dark fantasy books with female protagonist

The Magicians Guild by Trudi Canavan. Half a King by Joe Abercrombie.

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A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Morgan.

. The female lead is Indian and mixed race. Many books by Patricia C. Maybe they have sympathetic sides maybe they dont but the important thing is that its the main character of the story.

My book Apex Rising follows a strong female lead and a male coming-into-his-power lead. Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.

Here are 8 brilliant fantasy books with genius protagonists. All good fantasy stories begin with a tough scrappy protagonist and in Fate Forged youll meet Maeve ONeill a once-homeless young woman whod managed to pull herself up despite the odds stacked against her. Single POV from a female protag.

My female character has more of the adventures. Also single pov female protag. Its not Broken Empire dark but its not light hearted and funny either.

Tragicsad ending is fine just dont spoil it if this is the case. Kingdom of Ash and Soot by CS. Its even rarer for them to feature an older woman as the protagonist.

Here are 15 of. The Poppy War by RF. Its a coming-of-age adventure fantasy featuring Klrsa who is on an a mission to avenge her fathers murder.

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Its still relatively uncommon for a grimdark fantasy novel to feature a female lead. The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson.

The Assassins of Tamurin by SD. 5 Female Fantasy Books Written by Women You Need to Read in 2018 High Voltage by Karen Marie Moning. The Woven Ring by MD Presely was about a civil war and this main characters story is not a happy one.

This West Africaninspired fantasy debut will kick off a series. The Mercy Thompson series. All this progress is threatened though when nightmarish visions of torture and murder plague Maeve and her attempts to get to the bottom of this.

The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova to Los Lagos a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland Buy Labyrinth Lost now. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Annnnd there seem to be no female MCs The protagonist from Plague of Angels is female.

Anti-hero complex-characters dark-books dark-fantasy dark-science-fiction gothic-books killers villain. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is a fantasy of manners set in Regency-era England. I started book 2 and am enjoying it.

Poison Study by Maria V. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. I talked to Satan Baphomet Flibbertigibbet extensively Sauron Bellatrix LeStrange who also reviewed my earlier epic fantasy book by the way Voldermort Skeletor Krampus and a plethora of other evil lords and demons about their struggles with the forces of good.

In that same vein Soulless was a fun read. Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham. 21 Science Fiction And Fantasy Books With Powerful Women Protagonists The Eastwood sisters in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E.

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore. Princess Askia in The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly. The Tiffany Aching series starting with The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett is about a.

I will give everything to her in exchange for a smile. In a genre largely defined by white bias a handful of Black authors are finally breaking the mold and giving us the Black Girl Magic frequently absent in literature. This book is gorgeously written with multiple queer characters represented.

A boy whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin. I then held a focus group where it was determined that the most important. If she wants the stars I will pick them and if she wants the moon I will go and catch it.

The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang is a queer fantasy novella. Want a fresh take on vampires. Certain Dark Things is an urban fantasy book set in Mexico City.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Wrede but Im only really familiar with Dealing with Dragons. Its a YA book about a princess.

Alessandra Clarkes debut novel reads like a seasoned authors work. Womens magic and womens votes are both outlawed. Here are eight of the best fantasy books with female assassins.

Its set in a world that youll love exploring. Red Sister by Mark Lawrence is dark-ish. Kuang is a dark epic fantasy novel inspired by the Sino-Japanese War.

Hopefully no longer than 3 books long in series but I can tolerate up to 7 for financial and space reasons for now Bonus points if said female mc is a magic user. Ad Browse Discover Thousands of Teens Book Titles for Less. Looking to increase my library of non Sanderson fantasy novels with female protags as main character.

This is the 10th novel in Monings epic paranormal series Fever which explores. Though Princess Askia is a ruler on the run from a dark. This novel features one descended from the Aztecs.

Might technically be a paranormal romance but I liked the strong female protagonist throughout the whole series. Female Protagonists in YA Fantasy Books. The Silent Tower by Barbara Hambly.

Only when she comes back will my world have light.

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