#Hannah whitten

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

So excited for these recent additions to my TBR 🖤

[shxpeshifterr]

Cosying up and reading this

[saintmachina]

Do you have any favorite traditional fantasy novels? I’ve read the Kushiel’s Dart & Captive Prince series and am on the lookout for more.

Those are two of the series I would have recommended! To be honest, I haven't read a lot of traditional (I assume you mean classic second world adventure fantasy) fantasy since i was teen: I tend to be more drawn to contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, weird fiction, slipstream, and similar genres right now. But I'm leaning back into reading some of the classics as I go.

I read a good chunk of Mistborn and loved the magic system and the worldbuilding and just stopped because I had trouble connecting to the characters, so that might be a good book for another reader. I of course love Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicle's books but those are more gothic fiction, hmm....Honestly I think Hannah's Whitten's Nightshade Crown series captures the feel and sweep of classic fantasy with a super lush, atmospheric, romantic twist. Similar, The Seven Deaths of the Saint by Alix Harrow is yes, experimental and a bit more literary, but you cannot tell me it doesn't capture the mythic, world-ending, out-of-time quality of classic fantasy.

[theghostwrites]

anyway, you should read The Foxglove King

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

vote yes if you have finished the entire book.

vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - September 10th - Slow Read

the Wilderwood duology by Hannah Whitten were slow, atmospheric reads that I enjoyed very much ❤️

[con-alas-de-angeles]

Book 2 of the Wilderwood duology

[professssor]

Really loving the similarities between The Hemlock Queen and Seige and Storm, how the main characters share a tether and each other’s powers of light and dark.

[darkcozyforest]

These have all been recommended to me aside from For the Wolf

Thoughts?

Opinions? On any of them?

If you’ve read them all what’s your favorite?

[helion-ism]

I hate the first few pages of a new fantasy series because reading them always makes me feel like I have not a single thought in my head because I am always so confused about what the hell is going on 😭

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

Fictional worlds + tea please 🫖📖

[bookishbethanyerin]

• what to read if you’re ready for autumn •

If you’re craving cozy sweaters, crisp air, and pumpkin-spice everything, here are a few books you can dive into now to kickstart autumn.🍂☕️🎃

[mythrender]

Map illustration for ‘The Foxglove King’ by Hannah Whitten, Orbit Digital, two-page spread 12 x 9.25" (2022) Described as a lush gothic fantasy, this series called for a map that would reflect the opulence of the world that the protagonist, Lore, finds herself in. I knew right away that I wanted to explore stained glass as a style here—more specifically, taking inspiration from the work that illustrator and stained glass master Harry Clarke was doing in Ireland in the early 1900s. I’ve been obsessed with his work ever since I got to see some pieces in person!

The map is framed by the Bleeding God and the Buried Goddess, the two deities whose story sets up the current stakes in the novel. Imagining that this is an actual stained glass window somewhere in the citadel, I also incorporated various symbols mentioned in the book: the candle, roses, sun and crescent moon, golden and silver threads for spiritum and mortem respectively.

Here’s the sketch I sent in for approval, with annotations explaining the visual choices:

Thanks to AD Lauren Panepinto for the creative freedom and also the help with the typefaces!

The book comes out March 7 in the USA. You'll enjoy it if you're a fan of palace intrigue mixed with dark magic and religious institutions. The regular Orbit hardback has the map in black and white while the special Barnes & Noble edition has it in colour on the endpapers. Prints available in my INPRNT store with white and dark backgrounds!

[theghostwrites]

Reading The Foxglove King and I'm sorry but

[bramblrose]

“A forest in your bones, a graveyard beneath your feet. There are no heroes here.” — For the Wolf, Hannah F. Whitten

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - March 24th - By the Forest

I love a story set in a wintry wood ❄️🌲