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Azalea Forrest

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Azalea Forrest is the author of A Bitter Drink, a semi-finalist winner during SPFBO8. Her stories focus on hope and adventure, becoming a better person, coping with mental illness, and doing your best. She loves discovering new characters and their personalities and the worlds they reside in.

Forrest lives with her partner, cat, and leopard gecko in sunny Florida. She loves photography and video games like Final Fantasy IX and Legend of Zelda, and Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke and Nausicaa. She is affiliated with Mathematician Records, where you can buy her books directly. You can find her on Threads under @AForrestWrites, and Bluesky, Tumblr, and Facebook under @AzaleaForrest, as well as on her websites listed below.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 120 ratings · 68 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Witch in the Lighthouse (The Witch of Emelle, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 62 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Bitter Drink 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Witch in Isenshire (The Witch of Emelle, #2) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Indie August Sale 2025

Long time no blog post! I’ve been taking a Very Long Break to deal with life and to overcome my burnout. But let’s get to the fun stuff!

August is back with another Indie Book Sale! Thanks to Narratess and her team, and Claudie with the itchio bundles, each book sale has gotten better and better. There are a TON of amazing indie books on sale this go around, including my own: A BITTER DRINK fo

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The Shining (The Shining, #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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A Necromancer Called Gam Gam (Chronicles of Gam Gam, #1)

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I've read this before, but reading again. I love Hyrhyn sooo much. 😭 The vignettes leading up to the first book of Afterlands are such a treat in learning about the four main characters of the series! She is a strong little Lostling full of so, so mu ...more
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