Suggest me a book with a woman’s journey to becoming a legend
I’m looking for a book with an innocent-looking woman becoming a legend and also happens to be morally grey. Something like the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
A Winter’s Promise from Christelle Dabos is a good read. Oniric fantasy and fits your description closely.
trinicron on
Dinasty, by Robert Sampson Elegant
Crustydumbmuffin on
The Change by Kirsten Miller.
ofstoriesandsongs on
If you haven’t read the rest of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “famous women quartet” books, as she refers to them, I think all of them fit the description you’re looking for.
karlmarx_moustache on
She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
dariusvoldar on
Bloody Rose might fit into this.
the-bloody_nine on
I suppose the book Best served cold by joe abercrombie would fit this description.
mbjohnston1 on
If you like fantasy, then try The Legend of Mary Death
Ok_Construction_3733 on
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus but I don’t know if I’d categorize the MC as morally grey
quik_lives on
The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, starts with The Fifth Season
abpoll on
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A retelling of the Arthur legend from the perspective of the women in the story.
Lil_Blackheart on
One of the people that were followed in this book fits your description. Jill starts off such an innocent, and the rest is for you to read..
Ooh, and *Circe*, which is based on a real mythological figure!
And *Lifes and loves of a she-devil* which is dark and funny. Though I should say a fair amount of it is satire which you’ll get more out of if you know something about UK culture around the 70s especially feminism
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A Winter’s Promise from Christelle Dabos is a good read. Oniric fantasy and fits your description closely.
Dinasty, by Robert Sampson Elegant
The Change by Kirsten Miller.
If you haven’t read the rest of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “famous women quartet” books, as she refers to them, I think all of them fit the description you’re looking for.
She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Bloody Rose might fit into this.
I suppose the book Best served cold by joe abercrombie would fit this description.
If you like fantasy, then try The Legend of Mary Death
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus but I don’t know if I’d categorize the MC as morally grey
The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin, starts with The Fifth Season
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. A retelling of the Arthur legend from the perspective of the women in the story.
One of the people that were followed in this book fits your description. Jill starts off such an innocent, and the rest is for you to read..
[Fallen World A.J Turner](https://www.amazon.com.au/FALLEN-WORLD-J-Turner-ebook/dp/B0CBNL9TNC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8)
The Great Cricle by Maggie Shipstead
Matrix by Lauren Griff
Both based on real people
Ooh, and *Circe*, which is based on a real mythological figure!
And *Lifes and loves of a she-devil* which is dark and funny. Though I should say a fair amount of it is satire which you’ll get more out of if you know something about UK culture around the 70s especially feminism