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The Iron King

Julie Kagawa · 126 pages

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny—one she could never have imagined...Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home.When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's

Fae/FaeriesUrban FantasyTeen ProtagonistFirst Person Narrator
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Darkest Mercy

Melissa Marr

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Wings

Aprilynne Pike · 305 pages

When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a fairy and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls.

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Captivate

Carrie Jones

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Torn

Amanda Hocking

Wendy, a changeling troll princess, returns to her rightful home, a frightening, beautiful world where she discovers her new powers, fights enemies who want to use her abilities for evil, and struggles with romantic decisions.

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Endlessly

Kiersten White · 402 pages

"Sixteen-year-old Evie is forced to face the truth about her supernatural past when a deadly faerie battle threatens the future of the entire paranormal world"--

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Splintered

A.G. Howard · 400 pages

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll's ***Alice's Adventures in Wonderland***. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother's mental health takes a tur

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The Indigo Spell

Richelle Mead

In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch—a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he claims the Alchemists are hiding from her. But

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Spell Bound

Rachel Hawkins

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Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception

Maggie Stiefvater · 356 pages

On the day of an important music competition, talented but painfully introverted and nervous Deirdre Monaghan is helped to perform by the compelling and enigmatic Luke Dillon and finds herself inexorably drawn into the mysteries and dangers of the faerie world.

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Glimmerglass

Jenna Black · 294 pages

"Normal. It's all she's ever wanted to be, but it couldn't be further from her grasp. Dana Hathaway doesn't know it yet, but she's in big trouble. When her alcoholic mom shows up at her voice recital drunk, again, Dana decides she's had enough and runs away to find her mysterious father in Avalon: the only place on Earth where the regular, everyday world and the captivating, magical world of Faer

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Revelations

Melissa de la Cruz · 264 pages

Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy has just been called into question: Is the young woman in fact a Blue Blood, or is it the sinister Silver Blood that runs through her veins? When one of the Gates of Hell is breached by the Silver Bloods, the Blue Bloods will need Schuyler on their side.

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Darkfever

Karen Marie Moning · 320 pages

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Wondrous Strange

Lesley Livingston · 344 pages

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Darkness & Light

Elle Casey

**NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 3 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series.** The animosity between Darkness & Light continues to grow, as do Jayne's supernatural, elemental abilities in the Green Forest. Long-lost friends arrive, new friends leave, passion burns, and mysteries abound. What is Light and what is Dark? Who can the Light Fae

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Alosha

Christopher Pike · 301 pages

Alosha, Part 1 of a 3 part trilogy. Ali Warner is a just a normal teenage girl, clinging to the fantasy of distant, magical lands where she herself could be magical, dreaming of leaving the burden of everyday life behind her. So far her life has been nothing but a burden. Her mother died in a car accident one year ago, and her father; a detached Trucker working through his terrible grief hasn'

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The Forgotten Ones

Laura Howard · 196 pages

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Tyger Tyger

Kersten Hamilton

Soon after the mysterious and alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, sixteen-year-old Teagan Wylltson and her disabled brother are drawn into the battle Finn's family has fought since the thirteenth century, when Fionn MacCumhaill angered the goblin king.

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The Girl Who Never Was

Skylar Dorset · 298 pages

On her seventeenth birthday, Selkie discovers that the Boston that she knows is only an elaborate enchantment constructed to conceal that she is a half-faerie princess believed to be a child of prophecy, destined to destroy the faerie court's grip on the supernatural world.

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Bones of Faerie

Janni Lee Simner · 256 pages

The war between humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so 15-year-old Liza has been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza's world bears the scars of its encounter with magic. Trees move with sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Then Liza discovers she has the Faerie ability

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Nightshade

Andrea Cremer

Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters' laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world

Teen ProtagonistYoung AdultFantasyUrban Fantasy
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Silver in the Bone

Alexandra Bracken · 497 pages

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Lore comes a stunning contemporary fantasy inspired by Celtic lore—the tale of a teenage girl who seeks her destiny in the cursed ruins of Avalon, driven by love, revenge, and pure adrenaline! "Simmering with magic, peril, romance, and heartbreak." —Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone

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Invisible

Dawn Metcalf · 384 pages

Some things lie beneath the surface. Invisible. With the power to change everything. Joy Malone wants it all--power, freedom and the boyfriend who loves her. Yet when an unstoppable assassin is hired to kill her, Joy learns that being the girl with the Sight comes with a price that might be too high to pay. Love will be tested, lives will be threatened, and everyone Joy knows and cares about will

Fae/FaeriesUrban FantasyTeen ProtagonistYoung Adult
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