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Supernova by Marissa Meyer
All's fair in love and anarchy. .. The epic conclusion to Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian fighting to keep their identities secret. While the battle rages on between their alter egos and their allies, there is a darker threat shrouding Gatlon City. The Renegades' worst enemy is back among them, threatening to reclaim Gatlon City...Categorized as:
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Night Shift Dragons by Rachel Aaron
They say family always sticks together, but when you’re your dad’s only lifeline and the whole world—humans, dragons, and gods—wants you dead, “family bonding” takes on a whole new meaning. My name is Opal Yong-ae, and I’m in way over my head. I thought getting rid of my dad’s bad luck curse would put things back to normal. Instead, I’m stuck playing caretaker to the Great Dragon of Korea...Categorized as:
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Cardcaptor Sakura, Book 2 by CLAMP
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe beautiful new teacher in Sakura's class, Kaho Mizuki, soon reveals that she's a shrine maiden with magic powers of her own. But as always, the struggle to capture the Clow cards is woven together with the mysterious - and complicated - threads of love and affection between Sakura and all the people in her life...Categorized as:
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The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
The threat of Mortmain's Infernal Devices looms as the Shadowhunters race to work out a way to counteract the mechanical monsters. Meanwhile, plans for Tessa's marriage to Jem are underway, despite her fiancé's failing health and the unresolved feelings between her and Will. When Tessa is captured, Will must leave his comrade behind to save the woman they both love. . -
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Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron
Making a living is hard. In a lawless city where gods are real, dragons are traffic hazards, and buildings move around on their own, it can feel downright impossible. Good thing freelance mage Opal Yong-ae has never let little things like impossibility stop her...Categorized as:
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Twilight by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 89 ratingsSuze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history . .Categorized as:
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Part-Time Gods by Rachel Aaron
Life in the magical mess of the Detroit Free Zone is never easy. When you’re laboring under the curse of a certain prideful, overbearing dragon, it can be down right impossible. My name is Opal Yong-ae, and I’m a Cleaner. At least, I used to be. Thanks to the supernatural bad luck that turns everything I do against me, these days I’m more of a walking disaster...Categorized as:
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The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London . . . As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on Paige, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly... -
The Luckless by A.M. Sohma
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWelcome to Retha, the full submersion video game where you can be the hero of your own adventure. Unfortunately for Kit, it only takes one moment to turn the game into a nightmare. When Chronicles of Retha experiences a software malfunction, Kit—a disenchanted veteran player—is stuck in the game without a way to log off... -
Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard? When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with... -
Elysian by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Addison Moore. ELYSIAN is the final book in the young adult Celestra Series. Part One and Part Two together in one e-book. This novel is 184,000 words. Love and destiny wait for no one. Skyla Messenger is in the arms of death. While Skyla awaits the verdict of the faction war, she makes some troubling discoveries...Categorized as:
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Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Does one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests? Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy--won't Mumsy be surprised? Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an...Categorized as:
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Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
Class is back in session. .. Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course... -
Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWith the Brotherhood persecuting witches like never before, a divided Sisterhood desperately needs Cate to come into her Prophesied powers. And after Cate's friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, a war-thirsty Sister offers to help her find answers—if Cate is willing to endanger everyone she loves...Categorized as:
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Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsIko – an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder – has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna...Categorized as:
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Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsEver since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions...Categorized as:
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Love and Decay, Episode One (Love and Decay (Complete Series) #1) by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsZombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. Reagan said goodbye to love when she was forced to run her high school boyfriend over with her mom’s car just to keep him from eating her for dinner. Now, two years later, and in need of a serious shower, she’s just over the entire concept of a soul mate- or really, any kind of mate. Well, mostly anyway...Categorized as:
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Inhuman by Kat Falls
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIn a world ravaged by mutation, a teenage girl must travel into the forbidden Savage Zone to recover lost artifacts or her father’s life is forfeit. America has been ravaged by a war that has left the eastern half of the country riddled with mutation. Many of the people there exhibit varying degrees of animal traits. Even the plantlife has gone feral... -
A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsA million universes. A million dangers. One destiny. The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite Caine’s hands. Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional feud since she first traveled to another universe using her parents’ invention, the Firebird...Categorized as:
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Monster by Alycia Linwood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMoira goes back to Elemontera as a double agent with one goal: to destroy it. But as her elements get more and more out of control, she could end up doing things that will haunt her forever.Categorized as:
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The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsDon't miss the hotly-anticipated new novel in the New York Times bestselling Darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, just in time for the major motion picture adaptation of The Darkest Minds, starring Amandla Stenberg and Mandy Moore! Told through the eyes of beloved character Zu, now seventeen, this harrowing, standalone story of resilience, resistance, and reckoning will thrill loyal fans...Categorized as:
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Wicked by Addison Moore
Seventeen year-old, Skyla Messenger is wishing people would just stay dead. With Chloe back, Skyla finds it difficult to live under her tyranny and threats. A seemingly innocent misstep in Skyla’s past comes back to haunt her and could end up costing her relationship with Gage...Categorized as:
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Sisters' Fate by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA fever ravages New London, but with the Brotherhood sending suspected witches straight to the gallows, the Sisters are powerless against the disease. They can’t help without revealing their powers—as Cate learns when a potent display of magic turns her into the most wanted witch in all of New England. To make matters worse, Cate has been erased from the memory of her beloved Finn... -
Entropy by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Addison Moore :. Laken Stewart is sure of one thing—she must free her loved ones from the notorious Celestra tunnels. Laken along with Cooper Flanders set out to free their families from the hands of the Countenance before it’s too late...Categorized as:
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Perfect Love by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book consists of Logan’s point of view from select chapters in ELYSIAN (36-39). Includes bonus material, the first chapter of CELESTRA FOREVER AFTER, for readers who have completed the Celestra Series. When circumstances in Logan’s world lead to a life-altering event, he decides to be as forthright with his nephew, Gage, as possible...Categorized as:
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Ethereal Knights by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYoung Adult Paranormal Romance. A point of view novel: Ethereal (Celestra Series Book 1) rewritten through Logan and Gage’s perspective. Angels still roam the earth through Nephilim bloodlines. The battle for power between angelic factions intensifies when a new girl moves to Paragon Island. Logan and Gage Oliver are captivated by Paragon’s newest resident, Skyla Messenger...Categorized as:
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Long Live the Queen by Kate Locke
Xandra Vardan thought life would be simpler when she accepted the goblin crown and became their queen, but life has only become more complicated. Everyone -- vampires, werewolves and humans -- wants the goblins on their side, because whoever has the goblins -- wins...Categorized as:
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Invidious by Bianca Scardoni
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWELCOME BACK TO HOLLOW HILLS. The spellbinding continuation of the best-selling YA fantasy series, The Marked. Discover why readers are calling this series completely engrossing and downright addicting! "Sizzling Tension and Surprises. The chemistry was spellbinding. .. " - Nicole A. Watson ★★★★★...Categorized as:
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Galdoni Book Two: Into the Fire by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGaldoni Book 2: Into the Fire is about Saro, a Galdoni misplaced by the closing of the Academy and taken in by a man whose motives are directed by a dangerous enemy. As Saro’s world crashes around him, he finds the one thing that was never meant to exist, a female Galdoni... -
Instinct by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex’s quest to stop the General’s army of extremists gets personal when someone he cares about is taken. Lives are put on the line and Alex is pushed far past his limits to bring her home. The General is ruthless in his attempt to get Drogan back, and he knows Alex is the key to finding his son. Through it all, Alex comes face to face with someone he thought he would never see again...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe threat towards Alex and Cassie has intensified. Alex may no longer be safe at the Academy. Drogan will stop at nothing to find him, and the deadly force the Extremist is prepared to use threatens anyone Alex is with...Categorized as:
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The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil spirit, fourteen-year-old Laura seeks the help of the strangely compelling older boy at school who she is convinced has supernatural powers. The face in the mirror. From the moment she saw it, Laura Chant knew that something dreadful was going to happen. It wasn’t the first time she’d been forewarned... -
The Queen Is Dead by Kate Locke
When her brother Val gets in over his head in an investigation of Half-Blood disappearances and goes missing himself, it's up to Xandra, newly crowned Goblin Queen, to get him back and bring the atrocities to light... -
Rises The Night by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIn Italy, a powerful vampire is amassing the power to control the souls of the dead. Lady Victoria Gardella de Lacy-a vampire slayer for just over a year-races across Europe to stop what could be the most deadly army the Gardellas have ever faced. She is accompanied by Sebastian Vioget, a man as tempting as he is untrustworthy... -
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Foretell by Belle Malory
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you could provide anyone with the path to their deepest, darkest desires, would you? Estelle Spencer has no choice. With just a simple touch of her hand, wishes and dreams are instantly fulfilled. Her voice speaks of its own accord, lighting the way to good fortune. But not everyone’s fortunes are desirable...Categorized as:
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Four by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 116 ratingsTwo years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child. Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless...Categorized as:
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The Savage Vengeance by Tamara Rose Blodgett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe degradation of Queen Clara's sphere continues without apparent end. She must ask for assistance from the neighboring Kingdom of Kentucky to combat the demise of their way of life. However, the alliance isn't as strong without the promise of marriage, which in the past stood to unite the spheres... -
Weaving Destiny by G.P. Ching
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMalini Gupta thought Jacob Lau was her destiny. But after months of failing to decipher how she fits into the Soulkeepers, frustration threatens to tear their relationship apart. And it doesn't help that a new Soulkeeper named Mara is ready to stop time itself to earn Jacob's love. When Malini faces her worst fears, and even death, she learns a funny thing about destiny...Categorized as:
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Competence by Gail Carriger
From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Imprudence. Accidentally abandoned! All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard , in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail...Categorized as:
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Fearless by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOut Now! My name is Nick Carver and I have a superpower. Be jealous. Be very, very jealous. I've only begun to touch the edges of the power lying coiled inside of me. No one knows what I'm capable of. Of how far I can go, least of all me. That should scare me but it doesn't because let's be honest, nothing does. Not even the fact that I'm dying. Again...Categorized as:
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Imprudence by Gail Carriger
From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Prudence. Rue and the crew of the Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack... -
The Dreamer by E.J. Mellow
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt’s night. Always night. Dreams guard against the evil forged by nightmares. Infinite shooting stars illuminate a moonless sky. A city stands alone, surrounded by a darkened field. On its fringes, a man watches one star separate from the masses and fall. What survives the crash will unveil a secret centuries long hidden. Molly hasn’t slept well since the night of her twenty-fourth birthday...Categorized as:
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Earthflown by Frances Wren
Featuring over 60 illustrations, Earthflown is a love story that tries – and fails – to leave the water crisis behind. Set in post-flood London, futuristic medicine meets a bit of magic in Frances Wren's bittersweet debut. When Ethan saves the life of a firestarter, it's nothing unusual. He's the only healer on call at the hospital – and that gunshot wound isn't going to regenerate itself... -
Defects by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the happy, clean community of Austin Valley, everything appears to be perfect. Seventeen-year-old Em Fuller, however, fears something is askew. Em is one of the new generation of Dream Travelers. For some reason, the gods have not seen fit to gift all of them with their expected special abilities. Em is a Defect—one of the unfortunate Dream Travelers not gifted with a psychic power...Categorized as:
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Court of Nightfall by Karpov Kinrade
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsYou think you know what is right and what is wrong? Then tell me if this man should die. He is my enemy. He is to be my end. He is the one I love. I have spent my life in shades of grey. I have died and returned to a world of color. I have fought an Angel and lived. I have kissed the Prince of Ravens. I have faced the Lord of Night and made him kneel... -
The Moment by Sarah Alderson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA short story from Alex's point of view(Included in the Simon Pulse copy ofLosing Lila).Categorized as:
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Vex by Addison Moore
Seventeen year-old, Skyla Messenger finds herself lying on an altar as a sacrifice to the enemy. Being an angel of the highest Nephilim order hasn’t been easy. Her first love has cast his allegiance to the Countenance, the Sectors and the Fems see her as nothing more than a celestial pawn, and the dead girl she helped bring back to life has blackmailed her into relinquishing her boyfriend...Categorized as:
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Until the End by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn outbreak of The Fever has taken hold of Portland, Oregon, bringing the population to its knees. The Fever spreads and kills quickly, but the dead aren't staying dead. When her neighbor, Jordan, saves her from one of the infected, Alissa joins him in his plan to escape the city, the disease and the threat of a quarantine that will lock the living in with the undead...Categorized as:
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The Wilds by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMy name is Dahlia but I’m called a Plaguer, a person who survived the Bloody Death. When the virus first hit the world, it ravaged the human race. I thought I was lucky to survive it but survival comes at a cost. Ever since the sickness, I see things and I’m hunted for these visions. Some seek me out because they want to keep their secrets safe...Categorized as:
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Deliverance by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEverything hangs in the balance, and nothing is certain: Rachel has been kidnapped by enemy forces and is being taken to Rowansmark while Logan, imprisoned and awaiting trial, is unable to leave Lankenshire...Categorized as:
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