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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: 3.97 · 812 ratings · 283 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	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 3.81 avg rating — 515 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
	Ghost Apparent 4.23 avg rating — 98 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 — 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
	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) 4.50 avg rating — 24 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) 4.29 avg rating — 21 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
	Love Lethal, Death Divine 4.86 avg rating — 14 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
	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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Queens at War (England's Medieval Queens #4)

by Alison Weir

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The Devil and Mrs. Davenport

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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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Jelena has read Love Lethal, Death Divine by Jelena Dunato (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
Love Lethal, Death Divine is a dark fantasy love story about two women fighting for everything they hold dear in a world on the brink of war. It is a story about doomed choices, generational trauma and wounds which cannot heal. It has angry, unapolog ...more
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Jelena rated a book really liked it A Legacy of Blood and Bone 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
A Legacy of Blood and Bone is a fantasy novel set in an alternate Belle Époque France, where noble families have special talents that give them power over people and objects, but come at a great cost. The story follows two women - the ambitious young ...more
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Vessel Iris, a monk performing funeral rites for the Starlit Order, arrives on a recently discovered generation ship to put its long dead crew and passengers to rest. He expects to be alone there, with only his inbuilt AI construct for company, but i ...more
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