Fantasy Books to Read if You Like Tamora Pierce

Readers who loved Daine Sarrasri’s shapeshifting magic will also enjoy Atwater-Rhodes’ Kiesha’ra series, which begins with Hawksong. War has always raged between the avian and serpiente peoples — until heir to the avian throne Danica Shardae and serpiente leader Zane Cobriana form a political marriage to forge peace between them. Both series focus on a supernatural war, with Hawksong leaning a bit more romantically than the Immortals quartet.

Like Pierce’s Tortall universe, Lackey’s Valdemar universe is a sprawling one, with over 40 titles that began with the publication of Arrows of the Queen in 1987, just four years after the publication of Alanna: The First Adventure. Like Alanna, Arrows protagonist Talia is a girl with unique magical abilities in pursuit of her destiny, and the series is filled with magic and adventure. With so many volumes already in print — and likely more to come, as the universe is ongoing — there’s plenty to tide fans over while waiting for the next book in the Numair Chronicles.

Polly Whittacker has two sets of memories. In the first, things are boringly normal; in the second, her life is entangled with the mysterious, complicated cellist Thomas Lynn. One day, the second set of memories overpowers the first, and Polly knows something is very wrong. Someone has been trying to make her forget Tom – whose life, she realizes, is at supernatural risk. Fire and Hemlock is a fantasy filled with sorcery and intrigue, magic and mystery – and a most unusual and satisfying love story.