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Archenemies by Marissa Meyer
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.In Renegades, Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator...Categorized as:
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Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter
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... -
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![Haunted by Meg Cabot]()
Haunted by Meg Cabot
Is it possible to be haunted by someone who isn't even dead? Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good. Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him... -
![The Unbound by Victoria Schwab]()
The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsImagine 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... -
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Goliath by Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsAlek 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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The Vision by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe Vision is book 3 in the Fallen Star Series. Gemma thought she was trapped—that Stephan had finally won. But then time resets and she’s given another chance. The clock is ticking as Gemma tries to figure out how to change the vision that ends the world in ice. If she can, then maybe she can save the world from Stephan and give her and Alex a chance at a real future...Categorized as:
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A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMyth 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...Categorized as:
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Angel Fever by L.A. Weatherly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAs 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...Categorized as:
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![The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton]()
The Wicked Within by Kelly Keaton
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAncient 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...Categorized as:
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Fractured by Sarah Fine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIn the week since Lela returned to Rhode Island as Captain of the Guard with Malachi as her second in command, local news has been dominated by chilling sightings of human-like creatures running on all fours. Lela knows there’s only one explanation: the Mazikin have arrived in the land of the living...Categorized as:
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Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsFor months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought...Categorized as:
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Immortal City by Scott Speer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsJackson 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... -
![Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder]()
Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
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... -
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Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsThe first three Sweep books bound into one gorgeous edition at a fabulous price! Morgan Rowlands never thought she was anything other than a typical sixteen-year-old girl. But when she meets Cal, a captivatingly handsome coven leader, she makes a discover that turns her whole world upside down: she is a witch, descended from an ancient and powerful line. And so is Cal... -
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![Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette]()
Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAudrey 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... -
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Touched by Corrine Jackson
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsRemy 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...Categorized as:
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsIn Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense... -
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The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWilhelmina 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... -
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Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood...Categorized as:
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Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMac 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...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaitlyn is a telepath in a world where having any Paranormal power is illegal. Caitlyn is on the run from government troopers, who can enslave, torture, or even kill her, or make her hunt other Paranormals. When Caitlyn settles down in a city, she falls for Alex, a Normal (someone without Paranormal powers), which is dangerous because he can turn her in...Categorized as:
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Tortured Souls by Kimber Leigh Wheaton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes 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... -
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Impostor by Susanne Winnacker
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCan 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... -
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Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEvery 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... -
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![House Immortal by Devon Monk]()
House Immortal by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA 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... -
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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 121 ratingsWith this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as one of today's foremost authors of young adult fiction. Like Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why and Gayle Forman's If I Stay , Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others... -
![Dark Star by Bethany Frenette]()
Dark Star by Bethany Frenette
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAudrey 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... -
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Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 42 ratings17-year-old Lila has two secrets she’s prepared to take to the grave. The first is that she can move things just by looking at them. The second is that she’s been in love with her brother’s best friend, Alex, since forever. After a mugging exposes her unique ability, Lila decides to run to the only people she can trust—her brother and Alex...Categorized as:
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The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter 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... -
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Revel by Maurissa Guibord
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThere’s an island off the coast of Maine that’s not on any modern map. Shrouded in mist and protected by a deadly reef, Trespass Island is home to a community of people who guard the island and its secrets from outsiders... -
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Crash by Lisa McMann
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIf 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... -
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Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLife turned upside down for Maddy Montgomery when she found out she was half-Angel and was catapulted into the scene of flashbulbs, paparazzi, and the fervent adulation that comes with being in the celebrity Angel world. She's trying to juggle her ordinary life—high school, family, friends—with the intense demands of being in the public eye as heartthrob Angel Jackson Godspeed's girlfriend... -
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Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 110 ratingsIn the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees... Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy...Categorized as:
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The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Every girl who had taken the test has died. Now it's Kate's turn. It's always been just Kate and her mom - and her mother is dying. Her last wish? To move back to her childhood home. So Kate's going to start at a new school with no friends, no other family and the fear that her mother won't live past the fall. Then she meets Henry. Dark. Tortured. And mesmerizing... -
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The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsA few nights after Jessica Day arrives in Bixby, Oklahoma, she wakes up at midnight to find the entire world frozen, except for her and a few others who call themselves 'midnighters'. Dark things haunt this midnight hour – dark things with a mysterious interest in Jessica... -
![Perfect Lies by Kiersten White]()
Perfect Lies by Kiersten White
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAnnie and Fia are ready to fight back. The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never ending battle for survival. Now they have found allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that is plotting to destroy the Foundation...Categorized as:
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Word and Breath by Susannah Noel
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRiana has learned how to stay out of trouble. She spends her days studying written texts in the government’s Office of Readers, and she spends her nights taking care of her sick sister. She always—always—follows the rules. Despite her low profile, she has mysteriously become a target. Someone has kidnapped her sister. Someone else is trying to kill her...Categorized as:
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Fracture by Megan Miranda
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal...Categorized as:
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![Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong]()
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned. Only this year, the souls will not be quieted... -
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Dark Metropolis by Jaclyn Dolamore
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCabaret meets Cassandra Clare-a haunting magical thriller set in a riveting 1930s-esque world. Sixteen-year-old Thea Holder's mother is cursed with a spell that's driving her mad, and whenever they touch, Thea is chilled by the magic, too. With no one else to contribute, Thea must make a living for both of them in a sinister city, where danger lurks and greed rules... -
![(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn]()
(Don't You) Forget About Me by Kate Karyus Quinn
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWelcome to Gardnerville. A place where no one gets sick. And no one ever dies. Except... There’s a price to pay for paradise. Every fourth year, the strange power that fuels the town exacts its payment by infecting teens with deadly urges. In a normal year in Gardnerville, teens might stop talking to their best friends. In a fourth year, they’d kill them... -
![Love Is Hell (Short Stories from Hell) by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld]()
Love Is Hell (Short Stories from Hell) by Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsSure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it... -
![Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris]()
Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSomeone's been a very bad zombie. Kate Grable is horrified to find out that the football coach has given the team steroids. Worse yet, the steriods are having an unexpected effect, turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless flesh-eating zombies. No one is safe--not her cute crush Aaron, not her dorky brother, Jonah . .Categorized as:
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Mind Games by Kiersten White
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future...Categorized as:
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![So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld]()
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEver wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market... -
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Burn Mark by Laura Powell
Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn a modern world where witches are hunted down and burned at the stake, two lives intersect. Glory is from a family of witches, and is desperate to develop her 'Fae' powers and become a witch herself, though witch-activity carries a threat of being burned at the stake... -
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The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsStrange things are happening: old friends disappearing, angels (or devils) clambering on the fire escapes of New York City. But for Pearl, Moz, and Zahler, all that matters is the band. As the city reels under a mysterious epidemic, the three combine their talents with a vampire lead singer and a drummer whose fractured mind can glimpse the coming darkness...Categorized as:
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Velveteen by Daniel Marks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsVelveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem. The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind... -
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Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen Marshall King and Elyse Alton suddenly wake up tangled in each other's arms with zero memory of how they got there or even who they are, it's the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future. Terrified by their amnesia, Marshall and Elyse make a pact to work together to find the answers that could restore their missing memories... -
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Steel Scars by Victoria Aveyard
Farley was raised to be strong, but being tasked with planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected. As she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital, she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation—Mare Barrow...
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