any book recs where the plot is actually intriguing, with no toxic male love interests?
thanks anon i live for giving recs🩷 prepare to be bombarded I'm sorry
• House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
• Everything by Adrienne Young
• Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling
• Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
• Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
• Threads That Bind by Kika Hatsopoulou
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
• The Dragons of Deepwood Fen by Brad P. Beaulieu
• Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (actually everything by Rebecca)
• One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
• A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
• Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
• The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
• The Maiden Ship by Micheline Ryckman
• Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
it doesn't get any less toxic than them:
• Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent
• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
• Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
f/f only no toxic men in sight🫶🏻👩❤️💋👩:
• Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
this is my "hear me out" section, it could maybe be argued that they're toxic but I don't think so and my standards are through the roof let me tell you:
• Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan (he is toxic but they literally all are in the best way)
• Wildblood by A. J. Vrana (you could say Kai is toxic but he's also in therapy and heals a lot throughout)
• The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (ok this probably really doesn't need to be a rec but i have to add my boy Xaden)
more cutesy and mysterious than intriguing but so good:
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling










