The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
By: Tara Sim
3.62
Format: 512 pages, ebook
The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm t…
Want to Read $ 4.99"You and I both know there's no end to grief. The solution is to find a way to live alongside it, rather than allowing it to lead you by its leash."-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"He had been groomed to hunt beasts and yet somehow, he had become a hunting ground, a land wrecked by tooth and claw and one woman's arrow tip pointed between his eyes."-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"Fuck duty." It was a sentiment she had carried for years, but it had a different flavor in her mouth now, tinged not with adolescent rebellion but with weary disillusionment. What good was something like duty when it amounted to little more than unchallenged obedience?"-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"Coming to my rescue?' she asked in her midnight voice. He watched her breathe, the way her ribs expanded with it, the way the shadows still clung devotedly to her, caressing her skin like a jealous lover. His lungs burned. His blood burned. He didn't know if he was staring at a killer of monsters, or a monster herself."-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
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1. Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
By: Hannah Kaner
3.90
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Kissen’s family were killed by zealots of a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing gods, and enj… read more
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"But gods love martyrs."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Gods love martyrs. - Kissen"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"Kissen decided to be more proud than afraid."-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
"I want you to do this with me, not for me. - Arren"-Hannah Kaner, Godkiller (Fallen Gods, #1)
2. The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
By: Gabriela Romero Lacruz
3.33
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of c… read more
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"I thought tinieblas were nothing but a story—just a word for shadows. Tales to scare children into obedience. Horror tales are inspired by reality."-Gabriela Romero Lacruz, The Sun and the Void (The Warring Gods #1)
3. The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy, #1)
By: Chelsea Abdullah
4.01
Format: 468 pages, Hardcover
Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hun… read more
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4. A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)
By: Lyra Selene
3.77
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the sto… read more
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"The joy is in the thrill of the fight, not the promise of a kill."-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)
"If your love only destroys, let it destroy me. I am already a doomed man."-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)
"I was made of frost and rot and endless things. I was not made to fear the Folk."-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)
"I was made of weeds and dark water and unbreakable ice. I was not made to loose."-Lyra Selene, A Feather So Black (Fair Folk, #1)
5. Fathomfolk (Drowned World, #1)
By: Eliza Chan
3.16
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
From one of fantasy’s most exciting new voices Eliza Chan comes a modern, myth-inflected story of r… read more
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6. Labyrinth's Heart (Rook & Rose, #3)
By: M.A. Carrick
4.28
Format: 688 pages, ebook
“Lush, engrossing and full of mystery and dark magic" ( BookPage ), Labyrinth's Heart is the thrill… read more
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7. Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Her Majesty's Royal Coven, #1)
By: Juno Dawson
3.84
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches;… read more
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8. Faebound (Faebound, #1)
By: Saara El-Arifi
3.61
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy. D… read more
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9. The City of Stardust
By: Georgia Summers
3.34
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A young woman descends into a seductive magical underworld of power-hungry scholars, fickle gods an… read more
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10. Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)
By: Nicki Pau Preto
4.21
Format: 447 pages, Hardcover
Gideon the Ninth meets the Game of Thrones White Walkers in this dark young adult fantasy about a d… read more
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"We go in," Wren said with more confidence than she felt. But that, she had learned, was the way confidence worked."-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)
"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn’t it?"-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)
"You thought standing in his shadow was cold while he was alive, but standing in the shadow of his martyrdom is colder, isn't it?"-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)
"He wasn’t disappointed or hurt. He was livid. Let him be. She’d take the rage of the living over the silence of the dead any day."-Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith (House of the Dead, #1)
11. This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
By: Emily Thiede
3.97
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa’s gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner’s magi… read more
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"the thing that scares men with power most is a woman with more of it."-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
"A través de la ventana divina, la luz reduce a los demonios a cenizas."-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
"It's a lot easier to blame someone else when things go wrong than it is when your decisions have terrible consequences."-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
"Cry. Rage. You deserve to. You’re angry, and you should be, but you get to choose whether it will make you bitter or make you better."-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)
12. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
By: Amélie Wen Zhao
3.80
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation’s past—and u… read more
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"A sword's purpose may be determined by its wielder, but take the weapon away entirely, and neither the merciful nor the cruel may draw blood with it."-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
"What use are tears? Ying had murmured to her once, back when they had just crossed their twelfth cycle of life and the wounds of Lan’s losses still cut deep every night. The dead will neither feel th…"-Amélie Wen Zhao, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1)
13. City of Nightmares (City of Nightmares, #1)
By: Rebecca Schaeffer
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Gotham meets Strange the Dreamer in this thrilling young adult fantasy about a cowardly girl who fi… read more
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"Ma'am," I tell her. "Your husband was trying to eat you." "A misundertanding !" she insists, still waving the only arm she has left. I press my fingers to the bridge of my nose. "He ripped off your a…"-Rebecca Schaeffer, City of Nightmares (City of Nightmares, #1)
14. The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
By: Hannah F. Whitten
3.79
Format: 467 pages, Hardcover
When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. And in th… read more
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"A moment, then Gabe sighed, as if finally resigning himself to what was about to happen. "Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the …"-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
"The air around him almost seemed to glimmer, gold dust in the dark. Moonlight made him more beautiful, yes, but in the same way that darkness emphasized a flame. He didn't belong in it; Bastian Arcen…"-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
"Aim for the kneecaps." "Ah, yes." Bastian tied off the linen on her hands. "The kneecaps are the eyes of the legs." They both started at him. Then Gabe shrugged. "That's actually pretty good advice."…"-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
"This is what I saw, in the reflections of the tomb." She whispered it almost to herself, broken-voiced. "It's what the goddess dreamed, but I thought I could prevent it. I thought you would choose th…"-Hannah F. Whitten, The Foxglove King (The Nightshade Crown, #1)
15. The Hemlock Queen (The Nightshade Crown, #2)
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3.88
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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16. The Final Strife (Ending Fire, #1)
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4.22
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Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, o… read more
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17. The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire, #3)
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19. The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
By: Tara Sim
3.62
Format: 512 pages, ebook
The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. For each realm t… read more
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"You and I both know there's no end to grief. The solution is to find a way to live alongside it, rather than allowing it to lead you by its leash."-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"He had been groomed to hunt beasts and yet somehow, he had become a hunting ground, a land wrecked by tooth and claw and one woman's arrow tip pointed between his eyes."-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"Fuck duty." It was a sentiment she had carried for years, but it had a different flavor in her mouth now, tinged not with adolescent rebellion but with weary disillusionment. What good was something …"-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
"Coming to my rescue?' she asked in her midnight voice. He watched her breathe, the way her ribs expanded with it, the way the shadows still clung devotedly to her, caressing her skin like a jealous l…"-Tara Sim, The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
20. The Darkness Before Them (The Soulfire Saga, #1)
By: Matthew Ward
3.51
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
The first in an exciting, action-packed new trilogy from epic fantasy author Matthew Ward, The Dar… read more
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21. The Gods Below (The Hollow Covenant, #1)
By: Andrea Stewart
3.70
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The series is set in a world ravaged by ancient magic, where precious gemstones bestow magical abil… read more
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