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Consequences: Opal & Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsNow available together for the first time, don't miss Opal and Origin, the third and fourth books in Jennifer L. Armentrout's bestselling Lux series. Also includes bonus content exclusive to the print edition! "A thrilling ride from start to finish," says RT Book Reviews.OpalAfter everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different…and I’m not sure what that will mean in the end...Categorized as:
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Summer Shadows by Joss Stirling
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAmongst the secret and lies, will love survive? Summer lives under a terrible shadow. It drains her, manipulates her and threatens to steal her future. A high-stakes mission offers a temporary escape. She must use her mind-shadowing abilities to hunt down her target and find the truth. Hal Robinson is a soldier. He does not get distracted. He wins...Categorized as:
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Shadow Angel: Book Two by Leia Stone, Julie Hall
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHe's gone, and the worst part is, I don't if he's dead or alive.I dealt with the curse. I picked my side. The hellish nightmare that I woke up to when I discovered I was a Watcher should be over, but it's not. Weeks have passed with no sign of Gage and I can't seem to move on, but a war is brewing and wallowing is no longer an option...Categorized as:
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Firstborn: The Complete Series by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHumans are prey. Holding off the hunters will require falling in with the enemy.For the first time, grab the complete box set of the bestselling trilogy readers have dubbed "SPECTACULAR," "BRILLIANTLY IMAGINATIVE," and "UNPUTDOWNABLE."The invaders didn't come in spaceships. They stepped through a glowing portal and brought death and magic to humankind..Categorized as:
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The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsI thought things would change when I found the others. We would stop running. We would fight the Mogadorians. And we would win. But I was wrong. Though we came together, we barely escaped with out lives. And now we hide. The six of us are powerful - but not strong enough to take on an army. We haven't discovered our full Legacies. We haven't learned to work together... -
The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsThe Garde have suffered an unbearable loss. Number Five has betrayed them. Eight is gone forever. Ella has been kidnapped. The others are now scattered.In Chicago, John makes the unlikeliest of allies: Adam, a Mogadorian who turned his back on his people. He has invaluable information about Mog technology, battle strategies, and weaknesses... -
Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsSerafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled—powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis... -
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsThe Rise of Nine is the next thrilling instalment in the gripping Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore.'Number Four is a hero for this generation' Michael Bay, director of Transformers***Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful... -
The Unbound by V.E. Schwab
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsEach body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.Last summer, Mackenzie Bishop, a Keeper tasked with stopping violent Histories from escaping the Archive, almost lost her life to one. Now, as she starts her junior year at Hyde School, she’s struggling to get her life back... -
Elementals: The Complete Series by Michelle Madow
This box set includes all five books in the USA Today recommended Elementals series and is over 1,400 pages of magic, adventure, mythology, and romance. Nicole Cassidy is a witch descended from the Greek gods... but she doesn't know it until she moves to a new town and discovers a dangerous world of magic and monsters that she never knew existed... -
Zero Sum by B. Justin Shier
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMy name is Dieter Resnick. I was planning to turn eighteen in May, but I don't think I'm gonna make it. I've just been drafted into a war. And this war isn't usual. It's kinda sorta fought with spells. Six months ago today, I was my high school's valedictorian. Now I'm Elliot College's newest combat-certified mage, and one of the few to survive a Talmax raid...Categorized as:
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Weapon by Lynette Noni
I already knew he was a psychopath. But now?He's more dangerous than ever.And I have less than twenty-four hours to stop him.After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desperate to save those she left behind — and the rest of the world — from the power-hungry scientist, Kendall Vanik... -
Everlife by Gena Showalter
From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes book three in the unique and exhilarating Everlife series. Tenley "Ten" Lockwood knows the fate of the Everlife rests on her ability to unite the realms and destroy the Prince of Ravens. When betrayal leads to defeat and Ten finds herself bonded to the enemy, an unthinkable choice may the only answer... -
Shadow Witch by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNova has the magic of the enemy.No one knows whether it's the power they've been waiting for--or a curse that will destroy the world.And not everyone at the Firstborn Academy is willing to let Nova live long enough to find out.. -
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Fanning the Flames by Chris Cannon
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBryn McKenna has it all, including her smoking-hot knight turned live-in boyfriend, Valmont. Even though she’s a hybrid dragon, she’s finally fitting into the new shape-shifting dragon world that’s become her own. But her grandparents want to ruin everything by making Bryn’s nightmare of an arranged marriage to Jaxon Westgate a reality...Categorized as:
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Elemental Power by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFamily secrets, powerful magic, a slow-burn romance ...Ridley Kayne has discovered she’s not alone.There are others with magic just like hers. Those who are also hunted by the Shadow Society.Elementals.With Archer’s help, Ridley sets out to find the other elementals living in Lumina City...Categorized as:
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The Lost Children Trilogy: Complete Series by Krista Street
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis box set includes all THREE books in the Lost Children Trilogy by USA TODAY bestselling author Krista Street that reviewers have called, "the perfect mix of romance, mystery, action, and fantasy!" After waking up in an alleyway without a whisper of a memory, Lena begins an arduous journey west following an irresistible instinct...Categorized as:
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Winterfall Witch by L.J. Swallow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Dominion always threatened our future.Now they’ve changed our lives.Gabriella took Andrei, Jamie, and Ash, and I'm terrified she’ll kill them. Instead, Gabriella has plans for those I love.Andrei spent years escaping his mother’s influence, and now she’s prepared to do anything to make him her pawn...Categorized as:
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I've Watched You Die by Karina Banks
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere are two main things I’ve learned since my life turned upside down. The first is, if you speak of someone’s death before it happens, you’ll be blamed for murder. The second? If the hottest guy you’ve ever seen kisses you, and thanks you for saving his life, don’t argue.I watched him die, over and over. So many times... -
Toxic by Jus Accardo
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen a Six saved Kale's life the night of Sumrun, she warned there would be consequences. A trade-off. Something taken for the life they gained. But Dez never imagined she'd lose the one thing she'd give anything to keep... And as if it's not enough Dez finds her immunity to Kale fading, the Six brought in to help Kale learn to control his killer touch starts drooling on him the moment they meet...Categorized as:
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Spring by Audrey Grey
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsWelcome to Evermore Academy where the magic is dark, the immortals are beautiful, and being human sucks.My name is Summer Solstice and this is going to be my year.Except, in the Everwilde, nothing ever goes according to plan. Students from the rival Fae academy join Evermore, and the Spring Court heir decides it’s his mission to make my life hell... -
The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThis arc of Scott Westerfeld's UGLIES trilogy follows the high-tech adventures of Tally Youngblood. As an ugly, then a pretty, and finally a special, Tally works to take down a society created to function with perfect-looking people who never have a chance to think for themselves...Categorized as:
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Elemental Heir by Rachel Morgan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe plan is simple. Executing it will be the real challenge. Can Ridley restore magic to a world that fears it? Magic, once an integral part of everyday life, is forbidden. Ridley has lived her life in fear, constantly hiding what she truly is.When the opportunity to change this presents itself, Ridley is fully on board. Restoring magic to society will change the world for everyone just like her...Categorized as:
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Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUnsettling. There's no better word to describe Miranda Barnes's ability to hear the cries of the dead, feel the wind move her hair when they run by, and - dare she look into a mirror - see the reflection of a ghostly woman behind her. There's only one person to turn to for support: Etienne. As sexy as he is mysterious, Miranda can't help but be drawn to him. He believes her; he wants to help her... -
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Scions by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA prequel to the bestselling Starcrossed series.New York City, 1993. It wasn’t Daphne’s choice to move into the heart of a struggle that has been secretly waging for thirty-three hundred years, but not much in her life has been up to her. Fate has brought Daphne, daughter of Zeus, and Heir to the House of Atreus to where the descendants of the Greek gods can shed blood over her once again...Categorized as:
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D.N.Angel, Vol. 12 by Yukiru Sugisaki
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn his fourteenth birthday, Daisuke Niwa comes down with a condition that has plagued men in his family for centuries, causing him to turn into the phantom thief Dark Mousy every time he sees his crush, Risa, and back into Daisuke when he sees Risa's twin, Riku, but in the midst of all the craziness, Daisuke must find a way to get Risa to fall in love with him and cure his condition for good... -
Six's Legacy by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsNumber Six—when John meets her in I Am Number Four she’s strong, powerful, and ready to fight. But who is she? Where has she been living? How has she been training? When did she develop her legacies? And how does she know so much about the Mogadorians?In I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Six’s Legacy, discover the story behind Six... -
Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsSomething is happening to me that I don't understand.I see things, feel things in a new way. I can do things normal people can't do. Powerful things. Magical things. It scares me.I never chose to learn witchcraft. But I'm starting to wonder if witchcraft is choosing me... -
Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMeet Dieter Resnick. Dieter is the sole child of an abusive single father, a perennial schoolyard brawler, and Ted Binion High's number one academic prospect. Dieter is terrified of staying poor. He has few friends and is absolutely obsessed with earning a college scholarship. He's also a latent mage--one of the few humans left that can bend the manaflows to their will... -
Huntress by Julie Hall
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNo one’s afterlife is as dispiriting as Audrey’s―at least that’s what she believes after waking up dead without her memories and being promptly assigned to hunt demons for the rest of eternity. She’s convinced God’s made a cosmic mistake; after all, she’d rather discuss the color of her nails than break them on angelic weapons...Categorized as:
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Briar Blood by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe eagerly anticipated sequel to SPELLWOOD ACADEMY! Kyra is still alive. But after a harrowing assassination attempt and a shocking revelation leaves her reeling, Kyra must rally her courage and use every bit of her wits to figure out what's going on, and who wants her dead. She has new secrets to keep. New roles to learn... -
Witch's Pyre by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLily Proctor has come a long way from the weak, sickly girl she used to be. She has gained power as a witch and a leader, found her way home, chosen to face battle again, and (after losing her first love and being betrayed by her new love) she has learned more about loss and grief than she ever wanted to know...Categorized as:
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Year Two: Wolf Cursed by Lena Mae Hill
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTimberlyn is determined to get answers when she returns for her sophomore year at Ravenwood Academy for the Exceptionally Gifted.After a brutal attack at the end of her freshman year leaves her questioning her very nature, she sets out to find the truth about Ravenwood and the students who walk the academy’s halls. One thing’s for sure—nothing at Ravenwood is as it seems...Categorized as:
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Outcasts: a Starcrossed Prequel by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe much-anticipated continuation to Scions, the prequel to the Starcrossed series, the #1 international bestseller. Presumed dead, Daphne and Ajax try to steal away what happiness they can while living as Outcasts, when they discover that the Fates aren’t done with them yet. Ajax may have escaped death, but his fate is sealed...Categorized as:
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Ghost Society by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the events of Hollowfell, Spellwood's security has been doubled, and Kyra Solschild is in a haze of depression from the loss of Lucien. To make matters worse, Lucien's best friend, Tryst, made Lucien a promise to look after Kyra. She's not happy about his sudden shadowing of her everywhere, and neither is Tryst...Categorized as:
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Dirty Blood Series by Heather Hildenbrand
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI killed a girl last night.I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that's not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can't seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted - and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws...Categorized as:
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The Academy of Stolen Magic by Sullivan Gray, E.C. Farrell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m not sure what hurts more: the knife in my back or the one in my heart. I thought the worst thing that could happen to me was losing my powers and being shipped off to Supernatural Reform School. I was wrong.Betrayed and heartbroken, I’m still searching for the mages who stole my powers. But now I know that the conspiracy goes much higher up the chain of command...Categorized as:
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Nightworld Academy: Blackwood Magic by L.J. Swallow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Blackwood witches were banished years ago and their dark magic locked away. Now someone at the Nightworld Academy has the Blackwood grimoire and possesses the ability to unleash the darkness hidden inside. Matt is the most gifted elemental witch at the Nightworld Academy, but he's breaking academy rules...Categorized as:
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Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 2 by Young Kim, Stephenie Meyer
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsHaving uncovered the dark secret of her enigmatic classmate, Edward Cullen, Bella Swan embraces her feelings for him, trusting Edward to keep her safe despite the risks. When a rival clan of vampires makes its way into Forks, though, the danger to Bella has never been more real...Categorized as:
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Nightborn by Jessica Thorne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLike deep dark water, it pulls them down. The faint fire of magic within them flickers and dies. Their eyes turn black as night. They are nightborn now.Grace Marchant has been many things: streetwise orphan, rebellious servant, and now beloved companion of Prince Bastien, heir to the throne of Larelwynn. But their sunlit happiness is not destined to last...Categorized as:
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Descend by Skye Malone
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChloe always dreamed of visiting the ocean, and now the ocean is the only place she has left to go. Trapped in the form of a mermaid and on the run from the Sylphaen, her best chance for safety lies in traveling with Zeke to his underwater home and staying under his protection there.Leaving isn't easy, however. Her best friend doesn't know where she's gone, and her family doesn't either... -
Legion by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe legions are about to be unleashed, and no human, rogue dragon or former dragon slayer can stand against the coming horde. Book 4 of 5 in The Talon Saga from New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa.Dragon hatchling Ember Hill was never prepared to find love at all--dragons do not suffer human emotions--let alone the love of a human and a former dragonslayer, at that...Categorized as:
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Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
Hunted, Killed—Survived? As the last Healer in the Fifteen Realms, Avry of Kazan is in a unique position: in the minds of her friends and foes alike, she no longer exists. Despite her need to prevent the megalomanical King Tohon from winning control of the Realms, Avry is also determined to find her sister and repair their estrangement... -
Syndrome by S.M. Gaither
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Missing Girl...For months, there's been no sign of Alex's sister, who she fought so desperately to rescue. She's disappeared without a trace. A Series of Warnings...A werewolf is stalking Alex's once sleepy southern town. People are dying, and Alex thinks she knows the reason: her refusal to give in to Valkos. The growing bodycount is a warning...Categorized as:
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Touched by Grace by Alicia Rades
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyn Tyler finally found her home—and demons are out to destroy it.After a lifetime of searching for where she belongs, Ryn knows it's in Eagle Valley... but war threatens to take that all away. Attending an angels-only high school should help her master her magical abilities, but stopping the upcoming battle is more important... -
Awakened by Grace by Alicia Rades
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRyn Tyler has finally fulfilled her destiny—but Eagle Valley is in more danger than ever.After a victory that came at too high of a cost, Ryn's sacrifices have paid off. Ryn has awakened Grace, the Davina who's prophesied to save them all... but she's not what Ryn expected.From the start, Ryn knows Grace is keeping secrets... -
Glimpsed by G.F. Miller
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfect for fans of Geekerella and Jenn Bennett, this charming, sparkly rom-com follows a wish-granting teen forced to question if she’s really doing good—and if she has the power to make her own dreams come true.Charity is a fairy godmother...Categorized as:
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Burn Bright by Bethany Frenette
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAudrey Whitticomb saved her entire city. Well, kind of. The superhero Morning Star (who just happens to be Audrey's mom) might have played a small part, and her sidekick, Leon—Audrey's sort-of boyfriend, who is gorgeous... and frustrating—maybe helped, too. But after two peaceful months, there is a vicious new threat in Minneapolis... -
Divided by Alycia Linwood
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLibrarian's note: an alternate cover edition for ASIN B00AWERR8MAfter spending some time on her own, Ria thinks she is ready to meet Oliver's group of magic disease carriers and find out what her brother really wants. But when her father reveals the secret that affects the whole world, she will have to make a series of decisions that could change her life forever...Categorized as:
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Endless by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe highly anticipated conclusion to the international bestselling Starcrossed saga.The dice have always been loaded against her.Helen was always fated to start a war.Even after defeating the Olympians and taking up the mantle as the most powerful of all the Scions, Helen still wasn’t able to save her father...Categorized as:
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