Aberterrene is a land of rolling hills, riverside towns, and quiet magic — where goblins brew potions, gnomes build wonders, and everyone deserves to belong. Each novel is its own complete story. You can start anywhere.
Any order you like. Every Aberterrene novel is a standalone story.
Each book follows a different protagonist through their own complete arc — a goblin alchemist, a retired gnome artificer, a young woman on the wrong side of the veil. The world is shared, but each has its own plot. Nothing carries over that you need to have read first.
If you have read the others, you will spot familiar places and the occasional familiar face along the way. Published order is Distilled Magic (March 2025), then Social Sorcery (October 2025), then Raising Spirits (August 2026)
You should start with whichever story makes you most curious.
Aberterrene · Book 1
"You don't have to earn the right to belong, you just have to build the place."
Trinx is a transgender goblin who returns to her clan with a new name, a new life, and an apprenticeship at the city's premiere potions shop. A cozy, slice-of-life fantasy about alchemy, trans joy, found family, and the courage to build what the world should already have.
Aberterrene · Book 2
"The greatest invention begins with trusting the people beside you."
Retired gnome artificer Zaq is certain he works best alone, until three uninvited apprentices crash his dinner and his plans. A warm, inventive fantasy about mentorship, the magic of opening up, and one black cat who absolutely is his cat.
Aberterrene · Book 3
"Found family comes in all shapes and sizes, including spirits, a pair of ravens, and an enchanted library."
Raising Spirits explores the spookier side of Aberterrene, with just enough suspense, sweet treats, and found family to become your next favorite cozy fantasy.
If these are on your shelf, you will probably feel at home here.
Tales of Aedrea
The closest match in shape as well as spirit: standalone cozy fantasy novels, each following different characters through one shared world, readable in any order. If you like being able to wander into a world at whatever door you please, Aberterrene works the same way.
Fits the whole seriesLegends & Lattes
Low stakes, real craft, and the deep comfort of watching someone build a small good thing and gather people around it. Aberterrene has similar spots — the potions shop, the workshop, the harvest festival.
Fits the whole seriesBookshops & Bonedust
The same feeling as Ledgends & Lattes, but now focused on a bookshop. The stakes are a bit higher and necromancy plays a part, including an animated skeleton. You'll find the similar necromantic nods in Raising Spirits.
Especially Raising SpiritsThe House in the Cerulean Sea
Found family assembled out of misfits, queer warmth taken as a given rather than argued for, and gentle stakes that still manage to matter.
Fits the whole seriesUnder the Whispering Door
Death handled with tenderness rather than dread, a tea shop at the threshold of the afterlife, and grief that gets room to breathe without swallowing the warmth. Pair it with Bookshops & Bonedust and you have the vibes of Raising Spirits.
Especially Raising SpiritsCan't Spell Treason Without Tea
Sapphic romance that stays soft, a great deal of tea, and the shared conviction that two people quietly making a life together is a story worth telling.
Especially Raising SpiritsThese are cozy books, and I would rather you arrive knowing what is inside them than be surprised by something that lands badly. Everyone's life experience is different, and what reads as perfectly cozy to one person can surface hard memories for another. Each book page carries its own detailed content notes.