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The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSometimes 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... -
![The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun]()
The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNew 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... -
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![The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun]()
The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMy 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... -
![Between Cases by W.R. Gingell]()
Between Cases by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsG’day. I’m still here. Still Pet.Well, I’m only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone does: everyone but the vampire, that is.Life is more unbalanced these days—cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like me: kids whose parents were murdered just like mine... -
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![Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast]()
Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Broken Arrow, OK, and move into the House of Night, a boarding school for other fledgling vampyres like her... -
![Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan]()
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming a Shadowhunter. But the events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories, and Simon isn’t sure who he is anymore. He knows he was friends with Clary, and that he convinced the total goddess Isabelle Lightwood to go out with him…but he doesn’t know how... -
![The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag]()
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom 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... -
![Between Frames by W.R. Gingell]()
Between Frames by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwo fae is company, but a company of fae is trouble.Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.Owners, you ask?Hi. I’m Pet... -
![Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
This is the story of the Lynch family. Niall and Mór escaped their homeland for a new start, and lost themselves in what they found. Declan has grown up as the responsible son, the responsible brother--only to find there is no way for him to keep his family safe. Ronan has always lived on the edge between dreams and waking... but now that edge is gone, and he is falling... -
![Dark Dancer by B.R. Kingsolver]()
Dark Dancer by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsOne Master survived the inferno that destroyed the Order of the Illuminati. He may know that I survived, but does he suspect that I betrayed the Order? Rudolf Heine has sent Hunters flooding into Westport, wreaking carnage on vampires, shifters, and mages. Normal humans are taking notice, and the shadow world teeters on the verge of being revealed. The Hunters also may be hunting me... -
![Wicked Omen by Megan Montero]()
Wicked Omen by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThere’s no such thing as magical powers. . . All my life the only kind of magic I’d ever seen was the sparkling jewels on fifth avenue. On the night of my sixteenth birthday all hell breaks loose, and by hell I mean me! I never felt power like this, so dark, so tempting, so out of my control! No one is safe around me. And now I’m being thrown into Warwick Academy... -
![The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch]()
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThe Sixth book in the the Rivers of London series featuring the young law officer Peter Grant—who must deal with both crime and magic.Where the Marble Arch stands today in London was once the Tyburn gallows - or The Hanging Tree. The walk toward those gallows, along Oxford Street and past the Mayfair mansions, has a bloody and haunted history as the last trip of the condemned... -
![A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones... -
![Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune]()
Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune
At once an exploration of grief and faith, Into This River I Drown is one man's journey into the secrets of his father and discovering the strength to believe in the impossible. Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, who drowned when his truck crashed into a river. All called it an accident, but Benji thought it more... -
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![Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa]()
Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsnever 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...Categorized as:
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![Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny.Something is happening to the source of the dreamers' power. It is blocked. Diminished. Weak. If it goes away entirely, what will happen to the dreamers and those who depend on them?Ronan Lynch isn't planning to wait and find out... -
![For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony]()
For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsThe Man Who Would Be SatanParry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie. Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived--first as a sorcerer, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor... -
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Wolf Mate by M. Guida
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe final battle is here. I have to prove that I'm worthy of the crown.Everything rests on me.But I'm willing to accept the challenge.I want justice for my parents' murder and my demon wolves' enslavement.My enemy doesn't play fair, and I know it's an ambush.Bring it on, dude. Win or lose, I'm ready...Categorized as:
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Fearscape by Simon Holt
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe 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 Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O'Donoghue]()
The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O'Donoghue
A spellbinding supernatural teen drama - and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts.Maeve and her friends have revealed their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury. And even better than their newfound talents? Roe and Maeve are officially an item... -
![Ironside by Holly Black]()
Ironside by Holly Black
In the realm of Faerie, the time has come for Roiben's coronation. Uneasy in the midst of the malevolent Unseelie Court, pixie Kaye is sure of only one thing -- her love for Roiben. But when Kaye, drunk on faerie wine, declares herself to Roiben, he sends her on a seemingly impossible quest... -
![Soulstice by Simon Holt]()
Soulstice by Simon Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe 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... -
![The Hunter by L.J. Smith]()
The Hunter by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsHe sold her the game, and Jenny Thornton walked out mesmerized by Julian, the gorgeous cyber-punk with electric blue eyes and frost-white hair. When she and her friends open the plain white box at her boyfriend Tom’s birthday party, she chills to the warning: “Entering the Shadow World can be deadly. Do so at your own risk.” Spellbound, they piece together the rooms with their darkest nightmares... -
![The Dust Feast by Gregory Ashe]()
The Dust Feast by Gregory Ashe
Only days have passed since Vie Eliot’s murderous half-brother—a dangerous, out-of-control psychic—was stopped from killing the people Vie loves most, but Vie is ready for his life to return to normal. He has plans. Big plans. Make the cross country team, pick up his grades, and spend a lot of time with his boyfriend... -
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![Wicked Potion by Megan Montero]()
Wicked Potion by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the war for my power only one will win… My secrets are starting to surface and in the world of Evermore secrets can get you killed. The sister I never asked for has joined our side. I’ve hidden the blood tie we share from everyone, including my soulmate Tucker. I’m hiding too many things from everyone and I’m starting to unravel...Categorized as:
magic fantasy paranormal witches urban fantasy young adult contemporary ancient times -
![A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArlo and her friends must decide how far they’re willing to go to depose a cruel ruler in this third book in the Hollow Star Saga that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones .The die is cast.The era of Spring is over.Riadne’s bloody coup on the Summer Solstice changed Arlo’s life forever... -
![Night World, No. 2 by L.J. Smith]()
Night World, No. 2 by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsIncludes:Book 4 - Dark AngelBook 5 - The ChosenBook 6 - Soulmate Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. In Dark Angel, Gillian is saved from drowning by her guardian angel... -
![Civil Contempt by Jade Thorn]()
Civil Contempt by Jade Thorn
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe amount of pressure on Melody is only increasing. The Apex want to mate with her, her new coven wants her to choose a suitable husband from within their ranks and the new Provost wants her out of there - to graduate as soon as possible.Everyone wants something from Melody, including her mad aunt and Coven Bestia... -
![The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories by Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff]()
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories by Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom acclaimed YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. - A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. - Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. - A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream)... -
![The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore]()
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care. --#1 New York Times-bestselling author Karen M... -
![Silver Staked by Shannon Mayer, D.G. Swank]()
Silver Staked by Shannon Mayer, D.G. Swank
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom NYT & USAT bestselling authors Shannon Mayer and D.G. Swank comes a new vision of supernatural suspense. Only these two authors could deliver two such complex heroines and their undaunted courage in a tale of unexpected twists of fate. Escape into the city that never sleeps and where nightmares live in the darkness with "Silver Staked".My name is Leah, and I am a Cazador... -
![The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman]()
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Throughout the worlds, the forces of both heaven and hell are mustering to take part in Lord Asriel's audacious rebellion. Each player in this epic drama has a role to play—and a sacrifice to make. Witches, angels, spies, assassins, tempters, and pretenders, no one will remain unscathed.Lyra and Will have the most dangerous task of all... -
![Oblivion by Kelly Creagh]()
Oblivion by Kelly Creagh
This electrifying conclusion to the Nevermore trilogy takes one last trip to the dream world of Edgar Allan Poe to reveal the intertwined fates of Isobel and Varen.The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? —Edgar Allan PoeThe fine line between life and death blurred long ago for Isobel Lanley... -
![Powerless by Tracey Ward]()
Powerless by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe final chapter in the Bird of Stone series... -
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![The Dark Rising by Lacey Weatherford]()
The Dark Rising by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Portia Mullins discovers the love of her life is still alive her heart soars. But reality sets in immediately causing it to plummet when she realizes he doesn’t remember his past life with her. Unwilling to give up, she embarks on a loving quest to restore his life to him... -
![The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould]()
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsCourtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon... -
![Blackbringer by Laini Taylor]()
Blackbringer by Laini Taylor
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen the ancient evil of the Blackbringer rises to unmake the world, only one determined faerie stands in its way. However, Magpie Windwitch, granddaughter of the West Wind, is not like other faeries...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of the Moon by Rachel Hawthorne]()
Shadow of the Moon by Rachel Hawthorne
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsI can feel every Shifter's emotions except Daniel's— the only one whose heart I long to know. HAYDEN was born a werewolf, a Dark Guardian. But her ability to sense the feelings of fellow werewolves has made her life unbearable. She runs away, only to be tracked by charming, mysterious Daniel, a newcomer to the pack and the one Shifter immune to her powers... -
![Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near]()
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA deliciously dark bubblegum-gothic fairytale from a stunning new Australian talent. ‘He's gone the same way as those little birds that bothered me with their awful songs! And you will too, you and your horrible heart-music, because you won't stay out of my woods!' There's a dead girl in a birdcage in the woods. That's not unusual. Isola Wilde sees a lot of things other people don't...Categorized as:
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![Half Wild by Sally Green]()
Half Wild by Sally Green
"You will have a powerful Gift, but it’s how you use it that will show you to be good or bad."In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world's most powerful and violent witch. Nathan is hunted from all sides: nowhere is safe and no one can be trusted...Categorized as:
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![Crushed by Eliza Crewe]()
Crushed by Eliza Crewe
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMeda Melange has officially hung up her monstrous mantle and planted her feet firmly on the holy and righteous path of a Crusader-in-training. Or, at least, she’s willing to give it a shot. It helps that the Crusaders are the only thing standing between her and the demon hordes who want her dead... -
![Bane and Shadow by Kelley Skovron]()
Bane and Shadow by Kelley Skovron
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA killer adventure fantasy follow-up to HOPE AND RED, set in a fracturing empire spread across savage seas, where two young people from different cultures find common purpose.Red is being trained as a cold-blooded assassin by the biomancers. As he becomes increasingly embroiled in palace politics, he learns that even life among the nobility can be deadly... -
![Shadow by Adrienne Woods]()
Shadow by Adrienne Woods
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChastity Blake discovered the hard way what she was. A modern day Sandman. But things aren't looking up for Chastity. She is guarding a secret deep within her, her dark sand, or what Reverans would call, her Shadow. Shadow Casters are known for their dark dreams, the nightmares they create, and for Chastity landing up in the Oblivian with all the other Shadow Casters is so not on her list... -
![Thief of Lives by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee]()
Thief of Lives by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsOn the heels of Dhampir, Barb and J.C. Hendee's acclaimed Fantasy debut, comes Thief of Lives, the new novel featuring Magiere and Leesil, Slayers of the Undead... Magiere the dhampir thinks that her nights of hunting vampires are over... -
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![Rogue by Gina Damico]()
Rogue by Gina Damico
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLex is a teenage Grim Reaper with the power to Damn souls, and it’s getting out of control. She’s a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they’re joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time... -
![A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore]()
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 76 ratingsCharlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They're even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie's doing okay—until people start dropping dead around him, and everywhere he goes a dark presence whispers to him from under the streets. Charlie Asher, it seems, has been recruited for a new as Death... -
![Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo]()
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
Lee Mandelo's debut Summer Sons is a sweltering, queer Southern Gothic that crosses Appalachian street racing with academic intrigue, all haunted by a hungry ghost.Andrew and Eddie did everything together, best friends bonded more deeply than brothers, until Eddie left Andrew behind to start his graduate program at Vanderbilt... -
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Half Lost by Sally Green
This is the final battle.The Alliance is losing the war, and their most critical weapon, seventeen-year-old witch Nathan Byrn, is losing his mind. Nathan’s tally of kills is rising, and yet he’s no closer to ending the tyrannical rule of the Council of White Witches in England... -
![Fade by Lisa McMann]()
Fade by Lisa McMann
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 73 ratingsSOME NIGHTMARES NEVER END. For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck. Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing goes as planned. Not even close... -
![Bright Ruin by Vic James]()
Bright Ruin by Vic James
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMagically gifted aristocrats rule--and commoners are doomed to serve. But a rebellion threatens the old order. The dystopian trilogy that began with Gilded Cage and Tarnished City concludes...
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