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  • The ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    The ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Book Two in the Internationally Bestselling Mirror Visitor QuartetWhen our heroine Ophelia is promoted to Vice-storyteller by Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of Pole, she finds herself unexpectedly thrust into the public spotlight and her special gift is revealed to all...
  • The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    The Twelve Dancing Princesses by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Quinn is a loyal soldier of Farset, willing to risk her life on behalf of her country and squad. So, when a fellow soldier volunteers for a dangerous mission, Quinn joins him. Their assignment is to investigate the nightly disappearance of the twelve royal princesses, a mystery none have solved as those who attempt it vanish...
  • The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Missing girls. A plea for help she can’t ignore. An ancient enemy with plans of his own. Nine-year-old girls are missing from across the lands. Yvonne has promised to find them, and she always keeps her promises. Even when she doesn’t know where to start looking. There’s more trouble around. Mercenaries are disappearing...
  • Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier

    Den of Wolves by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The “powerful and emotionally-charged” fantasy series from the author of the Sevenwaters novels continues, as Blackthorn and Grim face haunting secrets and old adversaries... Feather bright and feather fine, None shall harm this child of mine... Healer Blackthorn knows all too well the rules of her bond to the fey: seek no vengeance, help any who ask, do only good...
  • Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

    Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    A princess in exile, the boy she left at the altar, six enchanted cranes, and a dragon from the deepest sea.Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control...
  • Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

    Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Blood sings to blood, Froi . . . Those born last will make the first . . . For Charyn will be barren no more. Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home... Or so he believes...Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been trained roughly and lovingly by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, and has learned to control his quick temper...
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    dark  epic  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  royalty  abuse
  • Finale by Stephanie Garber

    Finale by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for.It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist...
  • Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

    Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl... Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother's love--and she's on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago...
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    dark  epic  fairy-tale  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  royalty
  • Dragon Tear by Lindsay Buroker

    Dragon Tear by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Now that Jev is no longer obligated to marry a manipulative noblewoman, Zenia can finally pursue a relationship with him. But there’s something else she must deal with first. She’s learned that the magical dragon-tear gem she wears around her neck is linked to a living dragon, one that is being held prisoner and tortured. Zenia owes her life several times over to the creature...
  • Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

    Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Poor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries...
  • The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Gemma Smythe dedicated her life to the glory of battle. With her fellow War Monks, she worshipped the war gods, rained destruction on her enemies, and raised the dead when the fancy took her. Until her sister Keeley became the prophesied Blacksmith Queen, and Gemma broke faith with her order to journey to the Amichai Mountain and fight by Keeley’s side...
  • The Searching by Vanessa Nelson

    The Searching by Vanessa Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oath-sworn to help those in need, Yvonne has been framed for murder.Tracking down those responsible for the destruction of the Stone Walls was a difficult enough task, but someone has made it much harder. The King is dead, and Yvonne is accused of his murder...
  • Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Frostbite by Adrienne Woods

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Losing Lucian McKenzie, the Prince of her heart and discovering her true identity has made Elena Watkins' life almost unbearable. However, new trials will test the 17 year-old's strength and push her to limits she didn’t think were possible.Only a mysterious offer from Blake Leaf, the Rubicon and a dragon predestined for evil, reveals there may be a light at the end of Elena’s dark tunnel...
  • The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon

    The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til the hour. You won’t speak and you won’t tell, you won’t call on heav’n or hell. You will learn and you will thrive. Silence, Daughter. Stay alive...
  • Elven Fury by Lindsay Buroker

    Elven Fury by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jev Dharrow is trying to convince his father to cancel his arranged marriage so he can wed Zenia, the woman he loves. But when elven assassins arrive in the city, all his personal problems must be set aside. They are after his good friend, Lornysh, an elf who has saved Jev's life a dozen times over the years...
  • Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Branded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord—the fiercely dangerous Fallon—travel to the Pathfinders’ seat of power at her father’s request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn’t take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home...
  • Masque by W.R. Gingell

    Masque by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Beauty met the Beast and there was . . . Bloody murder? It’s the Annual Ambassadorial Ball in Glause, and Lady Isabella Farrah, the daughter of New Civet’s Ambassador, is feeling pleasantly scintillated. In the library is Lord Pecus, a charming gentleman whose double mask hides a beastly face, and who has decided that Isabella is the very person to break the Pecus curse...
  • Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

    Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A brand new novel in the beloved world of Sevenwaters, a fantasy series that should appeal to "Lord of the Rings" fans (VOYA). The chieftains of Sevenwaters have long been custodians of a vast and mysterious forest. Human and Otherworld dwellers have existed there side by side, sharing a wary trust...
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    dark  epic  fairy-tale  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings
  • Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale

    Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world...
  • Fearless by Cornelia Funke

    Fearless by Cornelia Funke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the fatal fairy moth on his chest giving only a few months to live, Jocob Reckless tries, the blood of a Northern Djinn, then a mythical crossbow that can kill thousands, or heal one, when shot through the heart. But famed Goyl assassin treasure hunter is also searching for the prized crossbow. Jacob must find it first--and somehow convince Fox to do whatever it takes to save him...
  • Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf

    Find Me Their Bones by Sara Wolf

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    No one can save her.In order to protect Prince Lucien d’Malvane’s heart, Zera had to betray him. Now, he hates the sight of her. Trapped in Cavanos as a prisoner of the king, she awaits the inevitable moment her witch severs their magical connection and finally ends her life.But fate isn't ready to give her up just yet...
  • The Emerald Sea by Richelle Mead

    The Emerald Sea by Richelle Mead

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The dazzling conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead's The Glittering Court series.Meet Tamsin, the Glittering Court's hard-angled emerald. Her outsized aspirations make her a fierce competitor, rising to the top of the ranks. But when the ship she boards for the New World is tragically lost at sea, she is quite literally thrown off-course...
  • Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

    Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    With the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion...
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm...
  • The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In this new stand-alone fairy tale, Princess Annie is the younger sister to Gwen, the princess destined to be Sleeping Beauty. When Gwennie pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep, only Annie is awake, and only Annie-blessed (or cursed?) with being impervious to magic-can venture out beyond the rose-covered hedge for help. She must find Gwen's true love to kiss her awake...
  • Legendary by Stephanie Garber

    Legendary by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 76 ratings
    A heart to protect. A debt to repay. A game to win.After being swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister, Scarlett, from a disastrous arranged marriage. The girls should be celebrating, but Tella isn’t yet free...
  • Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s like the start of a bad joke: a Master of Tomes, his apprentice, and ninety world-saving records get lost at sea. Mei Li really wishes the joke wasn’t her life. For two years she’s been stranded in a remote village with no knowledge of where her master is or what’s going on in the world...
  • Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    OverviewCaina Amalas was a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through her boldness and cunning saved the Empire and the world from sorcerous annihilation.But the victory cost her everything.Now she is exiled and alone in the city of Istarinmul, far from her home and friends...
  • Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool

    Into the Dying Light by Katy Rose Pool

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the jaw-dropping conclusion to the Age of Darkness trilogy, hearts will shatter, cities will fall, and a god will rise. "Solidifies Katy Rose Pool's status as one of the best fantasy writers of the 21st century."—Popsugar on As the Shadow RisesFollowing the destruction of the City of Mercy, an ancient god has been resurrected and sealed inside Beru's body...
  • Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

    Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A spellbinding story of three princesses and the destiny they were born for: seduction, conquest, and the crown. Immerse yourself in the first book in a new fantasy trilogy from the author of the New York Times bestselling Ash Princess series.Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens...
  • Encrypted by Lindsay Buroker

    Encrypted by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Professor Tikaya Komitopis isn’t a great beauty, a fearless warrior, or even someone who can walk and chew chicle at the same time, but her cryptography skills earn her wartime notoriety. When enemy marines show up at her family’s plantation, she expects the worst. But they’re not there to kill her...
  • Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

    Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city. But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments...
  • The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty

    The Traitor's Ruin by Erin Beaty

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After proving her worth in book one as a deft spy and strategic matchmaker, Sage Fowler is now comfortably positioned in high society as the royal tutor. When she’s called upon to teach his majesty’s soldiers how to read and write, she jumps at the chance to serve her kingdom of Demora—and to be reunited with her fiancé, Captain Alex Quinn. During a skirmish, Sage and Alex are separated...
  • No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker

    No Place for Magic by E.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When Emma and her beloved frog-turned-prince Eadric travel to Upper Montevista to ask for Eadric's parents' blessing on their marriage, they find his homeland in chaos: Eadric's annoying little brother Bradston has been kidnapped by trolls! Worse, his mother won't let Emma use magic, even to rescue Bradston, and Eadric seems suddenly a bit too fond of the girls from his past...
  • The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

    The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In 1558, while exiled by Queen Mary Tudor to a remote castle known as Perilous Gard, young Kate Sutton becomes involved in a series of mysterious events that lead her to an underground world peopled by Fairy Folk—whose customs are even older than the Druids’ and include human sacrifice...
  • Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George

    Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When Petunia, the youngest of King Gregor's twelve dancing daughters, is invited to visit an elderly friend in the neighboring country of Westfalin, she welcomes the change of scenery. But in order to reach Westfalin, Petunia must pass through a forest where strange two-legged wolves are rumored to exist...
  • Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier

    Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Award-winning author Juliet Marillier’s “lavishly detailed”* Blackthorn & Grim series continues as a mysterious creature holds an enchanted and imperiled ancient Ireland in thrall. Disillusioned healer Blackthorn and her companion, Grim, have settled in Dalriada to wait out the seven years of Blackthorn’s bond to her fey mentor, hoping to avoid any dire challenges...
  • Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier

    Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Child of the Prophecy is the thrilling conclusion to Juliet Marillier's award-winning Sevenwaters Trilogy.Magic is fading... and the ways of Man are driving the Old Ones to the West, beyond the ken of humankind. The ancient groves are being destroyed, and if nothing is done, Ireland will lose its essential mystic core...
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    dark  epic  fairy-tale  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings
  • The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley

    The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Legend states that there exists a mighty sword that makes its possessor invincible to his enemies. But there is a curse on anyone who lifts the sword for conquest. King Kareed of Archeld goes after this sword anyway, winning it from the King of Bellandra. When he returns home from battle, he brings his daughter, Princess Torina, two special gifts...
  • Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

    Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    High in the Transylvanian woods, at the castle Piscul Draculi, live five daughters and their doting father. It's an idyllic life for Jena, the second eldest, who spends her time exploring the mysterious forest with her constant companion, a most unusual frog. But best by far is the castle's hidden portal, known only to the sisters...
  • A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

    A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An ancient mystery. An unlikely union. For one young princess in a state of peril, a dangerous wish could be the only answer…She is the princess of Bharata—captured by her kingdom’s enemies, a prisoner of war. Now that she faces a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose...
  • Uprooted by Naomi Novik

    Uprooted by Naomi Novik

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    “Our Dragon doesn’t eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them sometimes, from travelers passing through. They talk as though we were doing human sacrifice, and he were a real dragon...
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    dark  epic  fairy-tale  female-mc  magic  myths  paranormal  retellings
  • The Jade Bones by Lani Forbes

    The Jade Bones by Lani Forbes

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped...
  • Fire in the Blood by W.R. Gingell

    Fire in the Blood by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A princess in a dragon-guarded tower. The prince who is to rescue her. The prince’s ensorcelled dragon. And one enchanted keep that might just be enough to kill them all... It’s widely known that Princess Kayami Koto is held captive in the Enchanted Keep by a dragon of great ferocity and skill...
  • Prisoner of Steel and Shadow by Meg Anne

    Prisoner of Steel and Shadow by Meg Anne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Kidnapped QueenA vengeful god has stolen everything from the queen of assassins. Her title. Her power. Her memories.Even her name.Now merely a ghost of her former self, Shadow must enter a deadly game and fight for her freedom or risk spending the rest of her life as a madman’s prisoner.But, in order to win, she may be forced to lose what’s left of her true self in the process...
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    magic  paranormal  royalty  myths  epic  romance  fantasy  high-fantasy
  • Sound the Gong by Joan He

    Sound the Gong by Joan He

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From New York Times and Indie bestselling author Joan He, comes the dazzling and sweeping conclusion to The Kingdom of Three duology, Sound the Gong, the breathtaking sequel to the critically-acclaimed Strike the Zither.All her life, Zephyr has tried to rise above her humble origins as a no-name orphan. Now she is a god in a warrior’s body, and never has she felt more powerless...
  • Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea

    Beauty and the Beast by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once upon a time Elle made a mistake. A small miscalculation sends her through the roof of an enchanted chateau. Stranded until her broken leg mends, Elle is forced to rely on the good will of the sour chateau owner —the cursed Prince Severin...
  • Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

    Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly...
  • Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier

    Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers. It’s the only remnant of a lost, pagan cult.But no sooner have they arrived when it becomes clear they may be playing at a dangerous game...
  • Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

    Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Isabelle should be blissfully happy – she’s about to win the handsome prince. Except Isabelle isn’t the beautiful girl who lost the glass slipper and captured the prince’s heart. She’s the ugly stepsister who’s cut off her toes to fit into Cinderella’s shoe ... which is now filling with blood.When the prince discovers Isabelle’s deception, she is turned away in shame...
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