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Jelena Dunato

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Jelena Dunato is an art historian, curator, speculative fiction writer and lover of all things ancient. She grew up in Croatia on a steady diet of adventure novels and then wandered the world for a decade, building a career in the arts.

Jelena’s stories have been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, Future SF and Mermaids Monthly, among others. She is a member of SFWA and Codex.

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Average rating: 3.99 · 967 ratings · 407 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Čitačica pjesama by Lisa Tucker (Goodreads Author), Jelena Dunato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 2,478 ratings — published 2003 — 25 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
	Dark Woods, Deep Water 3.79 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2023 — 5 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
	Love Lethal, Death Divine 4.32 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2026 — 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
	Ghost Apparent 4.21 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2024 — 5 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
	Love Letters to Poe, Volume I: A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe by Sara Crocoll Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jeremy Megargee (Goodreads Author), J.L. Royce 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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
	Beyond the Veil: Supernatural Tales of Queer Love by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jelena Dunato (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emmie Christie (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.54 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Dark Hearts: Tales of Twisted Love by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author), Adam Down, Allison Floyd (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 26 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
	Beneath Ceaseless Skies #320 by Scott H. Andrews (Editor), M.A. Carrick (Goodreads Author), Jelena Dunato (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — 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
	Posljednja kuća u Šenoinoj ulici by Antonija Mežnarić (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jelena Dunato (Goodreads Author), Ivana Geček 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings	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
	Šikara 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings	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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Love Lethal, Death Divine is out today!

Honestly, I am too tired to celebrate and my brain is mush.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported me, especially my street team, and to everyone who preordered the book, reviewed the ARC and posted about it.

I hope you will love this book: this is the one I wrote for myself, pouring my whole heart in.

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Jelena rated a book it was amazing The Floating Castle (Dragon Gate #1) by L.N. Holmes (Goodreads Author)	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
The Floating Castle by L.N. Holmes is an epic adult fantasy filled with action, politics, violence and betrayal. It ambitiously juggles four POVs - the villain prince, the foreign princess, the female guard, and the witch - and manages to pull it all ...more
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Jelena rated a book it was amazing The Crimson Road by A.G. Slatter	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
The Crimson Road is a dark fantasy tale featuring vampires, witches, curses, assassins, quests, found family and - as usual - capable, no-nonsense women. Violet Zennor is a young woman raised by her tyrannical father to become a human weapon who will ...more
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Jelena rated a book really liked it In This City, Where it Rains by Lyndsey Croal (Goodreads Author)	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
This is a very dark and atmospheric ghost story about haunted houses and family curses.
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Jelena rated a book it was amazing The Seventh Sister by Millie Abecassis (Goodreads Author)	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
This was a fun, fast-paced dark fairy tale about a young seer, Éliane who is forced to run away from her temple because her jealous superior wants her dead. She flees to the forest where she finds the Sanctuary - a strange house run by the mysterious ...more
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Jelena rated a book it was amazing The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien (Goodreads Author)	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
In a colonised country where the conquering Empire persecutes and mutilates the silver-eyed population for their innate magical abilities, two men fight for freedom using drastically different methods. Faye Phlorik is a deposed prince whose fatal mis ...more
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Jelena rated a book really liked it The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)	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
This book is a strange beast and I have mixed feelings about it. It was a slow and sometimes frustrating read, but now that I finished it, I find myself thinking about it, which is a good sign. The story follows two star-crossed lovers - the legendary ...more
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Jelena answered a question about Dark Woods, Deep Water: Koji je originalni jezik na kojem je knjiga napisana? Knjiga je originalno napisana na engleskom jeziku.
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“He shot me a long look through the darkness. “We do not have to fear the dead,” he said softly, “but those who use them.”
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“People were intrigued with the touch of the divine when it came neatly packed inside legends, but in reality it frightened them.”
― Jelena Dunato, Love Lethal, Death Divine

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“He shot me a long look through the darkness. “We do not have to fear the dead,” he said softly, “but those who use them.”
― Jelena Dunato, Dark Woods, Deep Water

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