Must-Have Monday #240
Must-Have Monday is a feature highlighting which of the coming week’s new releases I’m excited for. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all books being published that week; only those I’m interested in out of those I’m aware of! The focus is diverse SFF, but other stuff sneaks in occasionally too.
FOURTEEN books this week!
(Books are listed in order of pub date, then Adult SFF, Adult Other, YA SFF, YA Other, MG SFF.)
The Witch Roads (The Witch Roads, #1) by Kate Elliott Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Representation: Bisexual MC, major trans character
Published on: 10th June 2025
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Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.
When an arrogant prince (and his equally arrogant entourage) gets stuck in Orledder Halt as part of brutal political intrigue, competent and sunny deputy courier Elen―once a child slave meant to shield noblemen from the poisonous Pall―is assigned to guide him through the hills to reach his destination.
When she warns him not to enter the haunted Spires, the prince doesn’t heed her advice, and the man who emerges from the towers isn’t the same man who entered.
The journey that follows is fraught with danger. Can a group taught to ignore and despise the lower classes survive with a mere deputy courier as their guide?
The Witch Roads is the latest epic novel by fan favorite, Kate Elliott.
One of the most incredibly addictive books I’ve read in a WHILE! Even if the synopsis doesn’t sound like your thing, I urge you to give it a try – it didn’t sound like my thing either, but I ended up not able to put the book down!
You can read an excerpt here!
Flight of the Fallen (Magebike Courier #2) by Hana Lee Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists, Science Fantasy
Representation: East Asian-coded cast, bi/pansexual MC, bi/pansexual MC, dyslexic MC, polyamory
Published on: 10th June 2025
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Hana Lee’s gritty, queer Mad Max–inspired fantasy duology concludes with more high-stakes political intrigue, monsters of all kinds, and a high-speed motorcycle adventure to find a refuge for humanity beyond the wasteland.
Jin-Lu should be happy. Princess Yi-Nereen of Kerina Rut and Prince Kadrin of Kerina Sol have reunited after twelve long years, having survived a near-apocalypse. They are safe and in love—thanks to Jin—and they want her to join them for their upcoming nuptials in Kerina Sol.
But their happy ending came at the cost of Jin’s.
Jin lost everything in the fallout of saving the world. Now she’s Talentless, scrabbling to eke out a living in the lowest echelons of society. All she wants is to be left alone with her shameful secret, but the storms that sweep the wastes have other plans.
When refugees from a fallen city flood into Kerina Sol, the delicate balance between Talented and Talentless shatters. With tensions rising and civil war looming, Yi-Nereen, Kadrin, and Jin must join forces again to save their own people and the refugees.
Now their salvation lies beyond the wastes, in the mythical home of the the First City.
This is such a WILDLY unique setting – post-apocalyptic science fantasy? – and I’m really hoping we get answers to some of the mysteries introduced in the first book!
You can read an excerpt here (below the About The Book section)!
My review of book one, Road to Ruin!
The Wicked + The Divine Compendium by Kieron Gillen Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Black MC, BIPOC, queer, and QBIPOC cast
Published on: 10th June 2025
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“The Wicked + The Divine is about art, creativity and living to the fullest, but mainly about death.” —USA Today
The critically acclaimed, compulsively page-turning, urban fantasy series returns in its definitive edition, collecting the complete story in one binge-ready volume.
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead.
A world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.
The critical and commercial smash by the team behind Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM has its entire story collected in this single volume.
If you, like me, read a little of The Wicked + The Divine but didn’t keep up with it – or if you’ve never read it at all – or if you love the series and want a 1000+ page omnibus of it – then ta da! This is the COMPLETE series in one ENORMOUS book, and I WILL be pouncing on it! (It’s also available as an ebook, which will probably be much easier to carry around!)
Epsilon Nine (Twin Suns Book 2) by Olive J. Kelley Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists, Sci Fi
Representation: Trans MC
Published on: 10th June 2025
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Six months after the attack on Adrestia, trans activist Juno Marcus finds her revolution at a standstill—they've been forced into hiding, only leaving the uncharted planet they call home to participate in protests as the Galactic Presidential Election grows near. But, when she and girlfriend Castor Quasar are torn apart in a riot, she finds herself directed to safety by a mysterious, anonymous signal—a transmission only signed as EPSILON 09.
However, while revolution moves quick, the galaxy moves quicker, and Juno and the rest of the rebels find themselves embroiled in conflict after conflict—a once-green planet ravaged by spilled oil, a fundraising gala that ends in blood, and a threat that forces Castor to confront old wounds. As the election grows nearer every day and messages from EPSILON containing impossible intel grow more frequent, Juno starts to question everything she thought she knew. Is she doing enough? Is the galaxy's democracy still worth saving?
Or is it time to burn it all down and build something new from the ashes?
It is PAST time I started reading this series, hopefully the release of book two will help me start book one!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Sapphic MCs
Published on: 10th June 2025
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Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.
London, 1837.
Boston, 2019.
Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots.
One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild.
And all of them grow teeth.
I’ve been promised toxic sapphic vampires with the vibes of the Interview With the Vampire tv show, which is an extremely high bar, but one I hope Bury Us clears! I need something to read until IWtV season three…!
You can read an excerpt here – and another one here!
A Most Puzzling Murder by Bianca Marais Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Published on: 10th June 2025
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How do you solve a murder that hasn't happened yet?
Destiny Whip is a former child prodigy, world-renowned enigmatologist and very, very alone. A life filled with loss has made her a recluse, an existence she’s content to endure until a letter arrives inviting her to interview for the position of Scruffmore family historian. Not only does an internet search for the name yield almost nothing, it’s a role she never applied to in the first place!
After she decodes the invitation’s hidden message with ease, the promise of her family secrets being revealed is too powerful a draw for the orphaned Destiny, who soon finds herself on Eerie Island. It’s a place whose inhabitants are almost as inhospitable as the tempestuous weather. The Scruffmores themselves turn out to be not much better, a snarled mess of secrets and motives connected by their mistrust for one another.
Their newly arrived guest proves to be just as much an enigma to them as they are to her. While Destiny slowly works to unravel the mysteries hidden throughout the ominous castle, she struggles to interpret disturbing nightly visions of what is to come. In the midst of cryptic ciphers, hidden passages, and the family’s magical heritage and line of succession, Destiny is certain of two things: one of the Scruffmores is going to die and she’s running out of time to stop it.
Interspersed with riddles and puzzles that both Destiny and the reader must solve, A Most Puzzling Murder is a one-of-a-kind mystery that will leave you guessing and gasping until the very last page!
I came across this one when I looked up the author in relation to another of her books, Witches of Moonshyne Manor – and discovered that I definitely wanted to read this one as well! This seems to be the kind of interactive mystery I haven’t engaged with before – you can email a main character for hints re puzzles you have to solve to continue, there’s apparently choose your own adventure elements… I’m intrigued!
We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon Genres: Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy, Queer Protagonists, YA
Representation: Nonbinary MC, queer MC
Published on: 10th June 2025
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Sweet Tooth meets The Raven Boys in this queer young adult contemporary fantasy about what it means to belong from H.E. Edgmon.
You can never go home…
Every day, all across the world, inhuman creatures are waking up with no memory of who they are or where they came from–and the Caravan exists to help them. The traveling community is made up of these very creatures and their families who’ve acclimated to this new existence by finding refuge in each other. That is, until the morning five teenage travelers wake to find their community has disappeared around them overnight.
Those left: a half-human who only just ran back to the Caravan with their tail between their legs, two brothers–one who can’t seem to stay out of trouble and the other who’s never been brave enough to get in it, a venomous girl with blood on her hands and a heart of gold, and the Caravan’s newest addition, a disquieting shadow in the shape of a boy. They’ll have to work together to figure out what happened the night of the disappearance, but each one of the forsaken five is white-knuckling their own secrets. And with each truth forced to light, it becomes clear this isn’t really about what happened to their people–it’s about what happened to them.
I DNFed my early copy of this one; it’s the wrong flavour of dark for me, and I found it very slow. But if you like your teens toxic and your darkness a bit more surreal, with the overall vibe more dreamy, then you might have a better time with it than I did!
You can read an excerpt here!
The Incorruptibles (The Incorruptibles, #1) by Lauren Magaziner Genres: Fantasy, MG, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Queer MC, queer secondary characters
Published on: 10th June 2025
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A girl joins the human resistance against sorcerer tyranny in this first book in the exciting upper middle grade fantasy series The Incorruptibles that’s Keeper of the Lost Cities meets The Marvellers.
Fiora Barrowling lives in a world where sorcerers rule over humans. After surviving an encounter with The Radiance—the very worst of the sorcerers—she’s whisked away to the incredible Incorruptibles (“Inc”) Academy, a school for resistance fighters in training. But most of the other students think Fiora hasn’t earned her place there, and when things start to go wrong and it seems the sorcerers have a spy in the academy, all eyes are on Fiora. With all odds stacked against her, can Fiora prove that she belongs?
The author’s mentioned that EIGHT of the cast are queer, including the MC, and that the ‘house’ system of her magic school has the students choosing their houses, not any external force. I like the sound of that!
Wars in Wonderland by E.J. Pepino Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy, Portal Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: F/F
Published on: 11th June 2025
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At only seven years old, Alice’s nightmares began. She was plagued with visions of adventure and torture no child should have to endure. But that's all they were, nightmares. Until now. Twenty years later, the rabbit has returned to take her back and Alice finds herself face to face with the very creatures she thought weren’t real. Struggling as her reality comes crashing down around her, she meets Red.
Red will do anything to get her revenge on the monster who took her world away. She's spent years trying to kill him. But when she finds herself with two sirens who never wanted anything to do with a human before, she has something to lose again. Her efforts slowed and became stagnant. Enter Alice; the one person who can help her enact her revenge. Her spark for vengeance reignites.
Will this path they’re about to embark on be worth the risks?
I’m not usually interested in Alice in Wonderland retellings, but I’m willing to take a peek at this one.
Unconventional Love: Anthology on the Expanse of Love (Love Anthologies) by Effie Joe Stock, Nathaniel Luscombe Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: (Some) queer MCs
Published on: 12th June 2025
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Familial. Romantic. Platonic.
Love is but one word struggling to encompass a wide variety of emotions, connections, relationships. This anthology seeks to sail the vastness of love’s expanse and discover all the many ways humans love and are loved.
From loving your partner as a worm, to a love letter from a daughter to mother, to faun and mergirl lovers separated by culture, to a telepathic friendship nearly cast away, Unconventional Love is a collection like no other, bringing together hearts and emotions scattered across a universe so fast and an even greater love.
I hope these stories are genuinely boundary-pushing/thought-provoking, because I’ve been longing for something like this for ages!
Cage of Starlight by Jules Arbeaux Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Ace-spectrum M/M
Published on: 12th June 2025
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Don't make waves, don't get attached, and never let anyone see the tattoos.
Those rules have kept Tory Arknett alive, alone, and on the run for years in a country eager to put his healing hands to the work of war. When a desperate display of magic outs him to the authorities, Tory flees—right into the hands of cold and competent Sena Vantaras.
Caged in a cruel training facility and threatened with placement on the front lines of a brutal war, Tory needs to get out before he gets dead.
There’s just one thing to do before he goes: make Sena pay.
But when a mission strands them in enemy territory, they'll have to work together to survive. As they learn more about each other and the myth behind the magic that connects them, Tory and Sena find belonging with each other. But the trackers the facility has implanted in them will kill them in three days if they don't go back. Soon, Tory and Sena face a desperate decision: their freedom, or their lives?
A grumpy healer must work with his captor when a mission strands them in enemy territory in this action-packed, queer romantic fantasy by the author of Lord of the Empty Isles.
Arbeaux’s debut was great, and I’m even more excited for their sophomore novel!
Reignclowd Palace: A Cosy, Craft-Filled Fantasy with Magic, Dragons, and Secrets by Philippa Rice Genres: Adult, Fantasy
Published on: 12th June 2025
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'Once you’ve entered the world of the artist Philippa Rice, you’ll never want to leave' Charlotte Runcie, The Telegraph
Pre-order the cosy, craft-filled fantasy where magic is in every ornate palace corridor and cobblestoned street . . .
--Evnie Treedle makes magical things and for the last few years she has been selling them in magical knickknacks shop, the Magpie Nest.
But everything changes when one day Evnie’s crafting abilities catch the attention of the nearby Reignclowd Palace. She is asked to become their resident spellsmith… the original spellsmith suddenly ill under mysterious circumstances.
Evnie is soon put to work making and mending magical objects. Yet, problems start to appear when she realises there’s much more at stake than friendship or romance; a dragon looms over the kingdom looking for a soul to devour, and it’s eyes are set on their princess.
--
'Rice is immensely talented and versatile who works with sculpture and textiles and collage, and that smorgasbord of knowledge transmutes into her work' Zainab Akhtar - Comics & Cola
Pretty sure this is a UK-only release at the moment (although I think you can get the ebook through US Amazon?) but I’m so enchanted by that premise that I will be jumping through the necessary hoops to get my hands on a copy! (Also, we can apparently expect a lot of knitting!)
Damsels and Dinosaurs by Wren Jones Genres: Adult, Queer Protagonists, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Secondary World No Magic
Representation: F/F
Published on: 13th June 2025
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Poppy Fletcher is not just a society heiress (she is— of the famous Fletcher Honey Company) set to marry the wealthiest man in London (the heir of a tea empire with the personality of chamomile). No, Poppy fancies herself a journalist... in spirit, at least.
When her family’s honey empire begins to crumble, Poppy stows away to her aunt’s secretive island, hoping to (somehow) solve the mystery behind the why the bees stopped producing and escape her looming nuptials (by any means necessary).
She expected to find a mystery. She did not expect actual, living dinosaurs (abnormally tiny, adorable dinosaurs).
She also didn’t expect her family to send her betrothed’s cousin (Athena, Poppy’s Very Secret and Very Grumpy Ex) to retrieve her there.
Everything’s perfectly under control.
(Probably).
Honestly, you put a dinosaur in a cute hat on your cover and that’s it, I’m sold. I’m easy like that!
Son of the Moon Book 1: Serendipity by Janelle Cressida Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Contemporary or Urban Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: MLM MC, MLM East Asian MC, M/M
Published on: 13th June 2025
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"Don't come crying to me if he somehow manages to actually kill you!"
Twenty-one-year-old Jesse leads a pretty ordinary life until he encounters Jamie, who, covered in soot and ash, can't even remember where the blood on his hands came from.
Aware of the risk, Jesse offers him a place for the night, and what starts as simple act of kindness quickly deepens into a profound connection. Jamie explores the world anew, curious and with an endearing innocence, but things change rapidly when their first intimate moment nearly ends in tragedy. Even worse, Jamie begins to experience vivid nightmares; and discovering mysterious powers inside of him, the question of who he really is becomes all the more pressing. What did he do before he met Jesse? Is Jamie truly the harmless person he seems to be?
Dive in to the beginning of a unique love story that is filled with unexpected twists and turns, a story that will change the world forever.
The early reviews of this have been very positive but light on detail about the story itself, so I don’t know what to expect of this one!
Will you be reading any of these? Did I miss any releases you think I should know about? Let me know!
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