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The Rotten Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
Sometimes magic just isn't enough. .. Sometimes you have to start a war, and that’s just what I’m going to do. They took my soulmate. I will get him back, even if I have to destroy everything to do so. Don't miss the penultimate book in The Coven: Fae Magic Series! **Trigger Warning: This book contains a scene with minor sexual violence that some may find triggering... -
The Empire Witch by Chandelle LaVaun
New year, new magic? A witch can make resolutions, too…right? Psh. First I have to get to the new year. Just when I thought everything was going perfect BOOM. Problems. And not just any problems…missing children problems. One of them is my soulmate’s little cousin, which is bad enough for my anxiety, but the other is a young cousin of the shifter King... -
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Pandora Hearts, Volume 20 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe pathetic farce that has unfolded in earnest is no more than an absurd yarn spun by the man who caused the Tragedy of Sablier by following his heart's desires. The players in his tale begin dancing with abandon, their emotions bottled up inside, as though they are marionettes manipulated by a master puppeteer . . . -
Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe 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... -
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Pandora Hearts, Vol. 4 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAs Oz Vessalius and his valet, Gilbert, are reunited with their dear Uncle Oscar, they fail to notice an alienated Alice lost in thought stumbling right into the lurking Xerxes Break... -
Pandora Hearts, Vol. 10 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA century before, in Sablier, a forbidden portal was flung wide by a boy, Vincent, in his single-minded desire to protect his brother, Gilbert. And thus did that foolhardy desire lead to the corruption of that innocent boy's soul like a sweet poison. .. Now, as Gil, Oz, and Alice wander the ruins of the former capital, they are assaulted by illusions from the past... -
Pandora Hearts, Volume 19 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe truth of the being known as Oz Vessalius is exposed to Pandora, which has been captured by Leo and the Baskervilles. Amidst the warped tragedy that plays out mercilessly, the one who has lost everything catches a glimpse of the ridiculous fairy tale contrived by one man. The forbidden box has just been opened. .. What will be found within? -
The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA. -
Flightless Afternoon by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWith one of their own dead, the ruling elite want answers. The unthinkable has happened. One of the Ageless has been killed, their body left in a public space, displayed for all to see. The Archon is furious and threatens to burn the entire city, unless the person responsible is found and turned over to her for justice. Thea March is called on to investigate again... -
Pandora Hearts, Volume 3 by Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHeir to an aristocratic family, Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss, Oz’s life and perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice... -
City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsRevenge. It’s something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara’s killers deserve... -
Lirael by Garth Nix
Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight—the ability to see into possible futures—that is the very birthright of the Clayr... -
Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsIn Furies of Calderon, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher introduced readers to a world where the forces of nature take physical form. But now, it is human nature that threatens to throw the realm into chaos…For centuries, the people of Alera have harnessed the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal—to protect their land from aggressors... -
Wicked Wish by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThey 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... -
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The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, ANDREW SCOTT, AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA! The spellbinding sequel to The Golden Compass, the modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All Time," continues the epic adventure, catapulting readers between worlds, and toward a devastating... -
Abhorsen by Garth Nix
The apocalyptic conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Abhorsen series—an epic fantasy experience not to be missed. The Abhorsen Sabriel and King Touchstone are missing, leaving only Lirael—newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting—to stop the Destroyer. If Orannis's unspeakable powers are unleashed, it will mean the end of all Life... -
Bonesmith by Nicki Pau Preto
Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a disgraced ghost-fighting warrior who must journey into a haunted wasteland to rescue a kidnapped prince. Ready your blade. Defeat the undead. In the Dominions, the dead linger, violent and unpredictable, unless a bonesmith severs the ghost from its earthly remains... -
Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThe #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... -
Dark Dancer by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOne 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... -
Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer
The realm’s darkest secret is out. The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers... -
Night Stalker by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAll 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
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... -
Firestorm by Shannon Mayer
My name is Larkspur, and I am an Elemental. My people use the power of the earth to sustain life and defy our enemies. I should be at my father's side as a royal princess. But as a half-breed, bastard child, that isn't going to happen. In a world of lava and fire, I am about to face my hardest trial yet. Not one of strength, or power, but intrigue and manipulation... -
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsThe Sixth book in the the Rivers of London series featuring the young law officer Peter Grant—who must deal with both crime and magic. Where the Marble Arch stands today in London was once the Tyburn gallows - or The Hanging Tree. The walk toward those gallows, along Oxford Street and past the Mayfair mansions, has a bloody and haunted history as the last trip of the condemned... -
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Wicked Omen by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThere’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
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn 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... -
Well of Magic by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsI 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... -
Spellbinder by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen 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... -
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA triumphant return to the world of City of Stairs. A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city’s god is dead. The city itself lies in ruins... -
The Faerie Pawn by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsI 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... -
Throne of Death by Veronica Shade, Rebecca Hamilton
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMadison’s search for the Soule Grimoire could get her expelled…if it doesn’t get her killed, first. Madison enrolled at La Voisin hoping to get control of her magic abilities; she never expected that to lead her to series of murder mysteries in the supernatural community... -
The Gifts That Bind Us by Caroline O'Donoghue
A spellbinding supernatural teen drama - and sequel to All Our Hidden Gifts. Maeve and her friends have revealed their powers and banded together as a coven: Roe can pick locks, Lily sends sparks flying, Maeve can read minds and Fiona can heal any injury. And even better than their newfound talents? Roe and Maeve are officially an item... -
Reflections of Us by Yumoyori Wilson
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBrighten Magic Academy held its set of challenges, but it didn't prepare us for the one year as Brighten Elite. A year has passed since my boyfriends and I made the executive decision to join the Brighten Elite. Not only did our experiences during our year away strengthen our use of magic, it reinforced the bonds in our relationships- both with me as a male and female...Categorized as:
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Knights Magica by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIf 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... -
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Crown of Blood by Veronica Shade, Rebecca Hamilton
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBlood Magic could be the first step in freeing the statues, but performing the spell isn’t without consequences. There’s one way to break the stone curse of La Voisin School for Witches, and the secret lies within the Soule family book of shadows... -
Loveless, Volume 05 by Yun Kouga, Christine Boylan
When 12-year-old Ritsuka discovers a message from his brother Seimei that he was murdered, Ritsuka joins forces with Soubi to find Seimei's killer and uncover the truth. -
Stranger Skies by Pascale Lacelle
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNinth House meets The Hazel Wood in this riveting sequel to the New York Times bestselling dark academia fantasy Curious Tides, following Emory, Baz, Romie, and Kai on their desperate quests through space and time! Opening locked doors has a price—even for those who hold a key... -
Loveless 04 by Yun Kouga
Soubi unexpectedly meets two new Zero warriors Koya and Yamato, who leave him badly wounded. A concerned Ritsuki asks Natsuo and Yoji to teach Soubi about the relationship between a Fighter Unit and the Sacrifice. Older teens. -
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
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
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... -
For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThe Man Who Would Be Satan. Parry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie. Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived--first as a sorcerer, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor... -
Night World, No. 2 by L.J. Smith
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsIncludes:. Book 4 - Dark Angel. Book 5 - The Chosen. Book 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... -
The Magic by Donna Augustine
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFor 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... -
Queen of Legacy by Veronica Shade, Leigh Anderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSaving the Soule Coven starts with saving one statue from the academy – but its walls are impenetrable, and Madison is being hunted. After a painful betrayal and a frightening encounter with her pursuers, Madison’s at a dead end... -
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Marked by Magic by Jasmine Walt
With the rebellion now in full swing, shifter-mage hybrid Sunaya Baine has no time for distractions. She must find out the true identity of the Benefactor and pull the plug on the Resistance's funding before they succeed in their grand plans for genocide and destruction. But the heat is upon Sunaya now, and it demands to be sated... -
Soulstice by Simon Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Vours: Evil, demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice. Six month. .. Since Reggie first discovered the existence of the Vours in a tattered journal. Since she learned to overcome her fear and destroyed a Vour to save Henry... -
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories by Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom acclaimed YA authors Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton, and Brenna Yovanoff comes The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories. - A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. - Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. - A world where fires never go out (with references to vanilla ice cream)... -
Soul Thief by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsRiley Blackthorne is beginning to learn that there are worse things than death by demon. And love is just one of them…. Seventeen-year-old Riley has about had it up to here. After the devastating battle at the Tabernacle, trappers are dead and injured, her boyfriend Simon is gravely injured, and now her beloved late father's been illegally poached from his grave by a very powerful necromancer... -
Elemental Storm by Phaedra Weldon
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSecrets are like our past. They always come back to screw up our future. As the French Quarter drags into the Summer heat, Elemental Witch Samantha Hawthorne makes plans for her future, which includes getting through her imposed stint as a Cleric and pinning down a date for her wedding... -
Circus of the Dead Chronicles: Book 2 by Kimberly Loth
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJuliette is still reeling from her encounters with a zombie. She tries to push the whole experience from her mind and focus wholly on her yoga, but even when she’s in the zone, she can still smell the rot of the zombie or see Samuel’s face. She should just go home and forget this island ever existed, but for some reason she can’t. That means she has to find a job or she’ll be starving soon...
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