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  • The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

    The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war...
  • Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history...
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    magic  epic  romance  audiobook  fantasy  dragons  fiction  new-adult
  • Draekora by Lynette Noni, Carly Robins

    Draekora by Lynette Noni, Carly Robins

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    'I swear by the stars that you and the others slain tonight will be the first of many. Of that you have my word.'With Aven Dalmarta now hiding in the shadows of Meya, Alex is desperate to save Jordan and keep the Rebel Prince from taking more lives...
  • Raelia by Lynette Noni

    Raelia by Lynette Noni

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    “Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices.”Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy with her gifted friends, Alexandra Jennings steps back through a doorway into Medora, the fantasy world that is full of impossibilities. Despite the magical wonder of Medora, Alex’s life remains threatened by Aven Dalmarta, the banished prince from the Lost City of Meya who is out for her blood...
  • Dao Dominion by Bruce Sentar

    Dao Dominion by Bruce Sentar

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dar and his dao companions are free of Bellhaven and breaking ground for their new village. But the forest by their village brings its own share of problems. A feral jaguar demoness harasses their hunters while a hive of devil ettercaps threatens village’s safety.All Dar wants to do is get the village ready for the harsh winter. He needs food and lumber to do that...
  • Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

    Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago...
  • Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    At the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever...
  • Akarnae by Lynette Noni

    Akarnae by Lynette Noni

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With just one step, 16-year-old Alex Jennings' world changes - literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only Professor Marselle can help her...but he's missing...
  • Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Dark Tide by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Once a lost and confused princess, Serafina is now a confident leader of the Black Fin Resistance (BFR). While she works on sabotaging her enemy and enlisting allies for battle, her friends face challenges of their own. Ling is in the hold of Rafe Mfeme's giant trawler, on her way to a prison camp...
  • His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
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    epic  lgbtq  magic  mlm  action-adventure  adult  angst  book
  • Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

    Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 77 ratings
    Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed...
  • Sworn to the Shadow God by Ruby Dixon

    Sworn to the Shadow God by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B084NZTBSFAdventure. It's what my boring life is missing, so when I fall through a portal into another world, I'm excited. Here, I'm important. Here, I'm special. I find out just *how* special when I meet Death. Yup. That guy. He's been exiled to the mortal realm to work through his flaws, and he's just as spoiled and awful as you'd think...
    Categorized as:
    gods  magic  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. A mysterious and deadly plague now haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep. Someone must show them the way...
  • Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Corent is exciting and challenging. As one of the main paranormal communities you never know what might be around the corner. Matt’s life has always been peaceful. He splits his time between helping at his mama’s shop and spending time with family, friends, and his coven...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  mlm  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary  fae
  • Bonds of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Bonds of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Note to my stupid cupid self: The next time I go and anchor myself to a hot covey, make sure those anchors aren't about to compete in a fight to the death. Yeah. Total downer. I have a body now and I don't intend to lose it. I also don't intend to lose the genfins that I've grown so attached to...
  • Bound to the Battle God by Ruby Dixon

    Bound to the Battle God by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.When I went to my neighbor's apartment to investigate strange sounds, I never expected to fall through a portal into another world. Yet here I am, a stranger in an even stranger land...and I'm stranded. In this world, might makes right, men carry swords, and gods walk the earth. Within minutes of arriving, I’m enslaved.Fun place...
    Categorized as:
    gods  magic  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Crimes of Cupidity by Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    What do you get when you have four mates, one psychotic prince, a horde of rebels, and a cupid who just got yanked out of the realm? A big freaking problem, that’s what. I was supposed to take on my first real mission as a spy. I was supposed to go find my missing mate and discover who our real allies are for the war that’s brewing in the fae realm...
  • The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale

    The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.41 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...
    Categorized as:
    epic  lgbtq  magic  mlm  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rogue Wave by Jennifer Donnelly

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis...
  • The Silent City by Ginn Hale

    The Silent City by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 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...
    Categorized as:
    epic  lgbtq  magic  mlm  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Lera of Lunos by Alex Lidell

    Lera of Lunos by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Two immortal realms on brink of war. One mortal standing in their way. With the quint squaring off against the king of Slait, Lera is running out of time to tame her feral magic. Worse still, just when the quint must weave together to survive, demons from Tye’s past surface to tear them apart. Demons he fears facing, let alone sharing with Lera...
  • The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns

    The Cat Returns to Adderly by Sam Burns

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Orphaned, Luke Miller is left alone and homeless with only his cat for company. But Wentworth is more than an average feline, and when Luke makes a set of leather boots to keep his paws safe, it might help them both find the path to where they belong. Previously published in Fables Retold under the same title...
  • The Pearl by Charlotte McConaghy

    The Pearl by Charlotte McConaghy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Threatened by a dark and bloody conqueror, the world of Paragor seeks to forestall an inevitable doom. Six young people cross unknowingly into another land. What they find is a realm in the midst of war and hatred, and a people who have been awaiting their presence as saviours...
  • Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder brings her Poison Study series to its exhilarating conclusion.Despite the odds, Yelena and Valek have forged an irrevocable bond and a family that transcends borders. Now, when their two homelands stand on the brink of war, they must fight with magic and cunning to thwart an Ixian plot to invade Sitia...
  • As You Witch by Erin Bedford

    As You Witch by Erin Bedford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If you could wish for anything, what would you wish for? When Max gets a magic amulet that makes nearly every desire come true, she'll learn the truth of be careful what you wish for. However, magical hijinks aren't all that Max has to worry about...
  • Ride the Wave by Elizabeth Briggs

    Ride the Wave by Elizabeth Briggs

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the Her Elemental Dragons series! The Black Dragon and her men may think they’ve defeated me and my mates, but we’re not giving up without a fight. We’re the only ones who can restore balance to the world, even if it means destroying my family in the process. This time we’re taking the battle to them and we will overthrow their oppressive rule—no matter the cost...
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    epic  gods  lgbtq  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 3 by R.C. Joshua

    Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 3 by R.C. Joshua

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's not just boba now. Together with his friends, Arthur’s at the frontier of the Demon World, building a brand-new town, one stone at a time.After one particularly stubborn owl won an argument with the system, Arthur blazed a trail with the rest of his friends toward the frontiers of the demon world. All around him is a world untouched by demons...
    Categorized as:
    magic  romance  fantasy  cozy  fiction  action-adventure  humor  litrpg
  • Jarrett by Kathi S. Barton

    Jarrett by Kathi S. Barton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Addison Parker is on the run. No matter how fast she runs, or how far she travels she can't hide from herself, or the gift she's been cursed with. She can read people's minds and with a touch can see into their future. That is a secret that she has learned to keep well everyone always wanted something from her when they learned what she could do. It's easier to avoid people all together...
  • Blackstone by Shea Godfrey

    Blackstone by Shea Godfrey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Captain Darrius Durand and Princess Jessa of Lyoness announce their love, they know it will be an end to many things. What they do not expect is that it will be the beginning of so much more. For good or ill, in the wake of their declaration, the tide of events that sweep through the corridors of Blackstone Keep will change the course of history...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  contemporary  drama
  • Evergreen: A Romance Novel by Autumn Woods

    Evergreen: A Romance Novel by Autumn Woods

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Annual Gathering of the Five Kingdoms is upon us. I’m going to give the Forest King the benefit of the doubt and assume he must have forgotten to post my invite.As the Commander of the Shadow Hunters, I don’t reign over one of the Five Kingdoms of Yterras, but rather the darkness that snakes between their borders, keeping out the plague of evil...
  • Beast by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Beast by Lexi Blake, Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Re-released in a second edition. Re-edited but no substantial changes. A playboy who needs to grow up Fresh from his latest tabloid scandal, vampire playboy Dante Dellacourt has been given an ultimatum. Either he takes a consort and settles down, or his family will disown him. Unwilling to lose everything he has, he reluctantly agrees to find a wife...
  • Fated to the Wolf Prince by April L. Moon

    Fated to the Wolf Prince by April L. Moon

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Great Pack Gathering. Three little words, one mandate that ruined my life.I'm a doctor and a researcher. My pack is small, in a quiet part of central Texas. It's a simple existence, and I like it that way. It's just me and my two besties, living our best single lives.That is, until the mandate comes. Every unmated wolf in the entire world, called to one place...
  • The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea by Kerrelyn Sparks

    The Siren and the Deep Blue Sea by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Four sisters have become queens, rulers of all that Aerthlan's two moons embrace. The last sister will forge her own path . . . Signs and SealsRaised on the magic-seeped Isle of Moon, Maeve is used to unusual powers--and the way they fuel the politics of her world. But when she discovers an ability to shape-shift at will, she knows who she wants to share it with first...
  • The Darkest Magic by Morgan Rhodes

    The Darkest Magic by Morgan Rhodes

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes's highly acclaimed Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, danger looms and the mystery deepens as two warring evils vie for possession of one elusive, powerful book.Modern-day Toronto: Sisters Crystal and Becca Hatcher are reunited after reclaiming the Bronze Codex and narrowly escaping death...
  • Thorne by Charlotte McConaghy

    Thorne by Charlotte McConaghy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An enthralling romantic fantasy about finding true love against all odds, Thorne is the second book in the Chronicles of Kaya series.Lovers in Kaya have always died together, bonded in death as in life. But a cure for the bond has sent rumours like wildfire through the land...
  • A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

    A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Find the heir, win the crown. The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumors circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Although Rhen has Harper by his side, his guardsman Grey is missing, leaving more questions than answers. Win the crown, save the kingdom...
  • Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

    Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This follow-up to Goddess by Mistake returns to the ancient Greco-Roman civilization of Partholon. Marked from birth as belonging to the Goddess Epona, an isolated Elphame must confront her people's ancient enemies while on a journey of self-discovery...
  • The Cat by Jean Johnson

    The Cat by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Amara is wary of mages, they chased her out of her homeland. Yet there is something about the mage Trevan of Nightfall that Amara can't resist. But can he be trusted with her most fiercely guarded secret? Courting such a pretty yet prickly outlander won't be easy, but Trevan is determined to try...
  • Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast

    Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Chosen to embrace her true identity. Chosen to follow her destiny. Chosen to change her world.Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan, but she has been forced to turn from her duties, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever...
  • Impossible Things by Kate Johnson

    Impossible Things by Kate Johnson

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kael Vapensigsson is one of the elite Chosen—a Warlord whose strength comes from the gods themselves. But despite all his power and prestige, he is plagued by a prophecy that threatens to destroy everything he loves...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • Caraval by Stephanie Garber

    Caraval by Stephanie Garber

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 81 ratings
    A legendary competition.A mesmerizing romance.An unbreakable bondbetween two sisters.Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father...
  • Shattered Dance by Caitlin Brennan

    Shattered Dance by Caitlin Brennan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once again the Aurelian Empire is in danger, and once again Valeria must risk more than her life to save it...
  • The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter

    The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    WELCOME TO THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL.A DREAM COME TRUE…AND A LIVING NIGHTMARE.Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren’t based on myths and legends of the past—they are prophecies of the future...
  • A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes

    A Book of Spirits and Thieves by Morgan Rhodes

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Modern-day sisters discover deadly ancient magic in book 1 of this Falling Kingdoms spin-off series!Worlds collide in this suspenseful, page-turning Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, which explores a whole new side of Mytica—and an even darker version of its magic...
  • Lichgates by S.M. Boyce

    Lichgates by S.M. Boyce

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A single choice can change your life forever... When Kara Magari uncovers an ancient book of dark and deadly magic, she realizes she’s the only one who can read its enchanted pages… and overnight, she becomes the most coveted magical creature in not just one, but two worlds...
  • Tricky Magic by L.L. Campbell

    Tricky Magic by L.L. Campbell

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ellea is a Witch, a mix of both the respected Seers and the feared Tricksters. On top of that, she has also spent her whole life in the shadows of her parents' infamous attempted destruction. After Ellea’s frequent and feared vision of the future shifts into something darker and more terrifying than before, she runs to a town that used to be a haven for her as a child...
  • Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

    Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret...In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation...
  • Taming by A.K. Koonce

    Taming by A.K. Koonce

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I can only run from my past for so long. Eventually my Demons always find me. Unfortunately, that Demon has hired three insufferable dragon shifters to bring me back to him. I just have to hide my secrets a little longer. I just have to pretend to help these assholes find the person they’re looking for without letting them know the truth. They’re on the hunt for a dangerous Mage...
    Categorized as:
    epic  magic  mlm  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Escape the Sea by G. Bailey

    Escape the Sea by G. Bailey

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Seven towns. Seven seas. The seven council. The seven words every person lives by. The sea is lost, pirates are death. Cassandra should have been killed at birth, like all the other children who have powers like her. The changed ones. The ones who started the war, lost the seas and killed millions with their gifts. Lucky for Cassandra, her father is on the council...
  • The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

    The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally has a chance to tell his story and stand with allies new and old to save Faery and the world. For fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare!“YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME…”Robin Goodfellow. Puck...
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