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  • Cover of Power of Three
    Power of ThreeNovel

    Diana Wynne Jones · standalone novel · 1976

    Adventurous in tone, about coming of age.

    “The curse on Orban spreads bad luck to the rest of the Otmounders, the Giants, and the Dorig until three Otmounder children are born with Gifts.”

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  • Cover of Once Upon a Broken Heart
    Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

    series · 4 books · 2021

    Romantasy, about forbidden love.

    “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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    Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

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  • Cover of Hart's Hope
    Hart's HopeNovel

    Orson Scott Card · standalone novel · 1983

    Dark in tone, about revenge.

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  • Cover of Nevermoor / Morrigan Crow
    Nevermoor / Morrigan CrowSeries

    series · 4 books · 2017

    Whimsical in tone, about magic schools and coming of age.

    “From copyright page: A cursed child destined to die on her eleventh birthday is rescued and whisked away to a secret realm called Nevermoor and given the chance to compete for a place in a prestigious society called the Wundrous Society.”

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    Start with Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow →

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  • Cover of The Broken Sword
    The Broken SwordNovel

    Poul Anderson · standalone novel · 1954

    Mythic fantasy and epic fantasy, dark in tone, set in medieval.

    “A revised edition was issued by Ballantine Books in January 1971 as the twenty-fourth volume of their Ballantine Adult Fantasy series.”

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  • Cover of Sign for the Sacred
    Sign for the SacredNovel

    Storm Constantine · standalone novel · 1993

    Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about faith and religion and quests.

    “Implexion is determined to stamp out the Jeopardites by any means at his disposal, no matter how ruthless.”

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