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Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy, about curses.
“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
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FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.
“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
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HeartlessNovel
Marissa Meyerstandalone novel2016
Emotional in tone.
“Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.”
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The Princess BrideNovel
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
Romance and adventure.
The Forbidden WishNovel
Jessica Khourystandalone novel2016
Romantasy, adventurous and emotional in tone, about shapeshifters.
“When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen in hundreds of years—a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra's very existence is illegal.”
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A Thousand NightsSeries
series2 books2015
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.
“Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife.”
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