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Laurie Forest is a New York Times, USA Today & Internationally Bestselling Author who lives deep in the backwoods of Vermont where she sits in front of a wood stove drinking strong tea and dreaming up tales full of dryads, dragons and wands. She has penned THE BLACK WITCH CHRONICLES including - THE BLACK WITCH, THE REBEL MAGES (a compilation of the prequel novels WANDFASTED & LIGHT MAGE), THE SHADOW WAND, THE DEMON TIDE & THE DRYAD STORM. She is currently working on her first standalone adult romantasy - SILVERLING.

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Average rating: 4.14 · 108,322 ratings · 11,069 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 42,309 ratings — published 2017 — 36 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 Iron Flower (The Black Witch Chronicles, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 24,924 ratings — published 2018 — 26 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 Shadow Wand (The Black Witch Chronicles, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 17,412 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Demon Tide (The Black Witch Chronicles, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 9,911 ratings — published 2022 — 19 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
	Wandfasted (The Black Witch Chronicles, #0.5) 4.22 avg rating — 6,244 ratings — published 2017 — 9 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
	Light Mage (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1.5) 4.23 avg rating — 5,252 ratings — published 2018 — 9 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 Rebel Mages (The Black Witch Chronicles #0.5 & 1.5) 4.41 avg rating — 1,966 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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 Black Witch Chronicles, Volume 1 4.48 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2018 — 2 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 Dryad Storm (The Black Witch Chronicles, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 139 ratings — expected publication 2025 — 9 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
	Fantasy Books Box Set: An Epic Young Adult Collection by Laurie Forest (Goodreads Author), Kaitlyn Sage Patterson (Goodreads Author), Amanda Foody (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019	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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It's becoming a tradition of mine to read a feminist-horror book by Dawn Kurtagich as fall sweeps in and Vermont starts to get spookily gloomy in the morning and evenings, and the world here is rapidly darkening. Dawn is one of the most wildly creati ...more
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“People see what they expect to see,” he says sharply. “Through a filter of their own hatred and prejudice.”
― Laurie Forest, The Black Witch

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“Real education doesn't make your life easy. It complicates things and makes everything messy and disturbing. But the alternative...is to live your life based on injustice and lies.”
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“Often you have to fall into the blackness of utter confusion before you can emerge to see even the smallest glimmer of the truth.”
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Which June New Release would you like to read in July?

Books were randomly chosen from Goodreads' "Most Popular Books Published In June" list.

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Alpha Night (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #4; Psy-Changeling, #19) by Nalini Singh

Alpha Night by Nalini Singh
(Psy-Changeling Trinity, #4; Psy-Changeling, #19)

2 votes, 40.0%

Deadly Vows (Lizzie Grace, #6) by Keri Arthur

Deadly Vows by Keri Arthur
(Lizzie Grace #6)

2 votes, 40.0%

American Demon (The Hollows, #14) by Kim Harrison

American Demon by Kim Harrison
(The Hollows, #14)

1 vote, 20.0%

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) by Roseanne A. Brown

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
(A Song of Wraiths and Ruin #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1) by Lori M. Lee

Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
(Shamanborn, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Goddess in the Machine (Goddess in the Machine, #1) by Lora Beth Johnson

Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
(Goddess in the Machine, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Shadow Wand (The Black Witch Chronicles, #3) by Laurie Forest

The Shadow Wand by Laurie Forest
(The Black Witch Chronicles, #3)

0 votes, 0.0%

The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1) by Melissa Caruso

The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
(Rooks and Ruin, #1)

0 votes, 0.0%

Broken Dawn (Immortal Guardians, #10) by Dianne Duvall

Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall
(Immortal Guardians #10)

0 votes, 0.0%

Dawn Caravan (Elemental Legacy, #4) by Elizabeth Hunter

Dawn Caravan by Elizabeth Hunter
(Elemental Legacy #4)

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