22 must-read magic books like Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston

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Among the Beasts & Briars

By: Ashley Poston

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and pea…

"We were nine, and therefore invincible."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Now, what's a pretty flower like you doing in a wood like this?"

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Briars, brambles, bones, and blossom, I smell a girl who can’t be forgotten."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"IT IS SAID that the first king of Aloriya was born with the fire in his blood."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

If you liked the magic plot in Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Bone Houses

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

4.00

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family, and her family's graveya… read more

Similar categories in Emily Lloyd-Jones's The Bone Houses book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"There were some pains so old they were almost a comfort."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"Perhaps she could draw memories of him from these people like water from a well."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"Atop the barn's roof, a lone chicken sat watching as figures began to emerge from the forest."

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

"She was half a wild creature that loved a graveyard, the first taste of misty night air, and the heft of a shovel. She knew how things died. And in her darkest moments, she feared she did not know ho…"

-Emily Lloyd-Jones, The Bone Houses

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2. An Enchantment of Ravens

By: Margaret Rogerson

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immort… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Thornhedge

By: T. Kingfisher

4.00

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's Thornhedge book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Thorns die from the inside out, like priests."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"She was theirs; they were hers. The love of monsters was uncomplicated."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Two hundred years. It was immense—unthinkable—and ultimately meant nothing at all. Two years or two hundred or two thousand. The magic endures"

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

"Greenteeth did not slap one another—not out of any virtue, but because a slap was such a useless thing underwater. When greenteeth brawled, it was with teeth and strangling fingers, spines and claws."

-T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge

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4. House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

By: Erin A. Craig

4.14

Format: 544 pages, Library Binding

A modern masterpiece, this is a classic Gothic thriller-fantasy from New York Times bestselling aut… read more

Similar categories in Erin A. Craig's House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Besides, what else am I meant to be doing? I didn't laze around in life and I certainly wasn't going to start in death."

-Erin A. Craig, House of Roots and Ruin (Sisters of the Salt, #2)

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5. A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

By: Ava Reid

3.78

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood… read more

Similar categories in Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The only enemy is the sea."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"No one owns the right to tell a story."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"I find you very charming underneath all the smugness."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

"The sea is treacherous, but women are even more treacherous."

-Ava Reid, A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

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6. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.02

Format: 317 pages, Hardcover

A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and dis… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How was it that I suddenly had faerie kings, plural, demanding to marry me?"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"I could not tell if he was terrible at drawing cats or if he simply had a terrible cat."

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"Shadow padded up to me and put his head on my knee, all forgiven, as it always is with dogs. If I frightened my cat as I had Shadow, she'd ignore me for days, or possibly put a curse on me, but then …"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

"And you shall shut yourself away forever in those old stones with your books and your mysteries like a dragon with her hoard, having as little association with the living as possible and emerging onl…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)

Cover of Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1) by Margaret  Rogerson

7. Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

By: Margaret Rogerson

4.05

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a fou… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I like girls too, Scrivener."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"I am not pulling you on a sled!"

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"I will see Master Thorn settled."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

"The library wants to fight back."

-Margaret Rogerson, Sorcery of Thorns (Sorcery of Thorns, #1)

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8. A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

By: Stephanie Garber

4.13

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to t… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Garber's A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"My turn again."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"Being yours does not make you mine."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"You could never look awful,' he said faintly."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

"His heart was racing again, and now so was hers."

-Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3)

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9. Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

By: Adalyn Grace

4.16

Format: 465 pages, Hardcover

This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition features an alternate jacket and a unique hardcover case and … read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's Foxglove (Belladonna, #2) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Look at me."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"You are mine."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"For as long as you’ll have me, you are mine, Signa Farrow. I will burn this world to cinders before I let anyone take you from me"

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

"After all she’d overcome, boiling her choices down to Fate made her success feel unearned. Like he somehow had a hand in all her hardest decisions and her biggest triumphs."

-Adalyn Grace, Foxglove (Belladonna, #2)

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10. A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

By: Hafsah Faizal

3.57

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Why save the world when you can have tea? On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a c… read more

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  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Every good love story starts with a bullet to the heart."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"We understand what it's like to grieve with fire and not tears."

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

"It was hard not to watch Arthie Casimir. The way she worked and schemed, at times as still as stone, other times as restless as a bee. For the most part, Arthie obscured her femininity. She was, afte…"

-Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea, #1)

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11. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

By: Heather Fawcett

4.32

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wi… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"One of the guiding principles of dryadology,"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I may not be a miller's daughter, but you are not so different from the Folk as you think, Your Highness." I lifted her wineglass and dashed the remainder against her face, spilling it across her mou…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"I brushed the hair from his face. It is very soft--- ludicrously so, in fact, more like rabbit down or dandelion seed than human hair--- and I found I could not stop stroking it. He murmured somethin…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

"Dr. Farris Rose has served as Department Head for over a decade, taking over from Letitia Barrister, who was abducted by a bogle in the Hebrides and returned several weeks later aged to approximately…"

-Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)

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12. A Fragile Enchantment

By: Allison Saft

3.53

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical … read more

Similar categories in Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You're like a pint-sized hurricane of earnestness and good cheer."

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

"it's not meaningful to kill yourself little by little to make people happy!"

-Allison Saft, A Fragile Enchantment

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13. Song of the Six Realms

By: Judy I. Lin

3.58

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Judy I. Lin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Magic Steeped in Poison, weaves a dreamy got… read more

Similar categories in Judy I. Lin's Song of the Six Realms book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5)

By: Margaret Rogerson

4.08

Format: 192 pages, ebook

In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magic… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Rogerson's Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Not every story has a happy ending, but most do if you are brave enough to keep reading to the end."

-Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5)

"Mercy squared her shoulders. “Silas had a talk with me this morning about how he isn’t going to murder me and bury me in the back garden. He gave me his world as a gentleman."

-Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5)

"Not many. Male heirs nearly always inherit the family demon, which is ridiculous, I know. Given my mother’s skill at tricking Maximilian into eating his vegetables, I suspect she would have been far …"

-Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5)

"No wonder the escaped grimoires were squabbling with each other. The older ones would disagree with the changes written down in the younger ones; the younger ones would chafe against antiquated opini…"

-Margaret Rogerson, Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns, #1.5)

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15. A Forgery of Roses

By: Jessica S. Olson

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for. She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s r… read more

Similar categories in Jessica S. Olson's A Forgery of Roses book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I was going to do some more work when I got home, but…"

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"A love for books is the best indicator of a curious mind."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Lucy grimaces at me. “I ran into Marie and Beth while we were out."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Art holds magic. It captures how it feels to be alive, with all its aches and sorrows and joy."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

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16. House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

By: Erin A. Craig

3.91

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, … read more

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  • romance
  • retellings
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"You can’t change traditions just because you don’t like them."

-Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

"Oh my darling Annaleigh, remember when you let the turtles go? Some things can't be kept." He cupped my cheek, and my tears trickled down his fingers. "Be brave. Be strong. You'll always have my whol…"

-Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

"Flushed with starlight and moonlight drowned, All the dreamers are castle-bound. At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind, Revealing fantasies soft or unkind. Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest day…"

-Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows (Sisters of the Salt, #1)

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17. All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1)

By: Adalyn Grace

3.66

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Set in a kingdom where danger lurks beneath the sea, mermaids seek vengeance with song, and magic i… read more

Similar categories in Adalyn Grace's All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth, #1) book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The Drowned Woods

By: Emily Lloyd-Jones

3.87

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Once upon a time, the kingdoms of Wales were rife with magic and conflict, and eighteen-year-old Me… read more

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  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Where the Dark Stands Still

By: A.B. Poranek

4.12

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We kissed, you incorrigible antlered tradgedy!"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"His eyebrows tilt up, firelight reflecting in his eyes. "It was always to be my fate." "Fate," she scoffs. "What is fate but an excuse to surrender responsibility? No, Eliasz, we cannot think of that…"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

"Please," she begs. "Surely there must be some spell—there must be something, anything. Please, Eliasz, please. Tell me how to save you." "Liska, Liseczka. Oj, lisku." He raises her hand to his lips, …"

-A.B. Poranek, Where the Dark Stands Still

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20. Flowerheart

By: Catherine Bakewell

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Clara’s magic has always been wild. But it’s never been dangerous. Then a simple touch causes poiso… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Bakewell's Flowerheart book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The goal was not to subdue one's anger or shame, but rather to embrace it. Control was not the objective; freedom was. (Chapter 16, page 220)"

-Catherine Bakewell, Flowerheart

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21. Among the Beasts & Briars

By: Ashley Poston

3.77

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and pea… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We were nine, and therefore invincible."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Now, what's a pretty flower like you doing in a wood like this?"

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"Briars, brambles, bones, and blossom, I smell a girl who can’t be forgotten."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

"IT IS SAID that the first king of Aloriya was born with the fire in his blood."

-Ashley Poston, Among the Beasts & Briars

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22. Violet Made of Thorns

By: Gina Chen

3.54

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkly enchanting fantasy debut about a morally gray witch, a cursed prince, and a prophecy that … read more

Similar categories in Gina Chen's Violet Made of Thorns book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • retellings
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Don’t look at me like that."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"Sometimes you hate someone so much, you fall in love."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"A prince without the fixings, after all, is just a boy."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

"If I must be a villain, I will be one of my own making."

-Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

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23. Dreams Lie Beneath

By: Rebecca Ross

4.08

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

A story about magic and the captivating power of dreams. A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—dur… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Ross's Dreams Lie Beneath book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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24. The Poison Season

By: Mara Rutherford

3.68

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from a… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's The Poison Season book and Ashley Poston's Among the Beasts & Briars

  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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25. A Far Wilder Magic

By: Allison Saft

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

When Margaret Welty spots the legendary hala, the last living mythical creature, she knows the Half… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"How could Margaret ever think he'd lose himself to alchemy when he has already hopelessly lost himself to her?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"Girls like her don’t get to dream. Girls like her get to survive. Most days, that’s enough. Today, she doesn’t think it is."

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"How many times will she watch someone leave this place and never look back, while she is left here like a ghost to haunt it?"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

"If he can’t grieve his father or his impossible dreams without hurting his family or himself, what other choice does he have but to keep things light? To dazzle people so they can’t look for the crac…"

-Allison Saft, A Far Wilder Magic

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26. Sisters of Sword and Song

By: Rebecca Ross

4.07

Format: 462 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Queen’s Rising comes a thrilling YA stand-alone fantasy about the unbreakabl… read more

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  • romance
  • adventure
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"We all hold secrets like breath."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"She whispered, “The world will darken without you."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"There is always more strength to draw from. You must find where it hides and wield it."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

"My magic is gone, Evadne," he said, mournful. Evadne drew back so she could look at him, "Then we shall have to make our own."

-Rebecca Ross, Sisters of Sword and Song

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27. Star Daughter

By: Shveta Thakrar

3.29

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

If the night sky holds many secrets, it holds Sheetal Mistry's secret the closest. A secret that ex… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • young adult
  • young adult fantasy
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Seizing power is one thing, and holding it is quite another,"

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"Sheetal woke night after night singing songs no human knew..."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"You want to understand humans? That is what makes us—and art—what we are. That choice to keep getting back up and trying again in the face of suffering and injustice and despair."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

"What did she want? Adventures. Cupcakes and kulfi. To be star bright and mortal dark and make her own choices, too. To not be bound by other people’s expectations. More than anything, to be seen."

-Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

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28. Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

3.92

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned nov… read more

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  • romance
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Caring about other people is very irritating."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

"You just can't kill people and be pretty. It's confusing."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

"It seemed feeble to merely refer to her boss as a “person"

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

"She steadied him like an anchor to a wayward ship, and he couldn’t resist"

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

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29. Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)

By: Tara Sim

3.55

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her … read more

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30. The Spellshop

By: Sarah Beth Durst

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut–a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbo… read more

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"We can only control what we do and hope that other people make the right choice."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"She was lonely, and she wanted someone to love. She made me out of love, and the empire destroyed her for it."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"There was something so very beautiful about a notebook without a single note in it. It felt like touching pure potential."

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

"I hope you know what you're doing" Caz said as he returned. "I absolutely do not know what I'm doing. I thought that was clear?"

-Sarah Beth Durst, The Spellshop

Cover of Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

31. Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

By: Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring spray-painted edges, while supplies last in the US and Canada onl… read more

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"There had to be a rule somewhere that evil overlords needed to be at least fifty, maybe sixty if they were pushing it."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

"Sometimes family isn't a thing we are born into but a choice we make. Sometimes" -Evie smiled-"the people who love ypu most in your life are the ones who choose you."

-Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #2)

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