A young woman raised in the wild leaves home to forge her path at King Arthur's court in this queer Arthurian fantasy filled with magic and adventure.
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A young woman raised in the wild leaves home to forge her path at King Arthur's court in this queer Arthurian fantasy filled with magic and adventure.
Winner of the ADCI Literary Prize Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel Finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Finalist for the HWA Gold Crown Award for Historical Fiction She left all she knew to find who she could be . . . She grows up in the wild wood, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake drift to her on the spring breeze, scented with promise. And when she ...
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F/f romance with seduction and desire; multiple encounters with women
Fantasy battles, fights to the death, blood, and combat violence
No profanity depicted
No substance use depicted
Central queer protagonist; multiple f/f relationships and gender nonconformity
Arthurian Grail quest and court elements
Magic, visions, sorcerers, and protagonist's supernatural abilities
No real-world occult elements
Feminist and subversive gender themes in historical setting
No self-harm or suicide depicted
Death of a parent, misogyny, and fantasy violence
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