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Azalea Forrest

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Studio Ghibli, Eiichiro Oda

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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 · 117 ratings · 66 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Witch in the Lighthouse (The Witch of Emelle, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 59 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
	The Underground 4.09 avg rating — 11 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
	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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A Necromancer Called Gam Gam (Chronicles of Gam Gam, #1)

by Adam Holcombe (Goodreads Author)

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The Binding of Bloom Mountain (The Valley, #1)

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Okay. Look. This book is UNHINGED. And it set my heart asunder. The anguish, the anger, the fear, the denial. Awful, terrible things happen in this book. I, too, want to pound my fists, scream, and cry, for what these children have endured. I felt ph ...more
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Azalea Forrest liked K. Aagard's review of Witch in the Lighthouse (The Witch of Emelle, #1): "3.5 stars! A cozy fantasy with a clear Ghibli inspiration and vibe. I enjoyed the cozy read and appreciate the very Ghibli-esque atmosphere. The stakes were low and some areas it did feel like a little more development was needed and the pacing slowedd" Read more of this review »
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Azalea Forrest liked Mandy Schimelpfenig's review of Witch in the Lighthouse (The Witch of Emelle, #1): "Very cozy, low stakes witchy fantasy for people who just want to feel the vibes and not stress."
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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