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Sovereign by April Daniels
Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse... -
![The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag]()
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first love.Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all... -
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![The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson]()
The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistable" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of keeping their coven--and their world--from tearing apart forever.Niamh Kelly is dead... -
![This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron]()
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsDarkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer... -
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![The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee]()
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee’s extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel... -
![Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli]()
Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBeloved heroines Max and Chloe return, in the official comic for smash hit game series Life Is Strange! Three years after the events of Life Is Strange: Dust, Max Caulfield has been left stranded on the shores of an unfamiliar reality. Her new world seems too good to be true: Rachel, a girl who suffered a terrible fate in Max's timeline, is alive and well, and with Chloe... -
![Pixie Problems by A.H. Hadley]()
Pixie Problems by A.H. Hadley
Being human, my life at Silver Oaks isn't quite a fairytale. This is a school for fae refugees, and I'm not one. Instead, I'm going to be a knight in shining armor - wielding the one thing none of them want to be iron.I'm just not very good at being a hero. My magic is dangerous to the fae... -
![The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe heart-stopping conclusion to the internationally bestselling Engelsfors TrilogyThe final installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy—an international sensation with rights sold in 29 countries—The Key combines thrilling action and dark magic with all the passion and drama of teen life. The result is nothing less than explosive... -
![The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke]()
The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Craft for Gen The Feast Makers , indie bestselling author H. A. Clarke crafts an action-packed conclusion to the Scapegracers trilogy, as our beloved teen coven tackle college acceptances, queer romance, and a witch trial to remember for the ages.After restoring their powers, Sideways just wants to get on with senior year. But the covens have convened for the trial of Madeline Kline... -
![Children of the Night by Cara Malone]()
Children of the Night by Cara Malone
It’s your first day of college. Your new roommate is gorgeous, enigmatic… and claims she’s a witch.Wait, there’s more.She says you’re a witch too.Either she’s insane, or your life is... -
![Afterlove by Tanya Byrne]()
Afterlove by Tanya Byrne
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsIn this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds—especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind.When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she’s sure it’s too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different... -
![Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin]()
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
Something has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds.Thomas Madigan is living in a nightmare.Isla just wants to go back to the sea.Kit Macrae thinks he’s drowning.Tanis Hughes needs to feed... -
![Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White]()
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSleepy Hollow and queer romance meet in this coming-of-age tale from the co-creator of Lumberjanes!Isabel "Izzy" Crane and her family have just relocated to Sleepy Hollow, the town made famous by--and obsessed with--Washington Irving's legend of the Headless Horseman... -
![A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney]()
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlice is doing her best to recover from her last boss battle, but members of her crew start having these... dreams. And they’re all the same dream: visions of a dark past―and an even darker future. It seems the evil in Wonderland may not be as defeated as they’d hoped...Categorized as:
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![This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron]()
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsHow much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate?Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart... -
![Night Owls by A.R. Vishny]()
Night Owls by A.R. Vishny
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this thrilling paranormal YA romance debut steeped in folklore, two estries—owl-shifting female vampires from Jewish tradition—face New York's monstrous underworld to save the girl one of them loves with help from the boy one of them fears before they are, all of them, lost forever.Clara loves rules... -
![Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno]()
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA magic passed down through generations . . . Georgina Fernweh waits with growing impatience for the tingle of magic in her fingers—magic that has been passed down through every woman in her family. Her twin sister, Mary, already shows an ability to defy gravity. But with their eighteenth birthday looming at the end of this summer, Georgina fears her gift will never come... -
![Ice Kingdom by Tiana Warner]()
Ice Kingdom by Tiana Warner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final adventure in the Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy … Meela and Lysi have unleashed Sisiutl, legendary two-headed serpent of the Pacific Northwest. It was supposed to be an ally that would help them win the war. Instead, it has fallen under the control of King Adaro, ruler of the Pacific Ocean. If Meela and Lysi can’t stop him, Adaro will use the deadly serpent to rid the oceans of mankind... -
![This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling]()
This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this gripping, romantic sequel to These Witches Don't Burn, Hannah must work alongside her new girlfriend to take down the Hunters desperate to steal her magic.Hannah Walsh just wants a normal life. It's her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and flirting with her new girlfriend, Morgan... -
![How To Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy]()
How To Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this contemporary YA fantasy for fans of Never Have I Ever and Sabrina the Teen Witch!Magically brilliant, academically perfect, chronically overcommitted...Shay Johnson has all the makings of a successful witch. Now that she's a junior at T.K... -
![Full Shift: A Graphic Novel by Jennifer Dugan, Kristen Seaton]()
Full Shift: A Graphic Novel by Jennifer Dugan, Kristen Seaton
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn this queer, supernatural YA graphic novel from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Warbringer, a reluctant teen werewolf would do anything to be human—if that's what it takes to win her crush's heart.High school senior Tessa doesn't fit in anywhere... -
![The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron]()
The Sea in You by Jessi Sheron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratings15-year-old Corinth was just trying to clean up the beach; she never expected to meet a mermaid, let alone be nearly drowned by one. It was the start of a very strange friendship! After Skylla, the deadly fanged mermaid, mysteriously lets Corinth live, they grow closer through a cautious exchange of stories, gifts, jokes, and sign language... -
![Brewed with Love by Shelly Page]()
Brewed with Love by Shelly Page
A cozy, contemporary romantasy about a teen witch who wants to keep her family’s apothecary from falling to the competition but can only do so with assistance from her first crush.Plant witch, Sage Bishop, is determined to run her family’s old apothecary one day. She spends her time trying to invent the perfect tonic to put Bishop Brews on the map... -
![Phantom Hearts by Rosie Talbot]()
Phantom Hearts by Rosie Talbot
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of SIXTEEN SOULS comes a thrilling graphic novel with a supernatural murder mystery twistSixteen-year-old Malia is popular, pretty and smart, but underneath her carefully crafted façade she's struggling with anxiety... -
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![The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker]()
The Assassin's Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis riveting, superpowered adventure unveils a shadow world of Talented bounty hunters—and plumbs the nature of identity, deadly secrets, and found family.Tru has been hiding all her life. Her parents taught her to conceal her bastion Talent: indestructible skin, muscles, and bones. In a world where Talents are common and varied, no one trusts a bastion—they’re too powerful... -
![The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke]()
The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAn outcast teenage lesbian witch finds her coven hidden amongst the popular girls in her school, and performs some seriously badass magic in the process.Skulking near the bottom of West High’s social pyramid, Sideways Pike lurks under the bleachers doing magic tricks for Coke bottles. As a witch, lesbian, and lifelong outsider, she’s had a hard time making friends... -
![From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos]()
From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No roots, no family but one another, and no explanations... -
![That Full Moon Feeling by Ashley Robin Franklin]()
That Full Moon Feeling by Ashley Robin Franklin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA witch and a werewolf go on three disastrous dates in this magical queer romcom... -
![Grand Slam Romance Book 1: A Graphic Novel by Emma Oosterhous, Ollie Hicks]()
Grand Slam Romance Book 1: A Graphic Novel by Emma Oosterhous, Ollie Hicks
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStorytelling team Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous’s first Grand Slam Romance is a queer, full-color graphic novel that’s equal parts romance, softball, and drama, where the balls are fast, the smooches are spicy, and the girls . . . magical—now in paperback Mickey Monsoon is the hotshot pitcher for the Belle City Broads, and their team is poised to sweep the league this season... -
![Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon]()
Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Every sorority has its secrets... And college freshman Ginger Carmichael couldn't care less. She has more important things on her mind, like maintaining her perfect GPA. No matter how much she can't stand the idea of the cliques and the matching colors, there's something about the girls of Alpha Beta Omega—their beauty, confidence, and unapologetic sexuality—that draws Ginger in... -
![Kim Reaper, Vol. 2: Vampire Island by Sarah Graley]()
Kim Reaper, Vol. 2: Vampire Island by Sarah Graley
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHit cartoonist Sarah Graley (Our Super Adventure) tells a new story about the trials of supernatural dating in Kim Reaper: Vampire Island!College relationships are tough for everyone, but they're extra hard for Kim... -
![Camp Spirit by Axelle Lenoir, Michel Falardeau]()
Camp Spirit by Axelle Lenoir, Michel Falardeau
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSummer camp is supposed to be about finding nirvana in a rock garden... But Elodie prefers Nirvana and Soundgarden. Can she confront rambunctious kids, confusing feelings, and supernatural horrors all at once?Summer 1994: with just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor... -
![This Spell Can't Last by Isabel Sterling]()
This Spell Can't Last by Isabel Sterling
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHannah and Veronica battle a Blood Witch in the thrilling, heartbreaking e-novella prequel to These Witches Don’t Burn.Turns out, New York City is kind of a nightmare for a witch.Hannah’s not exactly loving her trip to the city, considering the huge crowds and layers of concrete blocking her connection to the elements... -
![Long Hot Summoning by Tanya Huff]()
Long Hot Summoning by Tanya Huff
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDiscover the third book in the Keeper's Chronicles, where two young women master the possibilities of time and space, maintaining the balance between worlds to protect Earth.It started on the last day of high school, a day Diana Hansen had been anticipating for the last twelve years. Now, her real life could begin... -
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![Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee]()
Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBells Broussard thought he had it made when his superpowers manifested early. Being a shapeshifter is awesome. He can change his hair whenever he wants and, if putting on a binder for the day is too much, hes got it covered. But that was before he became the countrys most wanted villain... -
![Ironspark by C.M. McGuire]()
Ironspark by C.M. McGuire
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA teen outcast must work together with new friends to keep her family and town safe from murderous Fae while also dealing with panic attacks, family issues, and a lesbian love triangle in C.M. McGuires's kick-butt paranormal YA debut, Ironspark... -
![Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria]()
Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it’s kill or be killed where dragons are concerned.Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him... -
![The Circle by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
The Circle by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsOn a night after the apparent suicide of high school student Elias Malmgren, a blood-red moon fills the night sky. Minoo wakes up outside her house, still in her pajamas, and is drawn by an invisible force to an abandoned theme park on the outskirts of town. Soon five of her classmates—Vanessa, Linnéa, Anna-Karin, Rebecka, and Ida—arrive, compelled by the same force... -
![Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu]()
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu
A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town... -
![The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter]()
The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne Last Stop meets Cemetery Boys in this swoony YA romance from beloved author James L. Sutter.Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet when she stumbles upon the spirit of Aiden, a popular upperclassman who died the previous year, she learns that ghosts have goals of their own... -
![Mate by Jessa Stone]()
Mate by Jessa Stone
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter two years together as lovers and friends, how do you end things when your heart suddenly craves another? Born into a family of Leaders…of Alpha’s...Roma always knew that one day she would take up the role as the next Alpha of Clearwater. What she was never sure about, was if she would be blessed with a true mate... -
![Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa]()
Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans of the Impossible Life. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Becky Albertalli.Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is the least likely person in Salem to believe in witchcraft—or think that her life could be transformed by mysterious forces... -
![Edie in Between by Laura Sibson]()
Edie in Between by Laura Sibson
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA modern-day Practical Magic about love, loss, and embracing the mystical.It’s been one year since Edie’s mother died. But her ghost has never left.According to her GG, it’s tradition that the dead of the Mitchell family linger with the living. It’s just as much a part of a Mitchell’s life as brewing cordials or talking to plants... -
![Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan]()
Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA unique verse novel of queer love, lust, and vampires. From the award-winning author of The Deepest Breath and The Space Between.The bloodFeeds the hungerThat threatens everythingIt starts when Claudia offers her a yellow rose.Immy has been in love before – many times, across many lifetimes. But never as deeply, as intensely as this.Claudia has never been in love this before either... -
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![The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad]()
The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all.Meet the Wild Ones: girls who have been hurt, abandoned, and betrayed all their lives... -
![Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson]()
Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsA Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this the first installment of this epic fantasy trilogy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches.If you look hard enough at old photographs, we’re there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift... -
![The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta]()
The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods.Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California... -
![Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters]()
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSawkill Girls meets Beautiful Creatures in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead. If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy’s bones, I’d play it. I’d learn all the secrets he kept... -
![In the Shallows by Tanya Byrne]()
In the Shallows by Tanya Byrne
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this captivating young adult novel, two girls set out to unravel a mystery tied to the sea―and fall in love along the way.On New Year's Day, three fishermen haul a teenage girl out of the ocean. By the time they bring her to land, it’s clear that she doesn’t know where or who she is. Her story goes viral. The media calls her Nicoletta, after the fishermen’s boat... -
![These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling]()
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
Hannah's a witch, but not the kind you're thinking of. She's the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she's ever caught using it in front of a Reg (read: non-witch), she could lose it. For good...
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