Blood Over Bright Haven

By:

M.L. Wang

Spice Scale

Number of books

1 Published

KU

❌

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

N/A

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang is a dark academia fantasy set in the gleaming city of Tiran, an industrial utopia powered by magic drawn from the Otherrealm, which its mages believe is a divine gift shielding them from the deadly Blight beyond their borders. Orphaned Sciona Freynan, after decades of relentless study, becomes the first woman admitted to the elite High Magistry, only to face sabotage from her male peers who assign her a Kwen janitor—Thomil, a survivor of the nomadic people brutalized by Tiran's expansion—as her lab assistant. Through their tense collaboration, Sciona uncovers horrifying truths about magic's true cost, the oppression of the Kwen, and the lies upholding Tiranish society, forcing her to confront her ambitions, morality, and the system's foundations amid rising personal and political peril, without revealing her ultimate choices or the revolution's outcome.

Jamie’s review

This is such a beautifully written dark high fantasy, I really enjoyed it, even though I had to stare at the wall after. It's pretty dark.

Sciona is a baddie trying to prove herself as the only female highmage, reminded me a little of Lessons in Chemistry. Or my own career as a software engineer 😉

Her and her lab assistant Thomil learn the truth and cost of magic, then have to decide what to do about it. I wish there was more of a happy ending because I need more happiness in my life. But the characters and storyline make up for it.

If you're into women burning it all down and exposing corrupt governments, this one is for you 💪🏼🔥

This is such a beautifully written dark high fantasy, I really enjoyed it, even though I had to stare at the wall after. It's pretty dark.

Sciona is a baddie trying to prove herself as the only female highmage, reminded me a little of Lessons in Chemistry. Or my own career as a software engineer 😉

If you're into women burning it all down and exposing corrupt governments, this one is for you 💪🏼🔥