A Day of Fallen Night

Like The Priory of the Orange Tree, this book is vast. But as someone who struggles with long books, I want to tell you that the time investment is worth every second.

If a character-driven stories about love, friendship, motherhood, and ambition against a backdrop of dragons, war, and political intrigue sounds like your kind of thing – this is the book for you.

Where other fantasy authors might be tempted to create characters, a world, and storylines that sprawl over multiple books, Samantha Shannon makes sure every arc is wrapped up. This means you can pick up this book or The Priory of the Orange Tree without needing to read the other – no prior knowledge necessary.

Whatever I next read will have to be killer to not be overshadowed by this.