Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish and now hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl, wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten.
This week is a Halloween freebie and what better way to celebrate it than give you folks recommendations in one of my favorite genres – dark fantasy?!
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
- Spooky curse thingy
- Quite gay
- So gothic
Down Among the Sticks & Bones by Seanan McGuire
- Very gothic and very gay
- Has a vampire and a mad scientist
- Quite morbid
Beware the Wild by Natalie C Parker
- Southern gothic vibes
- swamp that gives you faerie vibes
- missing people
Shallow Graves by Kali Wallace
- dark and morbid
- main character hunts killers
- Supernatural Season 1 vibes
Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter
- dark faerie story that jumps right into horror territory
- messed up family dynamics
- well contained in a standalone story
Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
- Vampires are sexy but also not
- dystopian vibes
- gritty and dark
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
- short but not sweet
- spooky vibes
- ending leaves you guessing
Wicked Saints by Emily A Duncan
- has blood mages so that automatically puts it in dark territory
- somehow gave me an impression of constant night throughout the book
- quite monstrous characters
Damsel by Elana K Arnold
- subverts tropes
- loads of rage and anxiety
- has dragons
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- merges many retelling into one historical tale
- women get shit done
- only wish it was more gay
Roses and Rot by Kat Howard
- Tamlin retelling with nightmare fae vibes
- sisterhood is the most important thing
- artists under stress
Which are you favorite dark fantasies?
I still need to read Sawkill Girls. I got it on sale last year but never got around to reading it. Sometimes you forget about all those great books you find for $1.99…
I ended up liking DAMSEL. Girls rock! My Halloween TTT
Wicked Saints is everything and umm how have I NOT read Sawkill Girls yet?
You’re making me so curious about Spinning Silver. Wow, that one looks great!
My TTT.
I’ve been meaning the read Sawkill Girls, hopefully get to it soon
Coldest Girl in Coldtown has made several lists already today. I might need to check that one out! Great list!
Here’s my TTT!
I have read Roses and Rot! I actually liked it! I am seeing Sawkill Girls everywhere, I may have to check that one out!
– Tabatha
My Top Ten Tuesday 😉
Oh, good to see some love for Damsel! I need to read Sawkill Girls, it’s been on my shelves for a short while now. Great list!
Ooh, I don’t read much fantasy, but these sound intriguing. I like my books to be dark!
YESS to all of these picks!!! So many great, dark reads. I love seeing Never Contented Things on a couple of lists this week–what a darkly woven, messed up story!
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