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Jennifer Saint 2023

What it is: With fire in it · prose worth underlining
Genre: Fantasy Historical fiction Classics
Feels: Lyrical Wondrous Defiant Epic Tender

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The Song of Achilles

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The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 2008

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Historical fiction Fantasy Classics Defiant Epic Romantic Mysterious

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Daughter of the forest

Juliet Marillier 2000

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A world to get lost in

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