Hello! I'm Alice Lorentino (she/her), and I write fantasy novels! All of my books can now be requested/checked out through Libby!
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Shadow's Hidden Blade
The summary: "The gods Light and Shadow, created the world, and the millions of creatures that call it home. While they were equal in power, they were different in ability: Shadow was the creator of changelings, Light ruled over humankind. One day, the two gods fought. Their fighting caused destruction unlike anything the world had ever seen, especially because of the armies of magical super soldiers, called puppets, that each god created to fight for them. After horrific battling, Light defeated Shadow and banished Her. Over a hundred years later, a young changeling named Isabella lives surrounded by reminders of the war’s devastation, but she has simply accepted it as a part of her life. She is easily distracted by things like everyday delights, like the strange circus that comes to town one day… and shatters everything. Isabella’s mother is murdered the night of the circus’s arrival, and she’s willing to do anything to find out who is responsible. Ursa has known no other life but the circus. It’s a life of constant moving and chaos, carefully controlled by Ursa’s best friend, the hyperactive ringmaster. Ursa knows the circus isn’t perfect, but when a changeling named Isabella arrives and asks to be made a performer, it exposes a web of mysteries and lies bigger and deeper than anything Ursa ever could have imagined. Now she and Isabella must work together to uncover the secrets kept from them for years, but there are people willing to kill to keep them hidden."
Update: the name of a group of characters in the book has been changed in newer versions, from 'The Eternals' to 'The Ceaseless.' A more explanatory post can be found here.
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Splintertown
When a living creature falls asleep, small seeds fall from their nose and mouth and grow into dream-plants that sprout delicious dream-fruit.
Human dreams are the juiciest and most nutritious of all, and few people know this better than Kainma. An orphan who spent the first twelve years of her life subsiding mainly off of animal dream-plants while living in a complex cave network, Kainma decides to go to the Surface to seek a better life after a terrible tragedy. She finds a happier life after being taken in by a thief named Su and his family, but when Su’s mysterious past comes back to haunt him, Kainma and her new friends and family find themselves embroiled in a terrifying mystery that takes them to some of the darkest places in the Caves…and the mind.
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Sisters of Vipers
On the island of Alapora, only the elite and wealthy priests and priestesses, known as the Holy Ones, are permitted to safely use the magic of demons, but that doesn’t stop the common people, or the demons. For years, demons and humans have been mingling in the mysterious Masked Market, where demon magic is traded in secret.
One day, Zomoc, the overeager apprentice of a powerful priestess, seeks out the Masked Market to investigate, and meets a girl named Mola. The two become involved in a shocking chain of events that unravels everything Zomoc thought she knew about herself and her home.
Over the next three years, Zomoc and Mola give everything they have to spearhead a movement to use magic to take down the Holy Ones…or die trying.
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