SYNOPSIS: Kell is plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. As Red London prepares for the Element Games – an extravagant international competition of magic – a certain pirate ship draws closer. But another London is coming … Continue reading A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) by V.E. Schwab
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
Synopsis: Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of … Continue reading A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) by V.E. Schwab
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
SYNOPSIS: In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed. Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more … Continue reading House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
SYNOPSIS: Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. … Continue reading The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
Beach Read by Emily Henry
SYNOPSIS: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, … Continue reading Beach Read by Emily Henry
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas
SYNOPSIS: Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night … Continue reading A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
SYNOPSIS: Naomi Westfield has the perfect fiancé: Nicholas Rose holds doors open for her, remembers her restaurant orders, and comes from the kind of upstanding society family any bride would love to be a part of. They never fight. They're preparing for their lavish wedding that's three months away. And she is miserably and utterly … Continue reading You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle