the sun and the void by gabriela romero lacruz

It’s 1873, and her skills are wanted by grieving widows and investigators alike, but Lenna Wickes is skeptical of the occult and afterlife. On the outskirts of Paris, France, Vaudeline D’Allaire speaks to the dead. The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner But she begins to suspect that Violet had a secret, one hidden in the bones of the cottage since the 17th century. She arrives at the Weyward Cottage she inherited from her great aunt she barely remembers. In 2019, Kate flees London to escape her abusive partner. She also longs for her mother, rumored to have gone mad before her death, who left her an engraved locket and the word “weyward” scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.

In 1942, Violet is trapped in her crumbling family estate and longs for an education and a chance to travel the world as a biologist. In 1619, Altha Weyward is accused of witchcraft, but the magic her mother taught her is not rooted in spells but in the natural world. Three generations of women-across five centuries-have one thing in common, they are all unusual women. Biddy must venture into the outside world to save him from his enemies, but the more she learns about her past, the more she questions Rowan and herself. That chance comes when her guardian, a magician named Rowan, doesn’t return from his mysterious travels. Her life on the hidden magical island is quiet, a reality she finds increasingly stifling, and she longs for a chance to explore the outside world. Hy-Brasil is the only home Biddy has ever known. As the city falls into ruin-Pampa is at the center. But as time goes on, the city becomes more complex and its leaders more corrupt. Over the next 250 years, the city grows from the magical seeds Pampa sewed herself into a society where women have agency in a patriarchal world. She is given her powers and is told she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga or “victory city”. In the fourteenth-century in southern India, nine-year-old Pampa encounters a goddess. From 14th century India to 20th century New York, the time and place for fantasy lovers to step into is vast and exciting as ever.Ī goddess speaks through Pampa Kampana. Feature image doesn’t love the immense world building and incredible characters found in the fantasy genre, but throw in some real-life historical flare to pull all the magic into our own world and we are hooked! This year there are so many great historical fantasy books coming out it was hard to choose just a few.

The sun and the void by gabriela romero lacruz