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Poor Unfortunate Soul Summary

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino 2016 224 pages

Vilest Things Summary

by Chloe Gong 2024 374 pages

House of Salt and Sorrows Summary

House of Salt and Sorrows

by Erin A. Craig 2019 403 pages

Dark Restraint Summary

by Katee Robert 2024 300 pages

The Dragon's Promise Summary

The Dragon's Promise

by Elizabeth Lim 2022 482 pages

The Princess Knight Summary

The Princess Knight

by Cait Jacobs 2025 512 pages

A Forgery of Fate Summary

A Forgery of Fate

by Elizabeth Lim 2025 483 pages

Heart of the Sun Warrior Summary

Heart of the Sun Warrior

by Sue Lynn Tan 2022 480 pages

Grendel Summary

by John Gardner 2010 174 pages

A Curse of Shadows and Ice Summary

A Curse of Shadows and Ice

by Catharina Maura 2022 294 pages

The Witch's Heart Summary

The Witch's Heart

by Genevieve Gornichec 2021 359 pages

Princess of Souls Summary

Princess of Souls

by Alexandra Christo 2022 352 pages

The Ashfire King Summary

The Ashfire King

by Chelsea Abdullah 2025 544 pages

Our Violent Ends Summary

Our Violent Ends

by Chloe Gong 2021 494 pages

Historical Fiction

by Heather Walter 2021 470 pages

Devour the Dark Summary

Devour the Dark

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 206 pages

Foul Lady Fortune Summary

Foul Lady Fortune

by Chloe Gong 2022 528 pages

Historical Fiction

Small Favors Summary

by Erin A. Craig 2021 466 pages

A Vow So Bold and Deadly Summary

A Vow So Bold and Deadly

by Brigid Kemmerer 2021 408 pages

Immortal Longings Summary

Immortal Longings

by Chloe Gong 2023 372 pages

Ecstasy Summary

by Ivy Pochoda 2025 224 pages

The Star-Touched Queen Summary

The Star-Touched Queen

by Roshani Chokshi 2016 342 pages

Spin the Dawn Summary

by Elizabeth Lim 2019 392 pages

Foul Heart Huntsman Summary

Foul Heart Huntsman

by Chloe Gong 2023 560 pages

Historical Fiction

Tarnished Embers Summary

Tarnished Embers

by Rosa Lee 2023 392 pages

Six-Gun Snow White Summary

Six-Gun Snow White

by Catherynne M. Valente 2013 168 pages

Dark & Darker Still Summary

Dark & Darker Still

A Vane and Roc Origin Story

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 149 pages

My Dark Beast Summary

by Olivia Wildenstein 2024 600 pages

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein Summary

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

by Kiersten White 2018 304 pages

Historical Fiction

The Mirror of Beasts Summary

The Mirror of Beasts

by Alexandra Bracken 2024 486 pages

Fallen City Summary

by Adrienne Young 2025 416 pages

Wings of Fury Summary

by Emily R. King 2021 296 pages

Cruel Beauty Summary

by Rosamund Hodge 2014 346 pages

A Spindle Splintered Summary

A Spindle Splintered

by Alix E. Harrow 2021 119 pages

The Stardust Thief Summary

The Stardust Thief

by Chelsea Abdullah 2022 468 pages

The Wolf and the Woodsman Summary

The Wolf and the Woodsman

by Ava Reid 2021 448 pages

A Heart So Fierce and Broken Summary

A Heart So Fierce and Broken

by Brigid Kemmerer 2020 450 pages

Uprising Summary

by Ellie Sanders 2023 480 pages

Unravel the Dusk Summary

Unravel the Dusk

by Elizabeth Lim 2020 355 pages

Tales of the Celestial Kingdom Summary

Tales of the Celestial Kingdom

by Sue Lynn Tan 2024 153 pages

The Excalibur Curse Summary

The Excalibur Curse

by Kiersten White 2021 11 pages

Silver in the Bone Summary

Silver in the Bone

by Alexandra Bracken 2023 467 pages

Stolen Enchantress Summary

Stolen Enchantress

by Amber Argyle 2016 448 pages

Salt & Broom Summary

by Sharon Lynn Fisher 2023 282 pages

Historical Fiction

Tainted Saints Summary

by Rosa Lee 2023 350 pages

Misrule Summary

by Heather Walter 2022 454 pages

A Mirror Mended Summary

A Mirror Mended

by Alix E. Harrow 2022 128 pages

Juniper & Thorn Summary

Juniper & Thorn

by Ava Reid 2022 368 pages

Second to the Right Summary

Second to the Right

by T.S. Kinley 2022 274 pages

The Court that Bleeds Gold Summary

The Court that Bleeds Gold

by Zara Storm 2024 344 pages

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