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These Violet Delights UniverseSeries
series7 books2020
Historical fantasy, set in early 20th century and east asia.
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FatefulNovel
Claudia Graystandalone novel2011
Historical fiction and romance, set in at sea.
“When seventeen-year-old Tess Davies, a ladies' maid, meets handsome Alec Marlow aboard the RMS Titanic, she quickly becomes entangled in the dark secrets of his past, but her growing love puts her in mortal peril even before fate steps in.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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includes The Last Hours, The Infernal Devices, The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, Magnus Bane, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Eldest Curses
The DivinersSeries
series4 books2012
Eerie in tone, about psychic powers, set in north america.
“The plot follows seventeen-year-old Evie O'Neill as she helps her uncle Will—curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult—uncover the killer behind a mysterious series of murders.”
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RazorhurstNovel
Justine Larbalestierstandalone novel2014
Historical fiction and ghost stories, about friendship, set in oceania.
“In 1932, in Sydney's deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, where crime and razor-wielding men rule, two girls with contrasting lives who share the ability to see ghosts meet over a dead body and find themselves on the run from mob bosses.”
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Wrath & DawnSeries
series5 books2015
Fairy tale retelling, about revenge and court intrigue, set in middle east.
“Renée Ahdieh's duology concludes with The Rose & the Dagger.”
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Start with The Moth & the Flame →