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  • The House Witch 3 by Delemhach

    The House Witch 3 by Delemhach

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 46 ratings
    House witch Finlay Ashowan is pulled out of the kitchen—and into the fire—as war, family, and love collide in the third book of this fantasy romance series.Having somehow convinced Lady Annika Jenoure to marry him, all Finlay Ashowan wants to do is settle down, cook some good meals, and enjoy a quiet life in Daxaria. But fate has different plans...
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    mystery  suspense  magic  war  humor  fantasy  paranormal  historical
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 24 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 24 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Someone once said that all they would find there was darkness that swallowed everything whole. But that never meant that light was nowhere to be found--They finally arrive at an answer to the question of how to save their world. It is the product of many months, even years. Cruel yet kind, it is a simple formula. Now, led on by the cogs of destiny, it spells the end of but one story..
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  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 9 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 9 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The incuse on Oz Vessalius’s chest ticks onward, but the young heir to one of the four great dukedoms directs his gaze back, seeking the facts behind a centuries-old tragedy...
  • Island of Graves by Lisa McMann

    Island of Graves by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Alex and Aaron Stowe are at a crossroads.Everything Aaron has worked so hard to build in Quill has crumbled. Fallen from the height of power and influence and left for dead in a foreign place, Aaron has lost everything, and now he must humbly beg for food from those who saved his life...
  • Island of Dragons by Lisa McMann

    Island of Dragons by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Head mage Alexander Stowe and his friends successfully fended off the latest threat to their magical world of Artime with the help of a surprise ally. United at last, they re exploring exciting new territory. But old enemies have secretly been plotting against them, and danger strikes when they re most vulnerable...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  magic  war  suspense  mystery  fantasy  young adult  humor
  • Pandora Hearts, Volume 6 by Jun Mochizuki

    Pandora Hearts, Volume 6 by Jun Mochizuki

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Though Oz’s sudden appearance in the midst of Pandora wreaks havoc, the initially chilly reception to the prison-breaker runs more than warm when Jack Vessalius, hero of the tragedy of Sablier and the man from Alice’s memories, manifests in Oz’s body...
  • Island of Fire by Lisa McMann

    Island of Fire by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The fate of Artimé is at stake—and an unlikely alliance could redeem it.The magical world of Artimé is gone. The Unwanteds have no food, no water, and no hope. And everyone is looking to Alex Stowe for answers...
  • Gakuen Alice, Vol. 02 by Tachibana Higuchi

    Gakuen Alice, Vol. 02 by Tachibana Higuchi

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Mikan joins her best friend, Hotaru, at the Alice Academy, a special school for people with an "Alice," or paranormal talent, and she must learn to know and use her own such talent if she hopes to stay...
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    mystery  magic  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  humor
  • Island of Legends by Lisa McMann

    Island of Legends by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Uncover adventure and dangerous secrets in book four of the New York Times bestselling Unwanteds series, which Kirkus Reviews called The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.As Alex grows more confident in his role as the mage of Artime, he expands his skills and brings his first creature to life with results that are both painful and wonderful...
  • The Spoken Mage: Complete Series by Melanie Cellier

    The Spoken Mage: Complete Series by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Elena's world words have power over life and death—but none more so than hers.As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has always known that the mysteries of reading and writing are closed to her. Only the mageborn can risk harnessing the power unleashed from putting pen to paper. Until Elena discovers an impossible new ability and joins the elite ranks of the mages...
  • Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 07 by Clamp

    Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 07 by Clamp

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    SYAORAN OVERMATCHED?!Young Syaoran and his friends are on a quest to retrieve the magically potent feather-shaped shards of Princess Sakura’s memory. The search has led them to the country of Ôto, a world with the romantic feel of Japan in the early 1900s. However, another dimension traveler has shown up as well–the immensely powerful Seishirô, who first trained Syaoran...
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer

    The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Marianna Mayer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For generations, children have loved the enchanting story of the twelve beautiful princesses and the handsome young lad who solves the mystery of their tattered shoes.Now Marianna Mayer brings to life all the splendor and romance of this beloved classic, from the dazzling forests Of silver, gold, and diamonds to a twilight palace where the bewitched princesses dance to hypnotic music...
  • Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 4 by CLAMP

    Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 4 by CLAMP

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A FAIRYTALE TURNED NIGHTMARE!Young Syaoran embarks on a worlds-spanning adventure to restore the memory of the most important person in his life, the princess Sakura– even though he knows that she’ll never remember her love for him...
  • Dragon Curse by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Curse by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, their younger twin sisters journey beyond Artimé in the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling sequel series to The Unwanteds, which Kirkus Reviews called “ The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.”At last, after harrowing battles and devastating losses, the three Stowe siblings are reunited...
  • Dragon Fury by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Fury by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the greatest army ever assembled in the seven islands flies to the land of the dragons, everyone’s mind is haunted by the same thought: Thisbe Stowe betrayed them all. Thisbe struggles to regain the trust of her brother Aaron and the people of Artimé after one crucial mistake forces her to abandon her intricate plan against the Revinir...
  • The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale

    The Forgotten Sisters by Shannon Hale

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    After a year at the king's palace, Miri has learned all about being a proper princess. But the tables turn when the student must become the teacher!Instead of returning to her beloved Mount Eskel, Miri is ordered to journey to a distant swamp and start a princess academy for three sisters, cousins of the royal family...
  • Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 05 by Clamp

    Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Vol. 05 by Clamp

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Legacies and FuturesSakura finally has a date with her darling Syaoran! She's working hard to make the perfect picnic lunch for him, but on the big day, a strange messages arrives, calling Sakura away to her great-grandfather's home...
  • Dragon Slayers by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Slayers by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The Revinir is getting desperate.Following her dramatic abduction of Fifer and Thisbe, the dragon woman traps the twins in an isolated, crumbling palace and surrounds them with four killer dragons in an attempt to coerce them to join her side...
  • Dragon Bones by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Bones by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, their younger twin sisters journey beyond Artimé in the second novel in the New York Times bestselling sequel series to The Unwanteds, which Kirkus Reviews called “The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter.”The Artiméans have suffered some devastating blows...
  • Dragon Ghosts by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Ghosts by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ten years after Alex and Aaron Stowe brought peace to Quill and Artimé, their younger twin sisters journey beyond Artimé in the third novel in the sequel series to The Unwanteds.Devastated by loss and hampered by war, Fifer struggles to regroup and continue the search for her twin...
  • Dragon Fire by Lisa McMann

    Dragon Fire by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Artimé is at war.Led by the reckless new head mage, Frieda Stubbs, and swayed by her stoking their fear of the Revinir’s return, the people of Artimé have turned against the Stowe family. Aaron and his allies are captured while Fifer is left exposed to mortal danger...
  • Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 6 by Rei Tōma

    Dawn of the Arcana, Vol. 6 by Rei Tōma

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Princess Nakaba of Senan and Prince Caesar of Belquat only married each other for the sake of peace between their two warring countries, yet the two find themselves drawn to each other even as political forces threaten to tear their world apart...
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    magic  war  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  length-short
  • The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

    The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Every year in Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into the strong, intelligent Wanteds go to university, and the artistic Unwanteds are sent to their deaths.Thirteen-year-old Alex tries his hardest to be stoic when his fate is announced as Unwanted, even while leaving behind his twin, Aaron, a Wanted...
  • King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist

    King of Ashes by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Feist's first non-Midkemia based book for many years. King of Ashes is the first book in the planned War of Five Crowns trilogy and draws influences from medieval history and Arthurian legend...
  • The King's Beast, Vol. 9 by Rei Tōma

    The King's Beast, Vol. 9 by Rei Tōma

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ajin boys who show signs of special abilities are conscripted to serve in the imperial palace as beast-servants—status symbols and shields for their royal masters, to be kept or discarded on a whim...
  • 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...
  • Eye of the Labyrinth by Jennifer Fallon

    Eye of the Labyrinth by Jennifer Fallon

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Since the Age of Shadows ended, the people of Ranadon have lived under the merciless heat of two suns and the tyranny of Antonov, the Lion of Senet. Consumed by his lust for power and his unshakable belief in the capricious, almighty Goddess, Antonov's rule is absolute. Only one man has the intelligence and will to break that hold... a man who could be King...
  • Another Girl Lost by Mary Burton

    Another Girl Lost by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A woman’s harrowing past comes back to haunt her in a novel of twisting psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.Ten years ago, fifteen-year-old Scarlett Crosby was held captive in a terrifying ordeal with a girl named Della. Scarlett escaped, their predator was killed, and Della simply vanished. Detective Kevin Dawson always wondered if Della even existed...
  • Ghost Hunt, Vol. 1 by Shiho Inada, Fuyumi Ono

    Ghost Hunt, Vol. 1 by Shiho Inada, Fuyumi Ono

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    PARTNERS IN FEAR The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, “accidents” start to happen–people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted–possibly by ghosts from the Second World War...
  • The Siege by Kathryn Lasky

    The Siege by Kathryn Lasky

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Tensions erupt in the owl kingdom when the forces of evil wage war against the protectors of good. Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by an all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there must fight fiercely to protect their resources and defend their honor...
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    war  magic  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  length-short
  • Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson

    Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    On the island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly 365 days to escape—or you die. Rives is now the undisputed Leader of Nil City, but keeping the City united is tougher than ever.Raiders have grown bolder, supplies are dwindling, and non-human inhabitants have taken a turn toward the deadly...
  • Exile for Dreamers by Kathleen Baldwin

    Exile for Dreamers by Kathleen Baldwin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tess can't run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother...
  • DarkSkull Hall by Lisa Cassidy

    DarkSkull Hall by Lisa Cassidy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    All she wanted was to be a princess….… instead she was born with magic.Could one girl be enough to save them all?Soon after her sixteenth birthday, Lady Alyx Egalion’s world is shattered when she learns that she is the daughter of a mage and must leave the boy she loves to travel to the distant DarkSkull Hall and learn her magic.
  • 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...
  • Shadowstone Academy, Book 1: Broken Trinity: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Academy Novel by Barbara Hartzler

    Shadowstone Academy, Book 1: Broken Trinity: A Young Adult Urban Fantasy Academy Novel by Barbara Hartzler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I'm back at the school I hate after my sister just took down the biggest, baddest secret society. At least I only have two secret societies to deal with now, and my sister close enough to begin my training.There's only one problem. The most popular guy in school has finally noticed me, but so has the biggest bully I’ve ever met...
  • Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . . Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued...
  • The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley Mays moved from Chicago to her cousins’ Wisconsin farm...
  • Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can't believe she did that . . . . . . at four-thirty I have to . . . . . . I hate this place . . . Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets...
  • The Keeping Place by Isobelle Carmody

    The Keeping Place by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    'Look out,' I screamed. The flying creature lashed out and I stared in horror at Rushton's bloodied arm. Maruman leapt between us in his tyger form. 'Let me go to him!' I screamed.'He is in a dream but the beast is not. It comes! Wake!' After a kidnapping, Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits are forced to join the rebellion against the oppressive Council, using their extraordinary mind powers...
  • The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker

    The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Enchanting, mysterious, and deeply romantic, The Lighthouse follows a young woman's breathtaking journey far from home to discover where she truly belongs.Something strange is happening in Seabrook. The town's lighthouse–dormant for over thirty years and famously haunted–has inexplicably started shining, and its mysterious glow is sparking feverish gossip throughout the spooked community...
  • Inu x Boku SS, Vol. 7 by Cocoa Fujiwara

    Inu x Boku SS, Vol. 7 by Cocoa Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ririchiyo has decided to make a fresh start, removing the blinders from her eyes and releasing Soushi from his contract. From now on, she has resolved to treat this incarnation of Soushi as his own person and to mourn the loss of the man she loved in a previous life. The change has given Ririchiyo a clear perspective, but Soushi's heart remains clouded...
  • Inu x Boku SS, Vol. 11 by Cocoa Fujiwara

    Inu x Boku SS, Vol. 11 by Cocoa Fujiwara

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Efforts to reunite the members of Ayakashi Hall take an unexpected, tragic turn when one of their number falls in the battle. The death of a close friend serves to strengthen the remaining throwbacks' resolve to prevent the grim outcome relayed by their future selves, even if it means exposing the dark truth of one of their most trusted allies..
  • To Shatter a Slipper by Abigail Manning

    To Shatter a Slipper by Abigail Manning

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if the glass slipper fit the wrong girl?Kirsi Allerednic was never one to enjoy balls, corsets, or fake smiles. She would much rather chat with the charming servant, Caden, than catch the eye of a prince who is already far more interested in a girl with glass slippers...
  • Sound the Gong by Joan He

    Sound the Gong by Joan He

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, comes the dazzling and sweeping conclusion to The Kingdom of Three duology, Sound the Gong, the breathtaking sequel to the critically-acclaimed Strike the Zither.All her life, Zephyr has tried to rise above her humble origins as a no-name orphan. Now she is a god in a warrior’s body, and never has she felt more powerless...
  • The Lightness of Water by Toni Cabell

    The Lightness of Water by Toni Cabell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only thing more dangerous than divining for water is falling in love with the enemy…Solace is beautiful, strong-willed, and called the water witch by her neighbors. She divines for water in the arid hills of her home—a dangerous pastime across the border, where the king controls access to all the water.Rhees is brooding, bitter, and hiding a deadly secret...
  • Still the Sun by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Still the Sun by Charlie N. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    An ancient machine holds the secrets of a distant world’s past for two intimate strangers in the latest romantic fantasy adventure by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.Pell is an engineer and digger by trade—unearthing and repairing the fascinating artifacts left behind by the mysterious Ancients who once inhabited the sunbaked planet of Tampere...
  • Alice 19th, Vol. 5 by Yuu Watase

    Alice 19th, Vol. 5 by Yuu Watase

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Alice's sister, Mayura Seno, is under the control of Darva, dark mistress of the Maram Words--and Alice and Kyo Wakamiya are the only two people who have a chance of saving her from the dark side! Can they become masters of the Lotis Words in time to save her? With Mayura's power over the Maram words rapidly growing stronger, it seems almost all hope is lost..
  • Tracing Shadows by Alex Lidell

    Tracing Shadows by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    To protect the throne, seventeen-year-old spy Kali must play a male guardsman trainee by day and royal lady by night. Orphaned and trained on a spymaster’s remote estate, Kali is a scout who works alone in the shadows. But when a terror group threatens the Dansil throne, the king forces Kali to accept a mission at the palace or forfeit her sister’s life...
  • A Court of Masks and Roses by Alex Lidell

    A Court of Masks and Roses by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A royal lady by night. A guardsman by day. A spy always.Orphaned and trained on a spymaster’s remote estate, Kali is a scout who works alone in the shadows. But when a terror group threatens the Dansil throne, the king forces Kali to accept a mission at the palace or forfeit her sister’s life...
  • Ominous by Kate Brian

    Ominous by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells , Noelle and Reed know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls, and their legacy includes a mysterious coven of witches...
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