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Fantasy Book Recs with no spice
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items For those who love fantasy and worlds, but would prefer a little less spiciness
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Cruel Prince- aka my favorite series ever
Once upon a broken heart!
Other fantasy books!
Cruel Prince- aka my favorite series ever
This series is absolutely dear to me. It’s slow at first, but with the immense world-building, thought-out characters and true enemies to lovers, you will be so immersed that you wont be able to put it down. There is little romance, but there’s a lot...
The Cruel Prince (Folk of the Air Series #1)
If you’ve already read The Cruel Prince, look no further than this series, 8 years after the ending of the cruel Prince, the story follows Prince Oak and (former) Queen Suren on a quest to the north, where Lady Nore has awakened ancient magic…
The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame by Holly Black, Paperback
This is my favorite series. In a world with magic and crime, come 6 not-so heroes, who plan a heist. Full of found-family and tension, heartbreaking backstories and uncertain futures, you will fall in love with this world and its characters forever.
Six of Crows (Six of Crows Series #1) by Leigh Bardugo, Paperback
The second book in the cruel prince series! Do not miss out on getting this book, it’s even better than the first!
The Wicked King (Folk of the Air Series #2)
The last and final book in my absolute favorite series ever. All of these books were such amazing reads, make sure you don’t miss out on them!
The Queen of Nothing (Folk of the Air Series #3) by Holly Black, Paperback
The second book in the stolen heir duology, the first book leaves you on such a cliffhanger that you absolutely need to read this book! Enthralling to the very end with tons of meetings with characters you have missed from the folk of the air!
The Prisoner's Throne: A Novel of Elfhame (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Once upon a broken heart!
Another one of my favorite series. The plot is fast-paced and note-worthy, with characters who leave you reeling for more. A boy who’s kisses kill and a girl who longs for true love, this series will leave you in awe, heartbreak and wonder
Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart Series #1)
Arguably the best book in OUABH, and equally the most heart wrenching ya fantasy I’ve ever read.
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart Series #2)
The satisfying and gratifying conclusion to this amazing and enthralling series
A Curse for True Love (B&N Exclusive Edition) (Once Upon a Broken Heart ...
Full of magic and whimsy, this series follows two sisters who venture to a magical game, where if you win, you are granted one wish. With daring hero’s and heroines, plot-twists and heartwarming moments, this series will leave you reeling at every tu...
Caraval (Caraval Series #1) by Stephanie Garber, Paperback
Other fantasy books!
In a world where there are red-bloods, who are powerless and silver-bloods who have extraordinary powers, there’s an ordinary girl who’s not as ordinary as she seems. Similar to other popular books, but so so much better. I’ve always loved this serie...
Red Queen (Red Queen Series #1) by Victoria Aveyard, Paperback
a YA sci-fi retelling of Cinderella, featuring 16-year-old cyborg mechanic Linh Cinder in a plague-ridden New Beijing. As a second-class citizen despised by her stepmother, Cinder becomes entangled in intergalactic politics, a forbidden romance with ...
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer, Paperback
Kazi, a legendary reformed street thief turned queen's soldier, who is sent to investigate treaty violations by the notorious Ballenger outlaw family in Hell's Mouth.
Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves Series #1)
A mysterious, magical circus, Le Cirque des Rêves, appears without warning, only open at night, featuring wondrous black-and-white tents and impossible attractions, all while serving as the venue for a lifelong magical duel between two young illusion...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Paperback
Isla Crown, ruler of the cursed Wildling realm, who joins a deadly, century-long competition called the Centennial on the magical island of Lightlark to break her people's curses, but must navigate treacherous games, secrets, betrayal, and romance wh...
Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1) by Alex Aster, Paperback
A book for those who want sirens and pirates and bandits, magic and witches and so much more. A girl had grown up on an island where she is a wrecker. To survive, the people on her island wreck ships, and she and a group of others swim out to get the...
Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw, Paperback
A devasting retelling of Alice in Wonderland, from before the events of the book, when the Queen of Hearts is just a normal girl who loves to bake and is expected to follow a future she does not want, this book will leave you heartbroken but it is on...
Heartless by Marissa Meyer, Paperback
This creepy, dark-fantasy YA novel willleave you confused and enthralled. A witch who lives in the woods, who has not existed for years, a young girl, and a stranger, suddenly children start disappearing. This book will leave you gripping the edge o...
The Near Witch by V. E. Schwab, Paperback
This enchanting and thrilling book follows Zafira, a female hunter disguised as a man to feed her starving village in a land (Arawiya) cursed with darkness, and Nasir, the Prince of Death and assassin for his tyrannical father, as they embark on sepa...
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya Series #1)
Isobel, a mortal portrait painter whose life is endangered when she paints mortal sorrow in the eyes of Rook, an Autumn Prince. With an air of forbidden romance and tons of longing, this is the perfect YA fae romance
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson, Paperback
Tessa Cade, an apothecary apprentice in the plague-ridden kingdom of Kandala, who risks death by stealing the rare Moonflower elixir to heal the poor, partnering with a mysterious outlaw named Wes. This thrilling, high stakes novel will leave you cle...
Defy the Night (Defy the Night Series #1) by Brigid Kemmerer, ...
Auren, a woman with golden skin ("gold-touched") kept as a prized possession (a "saddle") in King Midas's gilded cage, symbolizing his power, but she discovers her own hidden abilities and confronts betrayal as war brews, forcing her to question her ...
Gild by Raven Kennedy, Paperback