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Malice by John Gwynne
Ages ago, gods fought with their favored soldiers until the All-Father scorched the world and turned his back on everything. Yet the war still raged, unseen by the mortals that the All-Father had left behind. Now a prophecy has become known that predicts the coming of two avatars: The Bright Star in the name of the All-Father and The Black Sun, who fights with the darkness. The God-War has come to the mortal realm again but who is The Bright Star... and who is the Black Sun?
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Blood Over Bright Haven by M L Wang
Sciona has been working her entire life to get where she is today - the very first woman to be an Archmage. She's making history and opening up new doors for all the little girls that want to be magicians too, and now the real work can start. The city is expanding, and she needs to present her ideas on how best to source the magic needed for the expansion. So, with her new Archmage robes, her new personal lab, and her brand, brand new assistant, Sciona gets to work. And makes
Dec 1
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The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Kiela doesn't like people, but she loves books. When the Great Library of Alyssium is threatened by radicals, Kiela takes her sentient spider plant assistant Caz and as many books as she can manage and runs to the last place anyone would look for her - the island where she was born. What she has forgotten (or perhaps never realized) is the smaller the community, the nosier the people. She is immediately beset with neighbors wanting to help her, get to know her, and to gossip.
Nov 24
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The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
Three sisters reluctantly come together in New Salem to fight for the rights of women and discover how to return real magic to the world.
Nov 17
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Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Paedyn Gray tries to live her life in Ilya as under the radar as possible. It's how one survives a life in the slums. Until the day she witnesses a man about to be killed in an alleyway, and she saves his life. She becomes known as the notorious "Silver Savior" and her name is entered into the upcoming trials as a contestant. But what would be an honor for most people is likely to get Paedyn executed. Because she is an Ordinary, and her mere existence is an affront to the Eli
Nov 13
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Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas
It is time for the final battle for Erilea but Aelin and her friends are all completely separated. Can they come together and join forces in time to beat their enemies, or will their last stand end it catastrophe and ruin - not only for them, but for the entire world?
Nov 6
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The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
Opaline, Henry, and Martha all make their ways to Ireland looking for a place to fit in. Someplace that will be safe, where they can be themselves. What they find is a small bookstore that it seems can only be found by those who need it. Or maybe they don't find it - it finds them. Maybe it was never lost at all.
Nov 3
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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Clementine comes home from work one day and enters the apartment she recently inherited from her aunt to find a stranger. Turns out, Clementine's aunt agreed to sublet the apartment for the summer to her friend's son while he comes to New York City to live his dream of working in a fine restaurant. Of course, all of that happened before Clementine's aunt died. The two of them become temporary roommates for the summer, only seeing each other periodically, and Clementine soon r
Oct 30
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Sera used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Key words: used to be. Now she barely has enough magic to keep herself warm and is grumpily running an inn with her aunt while trying to keep the talking fox and the skeletal rooster from blowing her cover and declaring to the countryside that she is a witch. Along comes Luke Larsen, who is looking for a safe place for his sister, and Sera begins to think she could get her magic back again.
Oct 23
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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
When Fitz was six years old, his grandfather dropped him off at his uncle's door and never looked back. Since his father just happened to be the king's eldest son and heir to the throne known for his honor, nobody was quite sure what to do with Fitz. He becomes an outcast who is blamed for his father's abdication, but he has an ability that the country needs.
Oct 16
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Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas
Leave Aelin behind as Chaol and Nesryn travel to the Southern Continent in order to make new friends (and maybe some enemies too) and heal some wounds - inside and out.
Oct 2
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V E Schwab
All Maria wanted was freedom. Freedom from her family and their expectations, freedom from her husband, freedom to do what she wanted. When she meets a widowed woman who promises her just that, Maria is quick to take the opportunity. But while Maria is given freedom in this exchange, the widow and so many others are brought death.
Sep 25
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The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
Clara Johnson has a special skill and is unable to refuse someone who asks her for help, no matter the person or the request. Then someone comes to her, asking for help with their son who no longer speaks or reacts but desperately tries to leave the house. Clara notices that this young man is not the only person acting strangely right now and decides to investigate.
Sep 11
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From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
Poppy has a lot weighing her down as she goes about her life as THE Maiden, not allowed to interact with the world around her and punished for the smallest of infractions. But the allure of a regular life beckons to her and Poppy wonders what it would be like to be able to choose what she wanted to do... who she wanted to be.
Sep 8
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Fable by Adrienne Young
Fable was left by her father on an island full of questionable (at best) characters. If she can survive long enough to get herself off the island and find him, he will give her what she's owed. That was four years ago and it's time for Fable to find her father and remind him that while he never forgets the wrongs done to him, neither does his daughter.
Aug 25
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Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
August never wanted to go back to the island of Saiorse after he and his mother snuck away, not after everything happened and they were driven out. But after his mother died, her will requested that she be buried on the island, so August travels back to the one place he never wanted to go back to and the one person that he never wanted to leave.
Aug 18
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Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Diem Bellator is a healer who is passionate about caring for people, regardless of if they are mortal or Descended. But when her mother goes missing, Diem starts down a path that she cannot easily leave, and that will open her eyes to more than she ever imagined.
Jul 28
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Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas
The time has come for Aelin to start calling in favors and gathering allies. Hopefully she can convince them to fight with her in the impending war, a fight they have every chance of losing - costing them their lives and dooming the rest of the world.
Jun 27
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Valley by Stacey McEwan
Dawsyn has finally rescued as many people as possible from the Ledge, but now she has to lead them to safety. With multiple royal figures out to capture them, where can they go that the people will no longer be hunted.
Jun 2
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How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
A look at the moments that shaped Cardan from his perspective.
May 16
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