Among the Beasts and Briars
by Ashley Poston
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 820L · 352 pages · 2020
Why we'd hand it over
A slow-burn dark fairy tale with genuine atmospheric weight and a queer romance that earns its ending; Poston's prose is lush without drowning the plot, and Elara's reluctant-hero arc resists easy comfort.