Song of the Crimson Flower (Rise of the Empress, #2.5)
By: Julie C. Dao
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns comes a fantastical new tale of darkness…
Want to Read $ 10.99"She couldn't possibly put into words the storm of feelings inside her. But she had to try, just in case somewhere deep inside him was a spark of life listening to her. "Love isn't waiting for someone to remember me. Love isn't dreaming about them all alone. Love is talking together, forgiving each other, finding common threads in the lives we want. I've learned that now. You taught me."-Julie C. Dao, Song of the Crimson Flower (Rise of the Empress, #2.5)
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1. Dust & Decay (Rot & Ruin, #2)
By: Jonathan Maberry
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Six months have passed since the terrifying battle with Charlie Pink-eye and the Motor City Hammer … read more
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2. Song of the Current (Song of the Current #1)
By: Sarah Tolcser
4.04
Format: 192 pages,
Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the riv… read more
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3. Bad Romance
By: Heather Demetrios
4.19
Format: 416 pages,
Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother ma… read more
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- romance
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4. For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
By: Diana Peterfreund
3.87
Format: 407 pages, Hardcover
It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimatin… read more
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- romance
- retellings
- young adult
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"...You are my compass star." And he was hers."-Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
"In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be."-Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
"I don't need to see the trail to know you're at the end of it. My grandfather's compass may not work, but mine is still true."-Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
"She knows your mother isn't here to protect you any more. But you know what the solution is: stay out of her way. Stay here. Stay with me."-Diana Peterfreund, For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars, #1)
5. Kat and Meg Conquer the World
By: Anna Priemaza
3.60
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything, Emery Lord's When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell… read more
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7. The Gatekeepers
By: Jen Lancaster
4.09
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Anyone passing through North Shore, IL, would think this was the most picture-perfect place ever, w… read more
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8. Court of Lions (Mirage, #2)
By: Somaiya Daud
3.92
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? After being sw… read more
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- audiobook
9. Dragonfruit
By: Makiia Lucier
3.89
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythol… read more
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- romance
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"Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her"-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit
"sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another"-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit
"May Taga find your spirit and guide you home to the sea beyond. In clear water where danger will never catch you. Among the coral and caves where the bounty is full. Alongside your ancestors and thei…"-Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit
10. Empress of All Seasons
By: Emiko Jean
3.56
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems. Each generation, a competition is held to fi… read more
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- romance
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- high fantasy
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- young adult fantasy
- asian literature
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"Every weapon has a destiny."-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons
"Silence is the cousin of invisibility."-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons
"Do not let your fear decide your fate."-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons
"Our bodies are not ornaments, they are instruments."-Emiko Jean, Empress of All Seasons
11. A Wilderness of Stars
By: Shea Ernshaw
3.43
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
If magic lives anywhere, it’s in the stars… Vega has lived in the valley her whole life—forbidde… read more
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- fantasy
- audiobook
12. Wildbound (Forestborn, #2)
By: Elayne Audrey Becker
4.09
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The thrilling follow-up to Elayne Audrey Becker's debut YA epic fantasy, Forestborn, full of forest… read more
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- high fantasy
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13. Spitting Gold
By: Carmella Lowkis
3.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deliciously haunting debut for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah Penner set in 19th-century Paris, b… read more
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- fantasy
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14. A Song to Drown Rivers
By: Ann Liang
4.32
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China, A Song to Drown … read more
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- retellings
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"Please,"-Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers
"His eyes fluttered open, focused on me; it was how he had looked at me in all our time together, across the palace rivers, across the polished floors of his chambers, underneath the moonlight. no mat…"-Ann Liang, A Song to Drown Rivers
15. Song of the Crimson Flower (Rise of the Empress, #2.5)
By: Julie C. Dao
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns comes a fantastical new tale of darkness… read more
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- romance
- retellings
- magic
- young adult
- high fantasy
- fiction
- young adult fantasy
- asian literature
- fantasy
- audiobook
"She couldn't possibly put into words the storm of feelings inside her. But she had to try, just in case somewhere deep inside him was a spark of life listening to her. "Love isn't waiting for someone…"-Julie C. Dao, Song of the Crimson Flower (Rise of the Empress, #2.5)
16. A Warning About Swans
By: R.M. Romero
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Swan Lake meets The Last Unicorn by way of the Brothers Grimm in a dreamy, original fairytale in ve… read more
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17. Volume 0: Issue One
By: Juliet Escoria
3.31
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
Darker. Edgier. Strang-er We like our stories intense, offbeat, and fun in the slightly naughty … read more
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18. Shattered Midnight (The Mirror, #2)
By: Dhonielle Clayton
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Zora Broussard has arrived in New Orleans with not much more than a bag of clothes, a beautiful voi… read more
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- romance
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- magic
- young adult
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"A promise is a promise. A contract is a contract.' Mama B scowled and snatched the money. 'Mark my words. You've swallowed a storm of misfortune. I will drown you before long. You thought your family…"-Dhonielle Clayton, Shattered Midnight (The Mirror, #2)
19. Tears of Frost (Heart of Thorns, #2)
By: Bree Barton
3.50
Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition
The electric second book in the Heart of Thorns trilogy explores the effects of power in a dark mag… read more
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20. Phantasma
By: Kaylie Smith
4.44
Format: 461 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Phantasma. There are only two rules to the game. Stay alive. And don’t fall in love. … read more
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"In a different life, in a fair one, I would've kept you until my eternal soul withered away to dust"-Kaylie Smith, Phantasma
21. Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
By: Janet Hill
3.87
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After moving to a seemingly quaint and quiet new town, Lucy faces a new reality in which fairies ex… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- young adult fantasy
- young adult
"Sometimes it's not news; it's just too much information."-Janet Hill, Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
"...an enchantment requires three things: a spell, an energy source, and a conduit."-Janet Hill, Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
"You see, a spell is essentially like a recipe. It needs ingredients - just as a loaf of bread will require flour, yeast, water, and sugar. But that bread isn't going to bake on its own unless you add…"-Janet Hill, Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
"Lucy headed home, taking Charles Avenue over to Oak Grove, where some of the loveliest gardens in town resided. She walked alen the sidewalk, lingering longer in the shady patches, admiring the rose-…"-Janet Hill, Lucy Crisp and the Vanishing House
