I'm looking for recommendations. I've read plenty of sword-fighting baddies, and I've loved them all, but now I'm looking for healers. Whether it's magic or an apothecary touch. I'm reading Spark of the Everflame & loved Lost Apothecary, but I haven't run into any other books with the MC as a healer so far.

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This Poison Heart

by Kalynn Bayron

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Sarah OrtinauThis is an urban fantasy read, with the main character having strange plant magic. One day she gets a call that she’s inherited a strange cottage in upstate New York that has an apothecary and a poison garden on property

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Circe

by Madeline Miller

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Sarah OrtinauCirce isn’t necessarily a healer, but her knowledge of plants and animals, plus her powers as a sorceress help her throughout her story

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Three Dark Crowns

by Kendare Blake

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Sarah OrtinauNot about a healer, but has a character who can ingest poison, which could help her win a tournament against her sisters

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The City of Brass

by S. A. Chakraborty

Liked by 6.0K

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The Bone Witch

by Rin Chupeco

Liked by 2.7K

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The Wicked Deep

by Shea Ernshaw

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Sarah OrtinauMore of a summerween witchy read, and the three witches at some point owned an apothecary

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The Prison Healer

by Lynette Noni

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Sarah OrtinauHaven’t read this but it sounds like it might be in the same vein of what you’re looking for

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Defy the Night

by Brigid Kemmerer

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Sarah OrtinauThere’s a mysterious illness that is killing millions in this kingdom and the fmc is trying to smuggle medicine to help those in need, however one day her and her friend get caught, and instead of getting hanged she’s thrown into games of deadly court politics

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Winterwood

by Shea Ernshaw

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Sarah OrtinauVery wintery, about a young women in frozen woods that finds a young man and decides to heal him.

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Dragonfruit

by Makiia Lucier

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Sarah OrtinauNot a healer, but like Circe, has a character who has a lot of knowledge about the plants and animals in order to help her save a dragon.

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The Lost Apothecary

by Sarah Penner

Liked by 15.2K

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Sarah OrtinauI reread your ask and found out that you already read this, sorry.

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Garden Spells

by Sarah Addison Allen

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Sarah OrtinauBit of a witchy slice of life story, again, characters aren’t really healers, but use their knowledge of nature to help others

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A River Enchanted

by Rebecca Ross

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Sarah OrtinauI think one of the characters is a midwife in this story, it’s been a minute since I read this

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Practical Magic

by Alice Hoffman

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Sarah OrtinauVery slice of life (honestly I prefer the other books in the series) but I think you need to read this first to understand the other women the family and the motifs and spells that connect them all. I would read in publishing order, but that’s just me.

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Poison Study

by Maria V. Snyder

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Sarah OrtinauAbout fmc who becomes a taster for the king and tries to survive against a brutal court system that wants her dead

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The Teller of Small Fortunes

by Julie Leong

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Sarah OrtinauVery slice of life…but also cute. She can’t do big magic, but it’s the small little things that connect her to others that helps heal them

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Magic Lessons

by Alice Hoffman

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Sarah OrtinauThis follows Maria Owens, who is an ancestor to the women in Practical Magic, who has a stronger sense of using nature to help her spells then others in her family line. If you’re not looking to read all of the books, or to read out of order, I highly suggest reading this book then (the movie Practical Magic is honestly better than the book, but this is my favorite in the series)

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The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst

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Sarah OrtinauVery slice of life, about a fmc moving to a new island and learning spells (including some helpful healing spells) to help her new friends on the island.

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Sweet & Bitter Magic

by Adrienne Tooley

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Sarah OrtinauKinda, one of the main characters is a caretaker and she teams up with a witch in order to stop a deadly plague

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Peaches & Honey

by R. Raeta

Liked by 23

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The Song of Achilles

by Madeline Miller

Liked by 90.1K

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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

by T. Kingfisher

Liked by 354

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The Warded Man

by Peter V. Brett

Liked by 8

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Elantris

by Brandon Sanderson

Liked by 4.2K

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