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  • The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

    The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    After the dramatic events of The Creeping Shadow, the Lockwood team (plus Quill Kipps) deserve some well-earned rest.So naturally they break into the Fittes Mausoleum, on a perilous mission to discover the truth about London's top ghost-hunting agency, and its sinister leader.What they discover will change everything.But there's little time to ponder...
  • The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Sometimes magic just isn't enough...Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do.They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so.Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series!**Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering...
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  • The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud

    The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment...
  • The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    New year, new magic?A witch can make resolutions, too…right?Psh. First I have to get to the new year. Just when I thought everything was going perfect BOOM. Problems. And not just any problems…missing children problems. One of them is my soulmate’s little cousin, which is bad enough for my anxiety, but the other is a young cousin of the shifter King...
  • The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    My magic runs ice cold.I am Judgement.I’ve gone from human to witch…to now Coven member. It’s amazing, awesome, and entirely overwhelming. I’m scared out of my mind right now. I shouldn’t be, I know that. I finally have real magic. I have elemental magic. I have ice at my fingertips and its the deadliest weapon I’ve ever seen.But now I can’t run from Joseph...
  • The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    The Dex-Files by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The truth is out there... The Dex-Files is a compilation novel that accompanies the Experiment in Terror Series and is not to be-read as a stand-alone. In the Dex-Files we find a variety of scenes and chapters from the enigmatic Dex Foray's POV from books #1-6 in the series. Some of these scenes have been previously published, albeit from Perry's POV, while other scenes are completely new...
  • The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    All is fair in war and magic.I’m the Aether Witch. I have power no other witch has had in thousands of years.But even I can’t do this job alone. Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands. Despite our Coven-mates thriving power and Heavenly intentions...In the end, the decision is ours. And ours alone...
  • The Cursed Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Cursed Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    What is magic?My name is Saraphina Proctor...and that’s the only thing I can remember.I woke up alone, surrounded by darkness with no memory. No one here knows who I am, I don’t fit any of the missing persons reports, and the doctors can’t find a single thing wrong with me…my memory…my life…they’re just…gone.But something lurks in the shadows in Salem, watching me…waiting...
  • The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The City Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The City Witch is the first in a series of novellas that are companions to The Elemental Magic and The Academy Magic Series. This novella is intended to be read after The Fallen Witch.Teach magic, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.Yeah, well, they’re dirty rotten liars.When I told Tennessee we needed to have more schools than just Edenburg I thought they’d assign appropriate people to the task...
  • The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud

    The Hollow Boy by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    As a massive outbreak of supernatural Visitors baffles Scotland Yard and causes protests throughout London, Lockwood & Co. continue to demonstrate their effectiveness in exterminating spirits. Anthony Lockwood is dashing, George insightful, and Lucy dynamic, while the skull in the jar utters sardonic advice from the sidelines...
  • Dragon's Storm by Ella Summers

    Dragon's Storm by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Leda's quest to gain the magic she needs to save her brother leads her to the castle of the Dragons, home of four soldiers in the Legion of Angels with extraordinary powers over the elements. If she makes it through their training, she might just survive her next sip of the gods' Nectar and level up her magic. But the gods' gifts of magic come at a price...
  • Flightless Afternoon by Vanessa Nelson

    Flightless Afternoon by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    With one of their own dead, the ruling elite want answers.The unthinkable has happened. One of the Ageless has been killed, their body left in a public space, displayed for all to see.The Archon is furious and threatens to burn the entire city, unless the person responsible is found and turned over to her for justice.Thea March is called on to investigate again...
  • The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Desperate times, desperate magic. I finally have the Book of Shadows. The pages call to me, begging me to devour their hidden power. There are more than just spells inside, and there are things only the High Priestess can see. And Now I know everything I wasn’t supposed to.My Coven likes to keep secrets...well they’re about to get a taste of their own medicine...
  • Morning Trap by Vanessa Nelson

    Morning Trap by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Beneath the unrelenting sun of Accanter's summer, an ugly conspiracy is underway.A desperate mother asks Watch Officer Thea March for help. Her daughter has gone missing. No one else at Thea's Watch Station will help the mother.More bad news follows when a body is found. A young man who had gone missing some time before and whose death her superior officer wants to write off as natural causes...
  • The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m finally in control of my magic…and it’s much stronger than my Coven realizes.That’s not the only secret I’m keeping. I made a deal with a fairy: her secrets for some of mine. Except I have no idea how to deliver on my oath and crossing the Fae is suicidal. Tennessee knows I’m up to something, but not even my soulmate can help me now, especially when being together is against the law...
  • On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    On Demon Wings by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    When the life you wanted has crumbled beneath your fingers, there’s nothing left to do but pick up the pieces and soldier on. You’ve done this before. But what happens when you no longer feel like yourself anymore? When fires spontaneously start-up around you, when you hear growling coming from underneath your bed, and you no longer recognize your face in the mirror...
  • Assassin's Noon by Vanessa Nelson

    Assassin's Noon by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    One dead man. A fortified house full of innocent people.One of the city's wealthiest and most powerful residents is found dead in his own home. Murder is suspected, but the house was supposed to be absolutely secure against any intruder. Thea is faced with a hostile group of household servants inside the house and demands for swift justice outside its walls...
  • Yield the Night by Annette Marie

    Yield the Night by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    After surviving a round-trip to hell, Piper figures she can survive anything. After all, she just lived through the devastating loss of her Consul apprenticeship and a torturous stint at boarding school. How much worse could it get?Well, she wasn’t expecting a group of crazy radicals to burn her home to the ground and take her prisoner.The Gaians, a.k.a...
  • Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Into the Hollow by Karina Halle

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 49 ratings
    Perry Palomino has fought her demons – and won – but the battle is far from over. She’s now left broken and on her own, leaving behind her life and family in Portland to focus on giving Dex Foray – and the Experiment in Terror show – a second chance. But their past mistakes continue to tease and test their relationship, as does the wild and desolate terrain of the Canadian Rockies...
  • The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for…because magic comes with a price.I’m a witch. All of my dreams finally came true. But now, so are my nightmares.There’s a new monster in town and no one knows how to kill it or where it came from. It lurks in the shadows, preying on our every move. For some reason, it seems to be targeting me.I desperately need Tennessee’s help. Only he is strong enough to train me...
  • The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

    The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, love, loss, and magic.Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth.Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend...
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  • Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    The realm’s darkest secret is out. The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers...
  • Dwellers of Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Dwellers of Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Some days feel like years, but in Ember Brycin’s case just the opposite is true. Em would be 22 now—if she were human. She’s not. She is a Dae—part Demon and part Fay—with a little Dark Dweller thrown in to make her more of a freak. Life has become further complicated for Ember since returning from the Otherworld...
  • The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow by Annette Marie

    The Twice-Scorned Lady of Shadow by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 48 ratings
    I'm learning to embrace who and what I am, but there's one thing I can't face: the night Zak betrayed me. But even with the mysteries of our shared past hanging between us, I can't turn Zak away when he asks for my help.Powerful fae are going missing, and when he tried to investigate, Lallakai vanished too...
  • Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1 by Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto

    Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1 by Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    After a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro escapes from captivity and joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army...
  • Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    I’m not alone. There are other Mystic wolves out there, and now I have to find them.And win the Alpha Trials, get my revenge on the supreme alpha and of course, break my mate’s curse. Phew… And I thought things would be easier now that we’d finally completed the mate bond.I was very wrong.When Hunter takes matters into his own hands, a desperate decision escalates the situation from bad to worse...
  • The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In the Faerie Games, it’s kill or be killed. And I’m going to survive, no matter what the cost. Who will win the next Emperor of the Villa competition? Will I tell Julian that we’re soulmates? And most importantly—will Julian, Cassia, and I defeat Octavia and make it out of the Games alive? I’ll do whatever’s necessary to survive...
  • Year of the Chameleon by Shannon Mayer

    Year of the Chameleon by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    You Don’t Choose The Academy. The Academy Chooses You.I’ve made it through the Culling Trials, the test that proved my mettle against every possible challenge.I assumed that meant things would settle down and I’d start truly learning.No more danger.No more death threats.No more wondering who was out to get me.Apparently, that was not to be...
  • The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

    The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 33 ratings
    A dark and thrilling vampire romance set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series.Six months have passed since Célie took her sacred vows and joined the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. With her fiancé, Jean Luc, as captain, she is determined to find her foothold in her new role and help protect Belterra...
  • Fire in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Fire in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 43 ratings
    Fire In The Darkness, Book #2 in the Darkness Series Paranormal Romance ***This is NOT a YA Series but a New Adult(17+). Sexual Content and Language.*** It's been four weeks since Ember Brycin witnessed what her powers are capable of. The Electrical Current Storm has turned Seattle, Washington into a natural disaster zone...
  • The Storm We Face by Katie May

    The Storm We Face by Katie May

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Well... So far, my apocalpytic upbringing has not been peaches and daisies (if that is how the saying goes). Or is it peaches and pansies? Fighting off feral beasts, surviving natural disasters, and coming face to face with the worst that humankind has to offer is quite tiresome. Psycho ex-girlfriends? Check. Creepy monsters/zombies? Check. Orgasms? Not check. Yet...
  • A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Ollie Wit is the strongest Shadow Walker born in decades but it’s a gift with a steep price. Walking in the Shadowlands can bring untold powers and spells, and even greater risks. Every step into that other world brings her closer to the monsters that have haunted her since a child, destroyed her family and wreaked havoc all around her...
  • Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    They say if you tell a lie long enough, you'll eventually believe it, but Akiko will never forget who she really is.Akiko Susumu is not what she seems. Her life as a normal teen living in a coastal Canadian town is a complete sham. The old man she lives with is not her grandfather, he's her captor. And Akiko isn't a teen. In fact, she isn't even human...
  • The Faerie Wand by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Wand by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I thought I could return home once the Faerie Games were over. I was wrong. Now, Julian and I must complete the dangerous quest given to us by the Empress of the Otherworld. The Holy Wand is out there. We just need to find it. No matter where the journey takes us, we'll destroy anything blocking our path. We have to. Otherwise, we'll be dead. Romance. Magic. Adventure...
  • The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I need to learn how to control my new magic—before it gets me killed. As the first ever Faerie Games player gifted with magic from the king of the gods—Jupiter—all eyes are on me. Especially since I won the first competition of the Games. Now I need to send three other players to fight in the Coliseum until one of them is dead. The two that survive will be gunning for me later...
  • Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    THE MARKED SAGA, BOOK 3 The end came at me jagged and skewed like puzzle pieces to a game I didn’t know I was playing. There was a distinct method to the madness, every move propagated to force my hand, to lure me out of hiding with the sweet promise of finality. I took solace in knowing that something better waited for me on the other side, something as pure and deep as the ocean itself...
  • Full Blood by Donna Augustine

    Full Blood by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    One monster wants my soul. One man wants my magic. Me? I want to be left alone to live my life out like a dull, one of the lucky people who were born devoid of magic. But that won’t happen because being born a Wyrd Blood gives me two choices in ruler or slave. I’d rather die than be a slave and I’m not cut out to rule. Instead I’ve been hiding out in the Valley...
  • The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Living in the Wilds isn't any picnic, but I thought I had a handle on things: avoid the beasts and I won't get eaten, avoid the waterways and the pirates won't kill me, and stab every Dark Walker I see. That was before I found out Tiffy's friends were real and back when I’d never heard of the Skinners. Now my magic is on the fritz, and people are disappearing...
  • Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova

    Crystal Crowned by Elise Kova

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 67 ratings
    The epic conclusion of the Air Awakens Series is an instant USA Today Bestseller! Long live Solaris. One bloodthirsty ruler has been overthrown by another, casting the shadow of death over the Solaris Empire. Vhalla Yarl stands upon the stage of fate, prepared to do battle one final time. Fragile alliances will be tested and new bonds will be formed as the world is reshaped...
  • White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    White Hot Kiss by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 151 ratings
    One kiss could be enough to kill in the first book in the fan-favorite Dark Elements trilogy, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Blood and Ash series.Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal—fit in at school and go out on a real date with the gorgeous Zayne, who she's crushed on since forever. Trouble is, Zayne treats Layla like a sister—and Layla is anything but normal...
  • The Exiled by Frost Kay

    The Exiled by Frost Kay

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    An ENEMIES TO LOVERS post-apocalyptic fantasy perfect for fans of Holly Black, Kiera Cass, and Sarah J Maas!In a ravaged world full of sickness, devastation, and monsters, it was kill or be killed.After a disastrous second escape attempt, Hazel found herself blood indebted to her savior Noah, but he was no saint...
  • Reflections of Us by Yumoyori Wilson

    Reflections of Us by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Brighten Magic Academy held its set of challenges, but it didn't prepare us for the one year as Brighten Elite. A year has passed since my boyfriends and I made the executive decision to join the Brighten Elite. Not only did our experiences during our year away strengthen our use of magic, it reinforced the bonds in our relationships- both with me as a male and female...
  • Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa

    Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    never should’ve trusted him.My entire life I was certain of one thing: vampires were the enemy. Then I met him and let my guard down. That witty banter, those mischievous eyes and gorgeous smile lulled me into complacency. Now I was a prisoner, captured by the very vampire who was responsible for my parents’ death...
  • The Rose Mark by Connie Suttle

    The Rose Mark by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Sherra We belong to the King--those of us with the black roses tattooed on our left wrist, directly over our pulse. As if every beat of our hearts reminds us that we are not our own. All the women with the fire burning within them are culled, tattooed and taken to the warriors, to provide more energy. Energy that the warriors will then use to defeat the barbarians from the ocean of sand...
  • Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Joy wants nothing more than to live and Hunt in Apex City without a target on her back. But a dangerous new mission assigned by her uncle, the city's Prefect, may make that impossible.In addition to her new duties as one of the Elite, Joy is covertly running patrols in the abandoned tunnels and storm sewers under Apex Central...
  • Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 63 ratings
    Sancia Grado is a thief, and a damn good one. And her latest target, a heavily guarded warehouse on Tevanne’s docks, is nothing her unique abilities can’t handle. But unbeknownst to her, Sancia’s been sent to steal an artifact of unimaginable power, an object that could revolutionize the magical technology known as scriving...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice. It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • The Magic by Donna Augustine

    The Magic by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    For as long as I’ve lived, Dark Walkers have been hunting Plaguers, seeking them for their magic. But there’s one Plaguer they want most of all. Me. Since the fall of civilization, the human race has been barely surviving. Another outbreak of the Bloody Death could be our final straw and there’s only one way to ensure that doesn't happen. I need to kill the leader of the Dark Walkers...
  • Wyrd Blood by Donna Augustine

    Wyrd Blood by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Sometimes I wonder what life was like before magic burst into existence, before the Magical War of 810 destroyed our world. What it was like before there were Wyrd Blood, or we were forced into hiding. And that's what I've been doing for years, hiding me and my crew. But that's about to end.My crew is starving and things are getting dire...
  • Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Soulstice by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Vours: Evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice. Six month... Since Reggie first discovered the existence of the Vours in a tattered journal. Since she learned to overcome her fear and destroyed a Vour to save Henry...
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