Hodderscape 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by readeatretreat

A book with a morally grey protagonist
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Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

Monstress #01-06

Marjorie Liu

208 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
And I Darken by Kiersten White

And I Darken

The Conqueror's Saga #1

Kiersten White

486 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
To Bind a Dark Heart by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

To Bind a Dark Heart

The Iron Crystal Series #2

Kathryn Ann Kingsley

264 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Wings and Ruin

A Court of Thorns and Roses #3

Sarah J. Maas

736 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Shades of Magic #1

V.E. Schwab

413 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Shehan Karunatilaka

386 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson

Shadows of Self

Mistborn #5

Brandon Sanderson

383 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

Villains #1

V.E. Schwab

397 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

432 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

The Radiant Emperor Duology #1

Shelley Parker-Chan

414 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced