How to Save The World
according to the Cozy Fantasy genre.
So far this year, I have read 19 books. Fantasy novels, to be precise. Each time I walk into my local library to return one book and pick up another from the hold shelves, I like to think that the librarians watch me in awe, wondering what sort of reading quest I am on. (I know that’s not really happening, I mean… it’s likely not happening…)
I stumbled into the cozy fantasy genre at the end of 2024 when the horrors were confirmed, and after having my fill of steamy Romantasies. Not to throw shade on the romance genre, for which I have a lot of respect; it’s wonderful to be able to turn to a book with a guaranteed HOA (Happily Ever After). But given the state of the world and the country, I needed something that would both take me away from the insanity of every day life while also giving me hope for how to survive it. So I turned to fantasy.
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