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Nothing but Shadows by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSimon learns about James Herondale’s time at Shadowhunter Academy. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.It’s hard to be a Shadowhunter when you’ve got demonic powers. Simon learns about the school-time struggles of half-warlock James Herondale in this prelude to The Last Hours. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis... -
Roses in Winter by Patricia Briggs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA young girl survives a werewolf attack, and is transformed into a werewolf. When she wasn't able to control the wolf, she was moved to Bran's pack. The law is absolute: if a werewolf cannot learn to control the wolf, they must be destroyed for the safety of all. With hope fading, Asil intervenes.A short story from the world of Mercy Thompson... -
The Whitechapel Fiend by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders—“Jack” was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters... -
The Secrets of Magic by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere are only so many secrets you can keep before you break.A few weeks ago, Summer Donovan learned she’s a witch descended from the Greek gods. She was whisked away to an academy for witches to learn how to use the element she controls—air.Except Summer doesn’t have air magic. Instead, she controls metal and gems—an ability no witch has demonstrated before...Categorized as:
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The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father... -
Wicked Lies by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy power doesn’t lie but everyone else does…Ever since Beckett Dustwick walked into my life, I’ve only wanted one thing…him. To bad he doesn’t feel the same way. Our soulmate mark tells me we are destined to be together an important fact he lied about. But a broken heart won’t stop me from showing him exactly what I think. He may have started this game, but I will finish it... -
The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the latest novel in Genevieve Cogman's historical fantasy series, the fate of worlds lies in the balance. When a dragon is murdered at a peace conference, time-travelling Librarian spy Irene must solve the case to keep the balance between order, chaos...and the Library... -
The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA Librarian’s work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to obtain a particular book to stop this from happening... -
Hell For Hire by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe CrewA hulked-out wrath demon who eats gamer rage and loves cats, a shapeshifting lust demon who enjoys their food a bit too much, and a void demon who doesn’t see the point of any of this. They’re not the sort of mercenaries you'd hire on purpose, but Bex wouldn’t trust her life to anyone else... -
Blood Moon by Michelle Madow
Step into a world of rejected mates, wolf shifters, and dangerous secrets in Blood Moon, the captivating first book in USA Today bestselling author Michelle Madow’s Wolf Born series.Ruby Grace is just an ordinary girl. Or so she thought.During a ski trip in the Adirondack Mountains, she discovers just how different she is... -
The Eternal Dawn by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAlisa has spent the past five thousand years as a vampire, living alone and fighting for survival. In her loneliness, Alisa cannot resist bringing Teri—a descendant of her human family—into her life. But Alisa is surrounded by death and destruction, and just by knowing Alisa, Teri’s life is at risk. Alisa’s guilt grows when she becomes involved in a dangerous conspiracy...Categorized as:
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Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMaster storyteller Julie Kagawa concludes the enthralling journey into the heart of the fantastical Empire of Iwagoto in the third book of the Shadow of the Fox trilogy. As darkness rises and chaos reigns, a fierce kitsune and her shadowy protector will face down the greatest evil of all. A captivating fantasy for fans of Sabaa Tahir, Sarah J. Maas and Marie Lu... -
The Dark Archive by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA professional spy for a mysterious Library which harvests fiction from different realities, Irene faces a series of assassination attempts that threaten to destroy her and everything she has worked for.Irene is teaching her new assistant the fundamentals of a Librarian's job, and finding that training a young Fae is more difficult than she expected... -
The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAfter being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae.In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot... -
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Rift by Andrea Cremer
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsChronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer's internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy! Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother's life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose in the world...Categorized as:
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Saving Raphael Santiago by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA Manhattan teen—Raphael Santiago—is missing, and Magnus Bane must track him down before it’s too late. In 1950s New York City, a distraught mother hires Magnus Bane to find her missing son, Raphael...Categorized as:
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Goddess Test / Goddess Interrupted / The Goddess Legacy / The Goddess Inheritance by Aimee Carter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll four titles of the Goddess Test novels in one exciting collection!The complete GODDESS TEST saga�THE GODDESS TEST, GODDESS INTERRUPTED, THE GODDESS INHERITANCE and THE GODDESS LEGACY. Kate Winters had gone from a girl whose mother was dying to the Queen of the Underworld. Join Kate on her life-altering journey and meet the powerful, compelling gods who test her every step of the way... -
Timeless by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe highly anticipated continuation of the Starcrossed saga, the #1 international bestselling series. A fate avoidedAfter successfully using a clever bit of trickery to avoid all-out war with the gods and defeat Zeus, Helen sets out to enjoy her final year of high school with Lucas and her friends. A debt owedBut happily ever after eludes her...Categorized as:
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Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to "read" objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, "America's Sweetheart Seer." But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities.. -
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsLibrarian-spy Irene and her apprentice Kai are back in the second in this “dazzling”* book-filled fantasy series from the author of The Invisible Library. The written word is mightier than the sword—most of the time.. -
The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLibrarian spy Irene and her apprentice Kai return for another “tremendously fun, rip-roaring adventure,” (A Fantastical Librarian) third in the bibliophilic fantasy series from the author of The Masked City. Never judge a book by its cover.. -
Cast Long Shadows by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMatthew Fairchild is the Consul’s son and the golden-haired boy of the Nephilim. He has the love of his family and his parabatai James Herondale, and nothing to wish for, except excitement and artistry and beauty that do not seem to fit in with a warrior’s way of life...Categorized as:
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Wicked Magic by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey all fear my power…they should. Finding out I’m a witch was a shock. But now that I’m in the world of Evermore I’ll do anything to protect it even if that means dying… The evil King Alataris has stolen my mother, my life, and now he’s taken something that could unleash hell on earth. With a powerful Ice Dragon under his every command there is no telling where he will strike next...Categorized as:
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Salvaged Soul by Desni Dantone
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife in paradise isn’t exactly what Kris thought it would be. Treated like a prisoner and forced to keep her romance with Nathan hidden, she struggles to adapt to island life with the Kala. Worse, her specialties are coming in faster than she can control, and she fears the Skotadi within her will soon win the battle for her soul...Categorized as:
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Marina by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFifteen-year-old Oscar Drai meets the strange Marina while he's exploring an old quarter of Barcelona. She leads Oscar to a cemetery, where they watch a macabre ritual that occurs on the last Sunday of each month. At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, a woman shrouded in a black velvet cloak descends from her carriage to place a single rose on an unmarked grave... -
Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception...Categorized as:
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Sacrificed by Desni Dantone
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKris Young is no normal seventeen year old. She’s the worst thing to come along since the black plague, and she will do anything to alter the destiny she was made for. Failure is not an option. But if the shadows of evil overcome her… Only one person can stop her. When she meets Micah, she doesn’t expect him to save her life, or to offer his help. They were born enemies after all... -
Demigods Academy: Year One by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHARRY POTTER MEETS PERCY JACKSON On their eighteenth birthday, everyone in the world receives a Shadowbox—a magic box that is a gift like no other… because it’s a gift from the Gods. For the majority of people, there’s only a birthday message inside their Shadowbox. For a few chosen, though, there’s something more. Nobody knows what those special guys receive...Categorized as:
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Demigods Academy: Year Two by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRead Melany and her friends' new adventures in Demigods Academy Year Two... -
The Chosen Knights by Mary Ting
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen teens go missing in Hawaii, a group of demon-hunters—half human and half angel—disguised as high school students, must leave Crossroads, the place where they reside. In a race against time, they uncover the mystery connecting the missing teens, which dates back to the era of the Knights Templar...Categorized as:
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Dark Promise by Annika West
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI just learned who and what I really am. And dude, is it changing my entire world.But while I'm trying to master my terrifying true powers, I'll have to help Cayne, Willow and August track down the next dark artifact that's messing with Los Angeles.But honestly. What's new.And then there's the matter of Huxley Cayne... -
Pillage & Plague by Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTurns out-I'm a stone-cold killer. And I'm not sure I like it.Last school term I figured out I was a dragon shifter. And then I killed a bunch of monsters. It was to save my friends...but also I kinda liked it. Or my dragon did. Now, it's summer term at Mount Olympus Academy...Categorized as:
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Dark Curse by Annika West
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAster King II can handle anything.Murderous vampires? Check.Multidimensional party houses? Double check.That sexy dragon shifter she works for… okay, she’s working on that one.The point? She survived her first mission under Huxley Cayne. This next one should be a breeze.Right?This Urban Fantasy Romance series is perfect for fans of Linsey Hall, C.N...Categorized as:
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Demigods Academy: Year Three by Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhile Melany is torn between Lucian and Hades, a new enemy will put everyone in danger.The ancient Titans are unleashed, causing epic disasters all around the world. It’s time for the Gods’ Army to show what they’ve been trained for in the academy.It’s time for Melany to pick sides.A war is around the corner. And she is the only one who can stop it...Categorized as:
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How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIt's the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in a debut novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past.Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather... -
The Kidnapper's Accomplice by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTo investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable – she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she’s kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with the power to detonate gunpowder at will. The magician forces India and Matt to race all over London in the hunt for her before the bombs go off... -
Black Sun by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmbark on an adventure filled with magic, romance, and epic twists in the first book in USA Today bestselling author Michelle Madow’s Vampire Bride series—a fresh and enchanting take on the classic love story of Hades & Persephone.Amber Benson has no idea what to do for the rest of her life, let alone what major to pick for college...Categorized as:
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The Medici Manuscript by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOne book can change your life.Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia’s. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or for it to lead her to answers about her mysterious family.The silver clasps binding the pages contain rare magic – the same magic that might run through Sylvia’s veins... -
Wicked Witch by Megan Montero
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s time to claim my power…All my life I’ve lived under lock and key, always following the strict rules my mother set for me. A week before my sixteenth birthday I sneak out of my house and discover why. Turns out I am not just a normal teenager. I’m a witch blessed with a gift someone wants to steal from me.And not just anyone…the evil King Alataris...Categorized as:
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Scions by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 10 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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The Wicked Ones by Cassandra Clare, Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsCeline Montclaire goes to the Shadow Market to escape. She would go anywhere in Paris, or the entire world, to escape the suffering she experiences at the hands of her family. She did not expect to meet Valentine Morgenstern there, or to have him promise her freedom and the heart of the man she secretly loves. On one condition, of course. At the Shadow Market, nothing is for free... -
Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne thousand years ago, a wish was made, and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. . The Godslayer. A weapon powerful enough to seal away the formidable demon Hakaimono. Now he has broken free . . -
Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAelia lives in 6th century Byzantium. She is sixteen years old and her life is about to change forever. She doesn't yet know it, but she holds the fate of thousands in her hands and her actions will echo across the centuries. Fourteen hundred years later the lives of Madison and Alexandre are once again plunged into danger...Categorized as:
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Wither & Wound by Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've turned traitor and spy. By the end of this, someone big is gonna die.I hope it's not me.My sister, Mavis, is going to be put on trial. Mr. Zee is certain to find her guilty of helping the monsters in their war against the gods. And then he'll kill her.I can't let that happen.So when I find out about a sword capable of wounding him, I set out to the collect the pieces...Categorized as:
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Outcasts: a Starcrossed Prequel by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 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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Vampire Affliction: A Teen Vampire Romance by Eva Pohler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGertie has become friends, and has possibly fallen in love, with both a demigod and a vampire, who happen to be at war. Although she sympathizes with the vampire uprising and has even become a vampire herself, she distrusts the leaders, especially when they plan to kill humans to cull out the demigods before ambushing them...Categorized as:
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Freeze by Kaitlyn Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLocked up doesn't mean locked in.Pandora Scott is in jail…again. Everyone she once loved betrayed her…again. And some of the most powerful people in the world want her dead…yes, again. Sound familiar? But if there’s one thing Pandora is good at, it’s wriggling her way out of life or death situations, and this time is no different...Categorized as:
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Hearts That Cut by Kika Hatzopoulou
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this heart-pounding, much-anticipated sequel to Threads That Bind , Io will face threats even more dangerous and players even more powerful as she discovers what it will mean to follow—or defy—her fate.It’s been five weeks since Io left Alante to follow the golden thread, and she’s no closer to finding the god on the other end... -
The Wrath of the Fury by Michelle Madow
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEverything changed on the night of the Olympian Comet. I’ve always known that I’m a witch. But I didn’t expect to discover that I have a mysterious power unheard of amongst my kind. My best friend Garrett — who I’ve secretly been wanting to become more than a friend — has one of these powers too. We know something big is going on...Categorized as:
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Daughter of Earth and Sky by Kaitlin Bevis
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome vows can never be broken, especially with you've recently found out you're a goddess. In the flick of a eyelash Persephone has gone from being a high school junior in Athens, Georgia to the wife of Hades, god of the Underworld. Under his platonic protection, she's waiting for springtime, when Boreas, the sinister god of winter, will stop stalking her...Categorized as:
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