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Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance...Categorized as:
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The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Find out in the highly anticipated sequel to Jennifer A. Nielsen's blockbuster THE FALSE PRINCE! Just weeks after Jaron has taken the throne, an assassination attempt forces him into a deadly situation... -
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
She does not know what awaits her at the enemy's gate. Elisa is a hero. She led her people to victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army. Her place as the country's ruler should be secure. But it isn't. Her enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even from within her own court. And her destiny as the chosen one has not yet been fulfilled... -
First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain
Karigan G'ladheon had been a Green Rider, one of the king of Sacoridia's elite magical messengers...Categorized as:
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Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsHigh school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead...Categorized as:
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King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFeist's first non-Midkemia based book for many years. King of Ashes is the first book in the planned War of Five Crowns trilogy and draws influences from medieval history and Arthurian legend... -
Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
DANICA SHARDAE IS an avian shapeshifter, and the golden hawk's form in which she takes to the sky is as natural to her as the human one that graces her on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how the fighting began... -
Shift by Jeri Smith-Ready
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAura’s life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she can’t deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And she’s not sure that she wants to...Categorized as:
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The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe second in Jaclyn Moriarty's brilliant, acclaimed fantasy trilogy, THE COLORS OF MADELEINE! Princess Ko's been bluffing about the mysterious absence of her father, desperately trying to keep the government running on her own. But if she can't get him back in a matter of weeks, the consequence may be a devastating war... -
Residue by Laury Falter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the author of the bestselling Guardian Trilogy comes a new romantic suspense! Book One of the Residue Series... When Jocelyn Weatherford is whisked away from a preparatory academy in upstate New York to live with her extended family in New Orleans, she is unprepared to encounter the dangers awaiting her...Categorized as:
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Fatal Charm by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this vivid fifth volume of The Seer series, Sabine Rose is reunited with her ill grandmother Nona and her friends at Sheridan Valley. But the excitement of curing Nona-and discovering love with someone new-doesn't outweigh the burden of her father's dark secret: a daughter no one but Sabine knows about. Riddled with curiosity, Sabine uses astral projection to spy on her half sister Jade... -
Witch Ball by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSabine is finally starting to feel accepted at her new high school. She's friends with the popular girls and even has a cute boyfriend. But Sabine also has a dark secret-she's psychic, and was forced to leave her old school after she accurately predicted the death of a football player... -
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Vol. 11 by Miki Yoshikawa, 吉河美希
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMASTER OF CEREMONIES With the secrets of the past relationship between President Yamazaki, Leona Miyamura, and Rika Saionji brought to light, Yamada finally has everything in place to begin the ceremony that will restore his friends’ memories... -
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches 9 by Miki Yoshikawa, 吉河美希
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKiss and Wake UpYamada has managed to find the seventh witch and protect Shiraishi, but the final witch's memory-erasing powers have a troubling effect on the Supernatural Studies Club... -
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Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, Vol. 8 by Miki Yoshikawa, 吉河美希
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Race To RememberThe race to find the seventh witch--and decide the next student council president--is coming to a close, and everyone has something to lose. Yamada and the rest of the Supernatural Studies Club must use body-switching trickery to outwit Tamaki's invisibility power if they want to win... -
Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen
The road to power...is paved with blood and magic.Cleo is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people. Magnus stands to eventually inherit the new kingdom but is still obsessed with his feelings for his adopted sister, Lucia... -
Last Dance by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSabine can't wait to show off her new boyfriend at the upcoming school dance, but she's also worried about her grandmother, Nona, who's suffering from a fatal hereditary illness. The only cure lies within a remedy book, lost long ago. Determined to save Nona, Sabine goes to Pine City to visit a distant relative who may have clues... -
Sword Play by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"Help her," insists the spirit of Kip, the jock from her old school who died in a car accident. But his cryptic message is the last thing on Sabine's mind as she packs up to move back home. She's not happy about leaving her friends, her boyfriend, and Nona who's gravely ill, but won't dare challenge her mother's orders... -
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 35 ratings“A beautiful reimagining of an old British folklore ballad, Sistersong weaves a captivating spell of myth and magic around the reader.” —Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne My sister’s heart broke on the river – and the river took it and bore it away.In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, the curl of the grass... -
Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDevotion turns deadly in this second Gothic thriller from Printz Honor–winner Kenneth Oppel that is “every bit as thrilling and engaging” (VOYA) as This Dark Endeavor.When does obsession become madness? Tragedy has forced sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein to swear off alchemy forever. He burns the Dark Library...Categorized as:
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Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
A deathbed promise to their father sends a daring girl and her brother off to war. Filled with intrigue, romance, and magic, this spellbinding novel is a dramatic coming-of-age story about a girl who rises from impoverished beginnings to take command of her own fate. “Smith tells a fast-moving tale of adventure, intrigue, and honor, with Mel a likable heroine and a lively narrator... -
Ominous by Kate Brian
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells , Noelle and Reed know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls, and their legacy includes a mysterious coven of witches... -
Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder
She's fought death and won. But how can she fight her fears? Avry knows hardship and trouble. She fought the plague and survived. She took on King Tohon and defeated him. But now her heart-mate, Kerrick, is missing, and Avry fears he's gone forever. But there's a more immediate threat: The Skeleton King plots to claim the Fifteen Realms for his own... -
State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSorrow - for that is all she brings us.A people laid low by grief and darkness.A cut-throat race for power and victory.A girl with everything and nothing to lose…By day, Sorrow governs the Court of Tears, covering for her grief-maddened father, who has turned their once celebrated land into a living monument for the brother who died before she was born... -
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River Secrets by Shannon Hale
Razo has no idea why he was chosen to be a soldier. He can barely swing a sword, and his brothers are forever wrestling him to the ground. Razo is sure it's out of pity that his captain asks him to join an elite mission--escorting the ambassador into Tira, Bayern's great enemy. But when the Bayern arrive in the strange southern country, Razo discovers the first dead body... -
Magician's Muse by Linda Joy Singleton
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Final Book in Linda Joy Singleton's Popular Paranormal Series, The Seer A whisper, too soft to swirl wispy candle smoke, carried across time, beyond life and death—and was heard. "Our bargain is sealed. My secrets will be yours-when the girl dies... -
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA haunted house, a buried mystery, and a very angry ghost make this one unforgettable thriller. Jade loves the house she's just moved into with her family. She doesn't even mind being the new girl at the high school: It's a fresh start, and there's that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. . . . But then things begin happening. Strange, otherworldly things...Categorized as:
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Yamada-Kun and the Seven Witches, Vol. 13 by Miki Yoshikawa, 吉河美希
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter helping new witch Kanno control her powers, Yamada and the student council are on the lookout for the next generation of witches. Punk second-year students, Sid and Nancy, get in Yamada's way, but there's more to them than meets the eye... -
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end. Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates...Categorized as:
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Poison by Bridget Zinn
Sixteen-year-old Kyra, a highly-skilled potions master, is the only one who knows her kingdom is on the verge of destruction—which means she’s the only one who can save it. Faced with no other choice, Kyra decides to do what she does best: poison the kingdom’s future ruler, who also happens to be her former best friend. But, for the first time ever, her poisoned dart . . . misses... -
The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn intensely addictive romance novel about girls, ghosts, and forbidden love, ideal for fans of Stephenie Meyer Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, 17-year-old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home... -
Destiny by Gillian Shields
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Destiny , the fourth and final book in Gillian Shields’s romantic, gothic Immortal series, Helen, Evie, and Sarah, the Sisters of the Mystic Way, must use their powers to battle for their souls. Malevolent forces haunt Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, the girls’ elite boarding school on the English moors. Dr. Franzen, an evil man from Helen’s past, has taken over as headmaster... -
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Judy I. Lin's sweeping debut A Magic Steeped in Poison, first in a duology, is sure to enchant fans of Adrienne Young and Leigh Bardugo.I used to look at my hands with pride. Now all I can think is, "These are the hands that buried my mother."For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault... -
A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom, Vol. 1 by Tail Yuzuhara, Sora
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn her eighteenth birthday, shut-in Sena Shirai gathers her resolve and steps out into the world for the first time in a long while—only to be hit by a truck! Reborn as a witch in another world, she is only able to master two spells: Explosion and Destruction. With the nearby villagers fearful of her powers, she resigns herself to an isolated life once more.. -
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A Soul For Trouble by Crista McHugh
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen you’re a witch named Trouble, chaos follows. Arden Lesstymine (known to everyone as Trouble) likes attention as much as the next girl, but this is getting ridiculous. When an insane stranger is murdered at the inn where she works, Trouble becomes the next Soulbearer for the disembodied god of chaos, Loku...Categorized as:
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Snakecharm by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsZane Cobriana, cobra shapeshifter, thanks the gods every day for Danica, his hawk pair bond, and the peace their union has brought to the avian and serpiente. Soon, Danica will have a child to carry on their royal line. But what should be a happy time is riddled with doubt. Syfka, an ancient falcon, has arrived from Ahnmik claiming that one of her people is hidden in their midst... -
Liar's Moon by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsPrisons, poisons, and passions combine in a gorgeously written fantasy noir. As a pickpocket, Digger expects to spend a night in jail every now and then. But she doesn't expect to find Lord Durrel Decath there as well--or to hear he's soon to be executed for killing his wife... -
When Wishes Bleed by Casey L. Bond
One Prince. One Witch. One Fate. The upheaval in my life began the moment a prince stumbled into my house and asked me to read his fortune. Any other night, I might have made an excuse to get him to leave, but this was no normal visit. My fingers prickled to touch him. So, I granted his request by handing him a single wishbone. When he snapped it, the wish … bled... -
The Marked Ones by S.K. Munt
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMermaids have three rules to abide by: To breed, to protect the environment, and to keep their existence a secret, at any cost. Princess Ivyanne has been saving herself for an arranged marriage that's never eventuated since she came of age, to best cultivate her unique bloodline. And when the time comes for her to choose a new mate, the mer and human worlds collide as the race for her hand begins...Categorized as:
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The Safe-Keeper's Secret by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"The most promising and original writer of fantasy to come along since Robin McKinley."—Peter S. Beagle, best-selling author of The Last Unicorm Damiana is safe-keeper in the small village of Tambleham. Neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else, knowing that Damiana will keep then to herself... -
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsLiyana has trained her entire life to be the vessel of a goddess. She will dance and summon her tribe's deity, who will inhabit Liyana's body and use magic to bring rain to the desert. But when the dance ends, Liyana is still there. Her tribe is furious--and sure that it is Liyana's fault. Abandoned by her tribe, Liyana expects to die in the desert... -
Ashes to Ashes by Melissa C. Walker
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf I Stay meets the movie Ghost in this first book in a teen duology about a teenage-girl-turned-ghost who must cling to the echoes of her former life to save the people she left behind. Ashes to Ashes is author Melissa Walker's sweeping, romantic, and emotionally rich story about the things that torment and tempt us, even from the Great Beyond...Categorized as:
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The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsTamora Pierce meets George R. R. Martin in this smart, political, medieval fantasy-thriller. There is a new king on the throne of Tildor. Currents of political unrest sweep the country as two warring crime families seek power, angling to exploit the young Crown's inexperience...Categorized as:
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Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOn Wilde Island, there is no peace between dragons, fairies, and humans. Wilde Island is in an uproar over the recent death of its king. As the uneasy pact between dragons, fairies, and humans begins to fray, the royal witch hunter with a hidden agenda begins a vengeful quest to burn girls suspected of witchcraft before a new king is crowned... -
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The Bonemender by Holly Bennett
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Dominic's children are kidnapped by raiding pirates, Gabrielle and Feolan find themselves drawn into their most frightening adventure yet, a sea journey into unknown lands. The adventure takes a deadly turn when the Gray Veil, a plague that slowly chokes its victims, strikes the harbor town where the children have been taken... -
Ignite by Sara B. Larson
Murder, abductions, and forbidden romance abound in this thrilling sequel to Sara B. Larson's acclaimed YA debut, DEFY. Alexa remains by the newly crowned King Damian’s side as his guard, ever committed to helping him rebuild Antion and reclaim the hope of Antion's people, despite continuing to harbor a secret love for him...Categorized as:
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Tandem by Anna Jarzab
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEverything repeats.You. Your best friend. Every person you know.Many worlds. Many lives--infinite possibilities.Welcome to the multiverse. Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives...Categorized as:
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The Encanto's Daughter by Melissa de la Cruz
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA young woman claims the throne of a realm inspired by Filipino mythology in this YA romantic fantasy, the first in an enchanting new duet by #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret. She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne... -
Endless by Kate Brian
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn unthinkable betrayal threatens everyone Rory loves in the third installment of our dark, thrilling Shadowlands series from New York Times best-selling author Kate Brian. Rory Miller didn't just fall in love with Tristan Parrish. She fell in love with the idea of forever...Categorized as:
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The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsPrincess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia's led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it's revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in for the real Nalia, who has been hidden away for her protection...
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