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Once and Future, For She Is Wrath, Alone Out Here, and Defy The Stars
The Gods of Men by Barbara KlossA Tale of Stars and Shadows by Lisa Cassidy
Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Red Winter by Annette Marie
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
In the middle of making the list I forgot about the YA part. Although it is great, the Kate Daniels series is not YA. I am sorry about that. The other books I have seen classified as YA. Hope this helps.
The Lunar Chronicles (Cinder, Cress, Scarlet, Winter), which is a YA sci-fi series that draws inspiration from classic European fairy tales.The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, which is a sci-fi with fantasy elements that also doubles as historical fiction.
The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. It’s more light romantasy with an awesome snow burn enemies to lovers. And Jude the FMC has zero F’s to give. Jude is the actual reason i stated started a Goodreads shelf I’ve named Ruthless FMCs
All Our Hidden Gifts is a great fantasy triologyThe Last Bloodcarver is a fantasy duology
A Warning About Swans is a retelling writen in verse and it's standalone
Criers War by Nina Valera and the 2nd book in the series Iron heart
- skyhunter, by marie lu- threads that bind, by kika hatzopoulou
- red queen, by victoria aveyard
- shadow and bone, by leigh bardugo
- warcross, by marie lu
- tress of the emerald sea, by brandon sanderson
all YA :)
Sabriel by Garth Nix.It follows 17 year old Sabriel as she travels home to the old kingdom to find her father. The new kingdom has technology, the old kingdom has magic.
It’s the start to a series but it works fine as a stand alone too.
Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi. This one might be called dsytopian to some extent, but I don't think it truly is.
Renegades by Marissa Meyer.
Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke
Signal Erased by Adele Jones. With this one, it helps if you've at least read her previous book, Immortal Mistake, but that has a male protagonist.
The Shadowfell trilogy or anything by Juliet Marillier
You could also try a couple of my books, like The Heir (Verindon #1)
Or my latest book, Keeper of the Archives.
I am in search of awesome YA sci-fi/fantasy with a female protagonist/hero.
Preferably NOT dystopian or heavy on wizards and dragons. Unless there is something so good that you believe it transcends the genre. Then I'd love to at least hear about it.
Thank you!