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FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue
Start with Beauty →
Fairy Tale storiesSeries
series2 books1996
Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, about curses, set in secondary world.
Start with Firebird →
DeerskinNovel
Robin McKinleystandalone novel1993
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about identity and grief and loss.
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
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.”
from the catalogue
Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →
The CursebreakerSeries
series3 books2019
Romantasy.
“Sequels include A Heart So Fierce and Broken and A Vow So Bold and Deadly.”
from the catalogue
Start with A Curse So Dark and Lonely →
Crimson BoundNovel
Rosamund Hodgestandalone novel2015
Dark fantasy, dark in tone, about fae.