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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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![Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts]()
Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world. They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed... -
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Twilight by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 76 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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![Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson]()
Endless Magic by Rachel Higginson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn the final installment of the Star-Crossed Series, we find Eden Matthews a prisoner in the very household she set out to destroy. She is without magic and engaged to the same boy who betrayed her and everyone she loves. With her wedding looming on the horizon, conditions for her people continue to worsen and her goal of offering her kingdom freedom seems further away than ever...Categorized as:
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![Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi]()
Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi
It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since Perry was named Blood Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former Dweller...Categorized as:
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![Part-Time Gods by Rachel Aaron]()
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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![Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron]()
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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![Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot]()
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... -
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The Luckless by A.M. Sohma
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 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... -
![Split Second by Kasie West]()
Split Second by Kasie West
Life can change in a split second. Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price...Categorized as:
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![Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer]()
Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 46 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]()
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 48 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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![Pivot Point by Kasie West]()
Pivot Point by Kasie West
Knowing the outcome doesn’t always make a choice easier . . . Addison Coleman’s life is one big “What if?” As a Searcher, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she can look into the future and see both outcomes. It’s the ultimate insurance plan against disaster. Or so she thought... -
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![A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray]()
A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 43 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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![Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger]()
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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![Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood]()
Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 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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![The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken]()
The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 39 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... -
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Inhuman by Kat Falls
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 31 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... -
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Sisters' Fate by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 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... -
![Long Live the Queen by Kate Locke]()
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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![Fire by Kristin Cashore]()
Fire by Kristin Cashore
It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. The young King Nash clings to his throne while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. The mountains and forests are filled with spies and thieves and lawless men. This is where Fire lives. With a wild, irresistible appearance and hair the color of flame, Fire is the last remaining human monster...Categorized as:
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![Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott]()
Fire & Flood by Victoria Scott
Time is slipping away.... Tella Holloway is losing it. Her brother is sick, and when a dozen doctors can't determine what's wrong, her parents decide to move to Montana for the fresh air. She's lost her friends, her parents are driving her crazy, her brother is dying—and she's helpless to change anything...Categorized as:
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![Shadowland by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot]()
Shadowland by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
Shadowland is the first book in the thrilling, romantic Mediator series, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot. Suze is a mediator—a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business with the living...Categorized as:
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![Monster by Alycia Linwood]()
Monster by Alycia Linwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 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 Changeover by Margaret Mahy]()
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen 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]()
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]()
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... -
![Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury]()
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
An urban fantasy debut following a teen witch who is given a horrifying task: sacrificing her first love to save her family’s magic. The problem is, she’s never been in love—she’ll have to find the perfect guy before she can kill him.After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail... -
![Contagious by Emily Goodwin]()
Contagious by Emily Goodwin
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"I wasn’t afraid of death. If I died, it would be over. My worst fear wasn’t of dying, it was of living. Living, while everyone around me had their flesh savagely torn from their bodies to be shoved into the festering and ever-hungry mouths of zombies. It terrified me, right down to my very core, to be alive while the rest of the world was dead...Categorized as:
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![Tremble by Addison Moore]()
Tremble by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is determined to bring back the dead. For Skyla, being an angel from the coveted Celestra faction hasn't been easy. An entire band of wicked angels is after her blood, a Sector is after something far more sinister, and her newfound powers lead her on a quest to save her dead father...Categorized as:
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Four by Veronica Roth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 97 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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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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Out for Blood by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter nearly dying at the hands of the Aurelian, Chrysabelle finds new determination to move beyond life as a comarré. That is until the Kubai Mata bring a new task to her doorstep: rescue the child Tatiana has kidnapped, or Mal becomes enemy number one... -
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![Fearless by Tracey Ward]()
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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![Defects by Sarah Noffke]()
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... -
![Imprudence by Gail Carriger]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Time's Edge by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Edge by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsTo stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists' hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key--one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy--her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people...Categorized as:
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![The Prey by Andrew Fukuda]()
The Prey by Andrew Fukuda
For Gene and the remaining humans—or hepers—death is just a heartbeat away. On the run and hunted by society, they must find a way to survive in The Vast... and avoid the hungry predators tracking them in the dark. But they’re not the only things following Gene. He’s haunted by the girl he left behind and his burgeoning feelings for Sissy, the human girl at his side...Categorized as:
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![Court of Nightfall by Karpov Kinrade]()
Court of Nightfall by Karpov Kinrade
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 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... -
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Hollowland by Amanda Hocking
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsHollowland - the first book in the young adult dystopian series The Hollows.. "This is the way the world ends - not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door." Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way - not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies...Categorized as:
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![Seeds of Discovery by Breeana Puttroff]()
Seeds of Discovery by Breeana Puttroff
Quinn Robbins' life was everything she thought a teenager's should be. She has good friends, a family that she loves, good grades, and an after-school job she enjoys. And, she's just been asked out by Zander Cunningham, a popular football player and great guy... -
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Deliverance by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 28 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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![Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking]()
Hollowmen by Amanda Hocking
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAfter six months in the quarantine, Remy finds out things are much worse than she feared. Her plans to escape come with a heavy cost, and she realizes that zombies aren't the worst of her problems...Categorized as:
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![The Girl with the Windup Heart by Kady Cross]()
The Girl with the Windup Heart by Kady Cross
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn 1897 London, a final showdown is about to begin. London's underworld is no place for a young woman, even one who is strong, smart and part-automaton like Mila. But when master criminal Jack Dandy inadvertently breaks her heart, she takes off, determined to find an independent life, one entirely her own. Her search takes her to the spangled shadows of the West End's most dazzling circus... -
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Revelations by Melinda Metz
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Rae touches your fingerprints, she knows your thoughts. And everybody has thoughts that no one else should ever know.When Rae finally discovers who is out to kill her, she must find facts about the past to protect herself -- and quick...Categorized as:
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More by T.M. Franklin
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAva Michaels used to think she was special. As a child, she fantasized about having magical powers . . . making things happen. But Ava grew up and eventually accepted the fact that her childish dreams were just that, and maybe a normal life wasn't so bad after all... -
![The Decaying Empire by Laura Thalassa]()
The Decaying Empire by Laura Thalassa
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen eighteen-year-old teleporter Ember Pierce wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, she remembers only the basics: she’s been trained by the government as a spy, she’s sent on dangerous missions, and her last assignment—the one that landed her in the hospital—was a setup. Caden Hawthorne has spent the past ten months of his life grieving Ember’s death...Categorized as:
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![Suspended by Sarah Noffke]()
Suspended by Sarah Noffke
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a stranger joins the cast of Vagabond Circus—a circus that is run by Dream Travelers and features real magic—mysterious events start happening. The once orderly grounds of the circus become riddled with hidden threats. And the ringmaster realizes not only are his circus and its magic at risk, but also his very life. Vagabond Circus caters to the skeptics...Categorized as:
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![After Daybreak by J.A. London]()
After Daybreak by J.A. London
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsOur last hope lies with our oldest enemies. When we lost the war with the vampires, our world changed. The Old Family overlords trapped us in a few scattered cities and demanded our blood. Then Victor- the first vampire I've ever trusted, ever loved- came to power, and I hoped for peace between our kinds...Categorized as:
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