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The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom... -
![Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare]()
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
Chain of Gold is the first novel in a new trilogy that stars the Shadowhunters of Edwardian London.Welcome to Edwardian London, a time of electric lights and long shadows, the celebration of artistic beauty and the wild pursuit of pleasure, with demons waiting in the dark. For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world...Categorized as:
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![The Dragon Twins by Michelle Madow]()
The Dragon Twins by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMagic. Romance. Adventure. And twists you’ll never see coming.According to legend, twin sisters Gemma and Mira are descended from witches. But they’ve never been able to use magic.On their seventeenth birthday, everything changes. They’re gifted with power over the elements, and right after receiving their magic, they’re tracked down and attacked by an ancient monster... -
![Sailor Moon, Vol. 3 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Sailor Moon, Vol. 3 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 37 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 2: New Allies, New Enemies by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 2: New Allies, New Enemies by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn both the past and the present, Kagome and Inuyasha face new enemies while on their search for the shards of the Shikon Jewel. As they grow closer, Kagome learns that Inuyasha harbors a carefully guarded secret that makes him vulnerable with the rising of the new moon. Then an evil ogress plans to resurrect Kikyo... -
![Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 3: New Allies, New Enemies by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 3: New Allies, New Enemies by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSesshomaru returns for another attack, aided by the demon Naraku. Then a terrible ogress brings Kikyo back from the dead, but her soulless state drives her thirst for revenge against Inuyasha. Dealing with the ogress reveals a glimpse into Inuyasha's true feelings for Kikyo and makes Kagome wonder just how he feels about her... -
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Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 4: Hard Choices by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe scheming demon Naraku has turned Sango against Inuyasha, and opening her eyes to the real danger won't be easy. Meanwhile, Miroku has to wrestle with his past and the curse that is threatening to kill him. Naraku's insight into his enemies' personalities gives him an edge that they don't have... -
![Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 1: Pulled Through Time! by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Inuyasha. VizBig Edition, Volume 1: Pulled Through Time! by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKagome is a modern Japanese high school girl... -
![A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab]()
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London. In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and Kell is now plagued by his guilt...Categorized as:
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![The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty]()
The River of Silver by S.A. Chakraborty
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsBestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels...Categorized as:
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![My Happy Marriage, Vol. 4 (My Happy Marriage (Manga) #4) by Akumi Agitogi, Rito Kohsaka]()
My Happy Marriage, Vol. 4 (My Happy Marriage (Manga) #4) by Akumi Agitogi, Rito Kohsaka
A Cinderella-inspired, slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Taisho-era Japan!A browbeaten and mistreated daughter is cast out of her home and sent to audition as a bridal candidate for the heir to one of the most powerful families in the land…Miyo Saimori, the eldest of her clan and yet unblessed by the supernatural talent that graced her father and half sister, is sent... -
![Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare]()
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
In a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series. The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother...Categorized as:
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Waging War by April White
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWar is being waged against the Descendants and Saira Elian is desperate to stop the Mongers’ savage bid for power… Saira’s search for kidnapped mixed-bloods draws her into the Mongers’ stronghold, revealing the horrible truth behind the irresistible Monger ring and the vile plan to cleanse Family bloodlines … permanently... -
![The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton]()
The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse...Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say—although it must never be said—witchcraft. The League of Gentlewomen Witches strives to improve the world in small ways... -
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![The Discovery of Magic by Michelle Madow]()
The Discovery of Magic by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWelcome to Elementals Academy, where magic is the only hope of survival, forbidden romance beckons, and an ancient secret threatens to end it all.Summer Donovan thinks paying her way through her expensive private college is her biggest problem.She's about to find out how wrong she is... -
![Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch]()
Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsMy name is Peter Grant, and I am a keeper of the secret flame -- whatever that is.Truth be told, there's a lot I still don't know. My superior Nightingale, previously the last of England's wizardly governmental force, is trying to teach me proper schooling for a magician's apprentice. But even he doesn't have all the answers... -
![My Happy Marriage 05 by Akumi Agitogi]()
My Happy Marriage 05 by Akumi Agitogi
A Cinderella-inspired, slow-burn historical romance with a paranormal twist set in Taisho-era Japan!Overlooked throughout her life, Miyo Saimori was dismissed as magically untalented and cast out of the house where she grew up. But despite all odds, she managed to find love and a place to belong with Kiyoka Kudo, the young head of a powerful family... -
![Demigods Academy: Year Two by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend]()
Demigods Academy: Year Two by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRead Melany and her friends' new adventures in Demigods Academy Year Two... -
![When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb]()
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure. Uriel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn't have a name other than Shtetl)... -
![Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller]()
Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller
Alosa's mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are now prisoners on her ship. Still unfairly attractive and unexpectedly loyal, first mate Riden is a constant distraction, but now he's under her orders...Categorized as:
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![Demigods Academy: Year Three by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend]()
Demigods Academy: Year Three by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhile Melany is torn between Lucian and Hades, a new enemy will put everyone in danger.The ancient Titans are unleashed, causing epic disasters all around the world. It’s time for the Gods’ Army to show what they’ve been trained for in the academy.It’s time for Melany to pick sides.A war is around the corner. And she is the only one who can stop it...Categorized as:
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![Ties of Dust by Deborah Grace White]()
Ties of Dust by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA girl hiding in plain sight. A prince trying to save the peninsula. A very inconvenient enchantment.Flora owes her role as a royal bodyguard to her ability to control Dust—the invisible magic created by movement. She doesn’t precisely pretend to be a man. She just doesn’t correct those who assume the Siqualian princess’s bodyguard must be a man…which is everyone... -
![Esperance (Esperance Trilogy) by Heather Frost]()
Esperance (Esperance Trilogy) by Heather Frost
Twelve strangers. Six marriages. One year in Esperance.Amryn has many reasons to hate the empire. Her latest is her forced marriage to General Carver Vincetti, better known as the Butcher. If he learns even one of her secrets, he will kill her. And Amryn has many secrets... -
![Midnight's Son by Nazri Noor]()
Midnight's Son by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe walls of our world have shattered. The Eldest are coming.Mad angels and demon princes were once the worst of Dustin Graves’s problems. Now rifts are tearing open in the fabric of reality. Eldritch abominations are slipping through, plunging the world into peril... -
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![Chosen Champion by Elise Kova]()
Chosen Champion by Elise Kova
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA princess on the run, with enemies on all sides... Vi Solaris is on the eve of getting everything she’s ever wanted—her family, her home, her throne—and to save the world she’s going to have to give it all up.The Empire sees her as their Crown Princess, returning at long last. But Vi only sees visions of fate guiding her to the world’s gruesome end...Categorized as:
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Hummingbird by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe best way to live in the Mage ruled city of Glasgow is to keep your head down and your mouth closed.That’s not usually a problem for Mairi Wallace. By day she works at a small shop selling tartan and by night she studies to become an apothecary. She knows her place and her limitations... -
![The Infernal Devices: The Complete Trilogy by Cassandra Clare]()
The Infernal Devices: The Complete Trilogy by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTessa Gray, a sixteen-year-old American girl, is traveling alone to Victorian London and runs afoul of the city's sordid supernatural underworld. Rescued by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute, she quickly finds herself caught up in an intrigue that may very well destroy her new friends-including the two enigmatic young men, Jem and Will, who have taken her under their wing.. -
![The Shadow Throne by Django Wexler]()
The Shadow Throne by Django Wexler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAnyone can plot a coup or fire an assassin’s bullet. But in a world of muskets and magic, it takes considerably more to seize the throne.The ailing King of the Vordan lies on his deathbed. When he dies, his daughter, Raesinia Orboan, will become the first Queen Regnant in centuries—and a ripe target for the ambitious men who seek to control her... -
![Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact by Alison Goodman]()
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact by Alison Goodman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe second novel in the thrilling LADY HELEN series sees Helen following orders that could bring about betrayal and annihilation. Ages 12+Summer, 1812After the scandalous events at her presentation ball in London, Lady Helen has taken refuge at the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton, where she is training to be a Reclaimer with the covert Dark Days Club... -
![The Threads Of Life by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend]()
The Threads Of Life by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReturn to the Academy with Melany and her friends in this new season full of magic, mythology, and adventures.After the war against Zeus, nothing is the same anymore for Melany and her crew.Despite all their losses and griefs, they must move on and rebuild a new Academy where Titans, Gods, and Demigods work together to protect the human World because something strange is going on...Categorized as:
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![Perfekt Control by S.T. Bende]()
Perfekt Control by S.T. Bende
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFans of urban fantasy, Norse mythology, and Thor rave about The Ære Saga - S.T. Bende's bestselling teen series! Read this second chapter in the YA superhero fantasy saga about Norse gods . . . and the mortals who love them. Rule the realms. Brynn Aksel is a valkyrie—a battle goddess tasked with protecting both the God of War and the future of Asgard... -
![Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep]()
Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep
Magic, murder, adventure, and romance combine in this second novel in the exciting Crown of Shards saga from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Estep.Everleigh Blair might be the new gladiator queen of Bellona, but her problems are far from over.First, Evie has to deal with a court full of arrogant, demanding nobles, all of whom want to get their greedy hands on her crown...Categorized as:
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![Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas]()
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin...Categorized as:
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![The Mapmaker's Apprentice by C.J. Archer]()
The Mapmaker's Apprentice by C.J. Archer
When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, suspicion and fear...Categorized as:
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![Beyond The Grave by C.J. Archer]()
Beyond The Grave by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAt the request of Lady Harcourt, Charlie and Lincoln begin searching for her missing stepson. Still recovering from her ordeal at the hands of a diabolical villain, Charlie is supposed to be resting. But resting is dull, so she throws herself into the task at hand, much to Lincoln's frustration. The search leads them down a dark path littered with family secrets and titillating scandal... -
![The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas]()
The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas
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... -
![The Jinxed Journey by Eliza Raine]()
The Jinxed Journey by Eliza Raine
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's starting to look like Olympus is a lot more dangerous than I thought it was.After dredging up a flying pirate ship belonging to the long lost Oceanus, I'm leaving the academy on a quest. And it's not just me going. My friends, Icarus, Zali and Thom are coming too, but in a strange turn of events, two of the people who hate me most in the academy are also tagging along for the ride... -
![The Midnight Sea by Kat Ross]()
The Midnight Sea by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThey are the light against the darkness. The steel against the necromancy of the Druj. And they use demons to hunt demons…. Nazafareen lives for revenge. A girl of the isolated Four-Legs Clan, all she knows about the King's elite Water Dogs is that they bind wicked creatures called daevas to protect the empire from the Undead... -
![Daughter of Earth and Sky by Kaitlin Bevis]()
Daughter of Earth and Sky by Kaitlin Bevis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSome vows can never be broken, especially with you've recently found out you're a goddess. In the flick of a eyelash Persephone has gone from being a high school junior in Athens, Georgia to the wife of Hades, god of the Underworld. Under his platonic protection, she's waiting for springtime, when Boreas, the sinister god of winter, will stop stalking her...Categorized as:
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![Seraphina by Rachel Hartman]()
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 97 ratingsIn 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...Categorized as:
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Scions by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA prequel to the bestselling Starcrossed series.New York City, 1993. It wasn’t Daphne’s choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again...Categorized as:
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![Curse of Darkness by Bec McMaster]()
Curse of Darkness by Bec McMaster
The Darkness is coming... Thiago is gone, and enemies surround me on all sides. But when the Queen of Ravenal offers me a deal—knowledge of my husband’s true nature in exchange for my pledge to destroy my wicked mother—there’s a glimmer of hope in my world. I could have him back. I could return him to life. All I have to do is venture into the Underworld and barter with the God of Death…... -
![Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder]()
Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder
From New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder Return to the realms of Sitia and Ixia, where a young glass magician becomes ensnared in a deadly power struggle that may cost her everything…Opal Cowan, glass magician-in-training, has discovered a terrifying and powerful new she can steal the power of other magicians. And that makes her too dangerous to be set free...Categorized as:
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![Maker's Curse by Trudi Canavan]()
Maker's Curse by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRielle is now the Maker, restorer of worlds. She has lost count of the number of worlds she has been sent to save.Tyen has cast off his old identity. No longer a spy, he now attempts to teach new sorcerers and find ways to counteract the war machines that are spreading throughout the worlds...Categorized as:
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![The Demon Demigod by Eliza Raine]()
The Demon Demigod by Eliza Raine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSo, it turns out Titan power is pretty awesome. Only I can’t control my new gift and that’s not only embarrassing but also dangerous. And I’m sure our new professor is one of the two demons I accidentally let loose in Olympus. Icarus says we should lay low for a while but every time Professor Neos flashed me those red eyes I want to challenge him...Categorized as:
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![Palace of Wishes by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince]()
Palace of Wishes by Helena Rookwood, Elm Vince
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA princess determined to prove her worth.A sultan hunting for lost treasure.Magic powerful enough to destroy a kingdom...Zadie survived the journey into the desert to find the Night Diamond talisman. She’s mastered the djinni of the ring and can finally use her wishes...Categorized as:
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![Grave Expectations by C.J. Archer]()
Grave Expectations by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCharlie’s life is perfect. She has everything her heart desires. Until it all goes horribly wrong. Charlie and Lincoln return to London to find two supernaturals have been murdered, and Charlie might be next. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the man who adopted her has escaped from prison, and the committee members have just learned some news that infuriates them... -
![The Wondrous and the Wicked by Page Morgan]()
The Wondrous and the Wicked by Page Morgan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor fans of Lauren Kate's Fallen series comes the exciting conclusion to the trilogy that includes The Beautiful and the Cursed and The Lovely and the Lost. The Waverly sisters must save themselves before all is lost.Since the Waverlys arrived in Paris, the streets have grown more fearsome by the day... -
![Air Awakens by Elise Kova]()
Air Awakens by Elise Kova
A library apprentice, a sorcerer prince, and an unbreakable magic bond... The Solaris Empire is one conquest away from uniting the continent, and the rare elemental magic sleeping in seventeen-year-old library apprentice Vhalla Yarl could shift the tides of war... -
![The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer]()
The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOne book can change your life.Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.The silver clasps binding the pages contain rare magic – the same magic that might run through Sylvia’s veins...
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