The Dead Girls’ Dance (The Morganville Vampires 2) by Rachel Caine Claire Danvers has her share of challenges—like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains, dealing with the homicidal girls in her dorm, and above all, finding out that her college town is overrun with vampires. On the up side, she has a great roommate (who tends to disappear at sunup) and a new boyfriend named Shane, whose vampire-hunting dad has called in backup: cycle punks who like the idea of killing just about anything. Now a fraternity is throwing its annual Dead Girls’ Dance and—surprise!—Claire… Read more »
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Abandon by Meg Cabot
Abandon (Abandon 1) by Meg Cabot Last year she flatlined following an accident. During that time Pierce saw a dark world and met a mysterious, irresistible boy. Now that boy, John Hayden, has turned up at school. Every time she sees him Pierce finds herself in terrible danger. Yet she’s still drawn to him. John wants to take her back to the place she fears the most: the Underworld. The question is, why? (back cover) Pierce moves to Isla Huesos with her mom after her parent’s divorce and Pierce’s near death experience. One day she was trying to save a… Read more »
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
Graveminder by Melissa Marr Claysville. Normal towns don’t lure you back. Maylene Burrow and William Montgomery have for years borne special responsibilities in the town of Claysville. Duties to the newly departed that help keep their loved ones safe. Rebekkah Barrow, Maylene’s granddaughter, left Claysville a decade ago, trying to put painful memories behind her. But evil has been let loose in Claysville and now Maylene is dead. It falls to Rebekkah to return to the town – and the man – she left behond, to stop a monster and keep the dead in their place. Byron Montgomery, following in… Read more »
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices 1) by Cassandra Clare Magic is dangerous – but love is more dangerous still… When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray arrives in England during the reign of Queen Victoria, something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural fold stalk the gaslit streets. Friendless and hunted, Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons. Drawn ever deeper into their world, she finds herself fascinated by – and torn between – two best friends and quickly realizes that love may be the most… Read more »
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy 2) by Deborah Harkness Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew. Now the fragile coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened. Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. But they soon realise that the past may not provide a haven. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy for Queen… Read more »
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Darkfever (Fever 1) by Karen Marie Moning MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens. When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive… Read more »
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels 4) by Ilona Andrews Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren’t for the magic. When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as unpredictably as it rose. Kate Daniels works for the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, officially as a liaison with the mercenary guild. Unofficially, she cleans up the paranormal problems no one else wants to handle—especially if they involve Atlanta’s shapeshifting community. When she’s called… Read more »
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and… Read more »
Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
Magic Burns (Kate Daniels 2) by Ilona Andrews Down in Atlanta, as waves of magic ebb and flow, tempers – and temperatures – are about to flare . As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels has seen her share of occupational hazards. Normally, waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years the city has to deal with a flare, when magic runs rampant, and the danger levels are higher than ever. Kate is tasked with retrieving a set of maps stolen from the pack, Atlanta’s paramilitary… Read more »
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Wolfsbane (Nightshade 2) by Andrea Cremer You’re an alpha, a leader. That’s what we need. It’s what we’ve always needed. When Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of her sworn enemies, she’s certain her days are numbered. Then the Searchers make her an offer, one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save her pack – and the boy – she left behind. But is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth… Read more »
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