Go Easy on Me: 5 Great New Books For Sci-Fi and Fantasy Beginners

In this historical fantasy set in Montreal, the owners of a cat shelter must find a new location after their existing storefront is destroyed in a magical battle. Agnes Aubert thinks she’s found the perfect new home, but she discovers that her landlord is a powerful sorcerer who sells magical items on the black market.

This sci-fi debut novel is already slated for another series, so read it now. This is a story about a world where immigrants leave literal copies of themselves known as instances. These individuals live their own lives, while the original individuals build a new life in a new country. But what if the original instance wants to rejoin its own instance? Also, what will happen to their lives separately?

This excellent speculative debut explores the price of immortality. Two centuries ago, Vera van Valkenburgh accidentally became immortal. To protect her secret, she cannot live in the same place for long. Life is exhausting, but Bella has had enough. Determined to find the cause of her symptoms and find a way to reverse them, she returned to her hometown. However, it turns out that someone else knows Vera’s secret and is trying to exploit it for themselves.

Last but not least is this debut fantasy novel about an exiled witch in New Orleans. After years of exile, the misunderstood Seraphine Barrow is brought back to fulfill her destiny and rule the city’s witches. But she needs the help of werewolves, vampires, and even other witches to gain the community’s trust and discover the source of the poisonous curse that afflicts witches.