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  • The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

    The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals...
  • Dragon's Storm by Ella Summers

    Dragon's Storm by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Leda's quest to gain the magic she needs to save her brother leads her to the castle of the Dragons, home of four soldiers in the Legion of Angels with extraordinary powers over the elements. If she makes it through their training, she might just survive her next sip of the gods' Nectar and level up her magic. But the gods' gifts of magic come at a price...
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  • Between Decisions by W.R. Gingell

    Between Decisions by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Life is complicated.I mean, life has always been complicated, but there’s a difference between monsters-are-trying-to-kill-you complications and monsters-are-in-love-with-you complications. I’m still not sure which is more dangerous.G’day. I’m Pet. Two-thirds of a pet, anyway: the vampire isn’t claiming ownership these days, but he’s definitely encroaching...
  • Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    G’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...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

    The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 146 ratings
    Chloe Saunders is on the runand raising hell. Literally. Chloe Saunders is not your average supernatural teenager. Genetically altered at birth by a sinister team of scientists, she can barely control her terrifying powers. Now the team that created her has decided it's time to end the experiment. Permanently...
  • Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Between Family by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When someone tries to threaten me by telling me they know my name, I take that personally.G’day. I’m not really a pet anymore, but you might as well keep calling me Pet. It’s not like I’m gunna tell you my name anyway. And if I sound stroppy, well, I am. First, I was threatened. Now, someone has cut off my house from the human world and left my emotional support vampire on the human side...
  • Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 95 ratings
    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...
  • Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 64 ratings
    A hardback collection of all eight Ghosts of the Shadow Market stories, along with two brand new ones, about characters from Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Shadowhunters series.The Shadow Market is a meeting point for faeries, werewolves, warlocks and vampires...
  • Wicked Wish by Megan Montero

    Wicked Wish by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    They stole my power…but I will get it back.My ascension nearly killed me. If I don’t learn to control my magic now it could hurt everyone around me.A piece of me is missing, and whether I like it or not, the only person who can help me is Beckett.And I definitely don’t like it. Beckett is infuriating and overbearing, and no matter where I go he’s always there...
  • Court of Midnight and Deception: The Complete Trilogy by K.M. Shea

    Court of Midnight and Deception: The Complete Trilogy by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The fae of the Night Court are desperate to find and crown their new monarch before the Court collapses.I couldn’t care less.I’ve done everything I can to bury my fae blood and embrace my human half. That changes when some fae nobles show up on my doorstep and announce that I’m the next Queen of the Night Court.Becoming an unwilling fae queen? Check. Inheriting a terrible mess? Double check...
  • Between Kings by W.R. Gingell

    Between Kings by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    G’day. I’m Pet. Heirling. Biter of fae lords. Trouble.I have a lot of names these days—including my own, real name. Unfortunately for me, someone else knows that name too; not to mention the names of my other heirling friends. Now those heirling friends have disappeared, stolen by the current King Behind for a fight to the death where only one contender to the throne remains...
  • Between Frames by W.R. Gingell

    Between Frames by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two 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...
  • Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author sets the stage for a battle of epic proportions. Savannah Levine is all grown up. As a witch endowed with an array of spells, she is also a force to be reckoned with. As a paranormal investigator she is finally coming into her own. But her last case tore a family apart, and Savannah swore she'd give up her powers to fix the mess she helped create...
  • Scorched Heart by Helen Harper

    Scorched Heart by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    My parents were brutally murdered when I was five years old. Their killer has spent the last twenty five years in prison for his terrible crimes - but I still have unanswered questions. After all, I am the phoenix. When I die, I am reborn in fire and brimstone. It happens again and again and again. I have no idea where my strange ability came from and nobody to ask...
  • Dark Dancer by B.R. Kingsolver

    Dark Dancer by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    One 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...
  • Cursed by Jen L. Grey

    Cursed by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hidden and tornI'd broken out of the half-breed prison but the memories still haunt me. Now I'm living with my biological parents and their pack.To make matters worse, the guard and sexy inmate escaped with me. Each one tugs at my soul and I'm not even sure why.As I tried acclimate to my new life and new powers, I find that I'm more confused than ever.My path was clear before me...
  • Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Bloodline Legacy by Lan Chan

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A hedge witch and her psychotic vampire partner enter the Unity Games. Four supernatural academies. A thousand ways to die. I don’t think I want to be Alessia Hastings anymore.My life plan is pretty simple: Learn to fight. Survive a war with the Hell dimension. Don’t die. It does not, I repeat, it does not involve a mating bond with Malachi Pendragon and spitting out Nephilim babies...
  • Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1 by Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto

    Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 1 by Takaya Kagami, Yamato Yamamoto

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    After a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro escapes from captivity and joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army...
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • Wicked Omen by Megan Montero

    Wicked Omen by Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    There’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 Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Mates by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In the Faerie Games, it’s kill or be killed. And I’m going to survive, no matter what the cost. Who will win the next Emperor of the Villa competition? Will I tell Julian that we’re soulmates? And most importantly—will Julian, Cassia, and I defeat Octavia and make it out of the Games alive? I’ll do whatever’s necessary to survive...
  • Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Wonder by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ever Wondered... Who You Really Are? Alice Wonder gets an offer from a Wonderland Monster. A little help to locate the Six Impossible Keys in exchange of knowing who she really is and why she killed her classmates in the school bus. Alice agrees, knowing the consequences might put the whole world in danger.One step into the truth, she realizes she needs the Pillar for help...
  • Night Stalker by B.R. Kingsolver

    Night Stalker by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    All I want is to pay the rent and find a boyfriend. But an insane vampire thinks I hold the key to his takeover of the city, and I have a new stalker. At least for now, I’ve dodged the Illuminati’s Hunters, but life is still a little too challenging...
  • Year of the Chameleon by Shannon Mayer

    Year of the Chameleon by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 40 ratings
    You Don’t Choose The Academy. The Academy Chooses You.I’ve made it through the Culling Trials, the test that proved my mettle against every possible challenge.I assumed that meant things would settle down and I’d start truly learning.No more danger.No more death threats.No more wondering who was out to get me.Apparently, that was not to be...
  • Between Floors by W.R. Gingell

    Between Floors by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    I’m not supposed to push through the boundaries of reality without supervision. I’m definitely not meant to drag a cop Between with me. But stuff happens, you know? Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not Pet, exactly. I am a pet. Nothing too hard; I just cook and clean for the Behindkind who took over my house. Easy. But now one of my owners has gone missing...
  • Salvation by Erica Stevens

    Salvation by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 41 ratings
    Imprisoned by Caleb and at the mercy of the king, Aria is determined not to let them break her. However, the more atrocities she witnesses, the more she realizes there are some horrors no one can withstand, and sometimes survival isn’t always the best option...
  • Spellbinder by C.C. Hunter

    Spellbinder by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    When magic, romance and family secrets collide, the result is spellbinding!Miranda Kane has always felt like a screw up–at least when it comes to her ability to wield magic. Her only sanctuary is Shadow Falls camp, where she’s learning to harness her powers as a witch. But thanks to her shapeshifter boyfriend who called it quits and ran off to Paris, both her heart and powers feel broken...
  • Almost Midnight by C.C. Hunter

    Almost Midnight by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Novella CollectionNestled deep in the woods, Shadow Falls is a secret camp where teens with supernatural powers learn to harness their abilities and live in the normal world.Independent and strong-willed Della Tsang did not believe in vampires...until she became one...
  • Well of Magic by B.R. Kingsolver

    Well of Magic by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    I never expected to see a mage battle on national TV. When the ley lines—the orderly rivers of magical energy that circle the globe—went wild, chaos ensued. Magic hid in the shadows for hundreds of years, but then a secret order took control of one of the world's largest religions. Their goal is to rule the world, and the first step is to control the ley lines and magic users...
  • Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Fateborne by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I’m not alone. There are other Mystic wolves out there, and now I have to find them.And win the Alpha Trials, get my revenge on the supreme alpha and of course, break my mate’s curse. Phew… And I thought things would be easier now that we’d finally completed the mate bond.I was very wrong.When Hunter takes matters into his own hands, a desperate decision escalates the situation from bad to worse...
  • Hookah by Cameron Jace

    Hookah by Cameron Jace

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A Plague Scarier than Death Alice and the Pillar have to stop a Wonderland Monster who'd lashed out an incurable disease onto the world. Their biggest challenge is that the world loves this monster so much. A Cure Larger than Life The only way to save the world is to travel to the other side of the globe, and peek into one of Lewis Carroll and the Pillar's darker pasts...
  • Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Born of Aether by A.L. Knorr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    They say if you tell a lie long enough, you'll eventually believe it, but Akiko will never forget who she really is.Akiko Susumu is not what she seems. Her life as a normal teen living in a coastal Canadian town is a complete sham. The old man she lives with is not her grandfather, he's her captor. And Akiko isn't a teen. In fact, she isn't even human...
  • The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    I need to learn how to control my new magic—before it gets me killed. As the first ever Faerie Games player gifted with magic from the king of the gods—Jupiter—all eyes are on me. Especially since I won the first competition of the Games. Now I need to send three other players to fight in the Coliseum until one of them is dead. The two that survive will be gunning for me later...
  • Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Iniquitous by Bianca Scardoni

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    THE MARKED SAGA, BOOK 3 The end came at me jagged and skewed like puzzle pieces to a game I didn’t know I was playing. There was a distinct method to the madness, every move propagated to force my hand, to lure me out of hiding with the sweet promise of finality. I took solace in knowing that something better waited for me on the other side, something as pure and deep as the ocean itself...
  • The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    The Hunt by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Living in the Wilds isn't any picnic, but I thought I had a handle on things: avoid the beasts and I won't get eaten, avoid the waterways and the pirates won't kill me, and stab every Dark Walker I see. That was before I found out Tiffy's friends were real and back when I’d never heard of the Skinners. Now my magic is on the fritz, and people are disappearing...
  • The Last Stand of the New York Institute by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    The Last Stand of the New York Institute by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Magnus meets Valentine in battle as the Circle attacks the Downworlders of New York City.In the time of the Uprising, Valentine’s Circle goes after Downworlders in New York...and the Shadowhunters of the Institute must decide whether to join him, or fight with Magnus and his kind. This is the first time Magnus sees Jocelyn, Luke, and Stephen—but not the last...
  • Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    If the Knights Magica want a war, I'm willing to give them one.I damned my soul long ago. What I do from this point forward is about redemption. If I burn in Hell because of fighting for others, for shouldering their sins, so be it.The Knights are powerful, and they have taken control of the Universal Church...
  • Shatter Me Series 4-Book Box Set: Books 1-4 by Tahereh Mafi

    Shatter Me Series 4-Book Box Set: Books 1-4 by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The first four novels in Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series (Shatter Me, Unravel Me, Ignite Me, and Restore Me) are available together for the first time in this paperback box set collection!No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own...
  • Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa

    Vampish: Kiss of Death by G.K. DeRosa

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    never 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...
  • The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

    The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 50 ratings
    A dark and thrilling vampire romance set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series.Six months have passed since Célie took her sacred vows and joined the ranks of the Chasseurs as their first huntswoman. With her fiancé, Jean Luc, as captain, she is determined to find her foothold in her new role and help protect Belterra...
  • Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Elite by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Joy wants nothing more than to live and Hunt in Apex City without a target on her back. But a dangerous new mission assigned by her uncle, the city's Prefect, may make that impossible.In addition to her new duties as one of the Elite, Joy is covertly running patrols in the abandoned tunnels and storm sewers under Apex Central...
  • Between Shifts by W.R. Gingell

    Between Shifts by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    There’s a body beneath the skip bins. Fae on the forklift. A vampire in the manager’s office. And there’s definitely something skeevy going on in the locker rooms. Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not exactly Pet. I am a pet. I was meant to stay out of it, but somebody’s gotta do something when humans are being killed by Behindkind creatures...
  • Calming the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Calming the Storm by Yumoyori Wilson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Taming the storm was one thing. Calming it is a whole other battle. My name is Crimson Arashi. Well, at least that was my name until I obtained a mysterious pocket watch, then somehow acquired six sexy men and a loyal familiar who can rip the balls off of any man. Now, I'm Crimson Storm and I carry the power of Storm Yuna, the strongest mage Homatomashi has ever known...
  • Wolf Mate by M. Guida

    Wolf Mate by M. Guida

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
  • Beast in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Beast in the Darkness by Stacey Marie Brown

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Meant to be read after Fire In The Darkness Beast In The Darkness (An Elighan Dragen Novelette) We know the story from Ember's POV, but what happens to Eli after Ember disappears? Crawl inside Eli's mind and experience what he goes through. Be warned his mind in not a fuzzy warm place to be.... **Warning this contains sexual content and language...
  • A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    A Step into the Dark by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ollie Wit is the strongest Shadow Walker born in decades but it’s a gift with a steep price. Walking in the Shadowlands can bring untold powers and spells, and even greater risks. Every step into that other world brings her closer to the monsters that have haunted her since a child, destroyed her family and wreaked havoc all around her...
  • The Magic by Donna Augustine

    The Magic by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    For as long as I’ve lived, Dark Walkers have been hunting Plaguers, seeking them for their magic. But there’s one Plaguer they want most of all. Me. Since the fall of civilization, the human race has been barely surviving. Another outbreak of the Bloody Death could be our final straw and there’s only one way to ensure that doesn't happen. I need to kill the leader of the Dark Walkers...
  • Night World, No. 2 by L.J. Smith

    Night World, No. 2 by L.J. Smith

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 78 ratings
    Includes: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...
  • Demons LLC by Glenn Bullion

    Demons LLC by Glenn Bullion

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What would you do if you could talk to ghosts? Alex was born with demonic abilities unheard of, even in the supernatural world. He can talk to ghosts, walk through walls, he can even fly. His powers have allowed him to help others, living and dead. Now Alex is at a crossroads in his life. Newly married, he no longer wishes to work at his dead-end job forever...
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