Fantasy Fiction
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In a world where witches face persecution, Rune leads a double life, masquerading as a socialite during the day and transforming into the vigilante known as the Crimson Moth by night, and forms a complicated alliance with the witch hunter Gideon Sharpe, blurring the lines between love and danger.
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
In a kingdom divided by extraordinary powers and a strict caste system, Paedyn Gray, a young girl with no abilities, must hide her ordinary nature as she navigates a forbidden romance with a powerful prince and must participate in the perilous Purging Trials that could reveal her true identity.
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Aiz knows that the only way to protect the Kegari people is to assassinate a murderous tyrant. Magic-wielding Sirsha is on a mission to find the killer who is ripping the hearts out of children. Quil, the reluctant crown prince of the Empire, must uncover a spy and save his people after a Kegari invasion. Despite having different agendas, Aiz, Quil, and Sirsha find their paths interwoven as each one has to face their pasts and determine what and whom they're willing to sacrifice to complete their missions.
Heir by Sabaa Tahir
In this retelling of the Korean legend The Tale of Shim Cheong, sixteen-year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm, where, assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits, she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly storm
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
by Axie Oh
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Linus Baker is a by-the-book caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light.
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by T.J. Klune
On the run from a mercenary dragon, among other dangers, thirteen-year-old Charl seeks refuge in an abandoned abbey haunted by an assemblage of ghosts.
Among Ghosts
by Rachel Hartman
Deina is trapped. As one of the Soul Severers serving the god Hades on earth, her future is tied to the task of shepherding the dying from the mortal world-unless she can earn or steal enough to buy her way out. So when the tyrant ruler Orpheus offers both fortune and freedom to whoever can retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice, from the Underworld, Deina jumps at the chance. To succeed, however, she must enter an uneasy alliance with a group of fellow Severers that she neither likes nor trusts. As their perilous journey into the realm of Hades begins, with the reward of freedom ahead, what will it take for Deina to reach her prize?
Daughter of the Underworld
by Katharine & Elizabeth Corr
Now married to the heartless crown prince, princess Xiaofeng lives a secret life outside the manor until a stranger reveals a past she cannot remember, and she must recover her memories of love and betrayal.
Goodbye, My Princess
by Fei Wo Si Cun
In an alternate London in 1923, one girl accidentally breaks the tenuous truce between dragons and humans in this sweeping debut and epic retelling of Bletchley Park steeped in language, class, and forbidden romance.
A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson
Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
A girl who paints the future and a cursed dragon lord, bound by love and deception, pair up in a plot to bring down the gods.
King of Dead Things by Alwyn Hamilton
Sixteen-year-old Nora Holtzfall must compete in a deadly magical contest for her family's power and fortune, while working to uncover the truth behind her mother's murder and navigating the dangerous rivalries with her newfound cousin, Lotte.
A conman and a magical inventor join forces to rob the Great Exhibition in 1800s London, each determined not to benefit their partner in crime.
To Steal from Thieves by M.K. Lobb
Raised by her grandmother (MawMaw) on a secluded Louisiana farm, Veronique has a dangerous secret: she can control the wind. When MawMaw falls ill, Veronique is sent to live in New Orleans with unknown family. There, she finally gets a taste of a normal life—friends, school, and love. However, this new world threatens her control over her powers, forcing her to confront a reality far more dangerous than she imagined, and to uncover what MawMaw was trying to protect her from.
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Tempest by K. Ibura
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
by Amélie Wen Zhao
In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soul... before she loses her forever.
Following her father's death, 16-year-old Margo is on a train to boarding school when she's suddenly transported to an alternate world where time functions differently across different realms. There, she meets Moon, a traveling salesman suffering from skipshock, a deadly toll from constant interworld travel. Moon agrees to help Margo, hoping she can finance his escape from this dangerous life.
Margo's unexpected arrival from Earth—a sealed world unknown to the others—indicates a rupture in the universe, sparking interest in a universe already on the brink of war.
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Skipshock by Caroline O’Donoghue
Teenage Somadina searches for her missing twin brother, Jayaike, in the Sacred Forest, while learning to navigate her frightening new magical ability.
Somadina by Akwaeka Emezi
The Yomigaeri Tunnel
by Kelly Murashige
Grieving the loss of her classmate and childhood friend, eighteen-year-old Monika searches for a legendary tunnel, said to resurrect one soul from the dead for anyone brave enough face their inner demons.
Disguised as an Ingenue with limited magical abilities, powerful mage Pandora infiltrates the royal court to escape her past, but when a killer mimics her powers and begins murdering other Ingenues, Pandora must join forces with Royal Guard Kit Beacon to claim her freedom.
Steel & Spellfire
by Laura E. Weymouth
Forced to flee to the king's court in the West, sixteen-year-old Kalothia, who was raised in secret, becomes caught up in deadly power struggles and romantic intrigue in the opulent kingdom of Galla as she, led by the Goddess herself, must choose between her country and her heart.
Goddess Crown by Shade Lapite
For centuries, vampires freely roamed the land until the Grays came out of nowhere, wiping out half the population in a night. The survivors fled to the last vampire city of First Light, where the rules are simple. [The] poor . . . drink weak blood. [The] nobility . . .gets the good stuff. And [they] can never, ever leave. Palace maid Sam has had enough of these rules . . . When the son of the city's ruler is murdered and she finds the only clue to his death, she seizes the chance to blackmail her way into a better class and better blood
Lightfall by Ed Crocker
Marisol and her soucouyant mother, shape-shifters who feed on the life force of others, struggle to hide their true identities while attempting to make a life in Brooklyn. After losing their home and job, they find work with Genevieve's biracial family. Genevieve, who never knew her mother, is suspicious of the new nanny (Marisol's mother) hired to care for her infant half-siblings. Despite their differences, both Marisol and Genevieve must soon grapple with their mutual jealousy and emerging powerful magic.
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S(k)in by Ibi Zoboi
His Face Is the Sun
by Michelle Jabes Corpora
Four strangers connected by a forgotten oracle must work together to save their divided kingdom from destruction amidst the brewing conflict and struggle for the pharaoh's throne
In Mercy, Louisiana, a town plagued by red algae and vanishing residents, Noon finds a reluctant ally in Covey and the two join forces to hunt a deadly creature in the dark waters as a storm looms.
They Bloom at Night
by Trang Thanh Tran.
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