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  • The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren

    The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 by Mokumokuren

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 20 ratings
    It has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed―as if Hikaru isn’t gone―would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru..
  • Arising Son by Marie Montine

    Arising Son by Marie Montine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ryan Reyn has special abilities that allows him to help people with thier ailments.But he also has abilities that can annihilate everyone in the town, he just doesn't know it yet, and they are awakening...He goes to the one person who can help him with his conflicting nature.His Cassandra Wynstrom.Arising Son is the sequel to Mourning Grey, taking place twenty years after the Great War...
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  • No Time to Die by Elizabeth Chandler

    No Time to Die by Elizabeth Chandler

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Message from a dead girl... It's too late to call back. Jenny will never speak to Liza again. But it seems that even from beyond the grave, Liza is begging her sister for help.... They say it's a serial killer. Is it? Jenny can't afford to trust anyone. Now she's here, in Wisteria, anonymously registered at the Chase College theater camp where her sister died...
  • Rise by Ellen Goodlett

    Rise by Ellen Goodlett

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sisters Akeylah, Ren, and Zofi are all a step closer to their dying father's throne, a step closer to the crown that will allow one of them to rule over Kolonya. But the sisters' pasts continue to haunt them. Each hides a secret marked with blood and betrayal, and now their blackmailer is holding nothing back...
  • Happiness, Vol. 3 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Happiness, Vol. 3 by Shuzo Oshimi

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A supernatural story of sexual awakening, growing up, and suburban vampirism, Happiness follows a dorky boy who is attacked by a girl in an alley. She sucks his blood and gives him a choice: life or death...
  • Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven

    Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A feminist YA horror-thriller-romance retelling of The Picture of Dorian Gray by the TikTok sensation and author of The Society for Soulless Girls… Penny Paxton is the daughter of an icon. Her supermodel mother has legions of adoring fans around the world, and Penny is ready to begin her journey to international adoration, starting with joining the elite Dorian Drama School...
  • The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

    The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    From Ryan La Sala, the wildly popular author of Reverie, comes a twisted and tantalizing horror novel set amidst the bucolic splendor of a secluded summer retreat.Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance...
  • What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

    What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 49 ratings
    From the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones comes a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  magic  queer  fantasy  historical  dark  paranormal
  • This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

    This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Bravery, danger, and intense passion. How does obsession begin?Victor and Konrad are the twin brothers Frankenstein. They are nearly inseparable. Growing up, their lives are filled with imaginary adventures...until the day their adventures turn all too real. They stumble upon the Dark Library and discover secret books of alchemy and ancient remedies...
  • All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

    All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone knows the students in Corbin College’s elite academic society, Magni Viri, have it all—free tuition, inspirational professors, and dream jobs once they graduate. So when Tara is offered a chance to enroll, she takes it. But once she’s settled into the gorgeous Victorian dormitory the academy calls home, something strange starts to happen...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  f-f  magic  queer  fantasy  young adult  paranormal  dark
  • Gilt Hollow by Lorie Langdon

    Gilt Hollow by Lorie Langdon

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Willow Lamott’s best friend is a murderer, and no one in the small town of Gilt Hollow will let her forget it. For four long years, she’s tried to fade into the background—but none of that matters when Ashton Keller comes striding into school, fresh out of juvie and fueled by revenge. The moment their eyes meet, Willow no longer feels invisible...
  • Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson

    Quinsey Wolfe's Glass Vault by Candace Robinson

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    YOUNG ADULT EDITION OUT OF PRINTA girl without answers. A boy who wants to help her. A mysterious museum that some see... And some don't...Perrie Madeline lives a simple life. Her only concern is deciding whether or not to let herself fully fall for August Hartley. That is, until a strange museum, known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, appears overnight and people around her begin to go missing...
  • Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger

    Poison Ivy: Thorns by Kody Keplinger

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author of The DUFF Kody Keplinger and artist Sara Kipin reimagine an iconic DC antihero with a gothic-horror twist.There's something unusual about Pamela Isley—the girl who hides behind her bright red hair. The girl who won't let anyone inside to see what's lurking behind the curtains. The girl who goes to extreme lengths to care for a few plants...
  • Notes from My Captivity by Kathy Parks

    Notes from My Captivity by Kathy Parks

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Adrienne Cahill cares about three things: getting into a great college; becoming a revered journalist like her idol, Sydney Declay; and making her late father proud of her...
  • The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong

    The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Riley Vasquez is haunted by the brutal murder of the couple she was babysitting for.Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn’t dare reveal.The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with “issues.” But that’s exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the group hostage...
  • Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

    Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the world of Sorrow’s Knot, the dead do not rest easy. Every patch of shadow might be home to something hungry and nearly invisible, something deadly. The dead can only be repelled or destroyed with magically knotted cords and yarns. The women who tie these knots are called binders. Otter is the daughter of Willow, a binder of great power...
  • Verum by Courtney Cole

    Verum by Courtney Cole

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The truth shall set you free. My name is Calla Price and I’m drowning. My new world is a dark, dark ocean and I’m being pulled under by secrets. Can I trust anyone? I don’t know anymore. The lies are spirals. They twist and turn, binding me with their thorns and serpentine tongues. And just when I think I have it figured out, everything is pulled out from under me...
  • The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee

    The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Rinn Jacobs has secrets: One, she’s bipolar. Two, she killed her grandmother. After a suicide attempt, and now her parents' separation, Rinn and her mom move from California to the rural Ohio town where her mother grew up...
  • Absent by Katie Williams

    Absent by Katie Williams

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When seventeen-year-old Paige dies in a freak fall from the roof during Physics class, her spirit is bound to the grounds of her high school. At least she has company: her fellow ghosts Evan and Brooke, who also died there. But when Paige hears the rumor that her death wasn't an accident--that she supposedly jumped on purpose--she can't bear it. Then Paige discovers something amazing...
  • The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

    The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Handmaid's Tale for a new generation . . . In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  mystery  suspense  queer  fantasy  horror  paranormal
  • The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers

    The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Jocelyn follows clues apparently from her dead twin, Jack, in and around Seale House, the terrifying foster home where they once lived. With help from childhood friend Noah she begins to uncover the truth about Jack's death and the company that employed him and Noah...
  • Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Welcome to the Dark House by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    What’s your worst nightmare? For Ivy Jensen, it’s the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, it’s bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams. And for seven essay contestants, it’s their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at director Justin Blake’s latest, confidential project...
  • Initium by Courtney Cole

    Initium by Courtney Cole

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I never knew what the consequences would be. I say that like it’s a defense, an excuse. It’s not. It’s simply the truth. I never knew what he would become to me. Through everything, he’s become everything. My rock, my air, my love. My everything. And then…. Things changed. Because it was wrong. Because sometimes, our sons must pay for the sins of their fathers...
  • The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy

    The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Eleven years ago, Stella and Jeanie disappeared. Only Stella came back.Now all she wants is a summer full of cove days, friends, and her gorgeous crush - until a fresh corpse leads Stella down a path of ancient evil and secrets.Stella believes remembering what happened to Jeanie will save her. It won’t.She used to know better than to believe in what slinks through the shadows. Not anymore...
  • Beautiful Nightmares by Lauren Hammond

    Beautiful Nightmares by Lauren Hammond

    Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The epic, final installment in the Asylum Trilogy. Sanity is a funny word. Sanity. Sanity. To be sane. To have clear thoughts. To be able to distinguish the difference from fantasy and reality. I used to think that my sanity was still intact. That all of my marbles were still in the bag known as my mind. That I would never—EVER—let Oakhill get the best of me...
  • Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

    Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

    Rated: 3.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men...
  • The Restless Dark by Erica Waters

    The Restless Dark by Erica Waters

    Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enter Cloudkiss Canyon at your own risk.The Cloudkiss Killer is dead. Now a true-crime podcast is hosting a contest to find his bones.Lucy was almost the serial killer’s final victim. Carolina is a true-crime fan who fears her own rage. Maggie is a psychology student with a little too much to hide.All of them are looking for answers, for a new identity, for a place to bury their secrets...
  • Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

    Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 71 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling seriesThe first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that inspired the hit ABC Family TV show Pretty Little Liars.In ultra-trendy Rosewood, Pennsylvania, four beautiful girls are hiding very ugly secrets. High school juniors Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily have grown apart since their best friend Alison DiLaurentis went missing three years ago...
  • Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

    Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  f-f  suspense  witches  queer  historical  new adult  fantasy
  • Chain Letter by Christopher Pike

    Chain Letter by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When Alison first read the chain letter signed "Your Caretaker," she thought it was some terrible sick joke. Someone, somewhere knew about tha tawful night when she and six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate California desert. And now that person was determined to make them pay for it.One by one, the chain letter was coming to each of them ..
  • The Orphanage of Gods by Helena Coggan

    The Orphanage of Gods by Helena Coggan

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Twenty years ago, the humans came for their gods.In the bloody revolution, gods were all but wiped out. Ever since, the children they left behind have been imprisoned in an orphanage, watched day and night by the ruthless Guard. Any who show signs of divine power vanish from their beds in the night, all knowledge of their existence denied.No one has ever escaped the orphanage.Until now...
  • The Fall by Bethany Griffin

    The Fall by Bethany Griffin

    Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Madeline Usher is doomed. She has spent her life fighting fate, and she thought she was succeeding. Until she woke up in a coffin. Ushers die young. Ushers are cursed. Ushers can never leave their house, a house that haunts and is haunted, a house that almost seems to have a mind of its own...
  • Rooms by Lauren Oliver

    Rooms by Lauren Oliver

    Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy makes her brilliant adult debut with this mesmerizing story in the tradition of The Lovely Bones, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane —a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways Wealthy...
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