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  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, Abigail Blackman

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 2 by Mokumokuren, Abigail Blackman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When Yoshiki struggles to accept the new Hikaru, he’s given a glimpse of what’s lurking inside his best friend. But will that be the final straw that drives Yoshiki away for good?
  • The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions. Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career...
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    magic  m-f  fantasy  young adult  mystery  paranormal  suspense  humor
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  • The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren

    The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 3 by Mokumokuren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A strange man arrives to investigate the strange occurrences that seem to be happening more and more frequently around the village. Everything seems to be linked to the mountain where Hikaru died and “Hikaru” came from. ..
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 8 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 8 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    THE PAST OF A MAN WHO HIDES HIMSELFAfter Yoshino's harrowing ordeal with the mysterious man with the octopus tattoo, it's Kirishima who now needs help. Wounded from his escape from Azami but otherwise in one piece, it's time that Kirishima share the truth of some of his shrouded past. From his troubled youth emerged a man who relied on no one, only to find his one true weakness in a girl...
  • Malice by John Gwynne

    Malice by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    The first book in acclaimed epic fantasy author John Gwynne's Faithful and Fallen series, Malice is a tale of blind greed, ambition, and betrayal set in a world where ancient monsters are reawakening -- and a war to end all wars is about to begin. The world is broken. . . and it can never be made whole again...
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    magic  demons  fantasy  high fantasy  war  medieval  dark  young adult
  • Shadow by Kara Swanson, Natasha Soudek

    Shadow by Kara Swanson, Natasha Soudek

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Peter Pan has crash-landed back on Neverland. But this is not the island he remembers. Desperate to rescue Claire and the fractured Lost Boys, Peter must unravel what truly tore his dreamland apart. But with each step, he is haunted by more of his own broken memories. Not even Pan himself is what he seems...
  • A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips

    A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She is bonded to a spirit who demands her blood. She follows a mother-in-law who resents her power. She meets a man who challenges everything she’s ever believed. After a fatal illness takes newlywed Caitrin’s husband, she finds herself obligated by duty and oath to care for her mother-in-law, Meara, at any cost…even if it means traveling to Croìthe, where magic of any kind is outlawed...
  • Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr

    Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, Ian Schoenherr

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 148 ratings
    Eight years have passed since the young Princess Bitterblue, and her country, were saved from the vicious King Leck. Now Bitterblue is the queen of Monsea, and her land is at peace. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on...
  • Spark of Ash by Molly E. Lee

    Spark of Ash by Molly E. Lee

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Seven―the Divine beings meant to protect the world―just declared war. On me. They took Ray, my baby sister, and now they’re using my boyfriend to do their dirty work. Well, screw that. I may not be able to wipe them off the face of the earth now, but I know what can. Thanks to an Ather connection, I know about the Seven Scrolls...
  • Finding You by M.K. Harper

    Finding You by M.K. Harper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Fleeing the only home I've ever known, in the middle of the night, with only a single bag of belongings to my name - isn't at all how I thought the rest of my night would go when my eyes finally closed and I fell into a restless sleep. Dreaming about uncharted territories of Hell and evil Chihuahuas...
  • Gallows and Ghouls by Katie May

    Gallows and Ghouls by Katie May

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    One’s a liar. One’s arrested for murder. One’s dead. The rest of us? We’re struggling to get out of this mess alive. With new secrets emerging and the Shadow Man more determined than ever to claim me, we must all do something we’ve never done before: embrace our darkness. Our only option is to travel through the Spiritual Realm and Underworld to get to the root of the problem: the Devil himself...
  • The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard

    The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 19 ratings
    The forest is more dangerous than ever in this highly-anticipated, pulse-pounding, and swoon-worthy conclusion to the bestselling Luminaries trilogy. Winnie Wednesday’s future is looking bright. Hemlock Falls is no longer hunting the werewolf, she and Erica Thursday are tentative friends, and Winnie finally knows exactly where she stands with Jay Friday...
  • Rise by Ellen Goodlett

    Rise by Ellen Goodlett

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sisters Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, a step closer to the crown that will allow one of them to rule over Kolonya. But the sisters' pasts continue to haunt them. Each hides a secret marked with blood and betrayal, and now their blackmailer is holding nothing back...
  • My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer

    My Sister's Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Zadie’s first mistake was telling the boy she liked she could bring her dead sister back to life. Her second mistake was actually doing it. When Zadie accidentally messes with the Reaper’s Rite that should have claimed her sister Mara, things go horribly wrong...
  • Never Never: Part Two by Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher

    Never Never: Part Two by Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    “Never forget that I was your first real kiss. Never forget that you’ll be my last. And never stop loving me between all of them. Never stop, Charlie. Never forget. ”. Silas races against time as more truths unravel, while others twist tighter together. And now, the stakes are higher as Silas’ control slips and others begin to point fingers...
  • The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin

    The Dark Becomes Her by Judy I. Lin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Ryan LaSala and Trang Thanh Tran: a sinister tale of the supernatural, sisterhood, and the shadows that rule our darkest desires, New York Times best-selling author Judy I. Lin takes her first foray into horror with Rick Riordan Presents...
  • The Depths by Nicole Lesperance

    The Depths by Nicole Lesperance

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A tropical island full of secrets. Two Victorian ghosts, trapped for eternity. And a seventeen-year-old girl determined not to be next. Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it's more like a prison. Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother's honeymoon, Addie isn't thrilled about being trapped there for two weeks...
  • Monster Tamer: Volume 1 by Minto Higure

    Monster Tamer: Volume 1 by Minto Higure

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One thousand Japanese high school students are suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world rife with dangerous monsters. Their survival becomes dependent on those who awaken to unexplainable powers. Majima Takahiro, a normal second-year student, does not get any such power. Instead, he joins the majority of students building the homestead...
  • Of Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky

    Of Earthly Delights by Goldy Moldavsky

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 7 ratings
    "An obsessive love story that’s as lush and twisty as a hedge maze — and as iridescent as a pond sparkling in the moonlight. " — E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud. Here is a contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family secret, a lush, mysterious garden, and a love that never dies, from New York Times bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky...
  • Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay

    Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes, Rebecca Guay

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “ . . . and they lived happily ever after. ” Remember the fairy tales you put away after you found that no princess is as beautiful as common sense and happy endings are just the beginning? Well, the old tales are back, and they’ve grown up! Black Pearls brings you the stories of your childhood, told in a way you’ve never heard before...
  • Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano

    Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Victoria Schwab, this enthralling duology follows Jack and Fleur, star-crossed lovers trapped in an endless cycle of death. As immortal Seasons, Jack and Fleur wielded powerful magic in their roles as a Winter and a Spring...
  • Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

    Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the world of Sorrow’s Knot, the dead do not rest easy. Every patch of shadow might be home to something hungry and nearly invisible, something deadly. The dead can only be repelled or destroyed with magically knotted cords and yarns. The women who tie these knots are called binders. Otter is the daughter of Willow, a binder of great power...
  • Absent by Katie Williams

    Absent by Katie Williams

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident--that she supposedly jumped on purpose--she can't bear it. Then Paige discovers something amazing...
  • Galatea by Madeline Miller

    Galatea by Madeline Miller

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 104 ratings
    In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation...
  • Keep You from Harm by Debra Doxer

    Keep You from Harm by Debra Doxer

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Secrets…. They weigh you down. I’ve kept a secret all my life. It’s my mother’s secret, too. I inherited it from her along with a unique ability that only we possess. She’s gone now, another victim of addiction. If her death isn’t enough to bring me to my knees, her betrayal flays me to the bone. Because the secret my mother and I have been keeping is just one of many she’d kept...
  • The Fall by Bethany Griffin

    The Fall by Bethany Griffin

    Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Madeline Usher is doomed. She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. Until she woke up in a coffin. Ushers die young. Ushers are cursed. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own...
  • Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

    Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men...
  • Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 148 ratings
    Would you trade your soul mate for your soul? A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love...
  • The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 30 ratings
    Sometimes magic just isn't enough. .. Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do. They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so. Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series! **Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering...
  • The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 28 ratings
    New year, new magic? A witch can make resolutions, too…right? Psh. First I have to get to the new year. Just when I thought everything was going perfect BOOM. Problems. And not just any problems…missing children problems. One of them is my soulmate’s little cousin, which is bad enough for my anxiety, but the other is a young cousin of the shifter King...
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