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Bad in the Blood
by Matteo L. Cerilli
In the city of Puck's Port, where motorized vehicles fill the streets and new technological marvels abound, something rotten is lurking under the surface. A violent murder at the docks seems to point to a fey killer, igniting a powder keg of distrust between the city's humans and its fey inhabitants--folks who wield wonderful but often uncontrollable magical power. Gristle Senan Maxim Junior finds himself caught in the middle. Forced into the reluctant role of private investigator, like his late father, he's working to solve the mystery of this fiery murder--mainly because his sister, Hawthorne Stregoni, is a fey herself with an unfortunate penchant for setting things ablaze. Hawthorne is part of an experimental study to control feyism but struggles to keep her powerful magic in check in a country that hates what she is. Can she and Gristle work together to find the true instigator of the murder before it's too late?--
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We Can Never Leave
by H. E. Edgmon
Five teenage travelers, left behind when their community of inhuman creatures mysteriously disappears, must uncover the truth about what happened while grappling with their own hidden secrets.
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House of Marionne
by J. Elle
Seventeen-year-old Quell is reluctantly inducted into a magical debutante society of social elites where she must bind with her forbidden magic while evading the assassin who has been tasked with hunting her kind.
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A Trick of Spades
by Tasha Kazanjian
Ordinary twins try to find their magical aunt while on the run from mobsters in a city split between two types of ancient magic-and find they might not be so ordinary after all.
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Make me a liar
by Melissa Landers
"When someone uses Tia Dante's body to commit murder on live TV, she unearths multiple scandals, massive corruption and more than a few stray bullets as she races against time to find the real killer. "
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I Killed the King
by Rebecca Mix
After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace. As nobles and magic wielders from both countries arrive at remote Castle Avendell for a historic all-night masquerade to celebrate, King Costis summons an unlikely group to his chambers: the crown prince, his Istellian bride-to-be, his personal guard, a wild beast tamer, and the palace's questionable new healer. But before Costis can reveal why he has gathered them, the castle goes dark. When the lights come back, the king is dead--murdered with the princess's knife, in a weak spot only his guard knew of, and with venom from one of the beast tamer's monsters lacing the blade. With no clear killer--and everyone a suspect--they make a risky pact: tell no one until the treaty is signed. But when a winter storm seals everyone inside and someone aware of the king's untimely death begins to pick off guests one by one, the six suspects must work together to discover who killed the king--
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Ballad & dagger
by Daniel Jose Older
While performing for a music legend on the night of the Grand Fete, piano prodigy Mateo witnesses a brutal murder that awakens a power within him, linking him to the killer and possibly unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland. 100,000 first printing.
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Of Mountains and Seas
by Emily Renk Hawthorne
For some, the only way to possess magic is to steal it from others.Born without magic, Davis is an outcast in his own shapeshifter family. Yearning for his father's approval, he sets down a path that intertwines with Iris, a girl whose own ambitions are hindered by a mysterious illness. Their quest leads to Yuras, one of California's smallest towns, unremarkable until they discover a cave of magic-transferring stones. Now they have a chance to change their fates. But they're not alone.When locals stumble upon the cave, they unknowingly set into motion a series of events that threatens to expose Davis's past. As dark truths surface, one question endures: How much are they willing to take in their quest for power?A perfect book for those who enjoy fast-paced stories, multiple POVs across multiple timelines, unique shapeshifters inspired by Chinese mythology, female protagonists, and complex villains.
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When the Bones Sing
by Ginny Myers Sain
Seventeen-year-old Dovie, who can hear the bones of the dead, and her best friend Lo, who believes he is haunted by the ghosts of murdered hikers, must uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearances in their Ozark mountain town before anyone else is killed.
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Never Ever After
by Sue Lynn Tan
Not all fairy tales end happily ever after in this dark and fierce reimagining of Cinderella--Provided by publisher.
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Once Upon a Fever
by Angharad Walker
Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in the hospital of King Jude's. Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls. When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unravelling--
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