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The Burning Shadow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
When Evelyn Dasher crossed paths with Luc, she was thrown headfirst into the world of the Lux—only to discover that she was already far more involved in their world than she ever suspected.Because the Luxen aren’t the only ones with a hidden past...Categorized as:
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Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Katy knows the world changed the night the Luxen came. She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all. Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal... -
The Brightest Night by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The thrills, drama, and intrigue continue in the third installment of the Origin series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout.He is the darkest star.You are the burning shadow.And together, you will bring about the brightest night.Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living an unremarkable life...Categorized as:
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Catalyst by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the third installment of the Collide series, we start off with Sherry, taken prisoner in the enforcement facility. The little bunker family must now decide whether it's worth the risk to try to save her or if it would bring doom to them all. Lily has started showing signs of her gift progressing, which may not be a desirable thing...Categorized as:
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The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsAlternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereThe Garde are finally reunited, but do they have what it takes to win the war against the Mogadorians?John Smith—Number Four—thought that things would change once the Garde found each other. They would stop running. They would fight the Mogadorians. And they would win.But he was wrong... -
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 54 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... -
First World by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA paranormal romance series. An epic journey. If the Seventine are released, will anyone survive? Abigail Swish might not love her life, living in gang-ridden New York in 2035 and training to fight and survive with Compound 23... -
Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia, Anna-Marie McLemore
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history. But that’s not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or why her ex-best friend Chicky wants to help her...Categorized as:
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The One by Heather Self
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsStranded on Earth two thousand years they’ve waited for the arrival of the One: some to save her, others to kill her. With her birth, the ancient prophecy could at last be fulfilled and the doorway between the worlds would open. Those who know the prophecy believe this event occurred almost eighteen years ago, and now, they’ll stop at nothing to find her...Categorized as:
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Inheritance by Malinda Lo
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe triangular spaceship hovered motionless in the sky above Reese Holloway’s house, as inscrutable as a black hole. It had seemed like a good idea when they were inside: to tell the truth about what happened to them at Area 51. It didn’t seem like such a good idea now... -
Touch by Jus Accardo
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhen a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen-year-old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home. Except there’s something off with Kale... -
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa, Noizi Ito
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHaruhi holds the fate of the universe in her hands . . . lucky for you she doesn't know it! Meet Haruhi - a cute, determined girl, starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her. Meet Kyon - the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the only boy Haruhi has ever opened up to. His fate is now tied to hers. Meet the S.O.S...Categorized as:
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Undertow by Michael Buckley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSixteen-year-old Lyric Walker’s life is forever changed when she witnesses the arrival of 30,000 Alpha, a five-nation race of ocean-dwelling warriors, on her beach in Coney Island. The world’s initial wonder and awe over the Alpha quickly turns ugly and paranoid and violent, and Lyric’s small town transforms into a military zone with humans on one side and Alpha on the other...Categorized as:
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House of Darken by Jaymin Eve
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen Emma moves to Astoria, Oregon, she is given two rules: #1 – Don’t cross to “their” side of the street. #2 – Don’t mess with the elites, especially Lexen Darken, top elite and resident bad boy. While she finds this both weird and insulting, Emma has no actual intention of breaking these rules - until her guardians go missing. Now all bets are off...Categorized as:
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King of Ash and Bone by Melissa Wright
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen flying monsters break through the veil into her world, Mackenzie Scott has nothing left to lose. Her brother has been taken, her future has vanished, and all that remains is a desperate need for revenge. After discovering the breach the creatures used as a gateway, Mackenzie devises a plan to stop them, whatever the cost...Categorized as:
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Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square-shaped hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand...Categorized as:
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Across the Universe by Beth Revis
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future... -
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Featuring an extra-large size, premium paper, and an all-new translation and cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi!Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby... -
Endless Knight by Kresley Cole
In this seductive follow-up to Poison Princess , #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole takes us deeper into the dark world of the Arcana Chronicles. Shocking secrets Evie has fully come into her powers as the Tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. She now knows that the teens who've been reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic battle...Categorized as:
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The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 5 by Kore Yamazaki, Adrienne Beck
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Fairy In NeedChise has taken great strides in overcoming her dark past, and is ready for a brighter future by Elias' side. As for the magus himself, he is finally able to put a name to the strange emotion he's been feeling for Chise. Meanwhile, a deadly threat looms. When a panicked fairy appears at Chise's bedside, begging for help, is there anything the young, novice mage can do.. -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 3 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChise Hatori's life has recently undergone shocking change. As a sleigh beggy -- a person capable of generating and wielding tremendous magical power -- she has transformed from an unwanted child to a magician's apprentice who has been introduced to fae royalty. But Chise's newly discovered abilities also mean a cruel fate awaits her... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 4 by Kore Yamazaki, Adrienne Beck
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"I am not alone."Chise has been summonsed to the Dragon Aerie to begin crafting her very own wand, but her journey has more to offer than she had anticipated: magical wonders, enlightening visions, and perhaps most importantly, insight into Elias' past and the secrets he has been reluctant to reveal about himself... -
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
The specter of graduation looms large as Naomi Novik’s trilogy continues in the sequel to A Deadly Education.In Wisdom, Shelter. That’s the official motto of the Scholomance. I suppose you could even argue that it’s true—only the wisdom is hard to come by, so the shelter’s rather scant... -
Champion by Marie Lu
He is a Legend.She is a Prodigy.Who will be Champion? June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position...Categorized as:
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Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the epic Year One returns with a new tale of terror and magic in a brand new world. They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed... -
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, Vol. 3 by Naoko Takeuchi
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTeenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she’s never gotten good grades, and, well, she’s a bit of a crybaby... -
The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 6 by Kore Yamazaki
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling series about a gifted young girl and the demonic sorcerer who takes her in. The Ancient Magus' Bride is a supernatural romance manga series that features a fascinating relationship between a troubled teenage girl and an inhuman wizard... -
Whisper by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratings“Lengard is a secret government facility for extraordinary people,” they told me. I believed them. That was my mistake.There isn’t anyone else in the world like me.I’m different. I’m an anomaly. I’m a monster. For two years, six months, fourteen days, eleven hours and sixteen minutes, Subject Six-Eight-Four — ‘Jane Doe’ — has been locked away and experimented on, without uttering a single word...Categorized as:
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The Dark Calling by Kresley Cole
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew intrigues, adventures, and stunning revelations fill the penultimate installment of #1 New York Times best-selling author Kresley Cole’s electrifying Arcana Chronicles. In a world teetering on the edge . . . When Evie receives life-changing—and possibly game-changing—news, she has trouble believing it...Categorized as:
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Black Bird, Vol. 5 by Kanoko Sakurakouji
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHe loves her blood, but does her love her?!R to L (Japanese Style). He loves her blood, but does her love her?!There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend...
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