Shimmering Worlds Reading Challenge 2024 - hosted by afantasysky

Animal companion
A pet, a familiar or something else altogether. Fantasy animals count too!
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The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

The Brides of High Hill

The Singing Hills Cycle #5

Nghi Vo

115 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Lout of Count's Family, Season 2 by Ryeo-Han Yu, PING

Lout of Count's Family, Season 2

Lout of the Count's Family (Webtoon) #2

Ryeo-Han Yu, PING

1430 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy manga adventurous dark reflective medium-paced
Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon

Wolf, Willow, Witch

The Gideon Testaments #2

Freydís Moon

169 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark mysterious fast-paced
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear

Robin Wasley

405 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull

We Are the Crisis

Convergence Saga #2

Cadwell Turnbull

350 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ challenging dark medium-paced
Ami by S. Jae-Jones

Ami

Guardians of Dawn #2

S. Jae-Jones

364 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Race to the Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

302 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

Sunbringer

Fallen Gods #2

Hannah Kaner

370 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Gilded Ones

Deathless #1

Namina Forna

418 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

A Master of Djinn

The Dead Djinn Universe #1

P. Djèlí Clark

392 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced