Today’s Wyrd & Wonder prompt is “Underrated: books that deserve more love” So here are 6 of my favorite fantasy books that have less than 4,000 rating on GoodReads. (For reference; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has over 6.5 million ratings)
The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids
by Michael McClung
Number of Ratings: 2,443 | Average Rating: 4.00
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This book won the Self Published Fantasy Blog-Off, Hosted by Mark Lawrence in 2012 and I don’t remember much about this book other than the fact that I loved it.
Heroine Complex
by Sarah Kuhn (Goodreads Author)
Number of Ratings: 3,034 | Average Rating: 3.64
Goodreads | Amazon*
This is one of my FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME! How does it not have more ratings?!?!?
Sherwood
by Meagan Spooner
Number of Ratings: 3,052 | Average Rating: 3.68
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This is an amazing Robin Hood retelling! (And I may be biased because I love Robin Hood retellings, but this is one of my favorites)
Second Hand Curses
by Drew Hayes
Number of Ratings: 3,048 | Average Rating: 4.19
Goodreads | Amazon*
This is a super fun D&D / fairy tale inspired story. Its best in audiobook format and I highly recommend it.
The Fire’s Stone
by Tanya Huff
Number of Ratings: 3,059 | Average Rating: 3.99
Goodreads | Amazon*
This is the only book I’ve read by Tanya Huff and I loved it! I need to read more of her works.
Heartstone
by Elle Katharine White
Number of Ratings: 3,094 | Average Rating: 3.81
Goodreads | Amazon*
Pride and Prejudice and DRAGONS! (Need I say more?)
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Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? What are some of your favorite, underrated fantasy books? Lets Chat!
Perfectly Tolerable 
I only know about one of these haha! really should check them out!
(www.evelynreads.com)
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Haha which one did you know about? And have you read it or just heard of it?
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Sherwood, but I haven’t read it! I’m not sure if I will since I did not like Hunted, so I’m a bit hesitant!
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I tried to read Hunted and ended up DNF it, but I love Robin Hood retellings so Sherwood sucked me right in!
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How did I not know about the majority of these stories?? Adding them to my TBR INMEDIATELY!
Great post
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Yay!!! I hope you love them too (if you get to them :D) Thanks!
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Pride and Prejudice and DRAGONS! (Need I say more?) niiiiiiiice, going on the tbr
Looks like there’s a trend for this, and I am here for it. I recently read Pemberley: Mr. Darcy’s Dragon (Jane Austen’s Dragons #1) by Maria Grace and really liked that one too.
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😀 I hope you like it!! And That one is on my TBR! I love P&P retellings but somehow haven’t had time for that one yet. Glad you liked it!
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Great post! I want to try Heartstone and I really want to read The Fire’s Stone for the ace rep. I love the title of The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids – I’ll have to check that one out!
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I hope you like them!! The best part of the Fire’s Stone was the characters so I hope you love them too ❤
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Heroine Complex looks like so much fun! Sherwood and Heartstone have been on my TBR too long, so it’s time I get to them for sure!
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Haha I almost never actually get to book on my TBR 😂 😂 But I hope you love them if you ever get to them!
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I adored Heartstone as well as the sequel. I still need to read the third book in the series, though. 😁
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Haha I never got to the 3rd one either, even though I did buy it 😂
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Second-Hand Curses was so much fun! I’ve love another book with those characters. And Heroine Complex is great too!
I’ve read lots of Tanya Huff’s books (but not the one you listed) and I think my favorites are The Keeper Chronicles, which start with Summon The Keeper. So much fun, plus it has a snarky talking cat. Love it.
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I bought some other books by the same Author, but haven’t read them yet. I want a sequel too, but the Author has said he won’t do one 😦 And Yay! Heroine complex is awesome 😀 I will have to check out those Huff books ❤ Thanks!
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I’ve read Drew Hayes’ NPCs series, and really enjoyed it. 🙂 Happy reading!
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Um, I’m so upset with myself for barely knowing these books! I only know of Heroine Complex from your blog. And Sherwood I’ve seen around… but that’s about it. Are any of these stand alone novels? I’m trying to avoid starting new series, but I could use an underrated fantasy novel to celebrate during quarantine!
The Marked quartet is my favorite under-rated fantasy series. It’s a indie series. I don’t know how I found it, but I love it. The final book came out at the end of 2019 and I need to finish it. I also enjoyed The Epic Crush of Genie Lo and THAT book series ended with the second in the duology last year. Looks like I have some catching up to do.
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Don’t be upset for not knowing these!! The whole point is that they are relatively unknown haha.
Sherwood, The Fire’s Stone, and Second Hand Curses are all stand alones!! (and I don’t blame you! I am overrun with series and am trying to stick to stand alones too haha). If you end up reading any of them let me know what you think!
I’ve never heard of any of those ones! I will check them out 😀 Thanks!
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Haha– good point. But if you love them, you think I’d know more about them!
YES. STANDALONES. Okay, I’ve got all these on my TBR for “between book club books” now. If I can stay on top of my book club reading, then this will come in handy. But with quarantine brain, you never can tell.
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I just KNEW I would find Sherwood on you lits Brittany! I remember how much you loved that book!
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Haha sometimes I can be a bit predictable 🤣 but I love what I love ❤ 😀
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Hi Brittany, I came across your blog while browsing #WyrdAndWonder on Twitter 🙂 I haven’t read any of these but I am curious about Sherwood!
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I am slightly obsessed with Robin Hood so I am biased toward loving retellings, but I thought Sherwood was awesome!
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Ooh, good to know! It’s been awhile since I read a Robin Hood story. I just borrowed Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley to read for Wyrd & Wonder.
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I haven’t read that one! I will have to check it out 😀 Thanks ❤
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Sherwood sounds interesting! And I remember hearing about The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids – I really need to remember to check that out one day!
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I really enjoyed Sherwood 😀 I hope you like TTWPOTB if you end up reading it (Its got a crazy long title haha but its a fun read!)
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Of these I’ve only read Heartstone which didn’t work for me because I’m picky haha. But I do want to read the sequels to it anyway. 😀 I also want to read Sherwood and I think I have that Tanya Huff book in my TBR from when you mentioned it before. 🙂
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Haha I loved it and still haven’t read the third book 🤣 I hope you like then better than the first book! And I hope you like Sherwood and The Fire’s Stone if you get to them!
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I have seen Heartstone around a few times and hey dragons so that should be right up my alley. Adding to my big list.
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Yay! I hope you like it if you get around to it 😀
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Oooh, I LOVE Robin Hood retellings as well! One of my favourite stories of all time 🙂
And Pride&Prejudice with dragons?? Why did I never hear of this? I’m digging up a sample right now, thank you! 🙂
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Do you have a favorite Robin Hood retelling? And I hope you love Heartstone if you read it!
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Thanks!
My favourite is the Robin Hood anime from 1990 🙂 Absolutely adore it, still!
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Ahh, The Fire’s Stone. ❤ I love it too.
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Yay! I love finding other people who have read it too ❤
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The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids is quite a title, but I love the sound of it! Definitely gonna have to check that one out. Heartstone had me at dragons. Anything with dragons is a win, but that sounds really interesting!
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Haha it is kind of a ridiculous title 🤣 But its a great book! I hope you like both it and Heartstone if you read them ❤
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I have The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble’s Braids and Sherwood. I think I downloaded them based on your reviews in the past. I have not read them yet, although Sherwood in on audiobook, so I am going to try and listen to it soon.
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Oooh yay! I hope you like them both if you get around to them ❤
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