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  • Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

    Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 76 ratings
    Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them--the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last...
  • The Assassin and the Healer by Sarah J. Maas

    The Assassin and the Healer by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 94 ratings
    Meet the Assassin: beautiful, defiant, destined for greatness. Celaena Sardothien has challenged her master. Now she must pay the price. Her journey to the Red Desert will be an arduous one, but it may change the fate of her cursed world forever..
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  • The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

    The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 67 ratings
    She does not know what awaits her at the enemy's gate. Elisa is a hero. She led her people to victory over a terrifying, sorcerous army. Her place as the country's ruler should be secure. But it isn't. Her enemies come at her like ghosts in a dream, from foreign realms and even from within her own court. And her destiny as the chosen one has not yet been fulfilled...
  • The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

    The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A Children's Book Council of Australia Honor Book In this powerful sequel to Obernewtyn , young Elspeth Gordie-possessed of extraordinary mental powers-has united with others Misfits for refuge on the remote mountain keep of Obernewtyn. Yet the threat from the totalitarian Council to their safety is ever present...
  • The Hunter; The Chase; The Kill by L.J. Smith

    The Hunter; The Chase; The Kill by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    It began with a board game. What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of danger, drama, and obsessive love. Because when Jenny, her boyfriend, Tom, and their friends begin to play the Game, it comes to life. Suddenly they are in a dark world where Julian, the gorgeous guy who sold Jenny the Game, rules as Prince of the Shadows...
  • The Sending by Isobelle Carmody

    The Sending by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    It came to me then, like a chilly draught from an unseen gap, that I had always known in my deepest heart that it would be like this, a slipping away from a life full of people I had come to love, in a place I had helped to shape, in a land I had helped to free...
  • The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

    The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    In the beginning, there was the Namsara: the child of sky and spirit, who carried love and laughter wherever he went. But where there is light, there must be darkness—and so there was also the Iskari. The child of blood and moonlight. The destroyer. The death-bringer...
  • Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder

    Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 49 ratings
    She's fought death and won. But how can she fight her fears? Avry knows hardship and trouble. She fought the plague and survived. She took on King Tohon and defeated him. But now her heart-mate, Kerrick, is missing, and Avry fears he's gone forever. But there's a more immediate threat: The Skeleton King plots to claim the Fifteen Realms for his own...
  • Daughters of the Moon, Volume 2 by Lynne Ewing

    Daughters of the Moon, Volume 2 by Lynne Ewing

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They seem like ordinary girls living in Los Angeles. But the truth is far from ordinary. Vanessa can become invisible. Catty travels back in time. Serena reads minds, and Jimena has premonitions. What separates them from other bands them together as Daughters of the Moon. book 4: The Secret Scroll Catty goes into the past to discover her true identity...
  • Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rebel Spring by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 59 ratings
    The road to power...is paved with blood and magic.Cleo is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people. Magnus stands to eventually inherit the new kingdom but is still obsessed with his feelings for his adopted sister, Lucia...
  • Gretchen and the Bear by Carrie Anne Noble

    Gretchen and the Bear by Carrie Anne Noble

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Gretchen has been waiting forever to trade life on a dreary orbiting station for life on gloriously regenerated Earth. Still, visiting faerie-infested Britannia is not on her agenda—especially since no human who’s ventured there has ever returned...
  • Undone by Elizabeth Norris

    Undone by Elizabeth Norris

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Before the accident. Before their universes collided. Before they fell in love. Riveting and romantic, Undone: An Unraveling Novella contains three short stories set in the world of Unraveling, the first book in the gripping sci-fi duology by Elizabeth Norris...
  • ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor

    ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 41 ratings
    Imagine this... The power of imagination has been lost! Now it's all about the artillery as AD52s, crystal shooters, spikejack tumblers, and orb cannons are unleashed in a war of weapons and brute force. As Alyss searches wildly for the solution to the disaster that has engulfed her queendom, Arch declares himself King of Wonderland...
  • Dragon's Heart by Jane Yolen

    Dragon's Heart by Jane Yolen

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Austar IV isn't the planet it once was, and when Jakkin and Akki finally return to the dragon nursery, their homecoming arouses mixed emotions. Together they've survived the insurmountable, and now they can weather the brutal conditions of Dark After and communicate with the dragons they love. But with this knowledge comes responsibility...
  • Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox

    Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The dreamhunting began as a beautiful thing, when Tziga Hame discovered that he could enter the Place and share the dreams he found there with other people. But Tziga Hame has disappeared and Laura, his daughter, knows that the art of projecting dreams has turned sour. On St...
  • How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason

    How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Rory Thorne è una principessa, e nel giorno del suo battesimo ha ricevuto tredici doni dalle fate. Il più importante e controverso è un talento infallibile nel riconoscere l’adulazione e le bugie di chi la circonda...
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  • Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

    Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book OneFor Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection...
  • Chantress Alchemy by Amy Butler Greenfield

    Chantress Alchemy by Amy Butler Greenfield

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucy races against time and magic in this sequel to the “richly and thoughtfully written” (Publishers Weekly) Chantress. Lucy is the last Chantress, the only remaining girl who can sing magic into the world. Since she defeated the evil Lord Scargrave, England has changed—and not for the better. With crops failing and the people rebelling, Lucy is called urgently back to King Henry’s court...
  • Pendomus by Carissa Andrews

    Pendomus by Carissa Andrews

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Humanity has colonized on the tidally locked planet Pendomus. Residing between extreme heat and frigid cold is the complex known as the Helix. Within lies a highly sophisticated society functioning solely on humans fulfilling their life’s purpose as determined by their natural aptitudes and daily brain scans...
  • Asunder by Jodi Meadows

    Asunder by Jodi Meadows

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    DARKSOULS Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place. SHADOWS Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown...
  • Pucker by Melanie Gideon

    Pucker by Melanie Gideon

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Thomas Quicksilver, known to his classmates as "Pucker," has always been an outsider. His crazy mother, the secret of his family's strange origins, and above all, the terrible scars on his face from a childhood fire these things have kept Thomas isolated and lonely. But now, at seventeen, Thomas is suddenly given the chance to change all that...
  • Entwined by Heather Dixon

    Entwined by Heather Dixon

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 63 ratings
    Come and mend your broken hearts here. In this retelling of the classic tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," the eldest princess must fight to save her family—and her heart—from an ancient dark magic within the palace walls. "Full of mystery, lush settings, and fully orbed characters, Dixon's debut is both suspenseful and rewarding...
  • Eternity by Elizabeth Miles

    Eternity by Elizabeth Miles

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Secrets and revenge make for desperate measures and fateful choices in this gripping conclusion to the Fury trilogy. The weather is mild in Ascension, but beneath the surface, everything is burning up. The nightmare Emily Winters has been living through for months shows no sign of ending, as the Furies stay on the peripheral, slowly driving her crazy. Em feels...different...
  • Huntress by Malinda Lo

    Huntress by Malinda Lo

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn't shone in years, and crops are failing. Worse yet, strange and hostile creatures have begun to appear. The people's survival hangs in the balance...
  • Tandem by Anna Jarzab

    Tandem by Anna Jarzab

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Everything repeats.You. Your best friend. Every person you know.Many worlds. Many lives--infinite possibilities.Welcome to the multiverse. Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather's stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives...
  • Wolf Queen by Tanith Lee

    Wolf Queen by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Claidi is eager to reunite with her fiancé Argul-but when she finally reaches his camp, she finds that someone has been spreading ugly lies about her, and Argul is nowhere to be found. Undaunted, Claidi sets out to search for him. Her quest brings her to the icy threshold of a tower, and within it she encounters another shadow from her past-a powerful woman Claidi believes is her mother...
  • Endure by Sara B. Larson

    Endure by Sara B. Larson

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    At last, Alexa and King Damian are engaged to be married. But their lives are far from safe. The kingdom of Antion is under siege, and Rylan is a prisoner of the enemy. Even worse, Alexa remains at the mercy of the evil Dansiian Rafe, who controls her mind and can force Alexa to kill or harm Damian at any moment...
  • Devoted by Hilary Duff, Elise Allen

    Devoted by Hilary Duff, Elise Allen

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Since Sage was kidnapped, Clea has no way of knowing if he is alive or dead. And even though she has only just discovered they were soulmates, she feels like a part of her is lost forever. What's worse, she can't even turn to her best friend Ben because every time she looks at him, all she sees is his betrayal. But waiting for something to happen is not an option, so Clea is ready for action...
  • Cornerstone by Kelly Walker

    Cornerstone by Kelly Walker

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Epic Fantasy combines with Young Adult romance in this stunning new adventure set in a richly developed medieval world. When Emariya Warren learns enemy forces have captured her father, she'll do anything to save him. Anything. Even marry a mysterious prince she knows nothing about in order to rally the strength to arrange a rescue...
  • Sekret by Lindsay Smith

    Sekret by Lindsay Smith

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An empty mind is a safe mind.   Yulia knows she must hide her thoughts and control her emotions to survive in Communist Russia. But if she sometimes manipulates the black market traders by reading their thoughts when she touches their skin, so what? Anything to help her survive...
  • Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

    Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

    Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Destiny and darkness collide in this romantic, sweeping new fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan.Seventeen years ago, an eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their throne. Luna, Relhok's lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever since...
  • A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

    A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. She vows she will not let her be next. And so she is taken in her sister’s place, and she believes death will soon follow...
  • Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee

    Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    All her life, Claidi has endured hardship in the House, where she must obey a spoiled princess. Then a golden stranger arrives, living proof of a world beyond the House walls. Claidi risks all to free the charming prisoner and accompanies him across the Waste toward his faraway home. It is a difficult yet marvelous journey, and all the while Claidi is at the side of a man she could come to love...
  • Death Sworn by Leah Cypess

    Death Sworn by Leah Cypess

    Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Ileni lost her magic, she lost everything: her place in society, her purpose in life, and the man she had expected to spend her life with. So when the Elders sent her to be magic tutor to a secret sect of assassins, she went willingly, even though the last two tutors had died under mysterious circumstances...
  • Prophecy by Ellen Oh

    Prophecy by Ellen Oh

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The greatest warrior in all of the Seven Kingdoms... is a girl with yellow eyes. Kira’s the only female in the king’s army, and the prince’s bodyguard. She’s a demon slayer and an outcast, hated by nearly everyone in her home city of Hansong. And, she’s their only hope... Murdered kings and discovered traitors point to a demon invasion, sending Kira on the run with the young prince...
  • Nightspell by Leah Cypess

    Nightspell by Leah Cypess

    Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest forests or the darkest caverns, but alongside the living, as part of a twisted palace court that revels all night and sleeps through the daylight hours. Darri’s sister was trapped in this place of fear and shadows as a child. And now Darri has a chance to save her sister..
  • Legacy by Cayla Kluver

    Legacy by Cayla Kluver

    Rated: 3.45 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    I noticed his eyes. They were blue, sharp and intense. Despite the youthful glows of his suntanned face, his eyes were cold and unfriendly, suggesting he had great experience in the world and was now expecting the worst. In her seventeenth year, Princess Alera of Hytanica faces one duty: to marry the man who will be king. But her father's choice of suitor fills her with despair...
  • The Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry

    The Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry

    Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and romance. On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by Peculiars, people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society...
  • Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan

    Sword and Verse by Kathy MacMillan

    Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Raisa was only a child when she was kidnapped and enslaved in Qilara. Forced to serve in the palace of the King, she’s endured hunger, abuse, and the harrowing fear of discovery. Everyone knows that Raisa is Arnath, but not that she is a Learned One, a part of an Arnath group educated in higher order symbols...
  • Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne

    Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Girl, Interrupted meets Beautiful Creatures in this fast-paced thriller When sixteen-year-old Faye arrives at Holbrook Academy, she doesn't expect to find herself exactly where she needs to be. After years of strange waking visions and nightmares, her only comfort the bones of dead animals, Faye is afraid she's going crazy. Fast...
  • A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas

    A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas

    Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Rhiannon Thomas's dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining of Sleeping Beauty and what happens after happily ever after.One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after...
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