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Summer of Frost by L.P. Dover
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Land of the Fae is strong with all four courts banded as one, but uncertainty still remains as they all work together to end the dark sorcerer’s evil reign. Sorcha—the one and only Winter Court princess—has a secret, a secret that she has enjoyed keeping for the past six months... -
Cinderella and the Colonel by K.M. Shea
The country of Erlauf is the enemy, as far as Cinderella is concerned. Since Erlauf took over her home country, Cinderella has been forced to manage her once opulent duchy like a tightly budgeted farm. Gone are the days of wealth and luxury...Categorized as:
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From Deities by Mary Ting
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mysterious stranger enters Skylar’s inner circle, throwing her life out of balance. As secrets are revealed, she learns of the New Olympus; a dwelling for the descendants of the Gods. The Grand family must strive to work together with these descendants to discover the key to their rescue from the clutches of the growing evil vultures of Hades...Categorized as:
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My Fairly Dangerous Godmother by Janette Rallison
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome people bomb auditions. Sadie Ramirez throws up during her tryouts on TV show America's Top Talent. Her performance is so bad, it earns her a fairy godmother through the Magical Alliance's Pitiful Damsel Outreach Program. Enter Chrysanthemum Everstar: a gum-chewing, cell phone-carrying, high heel wearing fairy godmother in training...Categorized as:
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Beauty by Robin McKinley
A strange imprisonment... Beauty has never liked her nickname. She is thin and awkward; it is her two sisters who are the beautiful ones. But what she lacks in looks, she can perhaps make up for in courage...Categorized as:
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East by Edith Pattou
Rose has always been different. Since the day she was born, it was clear she had a special fate. Her superstitious mother keeps the unusual circumstances of Rose's birth a secret, hoping to prevent her adventurous daughter from leaving home... but she can't suppress Rose's true nature forever...Categorized as:
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On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere are some who say that the Lady Fortune has a wheel, and all men are fixed upon it. The wheel turns, and the men rise, or fall, with the turning of the wheel... -
Once: Before Midnight/Golden/Wild Orchid (Once Upon a Time) by Cameron Dokey
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRead “ happily ever after ” with this magical repackage that includes three enchanting, retold fairy tales. In this value-priced bind-up of three beloved retellings, readers will journey to faraway fairy tale lands... -
Pan's Revenge by Anna Katmore
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Are you ready to be kissed?” he breathes against the corner of my mouth. My knees start to tremble and there are butterflies in my belly now. Way too many. “I don’t think this is a good idea.” “I think it’s the best idea I had in a long time.” Desperate to leave Neverland and find his love in this notorious town called London, James Hook makes a grave mistake...Categorized as:
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Blood and Snow: The Complete Set by RaShelle Workman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvery thousand years the Vampire Queen selects a new body, always the fairest in the land, and this time she's chosen Snow White. Snow isn't an ordinary girl. She doesn't know that yet. When Snow gets bitten by a Hunter, her life is thrown into a whirlwind of change where instead of worrying about what to eat, she has to fight not to drink the blood of fellow high school students...Categorized as:
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Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA Library Journal Best Book of 2014: Historical Fiction The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in this breathtaking tale of desire, black magic and the redemptive power of love French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs...Categorized as:
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The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker by E.D. Baker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCory is a young tooth fairy in training who wants to be anything but that, except there's no way the Tooth Fairy Guild or her mother will let that happen. After yet another bad night on the job, Cory quits to explore other things—like babysitting an adventurous Humpty Dumpty, helping Suzy organize seashells by the seashore, and attempting to finally rid the spiders that plague Marjorie Muffet... -
Tide Knot by Helen Dunmore
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI can't go back in the house. I'm restless, prickling all over. The wind hits me like slaps from huge invisible hands. But it's not the wind that worries me. It's something else, beyond the storm... Sapphire and her brother Conor can't forget their adventures in Ingo, the mysterious world beneath the sea. They long to see their Mer friends once more... -
The Once and Future King by T. H. White
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOnce upon a time, a young boy called “Wart” was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn’t possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons... -
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The Strange Maid by Tessa Gratton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, and Maggie Stiefvater will embrace the richly drawn, Norse-influenced alternate world of the United States of Asgard, where cell phones, rock bands, and evangelical preachers coexist with dragon slaying, rune casting, and sword training in schools... -
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by an evil spirit, Ato. She fully expects the tragedy that befell her and her family in Puerto Rico to catch up with her in New York. Yet, for a time, she can almost set this fear aside, because there's this boy . .Categorized as:
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The Pearl of the Soul of the World by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAll the world’s wisdom and magic resides within the iridescent depths of a small white pearl. “All my sorcery,” the Ancient Ravenna had said of the pearl. “It is left to you to save the world...Categorized as:
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Ladle Rat Rotten Hut by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries...Categorized as:
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All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Anna-Marie McLemore, Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTake a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape the world around them. Seventeen of the best young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens...Categorized as:
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The Wonder by Colleen Oakes
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn Exiled Princess. An Ancient Tribe. A Dangerous Stranger with Unknown Loyalties. Dinah, the former Princess of Wonderland Palace, has been chased into the wilds of Wonderland after the brutal murder of her brother and the ruin of her impending crown... -
The Truth-Teller's Tale by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsInnkeeper's daughters Adele and Eleda are mirror twins - identical twins whose looks are reflections of each other's, and their special talents are like mirrors, too. Adele is a Safe-Keeper, entrusted with hearing and never revealing others' secrets; Eleda is a Truth-Teller, who cannot tell a lie when asked a direct question... -
Ruler of the Realm by Herbie Brennan
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is Henry's third visit to the Faerie Realm, but this time in a rather different guise and to a different kind of place. Holly Blue is Queen and Lord Hairstreak appears to be proposing a truce between the Faeries of the Night and the Faeries of the Light... -
The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWELCOME TO THE FOREST OF GOOD AND EVIL.A DREAM COME TRUE…AND A LIVING NIGHTMARE.Far, far away, in the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm and fairy tales are real. Except, fairy tales aren’t based on myths and legends of the past—they are prophecies of the future... -
The Dream-Maker's Magic by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKellen's mother has always insisted that her only child was born male, not female, so Kellen has been raised as a boy. Then she is forced to go to school, where she meets Gryffin, whose mind is as strong as his legs are damaged, and the two become friends and allies. A few years later, the two get jobs working at a nearby inn, the Parmer Arms... -
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The Frog Prince by Jenni James
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPrince Nolan has had enough of Princess Blythe—the young woman he has been betrothed to since infancy—enough of the ridiculous chatter in her simpering letters. Does the princess truly not have a brain in her head? Never before has he communicated with someone who seemed so childish and spoiled. It is time he meets her for himself, to decide if he can actually follow through with this marriage...Categorized as:
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The Wild Swans by K.M. Shea
Elise is no hero. She would rather balance the castle’s expense accounts than become her country’s champion. But she doesn’t have a choice since her step-mother, a wicked witch, cursed the seven princes of Arcainia, Elise’s foster-brothers, and transformed them into swans. To free her foster-brothers Elise agrees to knit seven shirts made of stinging nettles... -
Shadows on the Moon by Zoë Marriott
A powerful tale of magic, love and revenge with a strong female lead set in fairy-tale Japan; this is "Cinderella" meets "Memoirs of a Geisha". Trained in the magical art of shadow-weaving, sixteen-year-old Suzume is able to recreate herself in any form - a fabulous gift for a girl desperate to escape her past...Categorized as:
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The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 20 ratings"An enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance."—School Library Journal Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea... -
The Secret of the Emerald Sea by Heather Matthews
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeneath the waves of the glittering Emerald Sea, there is another world, filled with magic, strange and wondrous creatures, and many mysteries. When a young girl from a small seaside village decides to explore this hidden world one rainy night, she learns a shocking secret that leads to the adventure of a lifetime.. -
Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales, and Secrets by Francesca Lia Block
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a girl finds herself at the crossroads between worlds—where the angels and ghosts, gods and demons, and beauties and beasts of myth are real? What does she do and who does she become? Roses and Bones captures the best Francesca Lia Block has to offer: extravagantly imaginative tales, dark landscapes, fierce poetry, and storytelling that is nothing short of magical... -
Surfacing by Shana Norris
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn’t know is not how she imagined grieving. She’s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing. But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks... -
The Silver Pear by Michelle Diener
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unlikely princess . . . Kayla is determined to master her new-found abilities as a wild magic witch. She's learning everything she can so she and her betrothed, Rane, can put a stop to the sorcerers who are recklessly gathering their power, building up their magic to take each other on in a war that will destroy the countries of Middleland. An even more unlikely sorcerer . . -
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn't even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he's able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never Better have treated him like an outsider since. After his mother left, his father became a recluse, and it's been up to Jeremy to support the family...Categorized as:
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Hero by Alethea Kontis
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsRough and tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she's the only one of her sisters without any magic—until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the top of the world...Categorized as:
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The Baker and the Wolf by J.M. Stengl
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mysterious stranger, an enchantress grandmother, and an overprotective mother. Can Cerise trust any of them?Cerise DuBois might as well be invisible. Not even her scarlet cloak attracts male interest, and her mother begins to despair of snaring a husband for a boring middle daughter with no magic ability. If not for her baking talents, Cerise would be a hopeless burden on the family...Categorized as:
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The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA daring rescue. A difficult choice. Sophie desperately wants to get away from her stepmother's jealousy, and believes escape is her only chance to be happy. Then a young man named Gabe arrives from Hagenheim Castle, claiming she is betrothed to his older brother, and everything twists upside down...Categorized as:
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Blood Apples by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong?Warning: these Grimm Prequels are like snap shots of a magical land you're about to visit soon. I like to think of them as poisoned apples. Once you taste them, you will never see fairy tales in the same light again.This Grimm Diaries Prequels are a number of short books in the form of epistolary diary entries... -
The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHappily Ever After...Or Happily Nevermore? Gisela's childhood was filled with laughter and visits from nobles such as the duke and his young son. But since her father's death, each day has been filled with nothing but servitude to her stepmother...Categorized as:
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Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
Alyss of Wonderland's rules has only just begun, and already those who prefer chaos to peace are threatening to destroy everything worth imagining. Trailed by newly appointed royal bodyguard Homburg Molly, Alyss is doing her best to keep pace with the non-stop demands of being queen while attempting to evade Molly for a few private moments with Dodge... -
The Woman Who Loved Reindeer by Meredith Ann Pierce
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the author of the Darkangel Trilogy comes an epic romance, in the tradition of The Clan of the Cave Bear, about a young woman's love for a coldhearted shape-shifter...Categorized as:
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Violet Eyes: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea by Debbie Viguié
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS When a storm brings the dashing Prince Richard to her family's farm, Violet falls in love at first sight. Richard also gives Violet his heart, but he knows his marriage is destined to be an affair of state, not of passion. For the king and queen have devised a contest to determine who will win their son's hand in marriage... -
Snow Whyte and the Queen of Mayhem by Melissa Lemon
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStuck in her family's apple orchards, Kat's got plenty of work to do and only pesky Jeremy to help. But when Jeremy convinces her to run away, Kat will discover that nothing---and no one---in her life is quite what it seems... -
Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Acclaimed Irish author Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances--sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous... -
The Diamond Secret: A Retelling of Anastasia by Suzanne Weyn, Larry Rostant
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNadya is a mischievous kitchen girl in a Russian tavern. Having nearly drowned in the Iset River during the turmoil of the Revolution, she has no memory of her past and longs for the life she cannot remember. Then two young men arrive at the tavern and announce that Nadya's long-lost grandmother has sent them to find her...Categorized as:
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While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Truth is No Fairy Tale. I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trace in the fables of their time...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Beast by Cindy C. Bennett
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCalli is cursed by her beauty. Though she knows it's cruel, Calli agrees to accompany her friends to Monster House where it is rumored the beast howls at the moon each sunset. When she hears him for the first time, her heart is wrenched by the anguish she hears in the sound... -
The Swan Kingdom by Zoë Marriott
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA new voice in fantasy weaves a rich, entrancing tale of a girl with powerful healing gifts —- and the courage to use them to save her ailing kingdom. Shadows fall across the beautiful, lush kingdom after the queen is attacked by an unnatural beast, and the healing skills of her daughter, Alexandra, cannot save her... -
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (Damar) by Robin McKinley
1 Lily. She has the power to heal, but no speech - until a mage hears words from her mind. 2 Ruen. The princess was abandoned by her uncle deep in a cave to die at the hands of a stagman - who will surprise fate. 3 Erana. Given as a babe to a witch, raised beside the witch's troll son, she learns love comes in many forms. 4 Coral...Categorized as:
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Limerick by Kimberly Spencer
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJensen hoped she’d never need Shimmerspell again. But now someone is stalking her, someone claiming to be the Lady of the Lake. To make matters worse, witches and dragons have come out to play. Now Jensen must figure out how to harness her power and accept her destiny before she ends up losing everyone she loves...
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