October 2020 list by L. Buehler
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As the Shadow Rises
by Katy Rose Pool
A sequel to the critically acclaimed There Will Come a Darkness finds the heroes forging new alliances and nursing old wounds when the Last Prophet’s haunting vision directs them to pursue long-lost sources of magic in the City of Mercy.
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Blood & Honey
by Shelby Mahurin
A follow-up to the best-selling Serpent & Dove finds fugitives Lou, Reid, Coco and Ansel splitting up to recruit allies against the Dames Blanches, an effort that is complicated by Morgane's lethal game of cat and mouse.
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Fable
by Adrienne Young
A first entry in a planned duology by the author of the Sky in the Deep series finds the teen daughter of a seaside village’s most powerful trader testing the limits of skills imparted by her late mother to reconnect with her father and establish her place among his crew.
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The Inheritance Games
by Jennifer Barnes
When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.
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Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
Wanting to escape her previous life after the accidental death of her mother, 16-year-old Bree enrolls in a program for high school students at the local university before her witness to a magical attack reveals her undiscovered powers as well as sinister truths about her mother’s death.
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The Lost Book of the White
by Cassandra Clare
When their peaceful family life is upended by the theft of the powerful Book of the White, Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood pursue the culprits to Shanghai, where Magnus’ magic is destabilized by a wound from a mysterious weapon.
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Majesty
by Katharine McGee
A sequel to the best-selling American Royals finds Beatrice grappling with everything she has lost for the sake of her ultimate crown, while party-princess Samantha pursues a handsome prince, Nina avoids the palace and Daphne guards a future-risking secret.
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The Other Side of the Sky
by Amie Kaufman
A first entry in a planned duology by two best-selling authors finds the prince of a sky city and an earth goddess linked by a terrifying prophecy that forces them to choose between saving their people or succumbing to their forbidden love.
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