Y’all know this is my favorite genre. I live and breath fantasy books. Below you’ll find my five stars from 2023. I hope you find some good books for your TBR! Find me on Instagram (@goodeyreads) if you have any questions about any of them!
It’s interesting to me that this is smaller than my contemporary category, though I read twice as many fantasies. It’s a coveted spot to make it on this list.
And I know some of these might lean towards dystopian or paranormal/urban, I did my what I could in putting them in the category I thought would work best.
A few things to note:
- I don’t include rereads on this list! But I did read Divine Rivals and Fourth Wing twice this year.
- Scroll down to see which books are open, closed or sweet romances!
Open Door:
- Six Scorched Roses
- Lady of Darkness
- The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
- Fourth Wing
- Jade Shards
- The Endless War
- Celestial
- Spark of the Everflame
- The Shards of Ophelia
- The Bones of Benevolence
- Glow of the Everflame
- A Fate Inked in Blood
- Heat of the Everflame
- Two Twisted Crowns
- The Hurricane Wars
- Iron Flame
- Bride
Closed Door / Fade to Black:
- Dragonfire
- Wildheart
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- To Poison a King
- Light Bringer
- Assistant to the Villain
- The Goddess Eye
- The Fragile Threads of Power
- The Unmaking of June Farrow
- An Heir of Frost
- Divine Rivals
- What the River Knows
- Bring Me Your Midnight
- Foxglove
- Silence & Shadow
- Blade Breaker
- Reign
- The Scarlet Veil
Sweet (kisses/make-outs):
- Tress of the Emerald Sea
- The Jasad Heir
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
- Babel
- The Sunlit Man
- The Binding Season
- Into the Churn
- A Tournament of Crowns
- Last Violent Call
- The Isle of the Gods
- Foul Heart Huntsman
- Realm Breaker
- Face the Night
- Her Radiant Curse
- Vengeance of the Pirate Queen
- Drift
- Sinner’s Isle
- Lost Kingdom
- This Dark Descent
- Well of Dreams
- Powerless
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