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Gallant [Paperback] / V. E. Schwab.

Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother's journal-which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home-to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn't matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant-but not. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. Now Olivia sees what has unravelled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him?
Author: Schwab, Victoria
Published: London : Titan Books, [2022]
Published: ©2022
310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SCHW - Available - 010477457
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SCHW - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 010477464

House of earth and blood / Sarah J. Maas.

"Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. By day, she works for an antiquities dealer, selling barely legal magical artifacts, and by night, she parties with her friends, savouring every pleasure Lunathion - otherwise known as Crescent City - has to offer. But it all comes crumbling down when a ruthless murder shakes the very foundations of the city - and Bryce's world. Two years later, her job has become a dead end, and she now seeks only blissful oblivion in the city's most notorious nightclubs. But when the murderer attacks again, Bryce finds herself dragged into the investigation and paired with an infamous Fallen angel whose own brutal past haunts his every step. Hunt Athalar, personal assassin for the Archangels, wants nothing to do with Bryce Quinlan, despite being ordered to protect her. She stands for everything he once rebelled against and seems more interested in partying than solving the murder, no matter how close to home it might hit. But Hunt soon realizes there's far more to Bryce than meets the eye - and that he's going to have to find a way to work with her if they want to solve this case. As Bryce and Hunt race to untangle the mystery, they have no way of knowing the threads they tug ripple through the underbelly of the city, across warring continents, and down to the darkest levels of Hel, where things that have been sleeping for millennia are beginning to stir..."--Publisher description.
Author: Maas, Sarah J.
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Published: ©2020
803 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Crescent City ; 1.
1 reserve

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - MAAS - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 010561651
Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - MAAS - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 010561644

King of battle and blood / Scarlett St. Clair.

In order to end a years-long war between vampires and mortals, Isolde must wed vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev. But surviving the vampire court doesn't prove to be nearly as difficult as resisting the intense attraction between her and Adrian.
Author: St. Clair, Scarlett
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Bloom Books, [2021]
Published: ©2021
391 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Adrian x Isolde ; 1.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SAIN - Available - 010492146
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SAIN - Available - 010492139

A shadow in the ember / Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Protected Maiden, Seraphena Mierel, must offer herself to the Primal of Death, but is secretly an assassin waiting for her chance to kill him, in the first novel of a new series set in the popular Blood and Ash world.
Author: Armentrout, Jennifer L.
Published: [St. Augustine, Florida] : Blue Box Press, [2021]
Published: ©2021
551 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Flesh and fire series ; 1.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - ARME - Available - 010471738
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - ARME - Available - 010471745

Six crimson cranes / Elizabeth Lim.

The exiled Princess Shiori must unravel the curse that turned her six brothers into cranes, and she is assisted by her spurned betrothed, a capricious dragon, and a paper bird brought to life by her own magic.
Author: Lim, Elizabeth
Published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021.
Published: ©2021
454 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T LIM - Available - 010451723

These hollow vows / Lexi Ryan.

Brie would do anything before making a deal with the Fae; death is better than their vicious schemes. But when her sister is taken by the sadistic king of the Unseelie court, there is nothing Brie wouldn't do to get her back-including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the rival Seelie court. Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential bride for the Seelie Prince, Ronan - a prince who's not quite as wicked as she once thought. Unwilling to let her heart distract her, she accepts help from a band of Unseelie misfits with their own secret agenda. But as Brie spends time with their mysterious leader, Finn, she finds herself struggling to resist his seductive charm. Caught between two dangerous courts, Brie must decide who to trust with her loyalty... and with her heart.
Author: Ryan, Lexi
Published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021.
Published: ©2021
442 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
These hollow vows (Series) ; 1.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T RYA - Onloan - Due: 01 May 2024 - 010449638

Iron widow / Xiran Jay Zhao.

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. No one cares that their female co-pilots must serve as concubines and sacrifice their lives. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, her plan is to assassinate the man responsible for her sister's death. But on miraculously emerging from the cockpit unscathed after her first battle, she has a new plan. The time has come to overturn the entire patriarchal military system.
Author: Zhao, Xiran Jay
Published: London : Oneworld Publications, 2021.
Published: ©2021
394 pages ; 22 cm.
Iron widow ; 1.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T ZHA - Available - 010418368

Vespertine [Paperback] / Margaret Rogerson.

The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint's relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being that threatens to possess her the moment she drops her guard. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her-but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself. As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe-if the revenant doesn't betray her first.
Author: Rogerson, Margaret
Published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Published: ©2021
391 pages ; 20 cm.
Vespertine ; 1

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T ROG - Available - 010371434

Legendborn / Tracy Deonn.

After her mother dies in an accident, Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape - until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A young mage who calls himself a 'Merlin' attempts - and fails - to wipe Bree's memory of everything she saw. His failure unlocks Bree's own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now she'll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Deonn, Tracy
Published: London : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Published: ©2020
501 pages ; 20 cm.
Legendborn ; 1.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T DEO - Onloan - Due: 19 May 2024 - 010420958

We hunt the flame / Hafsah Faizal.

In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old Zafira and the sultan's son Nasir continue their quest to uncover a lost magic artifact and discover that the prize they seek may be even more dangerous than any of their enemies.
Author: Faizal, Hafsah
Published: London : Macmillan, 2021.
Published: ©2019
498 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Sands of Arawiya ; 2.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T FAI - Available - 010547730

A court of thorns and roses / Sarah J. Maas.

Feyre is a huntress. The skin of a wolf would bring enough gold to feed her sisters for a month. But the life of a magical creature comes at a steep price, and Feyre has just killed the wrong wolf... Taken prisoner by a High Fae Lord, Feyre learns that her masked captor is hiding even more than his piercing gaze suggests. But as Feyre's feelings for Tamlin begin to burn through every warning she has heard about his kind, a shadow is falling across the land. And if Feyre cannot fight it, she will lose everything.
Author: Maas, Sarah J.
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Published: ©2015
419 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Court of thorns and roses ; 1.
18 reserves

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAA - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 18 Apr 2024) - 010465164
Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAA - In-transit from Beaumaris Library to Brighton Library (Set: 24 Apr 2024) - 010991861
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAA - In-transit from Brighton Library to Beaumaris Library (Set: 24 Apr 2024) - 010991885
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAA - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 010465188

The inheritance games / Jennifer Lynn Barnes.

She came from nothing. Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why. They had everything. Now she must move into the mansion she's inherited. It's filled with secrets and codes, and the old man's surviving relatives - a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got 'their' money. Now there's only one rule: winner takes all. Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing. But just how far will they go to keep their fortune?
Author: Barnes, Jennifer Lynn
Published: London : Penguin Books, 2020.
Published: ©2020
376 pages ; 20 cm.
Inheritance games (Series) ; 1.
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 9 and 10

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BAR - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 010482536
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BAR - Onloan - Due: 01 May 2024 - 010668657

From blood and ash / Jennifer L. Armentrout.

Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to be looked upon. Never to be spoken to. Never to experience pleasure. Waiting for the day of her Ascension, she would rather be with the guards, fighting back the evil that took her family, than preparing to be found worthy by the gods. But the choice has never been hers. The entire kingdom's future rests on Poppy's shoulders, something she's not even quite sure she wants for herself. Because a Maiden has a heart. And a soul. And longing. And when Hawke, a golden-eyed guard honour bound to ensure her Ascension, enters her life, destiny and duty become tangled with desire and need. He incites her anger, makes her question everything she believes in, and tempts her with the forbidden. Forsaken by the gods and feared by mortals, a fallen kingdom is rising once more, determined to take back what they believe is theirs through violence and vengeance. And as the shadow of those cursed draws closer, the line between what is forbidden and what is right becomes blurred. Poppy is not only on the verge of losing her heart and being found unworthy by the gods, but also her life when every blood-soaked thread that holds her world together begins to unravel.
Author: Armentrout, Jennifer L.
Published: [East Renfrewshire, Scotland] : Blue Box Press, [2020]
Published: ©2020
480 pages ; 24 cm.
Blood and ash ; 1.
1 reserve

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - ARME - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - 010610557

The priory of the orange tree / Samantha Shannon.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic. Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.--
Author: Shannon, Samantha, 1991-
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Published: ©2019.
830 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Hampton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SHAN - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 009939959
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - SHAN - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - 009939942

The starless sea / Erin Morgenstern.

"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues--a bee, a key, and a sword--that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians--it is a place of lost cities and seas of honey, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a beautiful barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly-soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose--in both the rare book and in his own life"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Morgenstern, Erin
Published: London : Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage, 2019.
Published: ©2019
498 pages ; 24 cm

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - MORG - Available - 010127857
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - MORG - Available - 010127888
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Fantasy - MORG - Available - 010127475

Ninth house / Leigh Bardugo.

Alex Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. A dropout and the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved crime - the last thing she wants is to cause trouble. Not when Yale was supposed to be her fresh start. But a free ride to one of the world's most prestigious universities was bound to come with a catch. Alex has been tasked with monitoring the mysterious activities of Yale's secret societies - societies that have yielded some of the most famous and influential people in the world. Now there's a dead girl on campus and Alex seems to be the only person who won't accept the neat answer the police and campus administration have come up with for her murder. Because Alex knows the secret societies are far more sinister and extraordinary than anyone ever imagined. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living . . .
Author: Bardugo, Leigh
Published: London : Gollancz, 2019.
Published: ©2019
458 pages : map ; 24 cm
2 reserves

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Adult Fiction - Crime - BARD - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - 010130420

Cruel Prince: Folk of the Air

Author: Black, Holly
Published: United Kingdom Hot Key 2018

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BLA - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 010357261
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BLA - Available - 010357278

An enchantment of ravens / Margaret Rogerson.

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel's paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron--Rook, the autumn prince--she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes--a weakness that could cost him his life. Furious and devastated, Rook spirits her away to the autumnlands to stand trial for her crime. Waylaid by the Wild Hunt's ghostly hounds, the tainted influence of the Alder King, and hideous monsters risen from barrow mounds, Isobel and Rook depend on one another for survival. Their alliance blossoms into trust, then love--and that love violates the fair folks' ruthless laws. Now both of their lives are forfeit, unless Isobel can use her skill as an artist to fight the fairy courts. Because secretly, her Craft represents a threat the fair folk have never faced in all the millennia of their unchanging lives: for the first time, her portraits have the power to make them feel.
Author: Rogerson, Margaret
Published: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2018.
300 pages ; 21 cm.

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T ROG - Available - 009911344

Heartless / Marissa Meyer.

In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.
Author: Meyer, Marissa
Published: Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2016.
453 pages ; 20 cm.
1 reserve

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MEY - Onloan - Due: 12 May 2024 - 009353441

Rebel of the sands / Alwyn Hamilton.

Dustwalk is Amani's home. The desert sand is in her bones. But she wants to escape. More than a want. A need. Then a foreigner with no name turns up to save her life, and with him the chance to run. But to where? The desert plains are full of danger. Sand and blood are swirling, and the Sultan's enemies are on the rise.
Author: Hamilton, Alwyn
Published: London : Faber & Faber, 2016.
358 pages ; 20 cm.
Rebel of the sands ; [1]

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T HAM - Available - 009902656
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T HAM - Available - 009737197

Six of crows / Leigh Bardugo.

Ketterdam is a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy, Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone - a convict with a thirst for revenge, a sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager, a runaway with a privileged past, a spy known as the Wraith, a Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums, a thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.
Author: Bardugo, Leigh
Published: London : Indigo, 2015, 2016
vii, 495 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Six of Crows ; [1]
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 9 and 10
2 reserves

Beaumaris Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BAR - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 17 Apr 2024) - 009176590
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T BAR - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - 009327619

A darker shade of magic / V. E. Schwab.

Kell is one of the last Travelers--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes--as such, he can choose where he lands. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, ruled by a mad King George. Then there's Red London, where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne--a place where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. And once upon a time, there was Black London...but no one speaks of that now. Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between the royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see--a dangerous hobby, and one that has set him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations, first robs him, then saves him from a dangerous enemy, and then forces him to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure. But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive--and that is proving trickier than they hoped.
Author: Schwab, Victoria
First Titan edition.
Published: London : Titan Books, 2015.
Published: ©2015
387 pages ; 20 cm.
Shades of magic ; 1.

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T SCH - Available - 010422501

Throne of glass [Paperback] / Sarah J. Maas.

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
Author: Maas, Sarah J.
Published: London : Bloomsbury Children's, 2012.
419 p. ; 20 cm.
Throne of glass series ; [1]
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 9 and 10
3 reserves

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAA - On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 23 Apr 2024) - 008114463

Shatter me / Tahereh Mafi.

Author: Mafi, Tahereh
Published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2011.
338 p. ; 20 cm.
Premiers' Reading Challenge Years 9 and 10

Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAF - Available - 010467861
Brighton Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAF - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 010919278
Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Teen Fiction - T MAF - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - 010177647

The night circus [Paperback] / Erin Morgenstern.

Author: Morgenstern, Erin
Large print ed.
Published: Thorndike, ME : Center Point, 2011.
482 p. ; 24 cm.

Sandringham Library - (Bayside Library Service) - Large Print - LP MORG - Onloan - Due: 13 May 2024 - 008419674