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The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
The fiercely-anticipated sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Once Upon a Broken Heart, starring Evangeline Fox and the Prince of Hearts on a new journey of magic, mystery, and heartbreak.Not every love is meant to be.After Jacks, the Prince of Hearts, betrays her, Evangeline Fox swears she'll never trust him again... -
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... -
The House Witch 2 by Delemhach
House witch Finlay Ashowan must contend with matters of the heart, hearth, family, and kingdom in the second book of a whimsical and winning fantasy series.As a wielder of domestic magic, Finlay Ashowan likes to keep his affairs as neat and orderly as his kitchen... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 1 Volume 2 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt has been a year since our hero was reborn into a new world in the body of Myne, a sickly little girl from a poor family. She's been doing her best to fulfill her dream of making books, but her plans have been foiled at every turn. But now Myne has a deal with Benno the merchant: With her friend Lutz's help, she will make a paper prototype that he can sell in his shop...Categorized as:
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJust as Myne gets her foot in the door of making paper, she collapses due to the sickness known as the devouring. She's getting better thanks to the help of those around her, but the devouring remains clouded in mystery...Categorized as:
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Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines...Categorized as:
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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
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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The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWireStep into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts...Categorized as:
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Echoes by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWith the root of all evil—at least in Bannen’s opinion—behind lock and key, the team is finally free to do something else with their lives. Bannen quite looks forward to living in Gargan, the new house being built, with the occasional mission to spice things up. Sure, the MISD thinks he needs therapy after everything he’s lived through in the past three years...Categorized as:
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The Human Familiar by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhile Bannen had every intention of finding adventure, being yanked through a magical portal two continents away isn’t quite what he imagined happening. For that matter, being magically bound to a mage-in-training hadn’t ever crossed his mind. Being the first human familiar ever summoned in Corcoran? Not on his to-do list... -
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... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1 by Miya Kazuki
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amount of money to buy one... -
The Secrets of Magic by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThere are only so many secrets you can keep before you break.A few weeks ago, Summer Donovan learned she’s a witch descended from the Greek gods. She was whisked away to an academy for witches to learn how to use the element she controls—air.Except Summer doesn’t have air magic. Instead, she controls metal and gems—an ability no witch has demonstrated before... -
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Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves.Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries... -
The Conjurer by Luanne G. Smith
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSidra didn’t murder her husband. Yet even a jinni can’t wish away a wrongful imprisonment. Determined to prove her innocence, she returns to her adopted home—a French village renowned for its perfume witches—with her friends Elena and Yvette by her side. Here is where Sidra’s true destiny awaits, but danger also lurks in the village’s narrow lanes...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... -
Ascendance of a Bookworm: Royal Academy Stories - First Year by Miya Kazuki, You Shiina
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAfter the graduation ceremony ends and the library falls quiet once again, Solange reflects on the eventful term that has just concluded—and the many special memories she has made along the way...Categorized as:
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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... -
The Fallen Kingdom: The sweeping historical fantasy now reimagined for adult romantasy fans by Elizabeth May
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsRise from the ashes. Rewrite fate. End the war. The dead don't stay buried. Not when ancient magic is involved.Aileana Kameron claws free from her grave to find the world unraveling.Tick tock. The clock's winding down.Only one relic can hold back the tide of destruction, a book hidden deep in hostile fae territory. Guarded by the Morrigan, the oldest, deadliest creature in existence... -
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... -
Assassin's Magic by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIs love worth the danger?When Hunter Cassidy plans to infiltrate the Assassin's Legion, posing as an assassin-in-training, she is prepared to encounter danger every step of the way. What she doesn't expect is the ruggedly handsome and relentlessly fierce trainee, Slade Baines. It's hard enough that Hunter is the first female to be accepted to train with the Master Assassin himself... -
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... -
Brooms by Jasmine Walls
YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE YEAR: Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Public Library · New York Public Library 3 STARS ★ PW ★ Booklist ★ BCCB Mississippi, 1930s. Magic simmering beneath the surface, kept in check by unjust laws and societal expectations... -
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Water's Wrath by Elise Kova
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... -
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
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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Take a Thief (Valdemar (Chronological) #27) by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMercedes Lackey's triumphant return to the best-selling world of Valdemar, Take a Thief reveals the untold story of Skif--a popular character from Lackey's first published novel, Arrows of the Queen . Skif was an orphan who would have died from malnutrition and exposure if he had never met Deke the pickpocket. By the time he was twelve, Skif was an accomplished cat burglar... -
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... -
The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAbandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made her a fugitive. With a price on her head, she clings to a memento from her past—what she believes to be a grimoire inherited from the mother she never knew...Categorized as:
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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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Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon
From fantasy legends Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon comes the third and final volume in a powerful saga charged with war and magic, life and love.... Two years after his parents disappearance, Darian has sought refuge and training from the mysterious Hawkbrothers. Now he has opened his heart to a beautiful young healer. Finally Darian has found peace and acceptance in his life... -
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 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... -
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The Devil's Music by Nathan Page, Drew Shannon
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Hardy Boys meets Paper Girls in the second volume of this mystery series featuring teen detectives, witches, and now a mystery rock 'n' roll song capable of a sinister, Pied Piper-like hypnosis.Alastair, Pete, Charlie, and Rachel aren't just magical teen detectives in their coastal town of Port Howl--they are also members of a local teen rock band... -
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... -
The Plastic Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
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... -
The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
From the author of The Magician's Daughter comes The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, a mythic, magical tale full of secret scholarship, faerie curses, and the deadliest spells of all—the ones that friends cast on each other.All they needed to break the world was a door, and someone to open it.Camford, 1920... -
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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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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Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAs Vicious Spirits begins, Miyoung and Jihoon are picking up the pieces of their broken lives following the deaths of Miyoung's mother, Yena, and Jihoon's grandmother. With the support of their friend Somin, and their frenemy, Junu, they might just have a shot at normalcy. But Miyoung is getting sicker and sicker by the day and her friends don't know how to save her...Categorized as:
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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... -
Stardust - BBC Dramatisation by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMatthew Beard and Sophie Rundle star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron.Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into the land of Faerie and the realm of Stormhold. Locating the star, he discovers it is no meteorite, but a young woman, Yvaine...Categorized as:
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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…... -
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Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA thrilling anthology of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set... -
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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Candidate by Rachel E. Carter
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWelcome to the Candidacy. Where dreams go to die. Twenty-year-old Ryiah is a black mage of Combat, but she’s not the Black Mage. Yet. She’s had her eyes on the legendary robe for as long as she can remember, and in just one year, she will have a chance at her country’s prestigious—and only—tourney for war mages..Categorized as:
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The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to her best-selling debut, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea , a diverse resistance force fights to topple an empire in a story about freedom, identity, and decolonization.By sinking a fleet of Imperial Warships, the Pirate Supreme and their resistance fighters have struck a massive blow against the Emperor... -
Jilo by J.D. Horn
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic…but once upon a time, she was just a girl. 1950s Georgia: King Cotton has fallen. Savannah is known as the “beautiful woman with a dirty face,” its stately elegance faded by neglect, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption... -
The Oath by Jillian Bondarchuk
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHe’s the chieftain of Clan MacKinnon; she’s the daughter of a powerful druid. When they are forced through magic into an arranged marriage, will it end in war… or passionate surrender?Bound by a blood oath that feels like a curse, Malcolm MacKinnon quickly regrets the promise he’d made to Vanora, the witch who would save his brother’s life: protect her daughter… or die trying...Categorized as:
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