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Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 15 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA drug known as “nadai” has spread throughout the Water Tribe territory, so Yona and Riri, the daughter of the Water Tribe chief, are determined to end this drug crisis...Categorized as:
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Plier by Jane Washington
Ironside is more than a regular academy. It’s also the biggest reality TV show in the world … and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison. Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their main targets, but this year, the officials are stirring things up.Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign... -
Pain by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve
Willa Knight: The saviour of both worlds, or the destruction of everything? Sometimes history lies, and the tales of Minatsol and Topia are no different. Since the birth of Topia, Staviti has woven a web of deceit around the truth of Creation, striving only to maintain his power while destroying anything that gets in his way... -
The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 01 (The Rising of the Shield Hero (Light Novel) #1) by Aneko Yusagi
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed... -
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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Vol. 1 by Rifujin na Magonote
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt long last, the original light novels for the fan-favorite isekai hit!An unemployed otaku has just reached the lowest point in his life. He wants nothing more than the ability to start over, but just as he thinks it may be possible…he gets hit by a truck and dies! Shockingly, he finds himself reborn into an infant’s body in a strange new world of swords and magic... -
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 2 by Satoru Yamaguchi
After hitting her head on a rock, Katarina Claes regains the memories of her past life, and realizes that she's been reincarnated into the world the otome game she'd been playing... -
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 2 by QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe hilarious —and dangerous— tale of Alice's adventures in the wonderful wonderland continues!As Alice grows accustomed to life in Wonderland, she begins to understand the inner workings of this mysterious world. Everyone desires to get close to her, and Alice's life lights up with little moments of happiness. But she soon discovers the truth behind all the bliss... and wasted lives... -
The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her Blood and Ash series…She's been the victim and the survivor…Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of...Categorized as:
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My Next Life as a Villainess by Satoru Yamaguchi
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAfter hitting her head particularly hard one day, Duke Claes' daughter, Katarina, suddenly recalls all the memories of her past life: that of a teenage Japanese girl. Just before her untimely death, this girl recalls playing an otome game.. -
Villains Are Destined to Die (Villains Are Destined to Die (Novel) #1-5) by Gyeoeul Gwon, 권겨을
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis game’s got me obsessed! It’s like it’s taken over my life... wait—HARD MODE ACTIVATED. No-no-no-no-no! It has literally taken me and thrown me into the part of Penelope Eckhart... -
The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 03 (The Rising of the Shield Hero (Light Novel) #3) by Aneko Yusagi
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNaofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed... -
The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 02 (The Rising of the Shield Hero (Light Novel) #2) by Aneko Yusagi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNaofumi Iwatani continues his adventure in this second volume. But his task is not yet complete and obstacles mount as the increasingly ominous waves of destruction approach. He finds a new friend and new powerful abilities that may prove to be too dangerous for the companionship... -
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Light Novels, Vol. 1 by Fujino Omori
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn Orario, fearless adventurers band together in search of fame and fortune within the monstrous underground labyrinth known as Dungeon.But while riches and renown are incentive enough for most, Bell Cranel, would-be hero extraordinaire, has bigger plans.He wants to pick up girls.Is it wrong to face the perils of Dungeon alone, in a single-member guild blessed by a failed goddess? Maybe... -
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion, Vol. 2 by Makoto Fugetsu, Tappei Nagatsuki
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSubaru thought his life would be peaceful now, but now he's died again and doesn't know why! Subaru tries everything he can to avoid repeating that fate, but nothing seems to work... -
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The Finale by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA ROYAL WEDDING IS COMING…BUT WHICH CONTESTANT WILL BE THE BRIDE? Gwyneth West’s a finalist in The Pageant, the dating competition that’s gripping the settlements. Down to the final week, the dashing Prince Dallas Black will choose one young woman as his fiancé. One small issue: Gwyneth’s a human and the prince is a vampire... -
The Gala by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"You will not regret buying this book, it is perfection. GET IT NOW AND DON'T WAIT!" - Amazon ReviewerFOUR WEEKS. TWENTY CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE.The Pageant is almost over, and Gwyneth West knows she can win—except the prince is a vampire, and some of the other contestants are turning out to be quite beastly... -
Kiss of the Rose Princess, Vol. 2 by Aya Shouoto
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFearing her absent father will return and discover her rose choker missing, Anise commands her knights to do a search for the necklace. Before they can set out, new transfer student Haruto Kisugi appears. Anise and he were friends back when she was living in Osaka, but her four knights—especially Kaede—do not trust him... -
Chasing Hadley by Jessica Sorensen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHadley Harlyton’s life has always been about three things:1. Making sure her three younger sisters stay out of trouble.2. Getting good grades so she can get into a decent college.3. Drag racing.She doesn’t have time for anything else, especially guys and dating. So when her family moves to the rural town of Honeyton, and right next door to the Porterson brothers, her life gets thrown for a turn...Categorized as:
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The Challenge by Kristin Coley
Jess Carter wasn't looking for a place to belong when she arrived in Banks, Idaho. It was supposed to be a temporary spot to finish out her last year of high school and bond with her dad. Meeting Dom changed everything.Now, the Pack needs her. Dom needs her. And she's figuring out she needs them if they plan to survive what's coming...Categorized as:
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Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Vol. 5 by Miki Yoshikawa, 吉河美希
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA HOT DATE: There's going to be a fire in the old school building and it's up to Yamada to stop it! Guided by Sarushima's precognition ability, Yamada and the gang set out to alter the future... -
Court of Dragons and Twilight by G. Bailey
One queen for Ayiolyn.Five dragons to protect her...are they enough to stop the gods? Full description coming soon.This is a full-length enemy-to-lovers fantasy romance with dragon shifters, a badass heroine, and possessive alpha males. Perfect for fans of spicy fantasy whychoose? romance. This is book five and the final book...Categorized as:
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The Realm by Leigh Walker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe wants to make me his queen. The problem? I’m an heiress. And he’s…a beast.I mean he is really a beast, a werewolf to be precise. I’m the first to admit that I’m born to be royalty, but this wasn’t exactly how I’d pictured it!Rhys is about to be crowned king of the Realm, and he wants me to rule by his side. He said if I refuse, he’ll have the prince “gift” me to him...Categorized as:
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 8 by Satoru Yamaguchi
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKatarina was reincarnated as the villainess of an otome game. Now that the game's events are long over, all she wants to do is live a peaceful life working at the Magical Ministry with her friends... -
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion, Vol. 3 by Makoto Fugetsu, Tappei Nagatsuki
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThanks to his "Return by Death" ability and a little help from Beatrice, Subaru gets to the morning of the fifth day alive... -
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Introductions by C.L. Stone
With an agoraphobic mother and a barely-there father, Sang abhors the isolation keeping her in the shadows. The only thing Sang craves is a fresh start and to be accepted as ordinary by her peers, because for her being different meant being cast out alone.When her family moves to a new school district, Sang infiltrates a group of boys nearly perfect in every way... -
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Volume 3 by Satoru Yamaguchi, 山口 悟
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter being reborn as the villainess of an otome game, Katarina has done everything in her power to avoid the Bad Ends awaiting her at the end of the school year. Now, she has successfully finished the events of the game without being exiled or killed! Not only that, but she has made a close group of friends in the process... -
Farming Life in Another World Volume 1 by Yasuyuki Tsurugi, Kinosuke Naito
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter Hiraku dies of a serious illness, God brings him back to life, gives his health and youth back, and sends him to a fantasy world of his choice. In order to enjoy his second shot, God bestows upon him the almighty farming tool! Watch as Hiraku digs, chops, and ploughs in another world in this laidback farming fantasy... -
Arata: The Legend, Vol. 10 by Yuu Watase
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn action-packed shonen fantasy from the acclaimed author of Fushigi Yûgi! Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for audiences T.In a mythical world where humans and gods coexist, a ceremony marking the new governing princess is about to occur for the first time in 60 years... -
Starlee's Hope by Angel Lawson
Now that Dexter has fulfilled his probation and the twins are back home, things are looking good for the Starlee and the boys next door.Except with Sierra gone, her mother taking over as foster parent and the stresses of senior year ahead, Starlee must learn to navigate life in Lee Vines a whole new way... -
The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 2 (light novel): The Mad Spellcaster (The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time (The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time (light novel) #2) by Nero Kizuka
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpurred by the memories of his betrayal in his past life, Kaito continues his pursuit to exact revenge on the adventurers who killed him. When he encounters Eumis, the sorcerer mastermind behind the betrayal, Kaito’s quest for vengeance kicks into high gear... -
Provenance by Kristopher Cruz
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSpellscribed is a series of fantasy novels revolving around the protagonist, a young and inexperienced Wizard named Endrance. Born the night that the Archmagus Valeria died, Endrance was gifted with the talent and mind for magic. He'd proven that he was more than capable of mastering the forces of magic and intellectual study at the hands of a master as mad as he was crafty... -
The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time, Vol. 1 (light novel): The Traitorous Princess (The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time (The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time (light novel) #1) by Nero Kizuka
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLIFE AFTER DEATHKaito Ukei was destined for greatness in his new world, landing himself the role of a hero and defeating the evil sorceress alongside a band of noble adventurers. When he's double crossed, though, and brutally murdered by his former allies, something inside him snaps. Death brings Kaito neither peace nor salvation... -
Bullied at the Academy by C.T. Rhames
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNow that I know their secret, the Elite pack isn't about to leave me alone. In fact, I think the bullying is worse than it's ever been.Brad, Forrest, Kip, and Jackson may be showing their interest in me, but the girls are ready to fight to the death for their men. And I'm stuck in the middle of a really messy love . . . something... -
Alpha Claimed by Alice Wilde
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLove can make monsters of us all, but can it save us from those monsters too?In the days following the Mating Games, all I've come to know is chaos, confusion ... and pain.I've been kidnapped and tortured by those who I once thought loved me, and I don't know how I'll escape with my life ... or the lives of those I love... -
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Gangs and Ghosts by Katie May
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen I was three-years-old, I was found homeless in the woods, alone and feral. When asked how I survived all of those years by myself, I had one answer: the Shadow Man. I have no memory of that time. No memory of anything, really, before the accident. I rely on stories from my fathers about this supposed imaginary friend. Got into a fight at school? The Shadow Man made me... -
Year One: Wolf Moon by Lena Mae Hill
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Timberlyn wants is to get out of her small town, where she's branded a freak just because she happens to wear all black and draw gruesome monsters in her notebooks.When a letter arrives saying she's been accepted to the mysterious Ravenwood Academy for the Exceptionally Gifted, she jumps at the chance...Categorized as:
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Kiss the Fae by Natalia Jaster
For fans of Labyrinth, Sarah J. Maas, and Laini Taylor.There are three rules to surviving the Fae—and I’m about to break every single one.Rule #1. Never cross into Faerie.When I’m chased across the enchanted border and caught by its sinister ruler of the sky, the pretty trickster with a clever tongue offers me a deal.Rule #2: Never bargain with a Fae.But I don’t have a choice...Categorized as:
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Capturing Joy by Jackie Oliver
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZombies. Survival. Love?As far as Joy was concerned a day at the spa with her spoiled sister-in-law, Grace, was as bad as things could get…That was before the nail tech turned into a zombie while Joy’s feet were in the pedicure tub.The zombies are only the beginning of what Joy will face as she races to get to her brother on a military base in Florida...Categorized as:
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Runaway by Rachel Brockhart
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA chance meeting with a motley pack of werewolves, and her world changes. In a world of where humans coexist with werewolves and vampires, and zombie outbreaks are on the rise, a seventeen-year-old girl wakes up on a beach, lost and alone, and far away from home. It’s a perilous time to be trekking back when there are threats of a zombie outbreak... -
Rising Sun by Belle Harper
With the rising sun comes a new day.Lexi along with Galen, Rafferty, Maverick and Ranger have survived the Blood Moon.Lexi has discovered her new powers and with them comes a great deal of responsibility.With the help from her father, Tobias and all the Wolf Packs can Lexi help heal the curse that has been placed on the Shifters. Or does her power only go so far...Categorized as:
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Fight by Rowen Black
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsComing back to the school was not something I was looking forward to. With my secret still hanging over me and the impending visit from King Blaine shadowing me every day, the stress is taking hold of me.What I don’t expect is for the unexpected arrival of a swordsman, which forces me to throw caution to the wind and fight to protect him...Categorized as:
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The New Girl by Scarlett Haven
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m just trying to survive Shifter Academy. Meeting four gorgeous men wasn’t part of the plan. I’ve been locked away my whole life, because my alpha thinks that I’m an embarrassment. I’m the runt of my panther pride—not good enough, not strong enough, and different than everybody else. Then I get the letter. Shifter Academy says that my enrollment is mandatory... -
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 7 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(Volume 6)Accelerator has killed thousands of Sisters--clones of Mikoto Misaka designed as cannon fodder to bring out his true abilities... -
Infinity Chronicles Book One by Albany Walker
New town, new school. Same story. I'm Laura, I've spent most of my life crisscrossing the county yielding to the whims of my transient mother. We've never stayed in one place long enough to call it home, and I don't have any hope of that changing. I follow the rules; no drawing attention to myself, no friends, and especially no boys...Categorized as:
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Magic of Feather and Wind: First Year Part 1 by Lili Black, Lyn Forester
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn a world where shifters exist, there are the dragons and then there are the others.Avalon Clementine was born from dragon blood, but as a girl, the highest she can hope to achieve is Crafter Level, trained to be an Air User, but stuck in her human form. It’s the destiny of all dragon-blooded females, forever locked from their other self by a curse laid on their blood line a thousand years ago... -
Different by Scarlett Haven
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMy whole life, I've known there's something different about me. I didn't realize how different until four guys show up all claiming that they are destined to be my mates. They’re not human, and they say I’m not either. But if I’m not human then what am I? Now I’m forced to go to a school where I don’t belong and am reminded of it everyday...Categorized as:
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The Dryad Storm by Laurie Forest
The New York Times bestselling series!Magical forces clash and Erthia hovers on the brink of ruin in the can't-miss finale of Laurie Forest’s epic fantasy series, The Black Witch Chronicles!Who can survive the Shadow storm? Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her powers and embraced her legacy as a Dryad and guardian of the Forest...
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