but I hear it’s incredible. Other Fantasy Stories, Not Easily Categorized The Changeling by Victor LaValle I’m reading this Caribbean folktale middle grade fantasy novel right now and I LOVE IT. The Bear and the Nightingale (series) by Katherine ArdenĪrden draws from Russian fairytales for this story, which I bought on Melissa Albert’s recommendation. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoĬonsidered by many to have joined The Bloody Chamber in the top ring of feminist retellings of classic fairytales. Fairy Tales The Bloody Chamber by Angela CarterĬonsidered by many to be the definitive feminist retellings of classic fairytales. Jae-JonesĪ sibling kidnapped by goblins is all it takes to convince me to read a book. The upcoming second book in the series, Bruja Born, is not a portal fantasy but also sounds amazing. In Labyrinth Lost, a young Bruja tries to rid herself of her powers but instead accidentally sends her family to Los Lagos and has to go rescue them. Welcome to Melissa Alberts The Hazel Wood-the fiercely stunning New York Times bestseller everyone is raving about Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother.

Labyrinth Lost and Bruja Born (July 5) by Zoraida Cordova This father-daughter Caribbean folktale portal fantasy sounds AMAZING. Six years after they return from their portal world, one sister desperately wants to go back, and when she disappears, the sister who wanted to live in the real world has to figure out whether she found her way back.

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