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Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
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
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 Desperate Quest by A.M. Sohma]()
The Desperate Quest by A.M. Sohma
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsChronicles of Retha was meant to be a full submersion video game filled with adventure and magic…but it has become a prison. Kit and her party of misfit players have managed to collect two of the four seals that are required to face Malignus—Retha’s ultimate villain whose defeat may be the only way out of the game... -
![Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen]()
Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen
Rebels, royals, and monsters wage war over the Mytican throne in the shocking fourth book of the Falling Kingdoms series, from New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes... -
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![Uglies, The Collector's Set by Scott Westerfeld]()
Uglies, The Collector's Set by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe complete New York Times bestselling Uglies series is available as a collectible boxed set. The future isn’t far away.In Tally Youngblood’s world, looks matter. She lives in a society created to function with perfect-looking people who never have a chance to think for themselves. And she’s tired of it... -
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Black Moon by Romina Russell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook 3 in the breathtaking sci-fi space saga inspired by astrology that will stun fans of the Illuminae Files and Starbound series. One final secret stands between Rho and the enemy... -
![Ashling by Isobelle Carmody]()
Ashling by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsReminiscent of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover novels, Obernewtyn introduced Isobelle Carmody as a writer to watch and began a series of novels to entice and enthrall readers of all ages... -
![The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody]()
The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA 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 ratingsIt 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 Stone Key by Isobelle Carmody]()
The Stone Key by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThere was a great crash and wood splintered...I had a brief glimpse of a group of Herder priests, bald and robed, peering at me, and then the sundered remnants of the locker door were torn aside and a rough hand reached in to haul me out by the hair. A Hedra captain stared into my face with eyes that burned with a fanatical fire above a thin nose and a lipless slash of a mouth.. -
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Wandering Star by Romina Russell
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA breathtaking sci-fi space saga inspired by astrology that will stun fans of the Illuminae Files and Starbound series. Orphaned, disgraced, and stripped of her title, Rho is ready to live life quietly, as an aid worker in the Cancrian refugee camp on House Capricorn...Categorized as:
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![Wandering Star by Romina Russell]()
Wandering Star by Romina Russell
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA breathtaking sci-fi space saga inspired by astrology that will stun fans of the Illuminae Files and Starbound series. Orphaned, disgraced, and stripped of her title, Rho is ready to live life quietly, as an aid worker in the Cancrian refugee camp on House Capricorn...Categorized as:
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![The Sending by Isobelle Carmody]()
The Sending by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIt 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 ratingsIn 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...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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 ratingsThey 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... -
![The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce]()
The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAll the world’s wisdom and magic resides within the iridescent depths of a small white pearl. “All my sorcery,” the Ancient Ravenna had said of the pearl. “It is left to you to save the world...Categorized as:
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![Growing Wings by Kellie McAllen]()
Growing Wings by Kellie McAllen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen her fate rests on an impossible choice, is she brave enough to make one? As if lousy parents, a plethora of social inhibitions, and a complicated love triangle weren’t enough problems, Lexus Wren just discovered she’s a powerful Catalyst — capable of commanding Conduits to do her bidding. Pretty heady stuff for a 15-year-old who can’t control her own urge to bite her nails... -
![Flightless Bird by Kellie McAllen]()
Flightless Bird by Kellie McAllen
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThey're powerless without her; she's powerless to resist. The list of reasons why Lexus Wren is the last girl any guy would be interested in is mercilessly long: Her dad’s in prison for murder, her mom drowns her sorrows every night at Dave’s Dive, and Lexus is just trying to survive the cruelties of high school as a painfully shy bookworm with a bad wardrobe and a collection of nervous habits... -
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Infinite by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsDESTRUCTION The Year of Souls begins with an earthquake—an alarming rumble from deep within the earth—and it’s only the first of greater dangers to come. The Range caldera is preparing to erupt. Ana knows that as Soul Night approaches, everything near Heart will be at risk... -
![The Shattered Mountain by Rae Carson]()
The Shattered Mountain by Rae Carson
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOn the outskirts of Joya d'Arena, small villages fight for survival against the onslaught of sorcerers and raiders. Mara's village has been safe--so far--but Mara decides to escape anyway. Escape from her harsh, abusive father. Escape with her first love. But when their plans fall on the same day that the animagi burn the village to the ground, Mara faces losses that could destroy her... -
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Mark of the Mage by R.K. Ryals
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBooks never die, but they can be forbidden. Medeisia is a country in turmoil ruled by a blood thirsty king who has outlawed the use of magic and anything pertaining to knowledge. Magery and scribery are forbidden. All who practice are marked with a tattoo branded onto their wrists, their futures precarious... -
![Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena]()
Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsGul has spent her life running. She has a star-shaped birthmark on her arm, and in the kingdom of Ambar, girls with such birthmarks have been disappearing for years. Gul's mark is what caused her parents' murder at the hand of King Lohar's ruthless soldiers and forced her into hiding to protect her own life...Categorized as:
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Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe startling, universally acclaimed breakthrough YA novel from master bestselling author Alice Hoffman, now in paperback. Left on her own when her family dies in a terrible disaster, fifteen-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past... -
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![Dragon's Heart by Jane Yolen]()
Dragon's Heart by Jane Yolen
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAustar 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 ratingsThe 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... -
![Phoenix Overture by Jodi Meadows]()
Phoenix Overture by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the wilds around the Community where Sam and his family have taken shelter, life is dangerous. Dragons, trolls, centaurs, and other monsters fill the world. The word comes from the council that everyone must leave and journey to rescue their leader, Janan, who has been abducted by a mysterious new enemy in the north... -
![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 ratingsRory 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... -
![Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody]()
Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe 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... -
![Eden by Janelle Stalder]()
Eden by Janelle Stalder
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrapped within the cruel world of hormones and bullies, fifteen-year-old Aiden is convinced life has more to offer him. His instincts are proven correct on the night he is awakened by a voice calling to him from outside his window. As he sleepily peers into his yard, his eyes slowly focus on a woman who says she is there to take him to Eden... -
![Chantress Alchemy by Amy Butler Greenfield]()
Chantress Alchemy by Amy Butler Greenfield
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy 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... -
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Pendomus by Carissa Andrews
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHumanity 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... -
![Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George]()
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn… Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls...Categorized as:
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Asunder by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDARKSOULS 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... -
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![Atlantis Rising by Gloria Craw]()
Atlantis Rising by Gloria Craw
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI am different. I have always been different, but no one can know or my life will be in danger. So I hide in plain sight, wearing drab clothes and thick glasses and trying to be invisible. I’m so good at hiding, no one has ever noticed me. Until Ian…the mysterious and oh-so-cute boy I know I need to avoid. Now I have been seen... -
![Endless Water, Starless Sky by Rosamund Hodge]()
Endless Water, Starless Sky by Rosamund Hodge
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the last days of the world, the walls of Viyara are still falling, and the dead are rising faster than ever. Juliet is trapped—ordered by Lord Ineo of the Mahyanai to sacrifice the remaining members of her family, the Catresou, to stave off the end of the world...Categorized as:
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Pucker by Melanie Gideon
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThomas 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... -
![Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone]()
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAnna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett has the unique ability to travel through time and space, which brings him into Anna’s life, and with him a new world of adventure and possibility... -
![Huntress by Malinda Lo]()
Huntress by Malinda Lo
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNature 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... -
![Wolf Wing by Tanith Lee]()
Wolf Wing by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt last, Claidi and her beloved Argul are free to get married. But before they can start their life together, Claidi must face her past. They return to her birthplace, the House, to rescue the other slaves�and find that there has been a revolution, sparked by Claidi�s escape. Then the two are urgently summoned by Ironel Novendot of the Wolf Tower, who tells them that Ustareth is alive... -
![The Alpha’s Mate: Book 1 by Bella Lore]()
The Alpha’s Mate: Book 1 by Bella Lore
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an Omega, 17-year-old Sarah is used to being at the bottom of the pecking order, even in her new pack and new high school. But her usually-boring life changes when she turns 18. She expects to shift—and nothing happens.Now, as if being an Omega isn’t bad enough, Sarah is also human.But Sarah, to her surprise, soon finds her mate: in the pack’s handsome and compassionate Alpha... -
![Threader by Rebekah Turner]()
Threader by Rebekah Turner
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Helios Academy: evolve or dieIt's the year 2050 and life is increasingly hard for 'non-citizens'. A slowly emerging young minority has been exposed as 'talents'; they harbour mutations that give them special gifts – super strength, regenerative powers, psychic gifts or the ability to sink through shadows and travel through time and space... -
![Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett]()
Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman trapped in the body of a deer. A dark sorcerer in relentless pursuit. A mysterious child, found alone on the slopes of a great mountain. This is the turbulent and heartbreaking story of Sive, a girl of the Otherworld who must flee her world of plenty to live as a hunted beast...Categorized as:
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Golden by Michael Johnston
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRecast the spell. Light the flame. Make the world anew.With the ruins of New Kandy still smoldering around them and Nat’s bond to her beloved drakon quickly fraying, Nat and Wes are lost amid a sea of destruction—with Wes at death’s door. Wes tried to save his sister, Eliza, and protect them from her cruelty, only to see firsthand just how dark her power had become... -
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![Me, My Elf & I by Heather Swain]()
Me, My Elf & I by Heather Swain
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's not often you see an elf in the middle of Brooklyn, let alone a tall, blond, gorgeous elf in the middle of one of the most prestigious performing arts high schools in the country. And yet, that's just where Zephyr Addler finds herself: smack dab in the middle of a bustling New York City school, worlds away from the secluded woodland community she knows so well... -
![Endure by Sara B. Larson]()
Endure by Sara B. Larson
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... -
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Wolf Star by Tanith Lee
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe day before Claidi's wedding, she is kidnapped and taken to a mountaintop palace in the shadow of an unearthly star. Wolf Star Rise is the stuff of nightmares, with rooms that change and move for no apparent reason. The only human there is Prince Venn. Neither Claidi nor Venn knows why they are at the Rise...Categorized as:
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![Devoted by Hilary Duff, Elise Allen]()
Devoted by Hilary Duff, Elise Allen
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSince 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... -
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Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsScattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability--with a glance, a gesture, a word--to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders live in constant fear that one family might unleash its gift against another...Categorized as:
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![Fractal Mode by Piers Anthony]()
Fractal Mode by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFive special people are the anchor points to a path across parallel universes. There is Darius, of the sympathetic magic…Nona, the ninth child of a ninth child…Seqiro, the telepathic horse…Provos, who remembers only the future…and Colene, the girl from Earth who learned that all dreams are possible...Categorized as:
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