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  • A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

    A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 107 ratings
    FEYRE WILL BRING VENGEANCE.She has left the Night Court - and her High Lord - and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees, and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well...
  • The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

    The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    The final chapter in the Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war.Daevabad has fallen.After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people...
  • The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

    The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen. Now Moscow has been struck by disaster. Its people are searching for answers—and for someone to blame...
  • Iron Flame (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros, Khaya Fraites

    Iron Flame (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros, Khaya Fraites

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through...
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  • The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

    The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 58 ratings
    Return to Daevabad in the spellbinding sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS.Nahri’s life changed forever the moment she accidentally summoned Dara, a formidable, mysterious djinn, during one of her schemes. Whisked from her home in Cairo, she was thrust into the dazzling royal court of Daevabad and quickly discovered she would need all her grifter instincts to survive there...
  • Upheaval by Auryn Hadley

    Upheaval by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    VICTORY IS AT HAND! ALL THEY NEED IS A MIRACLE…The evil Emperor is in our heroine’s sights—all she needs now is a military and cultural miracle...
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    magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  aliens  alpha-mc  book
  • Dissent by Auryn Hadley

    Dissent by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    HER MIND IS MORPHING BY THE MINUTE…PREPARE TO HAVE YOURS BLOWN! Cancel your lunch and dinner dates, and clear out your inbox at work before picking up DISSENT, the SEVENTH installment of the action-packed sci-fi fantasy series, Rise Of The Iliri! Because this is the truth: This epic series, spellbinding from the first, only becomes more powerfully enthralling with each adventure...
  • Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

    Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times-bestselling King of Scars Duology.The Demon King...
  • Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

    Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The thrilling, twenty-years-in-the-making, conclusion to the New York Times–bestselling Queen’s Thief series, by Megan Whalen Turner. This beloved and award-winning series began with the acclaimed novel The Thief...
  • Havoc by Auryn Hadley

    Havoc by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    HISTORY DECREES SHE MUST DIE—OR LOSE HER MIND The world has waited a long time for the Kaisae—Salryc Luxx, leader of the iliri and commander of the allied forces. Kaisaes before her have died or gone mad. But now that they are so close to finally winning the war and finding peace for her species, either option is unthinkable! She's still needed...
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  • Risen by Auryn Hadley

    Risen by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In the final stretch of the war, the rules are changing faster than Anglia can keep up. The Kaisae of all Iliri is gone. Her mates are holding the army together. Her dreams are changing everything—and Sal? She's not done yet. The Emperor has taken too much from her. Life, loves, and much of her happiness. All she has left is desperation—and blind trust. But she's not alone. She never has been...
  • Defiance by Auryn Hadley

    Defiance by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    HER ONLY CHOICE IS TO CHANGE HER WORLD… Salryc Luxx has come a long way in just four years, from slave to conscript, to elite Black Blade assassin, rising rapidly as her extraordinary abilities are revealed...
  • Resilience by Auryn Hadley

    Resilience by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    THE FINAL SHOWDOWN IS NEAR…BUT WHO IS THE REAL ENEMY?Auryn Hadley’s sixth action-adventure in The Rise of the Iliri fantasy series asks how far mankind will go to protect their pride. Because it seems they’ll guard it at the expense of all else...
  • Hope by Auryn Hadley

    Hope by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    By reader request, Hope is a full-length epilogue novel to show what comes after the series ends. The war is over. The dead have been laid to rest. Peace is on the horizon, and Anglia is a country that needs to be put back together...
  • Overtaken by K.F. Breene

    Overtaken by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Reunited with her people, Shanti knows that she must make a move in order to finally put her duty to rest. But as always, Xandre is one step ahead of her.For one brief moment when she lets down her guard, Shanti falls into enemy hands. But if Xandre thought she would be a docile prisoner, he was sadly mistaken...
  • Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The Hunter was not trained to admit defeat.With the title of Chosen secured, Shanti and Cayan must look to the next steps in ripping back their freedom from the most deadly tyrant in the land. Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones with an agenda.Without mental power to defend themselves, the Westwood Lands are trapped within their own walls...
  • The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas

    The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren’t much for conversation, and Celaena Sardothien wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s not there to chatter, she’s there to hone her craft as the world’s most feared killer for hire. When the quiet is shattered by forces who want to destroy the Silent Assassins, Celaena must find a way to stop them, or she’ll be lucky to leave the desert alive...
  • Instinctual by Auryn Hadley

    Instinctual by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    EVERY MAN WANTS HER. MANY WANT TO KILL HER.Good luck to them….In the second beautifully-crafted paranormal romance of this reverse harem epic fantasy series, author Auryn Hadley explores Sal’s gently-morphing relationship to the Black Blades—her comarades-in-arms and lovers (although very little is gentle about their mating)...
  • A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire.Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival...
  • An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 79 ratings
    ▶ Alternative Cover Edition #1 Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free.   Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.   It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother...
  • Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton

    Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice...
  • A ​Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

    A ​Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 55 ratings
    Prepare for the jaw-dropping finale of Sabaa Tahir's beloved New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series, and discover: Who will survive the storm?Picking up just a few months after A Reaper at the Gates left off...The long-imprisoned jinn are on the attack, wreaking bloody havoc in villages and cities alike...
  • Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Rebels, royals, and monsters wage war over the Mytican throne in the shocking fourth book of the Falling Kingdoms series, from New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes...
  • Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Wandfasted by Laurie Forest

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Magic, romance and adventure collide in WANDFASTED, the irresistible ebook prequel to THE BLACK WITCH Twenty years before Elloren Gardner enrolled at the illustrious Verpax University, Erthia was rent asunder during the devastating Realm War. When Tessla Harrow is driven from her home by the fighting, she discovers a depth of power she never knew she had..
  • 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...
  • Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

    Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Fans of Susan Dennard's Witchlands series have fallen in love with the Bloodwitch Aeduan. And now, finally, comes his story.High in a snowy mountain range, a monastery that holds more than just faith clings to the side of a cliff. Below, thwarted by a lake, a bloodthirsty horde of raiders await the coming of winter and the frozen path to destroy the sanctuary and its secrets...
  • 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...
  • Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson

    Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    She feared the dark visions and the magic within her. And she dreamed of the miraculous love that could save her.Like an enchanted fairy tale prince he stepped from the sky to claim her—the Fey King, her destiny, her one and true love.But behind the mesmerizing beauty of Rain’s violet eyes Ellysetta saw the passionate hunger of the beast . .
  • The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw...
  • Court Duel by Sherwood Smith

    Court Duel by Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The evil king is dead, the war is over, and Meliara -- barefoot countess and reluctant heroine -- has been swept up into a different kind of battle in the dance halls and drawing rooms of the royal palace. Physical warfare is easy compared to the genteel skirmishes of the royal court...
  • Dark Skies by Danielle L. Jensen

    Dark Skies by Danielle L. Jensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A RUNAWAY WITH A HIDDEN PASTLydia is a scholar, but books are her downfall when she meddles in the plots of the most powerful man in the Celendor Empire. Her life in danger, she flees west to the far side of the Endless Seas and finds herself entangled in a foreign war where her burgeoning powers are sought by both sides...
  • The Fathomless Caves by Kate Forsyth

    The Fathomless Caves by Kate Forsyth

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In Eileanan, victory has finally been won, and those of faery kind--from the mighty dragons to the mysterious nyx--have sworn their friendship and aid. Only the sea-dwelling Fairgean have refused to sign the Pact of Peace. Driven by ancient hatreds, they have devoted themselves to destroying all who dwell upon the land...
  • The Sea by A.H. Lee

    The Sea by A.H. Lee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Knights and necromancers are never on the same side… are they? Sairis has known all his life that knights are not his friends…until the last few weeks, when he somehow forgot, and tumbled into bed with one. He told Roland to leave, hurt him badly, used as many cruel words as possible. And yet Roland stubbornly refuses to leave Sairis alone, half-naked and friendless in the wilderness...
  • The Dreamtrails by Isobelle Carmody

    The Dreamtrails by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The adventure continues with acclaimed fantasy author Isobelle Carmody's The Dreamtrails, an omnibus edition of books five and six in the dystopian fantasy the Obernewtyn Chronicles--"Wavesong" and "The Stone Key!" Captured, Elspeth Gordie is drawn deep into the heart of her enemies. Once there, she meets unusual allies and uncovers a devastating plot brewing in their ranks...
  • Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In GATHERING DARKNESS, book three of the New York Times bestselling Falling Kingdoms series, the stakes have never been higher as three teams push forward on a race to find the Kindred, the four elemental crystals possessing ancient all-powerful magic, first:Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces...
  • Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken

    Dragon on Top by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Try a little dragon tenderness. I am Glheanna the Decimator. I am a warrior. A soldier. I know no fear. No pain. No mercy. I do, however, know acute embarrassment! How could I not after getting dumped by a bastard dragon in front of my own troops? So I tuck tail and return to my cave, drowning my sorrows in ale—as is my family’s way...
  • A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

    A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Beyond the Martial Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.Helene Aquilla, the Blood Shrike, is desperate to protect her sister's life and the lives of everyone in the Empire. Yet danger lurks on all sides...
  • Der letzte Kampf by Rachel E. Carter

    Der letzte Kampf by Rachel E. Carter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He’s the Black Mage and she’s the traitor to the Crown.Ryiah’s world was shattered the night she discovered King Blayne’s nefarious plans. Now, she has to betray the one she loves most in order to save the realm from war...
  • 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...
  • The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

    The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Lia has survived Venda—but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it.With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier—as leader. While she struggles to reach Morrighan and warn them, she finds herself at cross-purposes with Rafe and suspicious of Kaden, who has hunted her down...
  • His Fairy Share by Meghan Maslow

    His Fairy Share by Meghan Maslow

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Why does this always happen to us?” Quinn Broomsparkle, wizard extraordinaireSix months have passed since wizard Quinn Broomsparkle left behind his indentured servant shackles. He’s in love with his half-dragon/half-fairy familiar, Twig Starfig. He’s got a home. Friends. A job. And a father-in-law he could do without. A pretty close to perfect life...
  • 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...
  • Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos...
  • Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Night Study by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Maria V. Snyder transports readers back to the realms of Sitia and Ixia in an exciting new Study novel full of magic, danger and intrigue. Ever since being kidnapped from the Illiais Jungle as a child, Yelena Zaltana's life has been fraught with peril. But the recent loss of her Soulfinding abilities has endangered her more than ever before...
  • The Border by A.H. Lee

    The Border by A.H. Lee

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Roland thought necromancers were inhuman monsters. Until he met Sairis.Roland and Sairis have escaped from a traumatic assassination attempt, solved the mystery of their attacker, and enjoyed plenty of heavy petting along the way. Roland knows that it’s too soon for love, but he feels like he’s falling head over heels...
  • Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book Two by Ginn Hale

    Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book Two by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy, Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose. But a violent death outside the ring marks Elezar as a wanted man and sends him into hiding in the far northern wilds of Labara...
  • 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...
  • Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    As two lethal elemental gods set out to destroy Mytica, sworn enemies must become allies in the final fight to save the kingdoms.Jonas continues to willfully defy his destiny, but the consequences of plotting his own course are drastic. As the fight for Mytica rages on, he must decide just how much more he's willing to sacrifice...
  • Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In Wizard's First Rule, Richard Cypher's world was turned upside down. Once a simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save the world from the vile dominance of Darken Rahl, the most viciously savage and powerful wizard the world had ever seen...
  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 72 ratings
    They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared...
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