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The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first love.Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all... -
![Sovereign by April Daniels]()
Sovereign by April Daniels
Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse... -
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![The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson]()
The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistable" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of keeping their coven--and their world--from tearing apart forever.Niamh Kelly is dead... -
![A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Grim and Sunken Vow by Ashley Shuttleworth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArlo and her friends must decide how far they’re willing to go to depose a cruel ruler in this third book in the Hollow Star Saga that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones .The die is cast.The era of Spring is over.Riadne’s bloody coup on the Summer Solstice changed Arlo’s life forever... -
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![Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin]()
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds.Thomas Madigan is living in a nightmare.Isla just wants to go back to the sea.Kit Macrae thinks he’s drowning.Tanis Hughes needs to feed... -
![This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron]()
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDarkness 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... -
![The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee]()
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor—even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it. A must-have for fans of Mackenzi Lee’s extraordinary and Stonewall Honor-winning novel... -
![Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli]()
Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBeloved heroines Max and Chloe return, in the official comic for smash hit game series Life Is Strange! Three years after the events of Life Is Strange: Dust, Max Caulfield has been left stranded on the shores of an unfamiliar reality. Her new world seems too good to be true: Rachel, a girl who suffered a terrible fate in Max's timeline, is alive and well, and with Chloe... -
![The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland]()
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThree girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . -
![Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older]()
Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsH E L PTrying to shake off the strange malaise that separates her from even her girlfriend Izzy, Tee decides to take over the Bed-Stuy Searchlight for the summer. But then she finds an alluring violet dress in the newspaper office, and a cute ghost girl no one else can see... -
![The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
The Key by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe heart-stopping conclusion to the internationally bestselling Engelsfors TrilogyThe final installment of the Engelsfors Trilogy—an international sensation with rights sold in 29 countries—The Key combines thrilling action and dark magic with all the passion and drama of teen life. The result is nothing less than explosive... -
![The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould]()
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCourtney Gould’s thrilling debut The Dead and the Dark is about the things that lurk in dark corners, the parts of you that can’t remain hidden, and about finding home in places―and people―you didn’t expect.The Dark has been waiting for far too long, and it won't stay hidden any longer. Something is wrong in Snakebite, Oregon... -
![Afterlove by Tanya Byrne]()
Afterlove by Tanya Byrne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIn this powerful, all-encompassing YA love story, a girl who becomes a grim reaper must figure out what the future holds—especially when it comes to the girlfriend she left behind.When Ashana Persaud meets Poppy Morgan on a school trip, she’s sure it’s too good to be true. Ash has never had much luck with girls, but Poppy proves different... -
![A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney]()
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlice is doing her best to recover from her last boss battle, but members of her crew start having these... dreams. And they’re all the same dream: visions of a dark past―and an even darker future. It seems the evil in Wonderland may not be as defeated as they’d hoped...Categorized as:
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![Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White]()
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSleepy Hollow and queer romance meet in this coming-of-age tale from the co-creator of Lumberjanes!Isabel "Izzy" Crane and her family have just relocated to Sleepy Hollow, the town made famous by--and obsessed with--Washington Irving's legend of the Headless Horseman... -
![Ice Kingdom by Tiana Warner]()
Ice Kingdom by Tiana Warner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final adventure in the Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy … Meela and Lysi have unleashed Sisiutl, legendary two-headed serpent of the Pacific Northwest. It was supposed to be an ally that would help them win the war. Instead, it has fallen under the control of King Adaro, ruler of the Pacific Ocean. If Meela and Lysi can’t stop him, Adaro will use the deadly serpent to rid the oceans of mankind... -
![Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno]()
Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA magic passed down through generations . . . Georgina Fernweh waits with growing impatience for the tingle of magic in her fingers—magic that has been passed down through every woman in her family. Her twin sister, Mary, already shows an ability to defy gravity. But with their eighteenth birthday looming at the end of this summer, Georgina fears her gift will never come... -
![How To Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy]()
How To Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this contemporary YA fantasy for fans of Never Have I Ever and Sabrina the Teen Witch!Magically brilliant, academically perfect, chronically overcommitted...Shay Johnson has all the makings of a successful witch. Now that she's a junior at T.K... -
![This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling]()
This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn this gripping, romantic sequel to These Witches Don't Burn, Hannah must work alongside her new girlfriend to take down the Hunters desperate to steal her magic.Hannah Walsh just wants a normal life. It's her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and flirting with her new girlfriend, Morgan... -
![Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant]()
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant, author of the renowned Newsflesh series, returns with a novel that takes us to a new world of ancient mysteries and mythological dangers come to life. Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a "mockumentary" bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands... -
![This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron]()
This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHow much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate?Briseis has one chance to save her mother, but she'll need to do the impossible: find the last fragment of the deadly Absyrtus Heart... -
![That Full Moon Feeling by Ashley Robin Franklin]()
That Full Moon Feeling by Ashley Robin Franklin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA witch and a werewolf go on three disastrous dates in this magical queer romcom... -
![This Spell Can't Last by Isabel Sterling]()
This Spell Can't Last by Isabel Sterling
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHannah and Veronica battle a Blood Witch in the thrilling, heartbreaking e-novella prequel to These Witches Don’t Burn.Turns out, New York City is kind of a nightmare for a witch.Hannah’s not exactly loving her trip to the city, considering the huge crowds and layers of concrete blocking her connection to the elements... -
![The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke]()
The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn outcast teenage lesbian witch finds her coven hidden amongst the popular girls in her school, and performs some seriously badass magic in the process.Skulking near the bottom of West High’s social pyramid, Sideways Pike lurks under the bleachers doing magic tricks for Coke bottles. As a witch, lesbian, and lifelong outsider, she’s had a hard time making friends... -
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![Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle]()
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down.Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold... -
![Kim Reaper, Vol. 2: Vampire Island by Sarah Graley]()
Kim Reaper, Vol. 2: Vampire Island by Sarah Graley
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHit cartoonist Sarah Graley (Our Super Adventure) tells a new story about the trials of supernatural dating in Kim Reaper: Vampire Island!College relationships are tough for everyone, but they're extra hard for Kim... -
![Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon]()
Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Every sorority has its secrets... And college freshman Ginger Carmichael couldn't care less. She has more important things on her mind, like maintaining her perfect GPA. No matter how much she can't stand the idea of the cliques and the matching colors, there's something about the girls of Alpha Beta Omega—their beauty, confidence, and unapologetic sexuality—that draws Ginger in... -
![From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos]()
From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No roots, no family but one another, and no explanations... -
![Camp Spirit by Axelle Lenoir, Michel Falardeau]()
Camp Spirit by Axelle Lenoir, Michel Falardeau
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSummer camp is supposed to be about finding nirvana in a rock garden... But Elodie prefers Nirvana and Soundgarden. Can she confront rambunctious kids, confusing feelings, and supernatural horrors all at once?Summer 1994: with just two months left before college, Elodie is forced by her mother to take a job as a camp counselor... -
![Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng]()
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYellowjackets meets She Is a Haunting in this debut speculative thriller that follows a disgraced teen idol who comes face-to-face with the demons of her past in a glittering, cutthroat K-pop competition.After a shocking scandal that abruptly ended her teen popstar career, eighteen-year-old Sunny Lee spends her days longing for her former life and cyberstalking her ex-BFF and groupmate, Candie... -
![Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria]()
Fire with Fire by Destiny Soria
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDani and Eden Rivera were both born to kill dragons, but the sisters couldn’t be more different. For Dani, dragon slaying takes a back seat to normal high school life, while Eden prioritizes training above everything else. Yet they both agree on one thing: it’s kill or be killed where dragons are concerned.Until Dani comes face-to-face with one and forges a rare and magical bond with him... -
![All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley]()
All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family lineage, the ghosts of grief, and the lines we’ll cross for love.The Sleeping House was very much awake . . -
![Damned If You Do by Alex Brown]()
Damned If You Do by Alex Brown
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsQueer Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Filipino folklore in this horror comedy about a high school stage manager who accidentally sells her soul to a demon.Seven years ago, Cordelia Scott’s abusive father left without a word, and life has been normal ever since... -
![This Eternity of Masks and Shadows by Karsten Knight]()
This Eternity of Masks and Shadows by Karsten Knight
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a city of gods and mortals, secrets never die.The gods walk among us. Some lurk in the shadows, masquerading as mortals; others embrace their celebrity status, launching careers from Hollywood to Capitol Hill.One of them just murdered Cairn Delacroix's mother... -
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![The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter]()
The Ghost of Us by James L. Sutter
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne Last Stop meets Cemetery Boys in this swoony YA romance from beloved author James L. Sutter.Eighteen-year-old ghost hunter Cara is determined to escape life as a high school outcast by finding proof of the supernatural. Yet when she stumbles upon the spirit of Aiden, a popular upperclassman who died the previous year, she learns that ghosts have goals of their own... -
![Ironspark by C.M. McGuire]()
Ironspark by C.M. McGuire
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA teen outcast must work together with new friends to keep her family and town safe from murderous Fae while also dealing with panic attacks, family issues, and a lesbian love triangle in C.M. McGuires's kick-butt paranormal YA debut, Ironspark... -
![Mate by Jessa Stone]()
Mate by Jessa Stone
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter two years together as lovers and friends, how do you end things when your heart suddenly craves another? Born into a family of Leaders…of Alpha’s...Roma always knew that one day she would take up the role as the next Alpha of Clearwater. What she was never sure about, was if she would be blessed with a true mate... -
![The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith]()
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, and it is up to the Librarian to track down any restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories... -
![To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames]()
To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDebut voice Alison Ames delivers with a chilling, feminist thriller, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls and Sawkill Girls .Moon Basin has been haunted for as long as anyone can remember. It started when an explosion in the mine killed sixteen people. The disaster made it impossible to live in town, with underground fires spewing ash into the sky. But life in New Basin is just as fraught... -
![Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa]()
Improbable Magic for Cynical Witches by Kate Scelsa
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA witchy, atmospheric lesbian contemporary romance set in Salem—from the acclaimed author of Fans of the Impossible Life. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Becky Albertalli.Seventeen-year-old Eleanor is the least likely person in Salem to believe in witchcraft—or think that her life could be transformed by mysterious forces... -
![The Circle by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren]()
The Circle by Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsOn a night after the apparent suicide of high school student Elias Malmgren, a blood-red moon fills the night sky. Minoo wakes up outside her house, still in her pajamas, and is drawn by an invisible force to an abandoned theme park on the outskirts of town. Soon five of her classmates—Vanessa, Linnéa, Anna-Karin, Rebecka, and Ida—arrive, compelled by the same force... -
![The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad]()
The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all.Meet the Wild Ones: girls who have been hurt, abandoned, and betrayed all their lives... -
![A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
Choose your player.The “ironborn” half-fae outcast of her royal fae family.A tempestuous Fury, exiled to earth from the Immortal Realm and hellbent on revenge.A dutiful fae prince, determined to earn his place on the throne.The prince’s brooding guardian, burdened with a terrible secret... -
![Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle]()
Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
One stormy summer night, Olive and her best friend, Rose, begin to lose things. It starts with simple items like hair clips and jewellery, but soon it’s clear that Rose has lost something bigger; something she won’t talk about.Then Olive meets three wild, mysterious strangers: Ivy, Hazel and Rowan. Like Rose, they’re mourning losses - and holding tight to secrets... -
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![Baby Teeth: a novel in verse by Meg Grehan]()
Baby Teeth: a novel in verse by Meg Grehan
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA unique verse novel of queer love, lust, and vampires. From the award-winning author of The Deepest Breath and The Space Between.The bloodFeeds the hungerThat threatens everythingIt starts when Claudia offers her a yellow rose.Immy has been in love before – many times, across many lifetimes. But never as deeply, as intensely as this.Claudia has never been in love this before either... -
![Edie in Between by Laura Sibson]()
Edie in Between by Laura Sibson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA modern-day Practical Magic about love, loss, and embracing the mystical.It’s been one year since Edie’s mother died. But her ghost has never left.According to her GG, it’s tradition that the dead of the Mitchell family linger with the living. It’s just as much a part of a Mitchell’s life as brewing cordials or talking to plants... -
![The Drowning Summer by C.L. Herman]()
The Drowning Summer by C.L. Herman
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gorgeously atmospheric contemporary fantasy by the author of The Devouring Gray and The Deck of Omens.Six years ago, three Long Island teenagers were murdered—their drowned bodies discovered with sand dollars placed over their eyes. The mystery of the drowning summer was never solved, but as far as the town’s concerned, Evelyn Mackenzie’s father did it... -
![Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters]()
Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSawkill Girls meets Beautiful Creatures in this lush and eerie debut, where the boundary between reality and nightmares is as thin as the veil between the living and the dead. If I could have a fiddle made of Daddy’s bones, I’d play it. I’d learn all the secrets he kept... -
![The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta]()
The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods.Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest, California... -
![Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron]()
Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen angels start falling from the sky, it seems like the world is ending. Smashing down to earth at extraordinary speeds, wings bent, faces contorted, not a single one has survived.As the world goes wild for angels, Jaya’s father uproots the family to Edinburgh intent on catching one alive...
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