—— ≀ themes i like

• revenge
• hidden identity
• tragic love stories
• unrequited love
• love triangle
• found family
• the journey of self discovery
• the resilience of the human spirit
• solitude
• war
• good vs. evil
• books that make you cry
• girlhood
• cults
• desert setting
• forest setting
• dark seaside setting
• to await death, to see death coming
  • ex. burial rites, corrag, hex
• the soul after passing narrating the story
  • ex. the lovely bones, devotion, the book thief, death of vivek oji
• being taken to a different world or place and finding themselves changed there
  • ex. the heart of betrayal, the bone season, acomaf
• a traumatic event told from multiple perspectives
  • ex. confessions, human acts

—— ≀ sff

• historical fantasy
• folklore, mythology, (dark)fairytales
• space opera
• magic school setting
• tournaments/competitions/trials
• fae and elementals
• mystics and healers
• psychic/clairvoyance
• witches
• the mentor - student relationship

—— ≀ historical fiction

• ancient egypt
• ancient greece
• ancient rome
• biblical stories
• 1600s
• 1800s (victorian)