makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty lead her to an unorthodox life full of friends and adventure Bridget has a chance at a stable new beginning--yet she's young and can't stifle her yearning for adventure

, edgy, yet also warm, with mature magic-focused plot points, deep friendships, romance, intriguing adventure

01 Wolvers by Taylor Brown Taylor Brown offers up a suspenseful, adventure-filled story in Wolvers. This is an outdoor adventure story that explores tensions between the preservation of nature and development young man searching for his path, and his unofficial mentor, zigzagging his way through life, embracing adventure

The Piano Tuner is a strange, slowly paced adventure story but also an anti-imperialist, pro-music take

Kingfisher writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure legend gives center stage to a ragtag band of misfits, celebrates diversity, and builds a patchwork of adventures length of the book (688 pages), in which each remaining knight gets page time and a recounting of key adventures

with grace, not relying on archetypes but serving up poignancy, dialogue that made me laugh, and grand adventure

Kingfisher writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure

easily forged, and the novel is never earnest-- Saltcrop is gritty, unrelenting danger balanced with adventure

Annie became fixated on her mother's absence, and her search for her place in the world led to adventure

allowing herself to face the past, addressing difficult issues in the present, and allowing for surprising adventures

This month my favorite reads were a historical-fiction fantasy set during the Spanish Inquisition; an adventure-fantasy British boarding school and beyond; a Norse-inspired fantasy saga; a fun young adult, queer, medieval adventure Shadow of the Gods . 05 Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher Croucher's young adult queer medieval adventure The banter, the adventure, the medieval setting--yes yes yes.

knight, her best-friend mage, intriguing magic, a terrifying destiny, showstopping secrets, danger and adventure

While Veronica and Stoker stick close to home for their adventures in this installment of the series,

This is adventure-heavy, sometimes tender, and always intriguing. I loved it. The Everlasting  is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns Kingfisher writes my favorite kind of fantasy novel: a wonderfully oddball main protagonist, a strange adventure

to imagine a new version of herself and a future with happiness, hope, and the promise of unexpected adventure

also to imagine a new version of herself and a future with joy, hope, and the promise of unexpected adventure

romantasy"' aspect is front and center for the final portion of the book, most importantly for me, the adventure

This is adventure-heavy, sometimes tender, and always intriguing. I loved it. The Everlasting  is filled with rich adventure; twisty jaunts through time; tragedy and loss; dark turns allowing herself to face the past, addressing difficult issues in the present, and allowing for surprising adventures

With adventure, a chosen one, a quest, exploding abilities, and the formation of an unexpected team with

The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal There is a deeper, quiet, surprisingly affecting story beneath the Western adventure, which is about to pass through lawless lands to get to San Antonio, and Johanna isn't a willing participant in this venture gentlemanly involvement and his voice, the character of Johanna, the Texas setting, the fits and starts of adventure

When the Stars Go Dark , Circling the Sun  (a captivating account of the real-life Beryl Markham's adventures

When the writer was just out of high school, she was set for a big cross-country adventure and artist's

beautiful and immortal, and Meddy simply wants an escape from isolated island life and to find her own adventure

Kitteridge. 02 The River by Peter Heller I loved the deep friendship; details of outdoorsy expertise and adventuring They're skilled and joyful adventurers.

became increasingly fixated on her mother's absence, and her search for her place in the world promised adventure

He must make a difficult choice: family and familiarity, or uncertainty and new adventures?

When the Stars Go Dark , Circling the Sun  (a captivating account of the real-life Beryl Markham's adventures

I'm listening to Clear as an audiobook. 03 Lucky Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy by Michael Kosta

ultimately steamy romance, Our Perfect Storm; and I'm reading the second installment in Devney Perry's adventure-romantasy

Jess and Storey are childhood friends who spend their summer adventures exploring striking, remote areas

The tone of The Blighted Stars is a somewhat dark and horrifying space adventure, with moments of sweetness

Yet her ties to her parents' home country of Nigeria remain constant, as does her desire for adventure

hazards, its topography, and staying safe among its many sinkholes and dangers, proves to be a ticket to adventure

Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women

, and the thirteen stories here revisit favorite fictional worlds, delve into never-before-revealed adventures , and offer a glimpse into the author's newest world-building adventure--which I already love. world, with a savvy, gruff female captain at sea, her beloved, artistic, romantic brother, and a big adventure

behavior, but as she grew older, she found her voice, rode a roller coaster of personal and professional adventures

joy in putting on other personas and his professional ups and downs, including the luck, grit, and adventures

behavior, but as she grew older, she found her voice, rode a roller coaster of personal and professional adventures War II British codebreaking of Nazi messages, along with a rich back story and mysterious elements, adventure The Sepetys-Sheinkin writing venture felt seamless, with adventure, interesting detail, wonderful character

When the writer was just out of high school, she was set for a big cross-country adventure and artist's

But not everything in his life has been luck and adventure.

irresistible, hardheaded, wonderfully faulted Tess as she breaks from rigid medieval gender roles in favor of adventure Tess's long-held ability to get into trouble leads her on an adventure of a lifetime. Tess is irresistibly faulted and headstrong; she is full of wonder and desperate for adventure; she is

Zelu's ties to her parents' home country of Nigeria remain constant, as does her desire for adventure

Chakraborty is also the author of the wonderful novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi , the first in

The romance is a large element, and in this adventure-romance, as with many romance novels that follow

After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit.

Side note: I’d love a spinoff in the form of an alternate reality series in which they have adventures

01 Wolvers by Taylor Brown Taylor Brown offers up a suspenseful, adventure-filled story in Wolvers. This is an outdoor adventure story that explores tensions between the preservation of nature and development

, extensive butterfly knowledge, and fascinating references to Veronica's past worldwide adventures—all alongside a dark and brooding and heavily tattooed adventurer and naturalist who becomes a loyal friend She’s itching for (and finds) adventure, knowledge, and more than a loveless, practical marriage match

young man searching for his path, and his unofficial mentor, zigzagging his way through life, embracing adventure On my first venture out of the country, I traveled to London and to a small town in County Clare, Ireland

Ilona Andrews At once a book within a book and a real-life dive into a fantasy story, the novel offers adventure to imagine a new version of herself and a future with happiness, hope, and the promise of unexpected adventure