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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...
  • Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

    Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence...
  • 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...
  • Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Everything Richard Rahl has learned will be for naught as the ruthless Emperor Jagang returns with his vast legions...heralded by a mystical plague that kills innocents in the thousands.Richard must now challenge the undefeatable: the magic that thwarts magic, sealed away for three thousand years in the Temple of Winds...
  • Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash

    Reign of Darkness by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "Know your place, Nikolas." "Under the heel of your boot, Your Highness?"After a terrible inferno destroys the Caville palace, and with the people of Loreen turned against him, Prince Vasili is left with no choice but to flee his ancestral home, leaving Amir to proclaim himself king. But the prince's life isn't the only one left in ashes...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  royalty  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    "Even if a magician's powers surface of their own accord, he will soon be dead if he does not gain the knowledge of how to control them." Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies—including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador...
  • Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With the powerful cities of Seran and Loreen having fallen to elves, and the dark flame escaping its bonds, Prince Vasili Caville’s plight has never been more desperate. But for the first time in his lifetime, he’s not alone. With the formidable Nikolas Yazdan at his side, not all is lost. But Nikolas has changed...
  • Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

    Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  female-mc  friendship  magic  paranormal  royalty  war
  • Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Once, only her own life hung in the balance…When Yelena was a poison taster, her life was simpler. But She'd survived to become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands—and protect her relationship with Valek...
  • Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

    Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 63 ratings
    The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good... and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye...
  • King of the Dark by Ariana Nash

    King of the Dark by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the author who brought you the award-winning Silk & Steel series comes a new dark MM high fantasy. "Your love is worthless, it's your hate I need." ~Prince Vasili CavilleWhen King Talos Caville surrendered the war to the elves, soldier Nikolas Yazdan vowed never to serve the royals again...
  • Dynasty of Ghosts by P.L. Nunn

    Dynasty of Ghosts by P.L. Nunn

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Illya has always been different - fey, quiet, and cursed with the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. A younger son of a younger son from a backwater mountain province, he is a nobody in the king’s army until he comes to the notice of the Prince Knight himself, the spoiled, stubborn heir to the kingdom of Aldania...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  royalty  dark  war  epic  romance  fantasy
  • Five ​Dark Fates by Kendare Blake

    Five ​Dark Fates by Kendare Blake

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    After the grim confrontation with Queen Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. Jules’s legion curse has been unbound, and it is up to Arsinoe to find a cure, even as the responsibility of stopping the ravaging mist lies heavy on her shoulders, and her shoulders alone. Mirabella has disappeared.Katharine’s reign remains intact—for now...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dystopia  epic  family  female-mc  friendship  magic  paranormal
  • Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 101 ratings
    ▶ Alternative Cover Edition #1 Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.Alina Starkov has never been good at anything...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dystopia  epic  female-mc  friendship  magic  paranormal  royalty
  • Furyborn by Claire Legrand

    Furyborn by Claire Legrand

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The stunningly original, must-read fantasy of 2018 follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it.When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood...
  • Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

    Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Darkness never works alone...Nadya doesn’t trust her magic anymore. Serefin is fighting off a voice in his head that doesn’t belong to him. Malachiasz is at war with who--and what--he’s become. As their group is continually torn apart, the girl, the prince, and the monster find their fates irrevocably intertwined. They’re pieces on a board, being orchestrated by someone… or something...
  • Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

    Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    He saw the darkness in her magic. She saw the magic in his darkness.Wren Southerland’s reckless use of magic has cost her everything: she’s been dismissed from the Queen’s Guard and separated from her best friend—the girl she loves...
  • Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

    Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.A prince in danger must decide who to trust.A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war...
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    dark  dystopia  epic  magic  paranormal  royalty  war  witches-wizards
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