Tasha Suri creates a memorable breakout moment with her trailblazing The Jasmine Throne — first in a new epic, nuanced, and wonderfully complex story. A blistering, gutsy, and kinetic book, it's one of the finest fantasies I've read in 2021.
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart (Witches Steeped in Gold #1)
Like antiheroes, morally gray characters, and vibes reminiscent of "Killing Eve" all jam-packed in a dark Jamaican-inspired fantasy book exploring the duality of heroes/villains? Ciannon Smart's evocative debut is for you.
Hooray Publication! The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix comes to the spotlight
While there is little bookselling involved per se, Garth Nix's latest offering presents a bloody, fast-paced, fun, (relatively) light coming of age fantasy through the 1983's folkloric London where tension within the boundary between the myth and the modern grow tumultuous.