These are some high fantasy books that I haven't read yet, but have heard a lot about, and am looking forward to reading.
1. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Graceling is the story of a young girl called Kasta, who is one of the Graceling - people born with an extreme skill. Her extraordinary power, or curse, is to be able to kill a man with her bare hands. Since she is the niece of the king, she should be able to lead a luxurious life, but as she is Graced with killing, she is forced to be the King's executioner and carry out her dirty work. Disgusted by the acts she is forced to commit and her growing reputation as a monster, Katsa works in secret with a handful of trusted friends to spare the innocent citizens from the wrath of the many corrupt kings of the Seven Kingdoms.
2. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Zélie Adebola is a peculiar teenager with bright white hair and theoretically, also the ability to perform magic. In her land of Orisha, under the orders of a ruthless king, the maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. But Zélie is their one chance to save magic from disappearing forever. With the help of a rogue princess, she must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating all the magi for good.
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Feyre gets dragged into a magical kingdom for the murder of a faerie, and discovers that her captor is hiding far more than he lets on. His face is obscured by a jeweled mask, as is everyone else's at court, and she is always very closely guarded. Soon she begins to learn the reason for all this, and her feelings for her captor turn from hatred into affection. She realises that the faerie lands are actually a far more dangerous place than she had initially thought. Now Feyre is required to complete tasks to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever.
4. Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
Princess Lia’s life has always followed a fixed course. As the First Daughter of the King, she is expected to have the revered gift of sight, but she doesn’t. Her parents have always decided everything for her and now they arrange her marriage to secure an alliance with a neighbouring kingdom—to a prince she has never met. On the day of her wedding, Lia flees to a distant village. She settles into a new life, where she meets two mysterious and handsome strangers. She is unaware that one of them is the Prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Lia doesn't know who to trust, and what to do, as she finds herself falling in love.
5. An Ember in the Ashes
The story is set in the Meridian Empire, where everyone who doesn't bow down to the king receives severe punishment. Laia lives a simple, poor life with her grandparents and elder brother. When her brother gets captured for treason, she is forced to make a trade with the rebels who promise to rescue him for a price. Laia has to risk her life to spy for the rebels from within the Empire's military academy. There she meets Elias, who is one of the finest soldiers of the land, but he is secretly a rebel. Both of them soon realise that their destinies are entwined, and they must help each other in their quest that will ultimately decide the fate of the whole Empire.
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