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  • The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas

    The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 126 ratings
    The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren’t much for conversation, and Celaena Sardothien wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s not there to chatter, she’s there to hone her craft as the world’s most feared killer for hire. When the quiet is shattered by forces who want to destroy the Silent Assassins, Celaena must find a way to stop them, or she’ll be lucky to leave the desert alive.
  • Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Sentinel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 121 ratings
    It's a beautiful day for a war. As the mortal world slowly slips into chaos of the godly kind, Alexandria Andros must overcome a stunning defeat that has left her shaken and in doubt of their ability to end this war once and for all. And with all the obstacles between Alex and her happily-ever-after with the swoonworthy Aiden St...
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  • Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

    Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 94 ratings
    The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But they each other's worst nightmare...
  • Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 49 ratings
    Zombies stalk the night. Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls. Sadly, they've got mine. .. Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong. After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears...
  • Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    At the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever...
  • Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson

    Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    Alek and Deryn are abroad the Leviathan when the ship is ordered to pick up an unusual passenger. This brilliant/maniacal inventor claims to have a weapon called Goliath that can end the war. But whose side is he really on? While on their top-secret mission, Alek finally discovers Deryn's deeply kept secret. Two, actually. Not only is Deryn a girl disguised as a guy. .. she has feelings for Alek...
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    magic  mystery  military  royalty  dystopian  war  steampunk  slow burn
  • The Unbound by V.E. Schwab

    The Unbound by V.E. Schwab

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one...
  • Foretold by Jana Oliver

    Foretold by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the fourth Demon Trappers novel, Riley faces the final battle for humanity and Beck's heart—and Hell is the least of her problems. Now that Riley’s managed to (just barely) fend off Armageddon, everything’s changed. Well . . . most things. After their passionate kiss before the big battle in the cemetery, Beck is back to treating her like a little girl, as if nothing ever happened...
  • Destiny by P.T. Michelle

    Destiny by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ** Book one, BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS and the Prequel, ETHAN, are currently available absolutely FREE! Grab them while they're on SALE! **. Note: DESTINY straddles the Young Adult/New Adult genre and is best suited for readers 16 years and up...
  • The Dead by Donna Augustine

    The Dead by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I'm young to have so many enemies. The Skinners, Dark Walkers, Wood Mist, they all want me for their own reasons. But those were enemies I could fight. Now the disease that changed me forever is back. It’s reaping death and havoc everywhere it strikes and I’m nearly helpless to stop it except for one chance. There’s a rumor of a cure. But Dax, my ally here in the Wilds, has vengeance on his mind...
  • Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson

    Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 63 ratings
    The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers. Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a commoner. Finally together aboard the airship Leviathan , they hope to bring the war to a halt...
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    magic  mystery  royalty  military  dystopian  war  steampunk  slow burn
  • Forgiven by Jana Oliver

    Forgiven by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Riley has made a bargain with Heaven, and now they've come to collect. Lucifer's finest are ruling the streets and it seems that Armageddon might be even closer than Riley imagined. But with her soul and her heart in play it's all she can do to keep herself alive, let alone save the world...
  • Water's Wrath by Elise Kova

    Water's Wrath by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 79 ratings
    Librarian turned sorcerer. Sorcerer turned hero. Hero turned puppet. The Solaris Empire found victory in the North and, at the cost of her heart and her innocence, Vhalla Yarl has earned her freedom. But the true fight is only beginning as the secret forces that have been lurking in the shadows, tugging at the strings of Vhalla’s fate, finally come to light...
  • Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer

    Wires and Nerve, Volume 2: Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The second graphic novel, and sequel to Wires and Nerve, Volume 1, from #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Marissa Meyer! The world of the Lunar Chronicles comes alive in this thrilling continuation of Wires and Nerve...
  • A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton

    A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Myth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her. After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become...
  • Ignited by Corrine Jackson

    Ignited by Corrine Jackson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Nobody hides forever. Ever since Remy O'Malley discovered her dual identity as a Healer and a Protector, she's kept alive by staying one step ahead of both sides in this centuries-old war. Now someone's trying to draw her out of hiding, using her kidnapped father as bait. To save him, Remy will need every friend she's got. But as new alliances form, old bonds fray...
  • Fire Falling by Elise Kova

    Fire Falling by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 98 ratings
    Soldier… Sorcerer… Savior… Who is Vhalla Yarl? Vhalla Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the only thing Vhalla can count on is the fight of her life. As she grapples with the ghosts of her past, new challenges in the present threaten to shatter the remnants of her fragile sanity...
  • Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer

    Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    Calla has always welcomed war. But now that the final battle is upon her, there's more at stake than fighting. There's saving Ren, even if it incurs Shay's wrath. There's keeping Ansel safe, even if he's been branded a traitor. There's proving herself as the pack's alpha, facing unnamable horrors, and ridding the world of the Keepers' magic once and for all...
  • Pushed by Corrine Jackson

    Pushed by Corrine Jackson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She didn't know how far she'd go--until she was pushed. Remy O'Malley was just learning to harness her uncanny healing power when she discovered the other, darker half of her bloodline. Now she lives trapped between two worlds, uneasy among her fellow Healers--and relentlessly hunted by the Protectors...
  • Three Dog Knight by Annabel Chase

    Three Dog Knight by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 45 ratings
    I survived a job for royal vampires with my life and identity intact. That means I can return to my normal life as a knight, right? Wrong. When a group of werewolves goes berserk in our local pub, there’s a new threat in the city and the local pack hires me to find out what it is...
  • Angel Fever by L.A. Weatherly

    Angel Fever by L.A. Weatherly

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    As half-angel Willow strives to save the world from her parasitic otherworldly kin, romance and tension heat up to a climactic finale. In the devastated remains of the world, millions of people live in "refugee" camps provided by the angels who have all but enslaved humanity...
  • The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton

    The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ancient lore leads to present danger in the final book in the dark and sexy paranormal romance trilogy about a descendent of Medusa, set in a richly reimagined New Orleans. Her fate is not set in stone. Having temporarily defeated Athena, Ari races to break the gorgon curse that has plagued the women in her family for centuries...
  • Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Darkness Breaks by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kayla made her choice and now she has to live with it. She stays with the Day Takers, hiding in the city, staking vampires. But fighting vampires as a human is difficult. Sylas constantly pressures Kayla to choose the life of a Day Taker. But until Kayla knows what Monarch is planning, she can’t make her choice. Plus there’s Aiden. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop thinking about him...
  • The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

    The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 45 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg returns to the enchanting world of The Paper Magician. Alvie Brechenmacher has arrived in London to begin her training in Polymaking—the magical discipline of bespelling plastic. Polymaking is the newest form of magic, and in a field where there is so much left to learn, every Polymaker dreams of making the next big discovery...
  • Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London

    Blood-Kissed Sky by J.A. London

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    There's nowhere left to hide. I thought vampires were our enemies - they controlled our lives, isolated our cities, and demanded our blood - until I met Victor. With Victor taking over as the new Lord Valentine, things were supposed to get better. Instead, they're worse than ever. Day Walkers, a new breed of vampires who can walk in the sun, are terrorizing the city...
  • The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas

    The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 39 ratings
    In a pursuit that has spanned continents, Iolanthe, Titus, and their friends have always managed to remain one step ahead of the forces of Atlantis. But now the Bane, the monstrous tyrant who bestrides the entire mage world, has issued his ultimatum: Titus must hand over Iolanthe, or watch as his entire realm is destroyed in a deadly rampage...
  • Immortal City by Scott Speer

    Immortal City by Scott Speer

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Jackson Godspeed is the hottest young Angel in a city that revolves around idolizing Immortals like him. He grew up in the spotlight, and in less than a week, he'll become the youngest full-fledged Guardian ever. People around the world are lining up to pay for him to keep them safe...
  • Awaken by P.T. Michelle

    Awaken by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS series. .. With her family life in emotional turmoil, Nara turns her focus to the one thing she knows is most important for everyone: convincing the raven spirit inside Ethan that he is the Master Corvus. Of course, Ethan trying to protect her by keeping his distance makes that goal near impossible to accomplish...
  • Earth's End by Elise Kova

    Earth's End by Elise Kova

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 85 ratings
    A woman awoken in air, a soldier forged by fire, a weapon risen from blood. Vhalla Yarl has made it to the warfront in the North. Forged by blood and fire, she has steeled her heart for the final battle of the Solaris Empire’s conquest. The choices before Vhalla are no longer servitude or freedom, they are servitude or death...
  • The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld

    The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    This arc of Scott Westerfeld's UGLIES trilogy follows the high-tech adventures of Tally Youngblood. As an ugly, then a pretty, and finally a special, Tally works to take down a society created to function with perfect-looking people who never have a chance to think for themselves.
  • Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

    Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 102 ratings
    In her New York Times bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Eragon -author Christopher Paolini calls them, "Some of the most interesting dragons I've read in fantasy. "...
  • Ice Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Ice Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    This is a short story about Yelena and Valek as they race to keep the powerful Ice Moon from a rogue magician.
  • Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette

    Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Audrey Whitticomb saved her entire city. Well, kind of. The superhero Morning Star (who just happens to be Audrey's mom) might have played a small part, and her sidekick, Leon—Audrey's sort-of boyfriend, who is gorgeous. .. and frustrating—maybe helped, too. But after two peaceful months, there is a vicious new threat in Minneapolis...
  • Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder

    Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 65 ratings
    Hunted, Killed—Survived? As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement...
  • Touched by Corrine Jackson

    Touched by Corrine Jackson

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Remy O’Malley heals people with touch—but every injury she cures becomes her own. Living in a household with an abusive stepfather, she has healed untold numbers of broken bones, burns,and bruises. And then one night her stepfather goes too far. Being sent to live with her estranged father offers a clean start and she is eager to take it. Enter Asher Blackwell...
  • Soulbound by Heather Brewer

    Soulbound by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 30 ratings
    Tril is a world where Barrons and Healers are Bound to each other: Barrons fight and Healers cure their Barrons' wounds in the ongoing war with the evil Graplar King. Seventeen-year-old Kaya was born a Healer, but she wants to fight. In Tril, and at Shadow Academy, where she is sent to learn to heal, it is against Protocol for Healers to fight. So Kaya must learn in secret...
  • The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

    The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Wilhelmina has a hundred enemies. HER FRIENDS HAVE TURNED. After her identity is revealed during the Inundation, Princess Wilhelmina is kept prisoner by the Indigo Kingdom, with the Ospreys lost somewhere in the devastated city. When the Ospreys’ leader emerges at the worst possible moment, leaving Wil’s biggest ally on his deathbed, she must become Black Knife to set things right...
  • My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton

    My Contrary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Welcome to Renaissance France, a place of poison and plots, of beauties and beasts, of mice and . . . queens? ⠀. ⠀. Mary is the queen of Scotland and the jewel of the French court. Except when she's a mouse. Yes, reader, Mary is an Eðian (shapeshifter) in a kingdom where Verities rule. It's a secret that could cost her a head—or a tail. ⠀. ⠀...
  • Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock

    Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mac can’t lose another friend. Even if he doesn’t want to be found. The ripple effect caused by Mac’s best friend Amy’s murder has driven Mac’s new love, Kyle, to leave Hemlock and disappear from her life forever. But Mac knows that Kyle plans to enroll in a rehabilitation camp, where he can live with other werewolves...
  • Tortured Souls by Kimber Leigh Wheaton

    Tortured Souls by Kimber Leigh Wheaton

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes Rest in Peace isn't an option. .. Kacie Ramsey sees ghosts—and it's ruining her life. Her mother left, her father blames her, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't keep the ghosts away. Now a new power has emerged. Nightly visions of grisly murders and a relentless predator draw her to the brink of insanity...
  • Impostor by Susanne Winnacker

    Impostor by Susanne Winnacker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Can Tessa pose as Madison . . . and stop a killer before it’s too late? Tessa is a Variant, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she’s spent the last two years training with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI...
  • Impulse Control by Susan Bischoff

    Impulse Control by Susan Bischoff

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the world of the Talent Chronicles, kids born with supernatural powers are taken from their families and forced into government research facilities called State Schools. At one such school, a dangerous experiment has killed two young inmates and threatens others...
  • Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 106 ratings
    Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos...
  • House Immortal by Devon Monk

    House Immortal by Devon Monk

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    A hundred years ago, eleven powerful Houses claimed control of Earth’s resources, taking hold of everything from water, to air, to people’s freedom. They captured the twelve galvanized—indestructible, stitched together humans—and forced them to serve. Matilda Case is the rebel leader of House Brown, an underground organization that helps keep people hidden and free from the powerful Houses...
  • Dark Star by Bethany Frenette

    Dark Star by Bethany Frenette

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Audrey Whitticomb has nothing to fear. Her mother is the superhero Morning Star, the most deadly crime-fighter in the Twin Cities, so it's hard for Audrey not to feel safe. That is, until she's lured into the sweet night air by something human and not human--something with talons and teeth, and a wide, scarlet smile. Now Audrey knows the truth: her mom doesn't fight crime at night...
  • Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Every other day, Kali D’Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to public high school. She argues with her father. She’s human. And then every day in between . . . she’s something else entirely...
  • Crash by Lisa McMann

    Crash by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of three books from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy. Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that...
  • The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney

    The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After being tricked into opening the doorway to the Demon Realm by Aliette, the Wood Queen, Donna Underwood is faced with a terrible ultimatum from the newly released demon hordes. They demand that the alchemists deliver the Philosopher's Stone, or their reaper storm will plunge the world into a devastating modern-day Dark Age...
  • Ascend by Amanda Hocking

    Ascend by Amanda Hocking

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 84 ratings
    Wendy Everly is facing an impossible choice. The only way to save the Trylle from their deadliest enemy is by sacrificing herself.   If she doesn’t surrender to the Vittra, her people will be thrust into a brutal war against an unbeatable foe...
  • Retro Demonology by Jana Oliver

    Retro Demonology by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A Demon Trapper’s bonus story. Before Riley Blackthorne can take on Grade Five demons, she has to trap her very first. Her debut solo trapping experience should be a breeze, just a harmless Grade One after all...
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