Aparna Verma | fantasy books

2 years of writing, tearing apart, and editing over this manuscript of The Burning Queen, and she’s almost ready 💕 this isn’t the final wordcount (we still have 1 more edit and copy edits to go) but I’m so proud of this book and how far I’ve come as a writer. I can’t wait for you to read all of her #theburningqueen #thephoenixking #writertokthings #authorsoftiktok #fantasybooktok #fantasyauthors #writingabookcheck #manuscripts

all artwork is for The Burning Queen of Elena Aadya Ravence, made by the talented Ngoc Nguyen. TBQ is a scifi fantasy about female rage, colonization, and the heavy price of revolution #thephoenixking #theburningqueen #characterartwork #bookarts #convinced #readthisbooknow #fantasybooktok #femaleragebooks #femalemaincharacter

I was inspired by Maa Kali and her stories of battle and bravery when I wrote The Phoenix King. I often thought of how Maa Kali can be misinterpreted as a terrifying goddess to the untrained eye. But if you understand her story, her purpose, then you’ll see she is a protector goddess, a MOTHER who will do anything to protect her own. Her story shaped the Phoenix goddess in TPK, and Elena’s character. Jai Mata Di ✨ #thephoenixking #fantasybookrecommendations #strongfemalecharacter #fantasybookstoread #femininerage #badassfemaleprotagonist

I had to include a dupatta scene in my desi fantasy book #thephoenixking #fantasybooktok #slowburnbooks #desibooktok #bollywood #desigirlthings #yearningforyourlove

yeah I would fold so fast. all artwork for THE BURNING QUEEN is by Ngoc Nguyen and if you submit your preorder receipt, you can get an art print! #theburningqueen #thephoenixking #characterartwork #bookarts #readthisbooknow #convinced #fantasybooktok #femalemaincharacters

I fear that I’m obsessed with them at a spiritual level 😔🤚🏽 #thephoenixking #fantasybooktok #yearningmen #slowburnfantasyromance #slowburnfantasy #slowburnreads #characterartwork

beware of the hero #theburningqueen #thephoenixking #fantasybooktok #readthisbooknow #morallygreywomen #morallygreycharacter #fantasybookrecommendations #femaleragebooks

give me morally grey women in all their rage, all their vengeance and glory. Art by Ngoc Nguyen #thephoenixking #theburningqueen #morallygreywomen #thefeminineurge #femaleragebooks #femalemaincharacter #fantasybookrecommendations

feminine rage > bowing to the enemy #theburningqueen #thephoenixking #feminineurgeto #femaleragebooks #femalemaincharacter #strongfemalecharacter #morallygreycharacter #morallygreyismyfavoritecolor

just some recent thoughts as I read more dark academia novels that continue to glorify Western education… #BookTok #darkacademia #globalsouth

I really hope they end up doing a buddy read of THE PHOENIX KING together 🥹 #thephoenixking #BookTok #fantasybooktok #barnesandnobletrip #barnesandnoblevlog #authorsoftiktokwritersoftiktok #authordayinthelife #barnesandnoble

Replying to @bestieandthebookish Elena is so deliciously unhinged in THE BURNING QUEEN. I can’t wait for you to meet her #theburningqueen #thephoenixking #fantasybooktok #femalemaincharacter #femaleragebooks #fantasybookrecommendations #morallygreywomen