August 2025 list by K. Pearson |
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A Beautiful and Terrible Murder
by Claire Andrews
Irene Adler is no ordinary young lady. She's at the top of the ranks in the All Souls cohort, a competitive preparatory class reserved for Oxford's brightest minds. But her peers and professors don't know she's a lady at all. To them, she is Isaac Holland. Keeping up her disguise gets trickier when All Souls students start dying, one by one. Determined to find out who's responsible for the deaths, Irene—as Isaac—teams up with fellow classmate and roommate Sherlock Holmes to track down clues.
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Between These Broken Hearts
by Lexi Ryan
The conclusion of the story of Jasalyn, the human princess armed with death's kiss, and Felicity, the fae shifter on the run, as they race to defeat an evil king and defy a fatal prophecy.
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Bones at the Crossroads
by LaDarrion Williams
Malik Baron, a Black teenager with magical powers, returns to Caiman University for his sophomore year, only to face new threats, family secrets, and the challenges of mastering his powers while uncovering his true legacy.
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City of Echoes
by Judy I. Lin
Sixteen-year-old Jin, a refugee in Ba Sing Se, navigates a dangerous underworld to save her best friend Susu from a brainwashing conspiracy run by the Earth King's enforcers.
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Codebreaker
by Jay Martel
Seventeen-year-old Mia Hayes' world shatters when her mother is killed and her father disappears, leaving behind a coded message that sends her and a rebellious hacker on a high-stakes race through D.C. to uncover government secrets and stop a devastating attack.
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Fateless
by Julie Kagawa
A thief is forced to team up with an alluring assassin to steal an ancient artifact from a forgotten city.
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Glorious Rivals
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Players move into the next round of the Grandest Game, where millions of dollars in prize money are on the line-and new relationships, motivations, and threats come to light.
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Heartbroken: A Tale of the Angry Queen
by Serena Valentino
You may think you know the story of the Queen of Hearts, the bloodthirsty tyrant known for seeing red. Surely you’ve heard of the young girl Alice, who fell through the rabbit hole to a place called Wonderland, and how she defeated its villainous ruler in order to find her way back home. But have you ever wondered about the Queen’s own first day in Wonderland? Did she encounter the same wonders—and horrors—as Alice?
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Immortal Consequences
by I. V. Marie
Six students at Blackwood Academy, an enigmatic boarding school located at the edge of the afterlife, must compete for the once-in-eternity chance to change their fate--or risk remaining at Blackwood forever.
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The Last Tiger
by Julia Riew
In a land oppressed by the Dragon Empire, sixteen-year-old Lee Seung, a poor cleaner, and privileged Choi Eunji form an unlikely bond, only to find themselves on opposite sides of a battle for the last tiger--a magical spirit key to their nation's liberation and their intertwined destinies.
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A Mastery of Monsters
by Liselle Sambury
When August’s brother disappears before his sophomore semester, everyone thinks the stress of college got to him. But August knows her brother would never have left her voluntarily, especially not after their mother so recently went missing. The only clue he left behind was a note telling her to stay safe and protect their remaining family. And after August is attacked by a ten-foot-tall creature with fur and claws, she realizes that her brother might be in more danger than she could have imagined.
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Of Flame and Fury
by Mikayla Bridge
When seventeen-year-old Kel Varra and her phoenix, Savita, join the Crimson Howlers racing team, they must navigate fierce rivalries, a mysterious tech mogul with his own hidden agenda, and a dangerous romance with Kel's arrogant rival, Warren "Coup" Coupers.
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A Raging Heart
by Kaylie Smith
Best friends Calla, Hannah, and Delphine have been dragged to the ends of the earth and back, with the threat of the Fates’ War always looming above them. But now the war—the one that will decide who lives, who dies, whose magic is preserved, and whose is scattered to the wind—is here.
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Soul of Shadow
by Emma Noyes
While investigating a classmate's disappearance, sixteen-year-old Charlie finds herself drawn to a mysterious newcomer who uncovers a hidden world of Norse mythology and ill-fated love.
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Soulmatch
by Rebecca Danzenbaker
In a world where past lives determine your future, a sharp-witted girl confronts a major twist of destiny, embroiling her in a high-stakes game of danger, corruption, and heartbreak.
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Steel & Spellfire
by Laura E. Weymouth
Disguised as an Ingenue with limited magical abilities, powerful mage Pandora infiltrates the royal court to escape her past, but when a killer mimics her powers and begins murdering other Ingenues, Pandora must join forces with Royal Guard Kit Beacon to claim her freedom.
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A Theory of Dreaming
by Ava Reid
Effy learned that when she defeated the Fairy King. Even though she may never know exactly what happened at Hiraeth, she is free of her nightmares and is able to pen a thesis with Preston on the beloved national fairytale Angharad. She has finally earned a spot at the literature college, making her the first woman in history to enroll. But some dreams are dangerous, especially when they come true.
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This Wretched Dawn
by Melinda Gong
Eighteen-year-old Anna Liang is tasked with working alongside her ex, the London prince, to prevent war between their rival courts, but as old feelings resurface, she must decide between duty and love while uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.
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Very Dangerous Things
by Lauren Muänoz
At the Dr. James Everett School of Criminology, a murder mystery game goes wrong when the student playing the victim is actually murdered, and soon, junior Dulce Castillo sets out to find the culprit.
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We Won't All Survive
by Kate Alice Marshall
Two years after being hailed a hero for saving others during a shooting, Mercy Gray joins a survivalist reality show for a cash prize, but when contestants start turning up dead, she must uncover the truth and figure out who to trust before she is next.
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