Fantasy
Struggling to find acceptance as a scullery maid in the Great House of Brightshire, Anais discovers a manuscript on the practice of illegal blood magic. In secret, she teaches herself the art. Amidst rumors of townspeople devoured by monsters, she finds herself in need of her new powers.
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb;
The Magic of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt;
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
