Fantasy Books to Dive into this Fall

This is it. Reading season has finally arrived!

I don't do a lot of reading when the weather is nice because I spend most of my time outside. But now that it's getting darker earlier, I have time to dig into my to-be-read pile.
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Check out my October reading list below for some new fantasy books that are perfect for a chilly autumn day and a warm cup of tea.

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

From the publisher:
Two strangers find themselves connected by a vast and mysterious library containing many wonders and still more secrets, in this powerfully moving first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of Red Sister and Prince of Thorns.
The boy has lived his whole life trapped within a book-choked chamber older than empires and larger than cities.
The girl has been plucked from the outskirts of civilization to be trained as a librarian, studying the mysteries of the great library at the heart of her kingdom.
They were never supposed to meet. But in the library, they did.
Their stories spiral around each other, across worlds and time. This is a tale of truth and lies and hearts, and the blurring of one into another. A journey on which knowledge erodes certainty and on which, though the pen may be mightier than the sword, blood will be spilled and cities burned.

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Apples Dipped in Gold by Scarlett St. Clair

​From the publisher:
This woman had carved her name in my heart long ago and I still bled from that open wound.
She was my curse and I wanted to be free.
Orphaned at a young age, Samara has been left under the care of her three horrible brothers for many long years. But just when she thinks she cannot take another day of their abuse, a handsome prince offers for her hand in marriage.
Samara's brothers agree to the wedding in exchange for a large dowry, but on her way to salvation in her new kingdom, her carriage is ambushed and she is rescued by Lore, the wicked Prince of Nightshade, who demands a favor in return. Samara believes that Lore's request is meant to punish her for her crimes against his kind…but punishment is only half of Lore's plan.
The truth is that the Elven Prince has pined after Samara for seven long years. His power over poisons rivals none in the Enchanted Forest, but Samara is a new kind of toxin in his blood, and all he can think about. Can the Prince of Nightshade manage to find a remedy, or will he succumb to her love?

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Autumn Chaos by Olena Nikitin

From the publisher:
Her death was expected... her return was not.
Exiled for opposing a ruthless king, Ina, a Chaos mage with magic as lethal as it is unstable, has nearly resigned herself to the simple life of a forest witch. When a chance at freedom arrives in the form of a half-dead warrior in gold-encrusted armour, she takes it and, risking her life, she casts a forbidden spell to pull him from the claws of death.
To her confusion, when Marcach, the infamous, stern Captain of the King’s Guards, awakens, instead of granting her freedom, he accuses her of unleashing a horde of monsters.
His words are as harsh as his touch is gentle, but each time she question his claim, his eyes burn with golden fire, leading to arguments neither can win. Worse, with their kingdom threatened by an unseen enemy, he isn’t the only one who believes her despised power is a source of trouble, but he is the only one willing to help her find the truth.
Forced to work together, Ina discovers that there is more in Marcach than meets the eye, and the golden glow in his gaze is not just her imagination.
Would she survive when the punishment for treason is death and her time had just run out?

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House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

From the publisher:
In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.
Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters and their father and stepmother. Once there were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last--the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge--and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.
Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister's deaths were no accidents. The girls have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who--or what--are they really dancing with?
When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family--before it claims her next. House of Salt and Sorrows is a spellbinding novel filled with magic and the rustle of gossamer skirts down long, dark hallways. Be careful who you dance with...

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Disclaimer: I love reading, but my 9-5 job has been crazy lately. I'm starting one of these books on Oct 1, but there's a 95% chance that I'm not going to read all 4 of these books by the end of October. If you have read any of these, please let me know what you think!