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  • The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set by Leigh Bardugo

    The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Contains 9781627792127 & 9781627792134.Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. The gripping Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom duology, by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo, is now available in a stunning hardcover boxed set.Follow Kaz and his crew into a world of magic and mayhem as they attempt to pull off—and survive—the job of a lifetime...
  • Tricksters by Tamora Pierce

    Tricksters by Tamora Pierce

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Sixteen is a rebellious age for most young people, and Aly is no exception. With her mother, the lady knight Alanna, forever being summoned to some crisis or other, and the young men of Tortall little more than diversions, Aly is bored and restless...
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  • The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    The Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet When our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all...
  • The Void of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Void of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    When banished Princess Maia is captured by her father and threatened with execution, it appears that all is lost…until the people rise in rebellion against their king. Suddenly, the cast-aside royal finds herself crowned the first Queen of Comoros. But enemies appear on all sides as her father’s conniving supporters assemble a new army against the fledgling ruler...
  • The Study Series Bundle by Maria V. Snyder

    The Study Series Bundle by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From condemned prisoner to food taster for the Commander of Ixia, from apprentice to a charismatic assassin to warrior with ever-evolving magical powers, Yelena is a remarkable heroine like none you've ever experienced. Follow her amazing journey through Maria V. Snyder's breathtaking fantasy series, which New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey calls "engaging and entirely original..
  • Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Shades of Magic Boxed Set by V.E. Schwab

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once, Black. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences...
  • Queen's Own by Mercedes Lackey

    Queen's Own by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Together for the first time in a single volume, The Complete Arrows Trilogy is the adventure that launched Valdemar, Mercedes Lackey’s expansive fantasy realm beloved by generations of readers. Talia, once a runaway, is Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond imagining...
  • Iron Heart by Nina Varela

    Iron Heart by Nina Varela

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 47 ratings
    For too long, Automae have lorded over the kingdom of Rabu, oppressing its human citizens. But the human revolution has risen, and at its heart is Ayla. Once a handmaiden, now a fugitive, Ayla narrowly escaped the palace of Lady Crier, the girl she would’ve killed if she hadn’t fallen in love first...
  • The Snow Queen: The Complete Saga: Books 1-3: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, Snowflakes by K.M. Shea

    The Snow Queen: The Complete Saga: Books 1-3: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, Snowflakes by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Read all three books in the complete Snow Queen series: Heart of Ice, Sacrifice, and Snowflakes in this special collection. Rakel is a princess who should have been queen. Instead, as a despised magic user she has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, alone in her ice-castle...
  • The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

    The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution.In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, country bumpkin Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, with employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful god known only as the Crocodile, who is rumored to devour pretty girls...
  • Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

    Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The fate of an empire lies in the hands of one untested princess. Princess Natasia is the eldest child of the Emperor Andreth, ruler of the Four Realms. If she were a boy, she’d be the unquestioned heir to the throne. But as a girl, her main duty in life is to marry someone her father can shape into his successor. Everything changes when an unknown would-be assassin nearly takes Tasia’s life...
  • The Silence of Unworthy Gods by Andrew Rowe

    The Silence of Unworthy Gods by Andrew Rowe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Upon returning to Valia after his journey to Caelford and the Unclaimed Lands, Corin Cadence is confronted with a familiar foe — his own father. While his strength has vastly increased since his last encounter with Magnus Cadence, Corin knows that he’ll need every trick at his disposal — and maybe a few new ones — if he wants to survive a duel with his father intact...
  • The Desert Princess by Melanie Cellier

    The Desert Princess by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Cassie knows she was made for more than a life buried away in her uncle’s remote forest estate. Eager to meet the great spymaster, Aurora, she jumps at the chance to travel to her distant kingdom. But meeting Aurora isn’t enough—Cassie wants to prove her worth. So when she’s presented with an opportunity to gather intelligence, she acts...
  • Dryad-Born by Jeff Wheeler

    Dryad-Born by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The struggle to save the plague-ridden kingdoms continues in this captivating second novel in the Whispers from Mirrowen series.The orphan Phae has kept her innate ability secret since she was young. Not only does she possess the dangerous fireblood, but she can also steal the memories of anyone who looks into her eyes. Phae has no idea that her combination of powers is extraordinary...
  • Power of Pen and Voice by Melanie Cellier

    Power of Pen and Voice by Melanie Cellier

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A Spoken Mage companion novelWhen a Sekali princess unexpectedly bursts into Elena and Lucas’s betrothal celebrations, Ardann is forced to send a team to investigate her claims of a new enemy. The last thing Saffron expects, or wants, is to be called on to assist. But she can’t risk disgracing her family by refusing to join the expedition...
  • The Study of Poisons by Maria V. Snyder

    The Study of Poisons by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 17 ratings
    Fierce, determined, dangerous. No wonder her soul called to his.As Chief of Security of Ixia, Valek has spent the last fifteen years keeping Commander Ambrose and his citizens safe. With his complex network of spies, informers, and soldiers, it’s his job to hunt down and capture criminals, including the intriguing Yelena...
  • Talon the Black by Melissa Mitchell

    Talon the Black by Melissa Mitchell

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What would you do if a dragon fell from the sky? Claire Evans is a small-towner from Indiana faced with this exact situation. When a dragon crash-lands in her corn field, she goes gallivanting off to find it.This incident triggers a chain of events that sweep our heroine into a complicated plot to destroy a kingdom...
  • Pursuit of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    Pursuit of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    -Killien, the unyielding clan chief who’s becoming increasingly volatile.-Sora, the suspicious ranger who sees more than she should.-A swarm of frost goblins that devour with tooth and claw.The list of people and things that could get Will killed keeps growing...
  • On the Shoulders of Titans by Andrew Rowe

    On the Shoulders of Titans by Andrew Rowe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Corin Cadence finally has a firm reason to believe his brother, Tristan, is still alive. Unfortunately, finding more information isn’t going to be easy. Tristan appears to be entangled with a clandestine organization that calls themselves Whispers. And Corin’s last brush with the Whispers didn’t exactly end well...
  • The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    The Banished of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In a stand-alone series set in the world of Muirwood, eighteen-year-old Maia is the exiled princess of Comoros and heir to the throne. As a result of her father’s ceaseless need for authority, she was left disinherited and forced to live as a servant in her enemy’s home...
  • Siege of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    Siege of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can Sini keep her past from destroying everyone’s future? Sini has finally found a family with the Keepers. After escaping from a childhood on the street and years of slavery, Sini’s new life as a Keeper should be idyllic. But she can’t shake the feeling she just doesn’t belong. Not only because she’s the first female Keeper in centuries. Her magic is too different to be useful...
  • Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Rising From the Ashes: The Chronicles of Caymin Ancient Ireland – an era of clan wars, petty kings and invasions by raiders from the north. As Christianity tightens its hold, magic and the old ways fight to keep their place in the hearts of the people. Born into this world is Ash, orphaned and maimed, left to die. She is rescued by a clan of badgers and raised to be one of them...
  • Daughter of Lies by Kenley Davidson

    Daughter of Lies by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A Retelling of Snow WhiteShe never needed a mirror to tell her who she was. She thought she knew…Until an assassin made her question everything.Brenna Seagrave would rather spy on her kingdom’s enemies than attend a ball. She prefers danger and disguise to the smiling insincerities of the Andari court, but no one is quite sure what to do with a countess who engages in espionage...
  • Shadow and Thorn by Kenley Davidson

    Shadow and Thorn by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A Retelling of Beauty and the BeastWhen a beautiful thief meets a beastly king, it’s anything but true love.Unless a haunted castle can change their minds…Zara has always hated to steal, even from the dead, but treasure hunting is the only life she knows—until her father’s cowardice traps her in an abandoned Erathi castle...
  • Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee

    Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Legacy of Yangchen by F.C. Yee

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Avatar, the Last The Rise of Kyoshi and Avatar, the Last The Shadow of Kyoshi comes a thrilling new chapter in the Chronicles of the Avatar series and page-turning follow-up to Avatar, the Last The Dawn of YangchenCommon enemies make for strange friends . .
  • The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    "Even if a magician's powers surface of their own accord, he will soon be dead if he does not gain the knowledge of how to control them." Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies—including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador...
  • Reyr the Gold by Melissa Mitchell

    Reyr the Gold by Melissa Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After fulfilling an Unbreakable Promise to Cyrus, Claire has finally accepted her new life in Dragonwall. She has a new Promise and purpose—one she created for herself. She must save Dragonwall, that much is certain. What isn’t so certain, is how she will achieve this end. Powerful magic courses through her veins, and she has no idea how to control it.Mastering magic isn’t Claire’s only challenge...
  • Glass Midnight by Kayla Eshbaugh

    Glass Midnight by Kayla Eshbaugh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the ancient land of Terra, where curses run rampant throughout all the kingdoms and where the royalty desperately attempt to break their curses and claim their own happily ever afters.Princess Gabriella wasn’t cursed at birth like the other royals.Although not cursed, she feels as if she might as well have been for the threat of the neighboring kingdom of Lune is ever present...
  • The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

    The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 18 ratings
    The second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, growing TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN.Princess. Priestess. The most beautiful girl in Troy. Cassandra is used to being adored – and when her patron god, Apollo, offers her the power of prophecy, she sees an opportunity to rise even higher...
  • Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi

    Death and Night by Roshani Chokshi

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An exclusive Star-Touched novella over 100 pages long! Before The Star-Touched Queen there was only Death and Night.He was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone. After a chance meeting, they wonder if, perhaps, they could be meant for more...
  • The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine

    The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A dark and romantic epic fantasy retelling of the Cinderella story, about a girl who must team up with the prince she despises to defeat an evil creature threatening their kingdom. The fourth standalone novel in the New York Times bestselling Ravenspire series by C. J. Redwine...
  • Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

    Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 38 ratings
    All's fair in love, war . . . and magic.When Tycho, the King's Courier, arrives in the remote village of Briarlock, he wants only to escape the demands of his new life in the royal court, where magic reigns for the first time in ages. The last thing he expects is to fall for a handsome blacksmith with a bruised heart...
  • Isadora by Charlotte McConaghy

    Isadora by Charlotte McConaghy

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What would you do if your sworn enemy was also your soulmate?The kingdom of Kaya has been overthrown by a dark power. Trapped inside the dangerous capital, rebel leader Isadora fights the only way she can - by hunting those more monstrous than she. Falco is the exiled emperor of a nation in tatters...
  • The Tragic Life of Lady Tina DeSilva by T.J. Klune

    The Tragic Life of Lady Tina DeSilva by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Lady Tina DeSilva was not a cruel girl. No, she most definitely wasn't cruel. After all, it wasn't her fault that Mervin made her want to stab him in the face just to see what his blood looked spilling out onto the ground while he screamed for her to stop.Rystin was forever. Mervin, though.Mervin was just a bump in the road...
  • Thief of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest

    Thief of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Selection meets Aladdin ONE MONTH. FIFTY CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE. AN IMPOSSIBLE HEIST. You have been summoned to Sunstone Palace to compete in our search for the future Queen of Cahraman. After years on the run, Adelaide thinks her lonely and dangerous life as a thief is finally over...
  • Flame and Crystal Thorns by Kay L. Moody

    Flame and Crystal Thorns by Kay L. Moody

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She vowed she’d never return to Faerie…But vows were made to be broken.As a human girl, Chloe is perfectly happy being back in the mortal realm where she belongs. She's even become the town apothecary. When a fae from her past shows up begging her to return to Faerie, she utterly refuses.But then she finds out an angry group of mortals are using iron to hold an entire castle full of fae hostage...
  • Curse of Shadows by A.K. Wilder

    Curse of Shadows by A.K. Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For fans of epic fantasy with adventure and romance, Curse of Shadows reveals a world of unique magic, breathtaking action, and unforgettable love.Amassia teeters on the brink of the next Great Dying.The second sun has returned as our Bone Throwers foresaw--casting the nine realms into war.My name is Ash, and I fell in the battle for Baiseen...
  • The Lost Abbey by Jeff Wheeler

    The Lost Abbey by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This is the original story behind the graphic novel "Muirwood: The Lost Abbey" a novella written by the author of the Muirwood universe. Maia, the daughter of the king of Comoros, has been banished, her rank and station taken away. Although magic is forbidden of women in her world, Maia secretly learned...and now her desperate father has sent her on a dangerous quest to save their kingdom...
  • A Threat of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    A Threat of Shadows by J.A. Andrews

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    #SPBFO Semifinalist2nd EditionAlaric betrayed everything he believed to save Evangeline — and failed.His last chance to save the woman he loves lies in an ancient Wellstone, a repository of power, buried and lost long ago.Luck—or something more troubling—leads him to a small group searching for the same stone.A disgruntled dwarf,a bumbling wizard,and an elf with an unsettling amount of power...
  • The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

    The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Andrea Stewart returns with The Bone Shard Emperor, the second installment of this unmissable, action-packed, magic-laced fantasy epic. The Emperor is Dead. Long live the Emperor.   Lin Sukai finally sits on the throne she won at so much cost, but her struggles are only just beginning. Her people don’t trust her. Her political alliances are weak...
  • Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian

    Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Princesses Beatriz and Daphne have lost their older sister, but their mother's grand scheme of taking the continent of Vesteria is far from complete. With the country of Temarin now under the Empress's control, only the nations of Cellaria and Friv remain free from her rule. What's worse, an ominous prophecy has begun to shine through the constellations: the blood of stars and majesty spilled...
  • A Kingdom Submerged by Deborah Grace White

    A Kingdom Submerged by Deborah Grace White

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A determined mermaid, the powerless son of a magic-wielding line…two worlds never meant to collideIn spite of being a nameless orphan, Merletta is determined to win the prestigious rank of record holder. And she has no intention of letting a little thing like universal disdain stop her.Lord Heath knows nothing of mermaids, but coming from the noble House of Dragonfriend, he’s no stranger to magic...
  • Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye

    Daughter of the Bone Forest by Jasmine Skye

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone Forest.Rosy is a bone familiar, gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone...
  • Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi

    Star-Touched Stories by Roshani Chokshi

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Contains an extended excerpt from The Gilded Wolves. From New York Times bestselling author, Roshani Chokshi, comes Star-Touched a fantasy collection of three lush and adventurous stories set in the Star-Touched world.Death and NightHe was Lord of Death, cursed never to love. She was Night incarnate, destined to stay alone...
  • Thorn by Anna Burke

    Thorn by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan’s father returns from an ill-fated hunting trip bearing a single, white rose.The rose is followed by the Huntress, a figure out of legend. Tall, cruel, and achingly beautiful, she brings Rowan back with her to a mountain fastness populated solely by the creatures of the hunt...
  • House of Curses by K.A. Linde

    House of Curses by K.A. Linde

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Un an d’entraînement attend Kerrigan et son dragon... si elle survit à son voyage au royaume des Ombres. Malgré son manque d’alliés, Kerrigan Argon, mi-humaine, mi-Fae, a rejoint la Société. Elle peut maintenant entamer une formation d’un an en compagnie de son dragon...
  • Dead Moons Rising by Jack Whitney

    Dead Moons Rising by Jack Whitney

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Aydra Ravenspeak has lived peacefully in the kingdom of Magnice her entire life. She rules as Queen over the northeastern realm of Haerland with her loving brother, King Rhafian Sunfire, and her younger siblings. Their kingdom knows only prosperity, sanctuary, and peace. A loving home for all their people.Of course, these are all lies...
  • The Dragon and the Queen by Kaitlyn Davis

    The Dragon and the Queen by Kaitlyn Davis

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A queen foretold to save the world... Free from Malek’s clutches, Lyana returns to the world above determined to keep the isles from falling. But in a land where magic is forbidden, convincing the avians to believe in her power takes the one thing she doesn’t have—time. With Xander’s help, she must unravel the puzzle of the rift and gain their trust or lose her home forever...
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    magic  high fantasy  fantasy  young adult  fae  paranormal
  • The Rogue Crown by A.K. Mulford

    The Rogue Crown by A.K. Mulford

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The action moves west in A.K. Mulford’s romantic, action-packed epic fantasy series, The Five Crowns of Okrith, as young fae warrior Bri investigates the murder of her queen while protecting the beautiful princess she may be falling for. Determined to uncover who killed the Western Queen, fae warrior Briata Catullus sets out on a mission to defeat the witch hunters and safeguard her princess...
  • Beneath the Dark Moon by S.D. Simper

    Beneath the Dark Moon by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the night of the dark moon, followers of the Goddess of Stars come to pray and bask in her love and light on the ocean’s surface. All the mermaid priestesses-in-training are there—except Tallora.Tallora is at a party meeting a beautiful stranger. But she’ll arrive before the night is through...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  queer  fantasy  f-f  young adult  paranormal
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