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The Dark EliteSeries
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Tense in tone, about coming of age, set in our world.
“Lily's parents have sent her to a fancy boarding school in Chicago filled with the ultra-rich.”
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Fault Lines (Tim Powers)Series
series3 books1992
Eerie in tone.
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WorldweaversSeries
series4 books2007
Set in our world.
“What's more, her greatest strength may be the powerlessness she has resisted for so long.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gift of the Unmage →
Enchanted IvyNovel
Sarah Beth Durststandalone novel2010
Portal fantasy, about family secrets.
“What Lily Carter wants most in the world is to attend Princeton University just like her grandfather.”
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Welsh VirginiaSeries
series8 books2012
Start with The Raven Boys →
The Legendborn CycleSeries
series3 books2020
Tense in tone.
“Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle follows Bree Matthews, a Black teenager who enrolls in an early-college program and stumbles into a secret society descended from Arthurian legend operating alongside her North Carolina campus.”
from the catalogue
Start with Legendborn →