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Hey, guys! Welcome to the March 2025 BOTM Nominations thread.

Please follow the guidelines below when nominating.

1) You are allowed to nominate a maximum of 3 books for each month's BotM.

2) The book(s) you nominate must be in the fantasy genre (here at Faith & Fantasy, both sci-fi and fairy tales may be included) and be clean or relatively clean.

3) Try to nominate books from Christian authors as much as possible. It doesn't have to have obvious spiritual themes, but please don't ever nominate a book with themes that clash with biblical truth.

4) If someone has already nominated a book that you wanted to nominate, please do "second" it! I will only be picking the top 3-6 books to vote on in the final poll, but the more total "seconds" a book has, the more likely it will become the BotM.

5) You can "second" a total of 6 books or nominate a total of 3. If you're going to both nominate book(s) and second book(s), you just have to make sure you don't exceed 3 nominations and 6 in total (seconds + nominations) per month. Hope that makes sense!

Also, please do not nominate any books that we have read recently. You can view the books Faith & Fantasy has already read here: https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

While it’s not a rule, exactly, we prefer the books you nominate to have 1,000+ ratings, that way it’s more accessible to people, especially minors, since they might not have the money to pay for books. This way, the book will have a higher chance of being found in all of our library systems. Just a preference, though!

I will send out a poll for all of us to vote on based on this thread's nominations 4-5 days after today.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask them below!

Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr.

nominating:
PathwaysPathways - Camille Peters
Voice of PowerVoice of Power - Melanie Cellier

I nominate:

**Of Fire and Ash (<1,000 ratings)** (Highly recommended!)
Our Divine Mischief (<1,000 ratings)
Mortal Queens (<1,000 ratings)

Nominations:
1) Arena by Karen Hancock:
4.14 stars - 2656 ratings
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

2) The Wonderland Trials
4.15 stars - 1604 ratings
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...

3?) The Annotated Firebird
(The original version has over 1k)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Someone may have to help me out with the last choice; from what I gathered, it was initially published in the '80s, but then she republished it in the 2000s and added more Christian elements...maybe...???
It wouldn't be my nomination list if I didn't try and throw in one curve ball. :)

I nominate:
- Golgotha by Angela R. Watts
- Flashpoint by C.M. Banschbach

I second:
- Of Fire and Ash by Gillian Bronte Adams

I nominate The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (Lord of the Rings book 1)

I nominate The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (I haven't read it yet, so does it count??)

I second The Wonderland Trials

I nominate
Of Storm Larks and Silence
An enchantment of ravens

I second
Mortal Queens

Ready for a reread, Ellie??😍

I second:
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Fellowship of the Ring
Mortal Queens
The Wonderland Trials
Wormwood Abbey

Maybeee?!? 🤭🤩 Probably won’t read it, but I can talk about itttt!! 😂

I second The Wonderland Trials!

can I nominate sunrise on the Reaping? or should I not since it isn't out yet? (it releases in March)

I second:

- Of Fire and Ash
- Arena
- Mortal Queens
- Wormwood Abbey

I nominate:
— Ranger of Kings
— Emberling

I second:
— Of Fire and Ash

I second Emberling!!

Bella, maybe wait until the following month.🤷‍♀️

Sharon wrote: "Bella, maybe wait until the following month.🤷‍♀️"

Yeah i agree

♥️♦️♣️♠️ Jesus, books, tea, and cats ♠️♣️♦️♥️ (CC) wrote: "I nominate The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (I haven't read it yet, so does it count??)"

Yes it counts

I second mortal queens

I second WORMWOOD ABBEY

I nominate Red Rising

Mary Emma wrote: "I second:

- Of Fire and Ash
- Arena
- Mortal Queens
- Wormwood Abbey"

Arena by Karen Hancock, right?

I have not read any of these ngl

Ooo I second Red Rising!
It has been so long since I read that one, and I think there are more books in the series now 😃

Madi wrote: "I have not read any of these ngl"

That’s ok! Just second whichever ones seem interesting to you :) or nominate books you want to read!😄

I nominate Heartstone
Its Pride and Prejudice with dragons, what's not to like?

And second:
Red Rising

I second:

Mortal Queens
Of Fire and Ash
Voice of Power
Arena
Our Divine Mischief
Heartstone

I love that my three nominations are in Sarah’s list.🤩

🍀🐣☕️☔️🥃
I nominate:
Green Ember
Goose Girl
Lepunia
🌱🐇🥕🌾🌈
I second:
Wormwood Abbey
Heartstone
An Enchantment of Ravens
🪺🪴☘️🖼🌧

I would like to second
Green Ember
Firebird
Wormwood Abbey
Of Stormlarks and Silence
The Lion, the Witch, And the Wardrobe

I nominate:
The Lost Years
My Lady Jane (this one is more historical fiction but one of the tags for it was Fantasy so.....)
Mistborn: The Final Empire

I second:
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Fellowship of the Ring

So many good ones nominated!!

I second gose girl and wonderland trials
I nominate once upon a broken heart and heartless

I second arena
I second the wonderland trials

I nominate black the birth of evil

Anddd I’m done

Wormwood Abbey’s cover is just calling to me 🤩🤩

@Sophie My Lady Jane is very much a fantasy. Like, it's less true to history than Fawkes.

Tazannah, yes, Wormwood Abbey's cover is great! The whole series covers are.🤩

I'm going to use my last second on Black.

Audrey wrote: "Tazannah, yes, Wormwood Abbey's cover is great! The whole series covers are.🤩"

I’ll check them out rn :)

i second voice of power

I’m making the poll in a few hours so get your votes in

i second

my lady Jane
red rising
mistborn

Yesss RR!! :)))

I second

Mortal Queens
Lepunia
Heartstone
Mistborn

EllieJellyBean :D wrote: "Maybeee?!? 🤭🤩 Probably won’t read it, but I can talk about itttt!! 😂"

I will need to reread it. My memory is sooooo bad!

@taz I really want to read rr at some point