Young Adult

Dark Reflections by Kai Meyer and Elizabeth D. Crawford

Dark Reflections is an omnibus edition of the Dark Reflections trilogy by Kai Meyer: The Water Mirror, The Stone Light, and The Glass Word. They tell the story of a young orphan, Merle, and her friend, Junipa, who are brought into the home of Arcimboldo, a master craftsman of magic mirrors bought by the rich women of Venice, Italy. Merle has always had in her possession a special mirror, through which she is able to touch the comforting hand of a stranger, the person she believes to be one of her parents. Read More »

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Sunday Woodcutter is the youngest of seven sisters, all named after days of the week. Sunday loves to write stories, but is sad and a little lonely because no one will listen to them. One day she meets an enchanted frog named Grumble who begs to hear her stories. Soon Sunday and Grumble fall in love. After a kiss goodbye, love’s true kiss, Grumble is transformed back into Prince Rumbold. Read More »

Vesper by Jeff Sampson

Mostly content to live in her geek world, Emily Webb is suddenly feeling very different at night, almost as if another personality has overtaken her calm and boring self, encouraging her to become brave and daring. While the feelings were fantastic, they were also a bit unnerving, especially after Emily received a call from her best friend, Megan, who told her about the other Emily, Emily Cooke, who had been murdered earlier that evening. Confused and stunned, Emily looked down at herself and was horrified to see the completely inappropriate clothing and makeup she was wearing.
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Watched by Sharde Richardson

Mikayla is a typical teen. All she wants is to be with friends play video games and enjoy a life with little responsibility, all that changes when she is attacked and has a near death experience. When she returns from that moment between life and death Mikayla can see auras, pretty cool. Well not really. The auras are really demons and Mikayla has been tasked with seeing them dispatched back to hell.
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The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

Maya has always had questions about her heritage. Abandoned as an infant, she was very lucky to be adopted by her wonderful parents. Her father is a park ranger and his profession led the family to move from Oregon to Vancouver Island and a small, close-knit community. Everyone on the island works for the St. Cloud Corporation, a medical research company. Security is very tight and tourists are discouraged. The nearest shopping is over an hour away, but Maya has never minded. She loves the woods and the animals.
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I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Once there was a world peopled with enlightened beings of grace and intellect. And then the Mogadorians came to rape the living world of its resources and the people of their wealth. The invasion was unexpected and swift and the people only had time to save their Guardians by sending them into space to a far-away planet. The Guardians, though, were only children – not yet come into their “Legacies,” the powers that the living world had bestowed on them.
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Divergent By Veronica Roth

In Beatrice’s world, society is divided into factions and each faction has a different job to perform. This was done to avoid the conflicts that brought about the end of society as we know it today. Once a year, all 16 year olds are given an aptitude test to determine their placement within the factions. There are the Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Read More »

Solstice by P.J. Hoover

Piper has never known a world where seasons change and blistering heat is not the normal temperature. With the world in a global heat crisis, every day brings new challenges. In addition to the environmental challenges, Piper has major issues with her mother. Saying her mother is overprotective is like saying the sun is hot — smothering might be more accurate. When a customer of her mother’s greenhouse brings Piper a beautiful box for her birthday, the environment and her mother become the least of Piper’s problems.
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen is a warrior - she has to be. In a future where the stuff of our imaginations are now common commodities, she lives in the shadow of the technological empire known as the Capitol. Surrounding this mysterious center of Panem are the Districts, and she lives in the poorest of them. Life is a constant struggle of survival harkening back to the ancient times of humanity. But every year, something worse than the day-to-day battle intrudes into their lives, a single event that pulls every District in, even the Capitol. That event is the Hunger Games. As punishment for a long ago attempt to overthrow the Capitol, the Games are televised for all the world to see—and they HAVE to watch. A boy and a girl from every District participates in the Games. And what is the premise of the Games? To kill every other contender until only one is left. Read More »

After Eden by Katherine Pine

Devi is haunted by her twin brother’s disappearance one day while they were taking a walk. In the years following the loss of her brother, Devi goes through the motions of living and does not get close to people or let anyone in, but she finds the mysterious new employee at her favorite used bookstore intriguing. When she suffers a migraine and seizure near the entrance to the bookstore and he comes to her aid, they set a chain of events in motion that will bring her closer to finding out what happened to her brother, but the cost may be much higher than either is willing to pay.
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Damned by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie

Jenn Leitner has been appointed the leader of Team Salamanca and she feels like she is in over her head. After a failed attack in New Orleans, she is struggling to deal with the guilt she feels over not being able to rescue her sister Heather before Heather was converted. Now she prays that Father Juan and Antonio will be able to save Heather and restore her humanity.
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Kisses from Hell by Richelle Mead, Alyson Noel, Kristin Cast, Kelley Armstrong, Francesca Lia Block

Kisses from HellSunshine by Richelle Mead

Eric Dragomir and his graduating class spend a weekend celebrating on an island getaway. While contemplating his life and the plans his father is pushing on him, his mind keeps going to the young woman he met on the yacht. Rhea Drozlov has no idea who Eric really is but is thankful that she made an impression on him when she needs him the most.
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High School Heroes by James Mascia

Christine is only a few months from turning sixteen and she has been saving up for a car. Finally, she will not have to rely on her mother for rides anymore. Her biggest problem is getting up the nerve to talk to her crush, football hero Ethan Everett. Until one morning, she wakes up and hears what her mother is thinking. When she gets to school, she hears what her classmates and teachers are thinking. Read More »

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs

Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn ChildsLily is not your typical girl next door. Sure she has an unrequited crush on the captain of the swim team and she worries about her grades and her looks just like any other high school girl. But Lily is also a mermaid and not just any mermaid; Lily is a princess and heir to the throne of Thalassinia. Lily only has until her 18th birthday to find her bond-mate and she is sure she has already found him. Read More »

Bloody Valentine By Melissa De la Cruz

Bloody Valentine. Melissa de La Cruz (Blue Bloods) Bloody Valentine is a collection of three short stories focusing on some of the main characters in Melissa de la Cruz’s critically acclaimed Blue Bloods series. The first story focuses on Oliver Hazard-Perry. Still reeling from letting Schulyler Van Alen go, Oliver is lost. As a human familiar, he is doomed to never love another but Schuyler for his entire life. Read More »

Bite Club by Rachel Caine

The undead and living citizens of Morganville, Texas return for another book in the eponymous Morganville Vampires series, and readers are in for one hell of a ride.

Claire Danvers has a lot on her plate. MIT has finally come a-callin’ for her, and she has an aspiring scientist’s dream of a lifetime just waiting for her to accept. Read More »

Zero Sight by B. Justin Shier

Zero Sight is the story of Dieter, a young man whose focus is on obtaining his only shot of getting out of Las Vegas: a full-ride scholarship to college. Dieter has had a special ability to sense attacks his whole life-his vision can separate into layers that allow him to sense oncoming physical assaults. This has helped him to survive with an abusive, alcoholic father and to navigate the violence-filled world of high school. Read More »

Zero Sum by B. Justin Shier

Zero Sum is the follow up to Zero Sight, the story of mage-in-training Dieter Resnick. Dieter thought his problems were solved, getting into an Ivy League school and escaping his hopeless, violent, poverty-ridden life in Las Vegas. However, he’s been thrown out of the frying pan and into the fire, finding himself right in the middle of a turf war between the DEA, which is actually the magic-wielding agency of the US government, and Talmax, a Mexican drug cartel run by powerful mages. Read More »

Immortal War by Justin Somper

Sidorio and Lola Lockwood are determined to take over the waters of the world and secure a place as leaders for the twin boys that Lola is expecting. These dark-hearted murderers will stop at nothing to make sure that they rule the Vampirate world and that the nocturnal are completely eliminated.
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