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Hafsah Faizal is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of WE HUNT THE FLAME, WE FREE THE STARS and A TEMPEST OF TEA, and the founder of IceyDesigns, where she creates websites for authors and beauteous goodies for everyone else. A Forbes 30 under 30 honoree, when she’s not writing, she can be found designing, playing Assassin’s Creed, or traversing the world. Born in Florida and raised in California, she now resides in Texas with a library of books waiting to be devoured.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 205,452 ratings · 35,478 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 111,882 ratings — published 2019 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 46,184 ratings — published 2021 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 38,130 ratings — published 2024 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 5,549 ratings — published 2025 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wishless Ones (Dark Ascension, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sands of Arawiya Series 2 Books Collection Set (Sands of Arawiya, #1-2) by Hafsah Faizal (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 119 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blade of Honey (The Lion & the Bee, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 74 ratings — expected publication 2027 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood and Tea Series 2 Books Collection Set By Hafsah Faizal 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hafsah Faizal Sands of Arawiya & Blood and Tea Series 4 Books Collection Set 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untitled (The Lion & the Bee, #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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First Look at WE HUNT THE FLAME’s Map Art

We Hunt the Flame releases in May, but now that ARCs are heading out into the world (farewell, book of my heart!), I thought it was time to reveal the gorgeous map art Virginia Allyn illustrated for the world of Arawiya.

Here’s a fancy video I put together:

https://www.hafsahfaizal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/MapReveal-wDate.mp4

Isn’t it delightful? A few notes:

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Series by Hafsah Faizal

Sands of Arawiya (2 books)
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Hafsah Faizal (Goodreads Author)

3.95 avg rating — 158,184 ratings

Blood and Tea (2 books)
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Hafsah Faizal (Goodreads Author)

3.52 avg rating — 43,676 ratings

The Lion & the Bee (2 books)
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Hafsah Faizal (Goodreads Author)

4.23 avg rating — 74 ratings

According to the calendar, we’re already halfway through 2024. That means it’s time for our annual midyear check-in, where we suss out...

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Hafsah Faizal and 15 other people liked Joan He's review of Blade of Honey (The Lion & the Bee, #1): "wow way to ruin all jokes of opening a bakery hafsah idk if I'll ever forgive you but masterful I guess :/ my favorite I guess :/ would guzzle down all the honey and be stabbed all over again I guess :/ will read BOH2 I GUESS"
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“We hunt the flame, the light in the darkness, the good this world deserves.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

tags: fantasy, inspirational, we-hunt-the-flame

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“A thousand leagues and a thousand sands. For you, a thousand times I would defy the sun.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

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“Heart of my heart. Moon of my soul.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

tags: romance, we-hunt-the-flame

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4/1/21 ◇◆◇ Favourite YA fantasy author? (write-in if yours wasn't mentioned!)

Sarah J. Maas

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message 9: by Hafsah

Mar 08, 2014 12:14PM

♥♥Mari♥♥ wrote: "Hi, Hafsah! Thanks for accepting my friend request!! : )"

You're very welcome :)

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message 8: by ♥♥Mari♥♥

Mar 08, 2014 12:12PM

Hi, Hafsah! Thanks for accepting my friend request!! : )

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message 7: by Hafsah

Oct 11, 2013 07:27AM

Steph wrote: "Yay! We are GR friends! :D"

That we are :)

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message 6: by Steph

Oct 11, 2013 07:23AM

Yay! We are GR friends! :D

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message 5: by Hafsah

Oct 12, 2012 07:45PM

Jennifer wrote: "Hafsah,

Your instructions for creating a blog button with HTML code, on your blog, rock! Thank you."

Good to hear! And you're very welcome, Jennifer!

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message 4: by Jennifer

Oct 12, 2012 07:42PM