Horror aficionado Lanie Adams should be thrilled when two eighties-era ghosts materialize in her bedroom. Yet after a fainting incident unbecoming of a horror nerd, she would rather her haunting just go away—the ghosts' waterlogged voices and ice-cold auras are more terrifying than any movie. Enlisting the help of Ryan, an entirely-too-cute stoner, she makes it her mission to put the spirits stalking her to rest.
Ever Alice by H.J. Ramsay | 2020 BBNYA Finalist Tour
Alice's stories of Wonderland did more than raise a few eyebrows - it landed her in an asylum. Now at 15 years of age, she's willing to do anything to leave, which includes agreeing to an experimental procedure. When Alice decides at the last minute not to go through with it, she escapes with the White Rabbit to Wonderland and trades one madhouse for another: The court of the Queen of Hearts.
The stage is set. The armies are in their positions.
However, what Ariel had gathered hardly can be called an "army", maybe a mob at a push, but it's all she has. This handful of the fallen is her only chance for survival in the final battle.
The pages of the final book of the "Celestial Creatures" are full of betrayal, power struggle, the final battle, heartache, and fulfilling one's destiny: becoming the feared archangel, the sole ruler of Heaven.
Not all magicians go to schools of magic.
Adam Binder has the Sight. It's a power that runs in his bloodline: the ability to see beyond this world and into another, a realm of magic populated by elves, gnomes, and spirits of every kind. But for much of Adam's life, that power has been a curse, hindering friendships, worrying his backwoods family, and fueling his abusive father's rage.
Years after his brother, Bobby, had him committed to a psych ward, Adam is ready to come to grips with who he is, to live his life on his terms, to find love, and maybe even use his magic to do some good.
The Unadjusteds by Marisa Noelle | Review of The Unadjusteds series. a wonderful new dystopian fantasy suitable for young adult & up readers
Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters decides to investigate after the authorities give up on him. Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother's old closet.
A briefcase meant for her eyes only. There was far more to Quinton; it seems, than she ever knew. He's left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside; if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis, and magicians all being real.