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The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys. “Only the most powerful and honorable semidioses get chosen. I’m just a Jade. I’m not a real hero... -
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Soul of the Sentinel by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA mysterious mark, an ancient spirit, and a message from beyond the Aether… After uncovering and destroying a Necromancer plot to take over Skye Príosún, Jess and Finn are united at last and longing to move on with their life together. But the Durupinen world has other plans... -
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![Supernatural Academy: Year Three by Jaymin Eve]()
Supernatural Academy: Year Three by Jaymin Eve
Year Three at the Academy. The year of Aqua. Maddison has been fighting the gods from the first moment she found out they existed. Those arrogant and power hungry deities have a plan ... a plan that includes destroying everything she holds dear, and she fears that one day soon, they're going to succeed... -
![Shadow Angel: Book Three by Leia Stone, Julie Hall]()
Shadow Angel: Book Three by Leia Stone, Julie Hall
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsI didn’t think there were any more surprises, but I was wrong.My mission hasn’t changed, defeat Apollyon and free the souls trapped in the Netherworld, but everything just got a lot more complicated. I have a sister, my boyfriend’s a shifter controlled by my enemy, and now it’s not just my life that’s in danger, but my soul as well... -
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![Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 by CLAMP]()
Cardcaptor Sakura: Master of the Clow, Vol. 1 by CLAMP
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsCapturing Cards was only the beginning...Once upon a magic night, an English sorcerer mixed Western wizardry with Eastern enchantments to create a magical deck of cards called the Clow Cards. These cards were hidden inside a dusty old book for decades, their powers virtually wasted. Then one fateful day, a young girl named Sakura Kinomoto discovered the book in her father's library... -
![Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsChibi Usa’s sickly friend Hotaru isn’t just Sailor Saturn, Deity of Destruction. She’s also possessed by Master Pharaoh 90. Facing this cataclysmic power will be impossible--unless Sailor Moon can unite the powers of every Guardian of the Solar System. Then, when the moon eclipses the sun, a mystical unicorn begs for help... -
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Opal by Armentrout Jennifer L.
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsNo one is like Daemon Black.When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well… There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy...Categorized as:
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![Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 5 by Clamp]()
Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 5 by Clamp
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Show Must Go On! It's time for the school talent show and Sakura's class is putting on Sleeping Beauty... -
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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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Warden by Montana Ash
Max is a Warden, a sacred being burdened with the task of ensuring nature continues to thrive. Wardens are revered and to be afforded the respect of their stations at all times for they are passive beings, in constant danger from dark forces. Every warden has their own paladins, ancient knights born to protect, obey and serve... -
![Shadow Angel: Book Two by Leia Stone, Julie Hall]()
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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![The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 by Cassandra Clare]()
The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTHE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF CASSANDRA CLARE'S BESTSELLING THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS!Maia and Simon are kidnapped, and Jace knows exactly who took them. It's time to face the terror known as Valentine to stop him from slaughtering the Downworlders and activating the Soul-Sword... -
![A Shade of Novak by Bella Forrest]()
A Shade of Novak by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsI never could have imagined that Derek and I would willingly turn back into vampires.But there are some things in life that you just can't predict. Like the strange human disappearances that had started happening on the coasts surrounding us... -
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Morgana and Oz, Vol. 2 by Miyuli
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis stunning series by debut author Miyuli, perfect for fans of both fantasy and romance, explores what happens when a struggling witch meets an angsty vampire—either love or war.This stunning series by debut author Miyuli, perfect for fans of both fantasy and romance, explores what happens when a struggling witch meets an angsty vampire—either love or war... -
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![Wrath of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve]()
Wrath of The Gods by Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve
#NeverTrustATitan Maisey thought the worst thing to happen to her was Insta shaming or a midnight shift at the Crab Shack. Until she got dragged into the world of the gods. Or more specifically, the world of one very annoying, bad at sarcasm, sex on legs, Titan. Cronus was everything she never knew she wanted, or needed, in her life. And then he just left...Categorized as:
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![This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron]()
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Darkness 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... -
![Death is My BFF by Katarina E. Tonks]()
Death is My BFF by Katarina E. Tonks
When Faith Williams almost loses her life during a robbery, Death is there. While he spares her soul, he makes a promise to return when she’s eighteen and collect it. Now it’s the eve of that special birthday, and Faith has no recollection of that fateful day. But echoes of Death appear in her art—his intense eyes, his intriguing demeanor—and she can’t get him out of her head...Categorized as:
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![The Student Prince by FayJay]()
The Student Prince by FayJay
A modern day (BBC) Merlin AU set at the University of St Andrews, featuring teetotal kickboxers, secret wizards, magnificent bodyguards of various genders, irate fairies, imprisoned dragons, crumbling gothic architecture, arrogant princes, adorable engineering students, stolen gold, magical doorways, attempted assassination, drunken students, shaving foam fights, embarrassing mornings after, The... -
![The Shatterproof Magician by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle]()
The Shatterproof Magician by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove is on the rise, but not everyone is happy about it.Some stand to gain when hate reigns.The fairy godmothers are challenged in new ways when social media breaks up lovers all over the world.To overcome this new challenge, Happily Ever After College is going to have to do something drastic…They will need to evolve. And fast... -
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Magical Academy for Delinquents by Ann Denton
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNo one wants to be sent to Academie Metamorphose, the magical academy for delinquents. No one but me. I’ve purposely gotten kicked out of three prestigious academies. It’s taken two and a half years. Finally, I’m about to get put into their reform program. And I’m thrilled. Not about the shit classes at this boarding school. Definitely not about the intense physical regimen...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Reaper by Isla Frost]()
Shadow Reaper by Isla Frost
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDon't miss this epic conclusion to the internationally bestselling young adult fantasy series.Life magic is abundant in Nova's world.But it might just take death magic to save it.Nova has sworn she will use every ounce of her wildcard power to bring down the worlds-destroying enemy that has gone undefeated for one hundred and fifty years... -
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Mateborne by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLet the hunt for the cure begin…I never thought I’d lose so much when I first set foot in Moon Valley, but I refuse to believe it was all in vain. I won’t stop until Tyrien is punished, the curse is broken, and my mate is free.With the Alpha Trials in full swing, I need to stay focused on what’s really at stake... -
![The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons]()
The Forgotten Mountain by Heather Lyons
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter years spent in Wonderland, Alice Reeve learned the impossible was quite possible after all. She thought she left such fantastical realities behind when she finally returned to England. Now Alice has become a member of the clandestine Collectors’ Society, and the impossible has found her again in the form of an elusive villain set on erasing entire worlds...Categorized as:
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![Royally Hitched: The Fae Twins by G.K. DeRosa]()
Royally Hitched: The Fae Twins by G.K. DeRosa
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe prince is in prison for a murder he didn’t commit—or did he? With all the intrigue at Spring Court, I don’t know who to trust anymore. Even my own sister is keeping secrets from me. The closer we get to Drake, the more dangerous it is for both of us. Not only because of the swirling rumors of murder but also for our traitorous hearts. We were never supposed to fall for the prince... -
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![DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Hamish Steele]()
DeadEndia: The Watcher's Test by Hamish Steele
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBarney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all--their love lives!Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may or may not also serve as a portal to hell, in this hilarious and moving graphic novel, complete... -
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Born of Air by A.L. Knorr
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a desert full of danger, the ancient sands whisper her name.All Petra Kara wants in life is to study Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. And she's so close. She's got the grades, she's got the ambition. All she needs now is an outrageous sum of money and experience on an Old World archaeological excavation. If only she could find a way to get rid of her annoying low-grade telepathy...Categorized as:
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[Un]wise by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe dreams start and Bethi’s very normal life goes down the toilet. Reliving past lives, where Dog-men chase her and she sees her eventual tormented death, Bethi sets out to find a way to live this time around. The dreams hint at an answer... -
![The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 02 by Hotaru Odagiri]()
The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 02 by Hotaru Odagiri
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcomed into the arms of the Giou clan and the Zweilt, Yuki reaches out to his comrades even as he is drawn into their war with the darkness. But the demonic Duras continue to spread their malevolence around Yuki, and the members of his new family are not impervious either, as one of their own vanishes without a trace and yet another is cornered by a sudden ambush... -
![Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
The dreamers walk among us . . . and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming – they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives – they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers. To use them. To trap them. To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.Ronan Lynch is a dreamer... -
![Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker]()
Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCristina and Clement Trudeau have conjured the impossible: justice.They took back their family’s stolen throne to lead New Orleans’ magical community into the brighter future they all deserve.But when Cris and Clem restored their family power, Valentina Savant lost everything. Her beloved grandparents are gone and her sovereignty has been revoked—she will never be Queen... -
![Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot]()
Twelve Bones by Rosie Talbot
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living! Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple - if such a thing exists?But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line - including their lives - to work... -
![Stay by Alyssa Rose Ivy]()
Stay by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNothing could possibly get worse. Everything and everyone that could be in jeopardy already is, and Jared knows that he is The Society's only hope. If he doesn't find a way to escape he fails everyone including Vera, the bear shifter he can't seem to get out of his head. Casey and Toby are in love... -
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Forging Darkness by Julie Hall
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNo one knows if Steel is dead or alive... except me.For months I kept the late night calls from Steel a secret, until he let it slip that he tracked down his villainous sister, Silver. He needs help—even if the powerful angel-shifter is too stubborn to admit it.But the Steel I find isn’t the same boy from Seraph Academy. He’s darker. Haunted...Categorized as:
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![Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens]()
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies... -
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![(Mis)fortune by Melissa Haag]()
(Mis)fortune by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOur world is being judged and even they remain unaware. Michelle, another young woman with an unexplainable gift, finds herself surrounded by the previously undiscovered werewolf society. Kept prisoner for the predictions that torment her, she meekly follows orders waiting for her opportunity to run. When her stepfather dies, she takes a chance and escapes...Categorized as:
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![The Eidolon by K.D. Edwards]()
The Eidolon by K.D. Edwards
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the epic conclusion to K.D. Edwards' first blockbuster trilogy in The Tarot Sequence series, readers followed Rune on a race against time as an age-old threat rose to threaten the city of New Atlantis. Now, for the first time, The Eidolon tells what really happened to Max, Quinn, and Anna as prisoners in the Hourglass Throne's base of operation... -
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Wonderland Academy by Melanie Karsak, Kristin James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Wonderland Academy. Don't lose your head.Getting into Wonderland Academy is easy, if you meet the admission criteria. You must be a little mad.You must follow the white rabbit.You must find the key to enter Wonderland. If you can nail all three, you're in. The only exception? Wonderland Academy never accepts students named Alice...Categorized as:
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![Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King]()
Curse of Shadows and Light by Penelope King
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook #3 in the Demonblood Series. "For one to live, the other must die." Devastated. Exiled. Hunted. Lucky and Liora's life has never been easy. But up until now at least they had a home...at least they had him. But all that is gone and it's time to start over in a new place. A place with new friends, and new enemies, and new dangers. Only now, it's coming from both sides... -
![Shadow Angel: Book One by Leia Stone, Julie Hall]()
Shadow Angel: Book One by Leia Stone, Julie Hall
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFrom the moment I saw the shadows come to life, I knew my world would never be the same.Yesterday I was a teenager waiting tables in Manhattan, and today, monsters exist and I can see them...Categorized as:
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![The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 01 by Hotaru Odagiri, Hotaru Odagiri]()
The Betrayal Knows My Name, Volume 01 by Hotaru Odagiri, Hotaru Odagiri
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAbandoned as a baby and raised in an orphanage, the kind-hearted high-schooler Yuki Sakuragi is driven by a need to find the reason for his existence. Plagued by mysterious dreams, Yuki also possesses the strange ability to read the deepest, darkest thoughts of anyone he touches... -
![The Threads Of Life by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend]()
The Threads Of Life by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReturn to the Academy with Melany and her friends in this new season full of magic, mythology, and adventures.After the war against Zeus, nothing is the same anymore for Melany and her crew.Despite all their losses and griefs, they must move on and rebuild a new Academy where Titans, Gods, and Demigods work together to protect the human World because something strange is going on...Categorized as:
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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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Lovesong Part II by T.J. Klune
A Green Creek short story.(Spoilers for Wolfsong, Ravensong and Heartsong... -
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Perfekt Balance by S.T. Bende
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 3 in the thrilling urban fantasy series from internationally bestselling author S.T. Bende! Fans of fierce heroines, fairytale romance, Norse mythology and dragons rave about this bestselling saga about the gods . . . and the mortals they fight to protect. Become what you believe. Elsa Fredriksen knows there’s a thin line between love and fear... -
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![Going Down in Flames by Chris Cannon]()
Going Down in Flames by Chris Cannon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIf her love life is going down in flames, she might as well spark a revolution. Finding out on your sixteenth birthday you’re a shape-shifting dragon is tough to swallow. Being hauled off to an elite boarding school is enough to choke on...Categorized as:
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![Fanning the Flames by Chris Cannon]()
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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![I Know Where Babies Come From, Derek by DiscontentedWinter]()
I Know Where Babies Come From, Derek by DiscontentedWinter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSterekStiles finds a baby on the porch.It looks exactly like him.Well, this is awkward... -
![Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi]()
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second collection of short stories actually consists of one long, and two short tales. The first and longest story pays homage to one of the oldest folk tales of Japan, “the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.” Usagi’s faithful sidekick Luna is saved by and ends up developing a crush on an astrophysicist whose dream of becoming an astronaut has been dashed by heart disease... -
![Fury Freed by Melissa Haag]()
Fury Freed by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile preparing to leave Uttira after graduation, Megan finds the Book of Fury. The answers she's needed about who she is, her purpose, and her powers have been there the whole time, along with a shocking revelation. Now, it's not just a matter of finding Megan's mother. Megan must find the two preceding generations as well, because the book is clear on one thing: there can only be three furies...Categorized as:
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![First by Alyssa Rose Ivy]()
First by Alyssa Rose Ivy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEver wonder what Levi was thinking in FLIGHT? Find out in the two Levi POV novellas FIRST & FOREVER. This combined edition includes both FIRST (previously released) and FOREVER, a brand new novella. This edition also includes the bonus short story: The Royal Wedding. FIRST Levi's got it all...Categorized as:
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