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Sibylline
by Melissa de la Cruz
Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical university rejects them, the friends’ plans for a future studying the arcane together begin crashing down.
Until they decide to steal an education.
Getting jobs on campus, they sneak into lectures and swipe forbidden texts, dodging the administration’s watchful eye. In the quiet of night, in the thrill of secrecy, their magic awakens. And so do long-buried attractions that turn their friendship into something more.
But like magic, love can create, and it can destroy. As unrequited feelings and resentment threaten to fracture their bond, the trio discovers an insidious magic that has sunk its claws into Sibylline, killing students and corroding the very bones of the university. Now the three intruders may be the key to saving the institution from wreckage . . . if they don’t wreck one another first.
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This Wretched Beauty
by Elle Grenier
London, 1867. Dorian Gray, heir to a title and grand estate, has never been asked what they want from life. Estranged from their father and controlled by a manipulative grandfather, Dorian feels trapped in a future already chosen.
Everything shifts when they secretly meet a gifted young painter, Basil, who sees Dorian as a muse. Through Basil, Dorian discovers a hidden London of molly houses and dazzling drag performers—worlds alive with gender expression and possibility. For the first time, freedom feels within reach.
But freedom comes at a cost. As guilt, repression, and societal scorn close in, Dorian spirals into decadence and self-loathing. Meanwhile, Basil’s portrait begins to change, reflecting a darkness growing within. Dorian must decide: surrender to corruption—or risk living authentically.
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The Curse of Heartwood Academy
by Marty Chan
Subject to the whims of senior students, Allie faces an initiation ritual called the test, which requires her and other new students to spend the entire night in the forest. The senior students warn that a ghost lurks in the woods, preying on those who trespass. Allie braves the test, but when she accidentally kicks over a gravestone in an overgrown burial site, she finds herself pursued by some kind of zombie.
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A Stage Set for Villains
by Shannon J. Spann
The performers of the Playhouse are as worshipped as they are feared, their enchanting shows bending hearts, minds, and even reality itself. Vicious, godlike, lethal. Eighteen-year-old Riven Hesper knows the dangers better than anyone, after her own encounter with a Player resulted in a curse that is slowly killing her.
When the Playhouse announces the spectacle of a lifetime—a chance for one mortal to steal a Player’s immortality—Riven sees her last chance to live. Desperate for answers, she infiltrates the competition. There, she finds Jude, the Playhouse’s brilliant, merciless Lead Player, whose charm is as dangerous as his Craft, and strikes a deadly bargain to save her life.
But with time running out and the Playhouse’s secrets unraveling into a disturbing picture, Riven faces a grim possibility: she might not be the hero of her story after all. In fact, she may be the villain.
Because the Playhouse doesn’t just tell stories. It rewrites them.
And Riven’s might end in blood.
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If All the Stars Go Dark
by S. G. Prince
When eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman is recruited into the Legion’s most prestigious galactic unit, it’s a dream come true. He's worked hard for this. He’s ready to prove himself. The problem? His new partner—the beautiful, no-nonsense pilot Lament Bringer—wants nothing to do with him.
Forced to work together under Legion orders, Keller and Lament team up with a motley crew of specialists to investigate a mysterious visionary who can predict catastrophes. As they begin to peel back layers, however, they realize there's more to the story than meets the eye. With threats mounting and secrets unfolding, Keller and Lament will need to trust one another in order to stop the dangers at play. But with trust comes other feelings—ones neither of them is prepared for.
With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the only thing worse than failing their mission might just be losing each other.
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| Queen of Faces by Petra LordIn the glittering yet decaying city of Caimor, the magical elite trade designer bodies like fashion—while Anabelle Gage is trapped in a failing male form that’s killing her. Too poor to buy a new body and devastated after failing the entrance exam to the prestigious Paragon Academy, Ana grows desperate. With time running out, she uses her illusion magic to steal a healthy chassis—only to be caught by the Academy’s ruthless headmaster.
Given a brutal choice—execution or forced service as his mercenary—Ana is thrust into a smog-choked underworld on the brink of revolt. As she fights alongside a volatile crew of outcasts, the line between hero and villain blurs. Survival may demand everything—but choosing a side could cost her soul. |
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Ginseng Roots: A Memoir
by Craig Thompson
Ginseng Roots follows Thompson and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour. In his trademark breathtaking pen-and-ink work, Thompson interweaves this lost youth with the 300-year-old history of the global ginseng trade and the many lives it has tied together—from ginseng hunters in ancient China to industrial farmers and migrant harvesters in the American Midwest to his own family still grappling with the aftershocks of the bitter past.
Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to Northeast China, Ginseng Roots charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world.
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Minor Arcana Vol. 2 Wheel of Fortune
by Jeff Lemire
Inspired by the iconography of tarot, comics icon Jeff Lemire returns to his critically acclaimed meditation on small town life, family, community, grief, mortality, and the power of human connection.
In the second movement of the story, collected here for the very first time, Theresa is faced with critical decisions that determine her future with the love of her life, while confronting her own past and the mercurial relationships with family.
To find her future, Theresa must let go of her past... but will the past let go of her?
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| Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen PhamNamed for Valentine’s Day, Valentina Tran once adored romance—until she learns the painful truth about her parents and meets the spirit of Saint Valentine, who claims her family is cursed to be unlucky in love. Convinced true love is a myth, Val resigns herself to heartbreak—until a Lunar New Year festival changes everything. A mysterious lion dancer presses a paper heart into her hand, and something sparks. Determined to defy fate, Val sets out to prove the curse wrong.
For Jae, lion dancing is a lifeline after his father’s death. Though his cousin Leslie begins dating Val, Jae feels an undeniable pull toward her. As spirits linger and destinies intertwine, Val and Jae must decide whether love is written in the stars—or forged by choice. |
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