Farzana’s Spite by Felix Graves

Life is about as good as it gets for an anxious and depressed bastard stripped of any social benefits of her caste. Farzana has a cushy job, a wonderful best friend, and a mother and younger brother who love her to bits. Then the faerie who abandoned her mother before she was born—the father she always hoped to meet—returns, brutally murders the royal family, and seizes the crown for himself. That comfortable life? Shattered. Slowly but inevitably, both the country and Farzana’s life are dragged into a terrifying and lethal storm of chaos. If someone doesn’t step up soon to set things right, there won’t be much left worth saving. Farzana’s Spite is a sapphic dark fantasy featuring a diverse cast doing their best to stay alive during a traumatic and tumultuous period. A blend of tragedy, romance, and mystery, this story was written for anyone ever made to believe they were broken beyond repair, and who needs a story to kill that thought once and for all.

Adult • Diversity Representation/Mental Health/Own Voices • Fantasy/Dark • Diversity Representation/BIPOC/Own Voices • Diversity Representation/Neurodiversity/Own Voices • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+/Own Voices

Content Warning: Depictions of symptoms of depression, anxiety, and panic disorders, including thoughts of despair, suicidal ideation, panic attacks, nightmares, disordered eating, self-harm, and intrusive thoughts; depictions of emotional, mental, and physical abuse, including gaslighting and other manipulation; on-page suicide attempt; on-page sexual assault (one brief scene with a non-consensual kiss and groping); depictions of fantasy species-based racism, including mentions of hate crimes and rioting; depictions of violence and gore; casual use of ableist terms by two characters (not MC); multiple deaths, murders, and one infanticide; on-page fatphobia from one character (not MC); depictions of permanently disabling events; depictions and implications of parent-child neglect and abuse.