Genre: Historical Fantasy

Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Fae, Low Fantasy, Romantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Fantasy Published by Saturday Books on January 12, 2026 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 488 Source: Netgalley As a sculptress, Ravenna Maffei has always shaped beauty from stone but she has a terrible secret. Desperate to save her brother, she enters a competition hosted by Florence’s most feared immortal family, revealing a dark power in a city where magic is forbidden.  Now a captive in the cutthroat city of Florence, Ravenna is forced into a dangerous task where failure meets certain death at the hands of Saturnino dei Luni, the immortal family’s mesmerizing but merciless heir. But as he draws her closer, Ravenna realizes the true threat lies beyond Florence’s walls.  The Pope’s war against magic is closing in, and Ravenna is no longer just a prisoner but a prize to be claimed. As trusting the wrong person becomes lethal, Ravenna must survive the treacherous line between a pope’s obsession and the seductive immortal who might be the end of her — or surrender her power to a city on the brink of war. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age …

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Historical Fantasy Published by Tor on June 9, 2025 Format: eBook Pages: 544 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.  London, 1837.  Boston, 2019.  Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.  One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.  And all of them grow teeth. Lyrical, reflective, poetically beautiful, not to mention a proudly sapphic and historical take on vampires, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a slow and thoughtful literary fiction and historical novel wearing an exquisite paranormal fantasy gown. Very similar in tone and approach to The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, this novel is everything one would expect from V.E. Schwab. Spanning over five hundred years and featuring FMC’s of various backgrounds and stories, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is a sprawling and meandering narrative that won’t be for everyone, but is sure to please Schwab fans and classy readers. The best way I can describe Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil is vibrant women growing from the midnight soil, restricted …

Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race Series: Queens of Elben #1 Genres: Adult, British Literature, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Historical Fantasy Published by Orbit on June 9, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 416 Source: Goldsboro Books The king has been appointed by god to marry six queens. Those six queens are all that stand between the kingdom of Elben and ruin. Or so we have been told.  Each queen vies for attention. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be Henry’s favourite. And if she must incite a war to win Henry over? So be it.  Seymour acts as spy and assassin in a court teeming with dragons, backstabbing courtiers and strange magic. But when she and Boleyn become the unlikeliest of things – allies – the balance of power begins to shift. Together they will discover an ancient, rotting magic at Elben’s heart. A magic that their king will do anything to protect.  A captivating epic fantasy filled with dragons, court politics and sapphic yearning, perfect for fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree and House of the Dragon. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use …

The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch, Beth Revis Series: Spy and Guardian #1 Genres: Fantasy, Fae, Historical Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magic, Romantasy, Fiction, Folklore, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Scottish Literature Published by Sourcebooks Fire on October 6, 2025 Format: ARC, eBook Pages: 368 Source: Netgalley From the New York Times bestselling authors of Night of the Witch comes an enemies-to-lovers romantasy set in the dazzling and dangerous Scottish court where a fae guardian of the realm falls in love with a charming Elizabethan spy who could also be the key to her world’s undoing.   Samson Calthorpe’s curse has isolated him from everyone he has ever cared about. So, when the opportunity arises to break the curse, he grabs it. All he has to do for his freedom is risk his life and become a royal spy, using every bit of the skills and resolve he’s picked up on the streets of London to infiltrate the court of the Scottish Queen and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.   For years, Alyth Graham has been protecting Mary Queen of Scots from threats both physical and magical, including the Queen’s own husband, Lord Darnley. Alyth is more than meets the …

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Genres: Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy Published by Tor on October 6, 2020 Format: Hardcover Pages: 448 France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.  Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.  But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. This one of those rare books that made me think “how does someone come up with this?” The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is a difficult book to describe or categorize due to how many different elements and themes it incorporates, but one thing that is easy to summarize is how ambitious and beautiful V. E. Schwab’s writing is. And by that I don’t mean flowery lyrical language or awe inspiring visuals (which the book does feature at times), but …