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<\/a>The Crescent Moon Tearoom<\/a><\/em> by Stacy Sivinski<\/p>\nEver since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading together the stories that rest in the swirls of ginger, cloves, and cardamon that lie at the bottom of their customers\u2019 cups. Their days at the teashop are filled with talk of butterflies and good fortune intertwined with the sound of cinnamon shortbread being snapped by laced fingers.<\/em><\/p>\n That is, until the Council of Witches comes calling with news that the city Diviner has lost her powers, and the sisters suddenly find themselves being pulled in different directions. As Anne\u2019s magic begins to develop beyond that of her sisters\u2019, Beatrix\u2019s writing attracts the attention of a publisher, and Violet is enchanted by the song of the circus\u2014and perhaps a mischievous trapeze artist threatening to sweep her off her feet\u2014it seems a family curse that threatens to separate the sisters is taking effect.<\/em><\/p>\n With dwindling time to rewrite their future and help three other witches challenge their own destinies, the Quigleys set out to bargain with Fate. But in focusing so closely on saving each other, will they lose sight of themselves?<\/em> – Atria Books<\/p>\n It\u2019s bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard\u2019s workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is\u2026 you.<\/em><\/p>\n Gav isn\u2019t really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed.<\/em><\/p>\n But as he realizes that nothing \u2013 from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess \u2013 is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he\u2019ll have to answer the hardest question of all \u2013 who does he want to be?<\/em><\/p>\n A high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, an evil wizard convocation, and a garlic festival. All at once. All in all, Dread Lord Gavrax has had better weeks.<\/em> – Titan Books<\/p>\n Beneath the still surface of a lake lurks a monster with needle sharp teeth. Hungry and ready to pounce.<\/em><\/p>\n Jenny Greenteeth has never spoken to a human before, but when a witch is thrown into her lake, something makes Jenny decide she’s worth saving. Temperance doesn’t know why her village has suddenly turned against her, only that it has something to do with the malevolent new pastor.<\/em><\/p>\n Though they have nothing in common, these two must band together on a magical quest to defeat the evil that threatens Jenny’s lake and Temperance’s family, as well as the very soul of Britain.<\/em> – Orbit<\/p>\n Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased dad\u2019s dead job as a dragon catcher\/exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart in part because he likes dragons, feeling a kinship with them, but mainly because his dream has always been the impossible one of transcending his humble origin to someday become a prince\u2019s valet. Needless to say, fate has something rather different in mind\u2026<\/em> – S&S\/Saga Press<\/p>\n The kingdom of Farsala is broken and black clouds hang heavy over the arid lands. Former grand-mage of the high court, Cyril Laverre, has spent the last decade hiding himself away in a ramshackle hut by the sea, trying to catch any remaining fish for his cat familiar, Shoestring, and suppressing his guilt over the kingdom\u2019s ruin. For he played his part \u2013 for as the king, Eufrates Margrave, descended further and further into paranoia, violence and madness, his grand-mage \u2013 and husband \u2013 Cyril didn\u2019t do a thing to stop him.<\/em><\/p>\n When Shoestring wanders away and dies one morning, Cyril knows his days are finally numbered. But are there enough left to have a last go at putting things right? With his remaining lifeblood, he casts a powerful spell that catapults him back in time to a happier period of Farsalan history \u2013 a time when it was Eufrates\u2019s older sister Tig destined to ascend to the throne, before she died of a wasting disease, and a time when Cyril and Eufrates\u2019s tentative romance had not yet bloomed. If he can just make sure Eufie never becomes king, then maybe he can prevent the kingdom\u2019s tragic fate. But the magical oath he made to his husband at the altar, transcending both time and space, may prove to be his most enduring \u2013 and most dangerous \u2013 feat of magic to date\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Featuring a formidable great aunt, a friends-to-lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers romance, an awkward love quadrangle and a crow familiar called Ganache, this charming story is imminently easy to read and sure to satisfy fans of fanfiction who like their fantasy lite.<\/em> – Angry Robot<\/p>\n Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells \u201csmall\u201d fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Even if it\u2019s a lonely life, it\u2019s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they\u2019re joined by a baker with a \u201cknead\u201d for adventure, and\u2014of course\u2014a slightly magical cat.<\/em><\/p>\n Tao starts down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past close in\u2014and she\u2019ll have to decide whether to risk everything to preserve the family she never thought she could have.<\/em> – Ace<\/p>\n This title is also available in large print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you’re looking for a feel-good story with low stakes, let me recommend cozy fantasy! Cozy fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy that focuses more on community and familial relationships. Think of these as slice-of-life reads where emotional development of relationships is central. 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<\/a>Dreadful<\/a><\/em> by Caitlin Rozakis<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Greenteeth<\/a><\/em> by Molly O’Neill<\/p>\n
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<\/a>I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons<\/a><\/em> by Peter S. Beagle<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Shoestring Theory<\/a><\/em> by Mariana Costa<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Teller of Small Fortunes<\/a><\/em> by Julie Leong<\/p>\n