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What happens when the girl you loved becomes your enemy?

What happens if you still don't want her to be?

Bea and Saffyr are among the Affinity-Wielders—a group of girls born once every generation with superhuman abilities. Like all Affinity-Wielders, they spend their childhood hidden away from the rest of the world at the academy training and honing their abilities in order to compete in a series of trials once they reach 18. Four years before the trials are set to begin however, disaster strikes and every other Wielder is left dead. And one of the girls might have been behind it.

Now, four years later, they're reunited as enemies to see which one of them will win the trial, a claim the thrown, the ability to keep their power, and the prince's hand in marriage. But what if neither of them want that anymore?

There was once a mysterious girl hidden away in a blue roofed house harbouring a magical secret.

There was once another girl too stubborn to let her get away with that.

Skye Eaton has been obsessed with the blue roof girl since she was eight, much to the dismay of all the adults around her. Spreading constant rumors about a housebound child isn't exactly a good look. Until one day, miraculously, she hears back from her. Skye has been obsessed with the blue roof girl since she was eight, but it's not until the two start up a secret correspondence that she finds herself incapable of not thinking about her.

With high school coming to an end, Skye's counting down the days until she can escape their small town. If only she wasn't in love with a girl who's never walked past her doorstep.

Earthbound Hearts is YA autistic magical realism following two girls trying to navigate falling in love amongst fitting in, counteracting curses, and deciding where they want to belong.

Iris is a witch with a secret. It's not that they're a lesbian (that cat's been out of the bag since they were seven), it's not even that they're a witch (it's become so mainstream now that their school even has clubs). No, Iris's secret, like all the best things, is a magical girl. The faery they accidentally summoned at six then kept meeting up with in secret.

Until Agnes suddenly decided that she was bored with them a few years ago and stopped visiting.

When Iris's secret comes out and they realize that their connection to Agnes might be their ticket to finally being noticed in the human realm, they summon her at a party. But when an attempt to trick Agnes into staying longer goes wrong, she ends up trapped in their realm, gradually becoming weaker as her connection to Faerie fades. If only the only way to set things right wasn't offering the girl who now hates Iris back safe haven, as their roommate.

Dear Blake,

Do you feel like that sometimes? Slightly to the left?

Sarah is confused. But to be fair, who wouldn't be? Right before she's about to enter high school and start the next phase of her life, her best guy friend kisses her and her best girl friend abandons her to chase after boys. She obviously can't talk to either of them about any of that, so she turns to emails instead.

Told entirely through emails, Dear Blake follows Sarah through her first few years of high school as she unpacks fitting in, making friends, growing up, defining herself, and of course, her totally straight not at all confusing rivalry with her ridiculously pretty archnemesis.

Perhaps the only thing more annoying than being visibly disabled in a town full of wannabe heroes was being a fruit stand owner in a market known for its chase sequences. After spending all 17 years of her life as a land-bound mermaid stuck in the most hero infested town in the realm, Wynnie unfortunately has plenty of experience with both.

All Wynnie wants to to save up enough money to one day move far away from Arvory and its heroes guild to open up a clothing shop somewhere a little calmer so when the Guild throws a competition to try and name a second official hero, she's distraught. But when the local heroes sidekick--an incredibly annoying goblin with a shapeshifting left arm--enlists her help in tricking the rest of the guild into believing that they're a full shifter, she sees the opportunity for what it is: the perfect chance to exploit a rich asshole. And maybe, accidentally, fall a little in love along the way.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every queer girl, at some point, develops a secret crush on their best friend. In Raegan's case, that crush came in the form of Mariah Beirne: best friend since kindergarten, the most beautiful girl in existence, and incredibly, painfully, straight.

Or so Raegan thought. Two years ago while she was in her junior year of high school, right before she was about to confess, the world stopped. Two years later, her entire year is invited back for a one day speed-run of the senior year they never got to have. There'll be pep-rallies, sports games, senior pranks, assassins, prom, and graduation but most notably: Mariah. Two years older, two years different, and (if social media's supposed to be trusted) officially queer and single.

They've grown apart. Soon, They'll be hours away from each other again. But Raegan is going to do everything she can these next 24-hours to help them grow close again and maybe, hopefully, they'll grow into something more too.

Never trust a human.

It was an easy rule to live by, especially if you knew you would kill most of the ones you met. They were the product of a deal. Their name traded for their mother’s escape. To gain a faery's name was to own it so since before their conception, their future had belonged to someone else.

They obeyed. They killed. They were merciful and quick, but never, ever, caring enough to linger. They grew up with blood and daggers always within arm’s reach, so they knew better than to be phased by either. By 16, they were the most feared person on the entire continent.

When Commanded to befriend the enemy kingdom’s princess before leading her to her doom, however, things went wrong in every way imaginable. Iron could make the fae weak but love could make the fae trust and there was nothing more certain to end in disaster than trusting a human.

Any Other Name is a YA fantasy romance (not that kind of fae romance though, they're teenagers) following an agender fae assassin and the girl they're compelled to doom.

But you, Chryssa. Nothing had ever prepared me for you.

Rules of the Universe:

1. 7-year-olds are supposed to be alive

2. 16-year-olds aren't supposed to be murderers

3. the universe rarely ever plays by the rules

16-year-old Mel Irving’s first day of 11th grade is off to a strong start. She and her best friend succeed in their annual prank battle with their arch-nemesis Ivy Mills, the boy of her dreams has apparently broken up with his girlfriend, and it seems like he might finally like her back.

Then her sister dies and the world stops. And it's all her fault.

Buried in grief and guilt and desperate for something else to focus on, Mel accidentally volunteers to fundraise enough money to save the spring fair in her sister’s honour. Even if it means teaming up with her arch-nemesis. Except the closer their deadline gets, the more she begins to realize that maybe her obsession with Ivy Mills had a lot less to do with hatred than she previously though.

This one is literally for me at 14 so once time travel becomes possible one of you better go back and give her a copy so they can start unpacking their feelings earlier.

TWs: sibling death, mention of slurs

Mabel Dupree believes in love, just not for herself.

Mabel's an expert in all things romance. She grew up on rom-coms and fairytales and has spent years putting her skills to use as the anonymous writer for her school's dating advice column and matchmaking service The Cupid Column . Mabel knows all the best love stories by heart which is also why she's vowed to never pursue her own. Lesbian romances always end in tragedy.

When Mabel's identity is exposed to the school, the column starts to fail. Who'd want to take dating advice from someone who's never been in love? In a desperate attempt to save the column, Mabel lies and pretends to be in a relationship. She's grown up on rom-coms. She knows where fake dating leads. But that means she knows exactly how to stop that from happening.

Fall begins with Autumn's end. That's when they pull her body out of the lake.

She was

- depressed

- murdered

- clumsy

-unknowable it depends on who you ask.

The only thing that's concrete is the body, the lake, and the people she's left behind.

Told in four POVs, Those Who Ripple follows four very different high school students with four very different narrative styles as they pursue four very different theories about Autumn, those closest to her, and how she really ended up underwater.

discussion of murder & suicide

There is something in the forests of After. Something powerful. Something dark. Something out for blood.

After was supposed to be a safe haven for those who understood the dangers of magic. When Ever’s father first founded it, it was. But recently, something’s changed. Children are disappearing. Creatures are crossing the forest boundary. And Ever’s going to put a stop to it.

After has never been free of magic and Alisa knows that more than most. As the daughter of a practicing witch, she's grown up with magic just a short walk away. But recently, something’s changed. Someone is playing with something dark. The forest is becoming angry.

As Ever and Alisa race against time to save their loved ones, their paths become irrevocably intertwined. Both carry hatred. Both carry secrets. And both can’t seem to resist the forest’s call.

There have always been two constants in Rory's life: their hatred for Finn Williams and their love of winning arguments. Luckily, four years on their high school's debate team has given Rory plenty of experience with the latter. Unluckily, they're almost always partnered up with Finn. Rory knows why and the fact that Finn refuses to acknowledge it is yet another reason they find her unbearable. Despite how unbiased judges claim to be, no one wants to take on the risk of partnering up with one of the nonbinary kids.

Rory loves winning though so nothing, not even Finn, not even the asteroid conspiracy nuts claim is hurtling towards their town, is going to stop them from winning this final tournament. But when an overbooked motel leads to the two of them spending the night before the tournament in the owner's emergency bunker right before finding out that the conspiracy might not have been a conspiracy after all, Rory suddenly has a much more important thing to fight for: their life.

One of them has to be the first to brave the world outside the bunker to find out what's happened to the rest of civilization, and it's not going to be Rory.

Working retail's hard enough even when there aren't lives on the line.

Nico's been working at Interthrifter the realm's biggest and only chain thrift store catering to all species simultaneously--since they were sixteen. After three years on the job, they've seen every kind of magical shopping disaster imaginable. Until a selkie accidentally leaves her sealskin in their donation pile and gets them caught up in a quest to get it back.

As a series of mishaps turn what should have been a slight inconvenience into over a month long expedition, Nico's forced to get close to the girl who ruined their life. But, the closer they get to getting her sealskin back, the more Nico starts to hope that she won't leave.

A Tale of Seashells and Shenanigans is a cozy fantasy love story following two queer, disabled teenagers learning how to navigate themselves, their trauma, and their ways back home.

The Last Princess of Rosenly is dying.

Born of a wish made upon a star, she's spent her life kissing strangers in a desperate attempt to find her true love and anchor herself to the earth before turning eighteen. What only she knows, however, is that no kiss will save her. The Last Princess of Rosenly realized years ago that she will never fall in love; she wasn't built capable of it.

When an assassination attempt leaves a wound on her throat and a Wish Weaver in her dungeon, The Last Princess of Rosenly allows herself to hope. Maybe the stars have finally decided to send her a soulmate after all, with two months to share and an unwavering animosity between them.

The prisoner is going nowhere. She'll reform her, she'll kiss her, and then, she'll save an entire kingdom.

TW : Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler) nonconsensual touch/kissing, swearing, negative self talk, death & dying, subconscious self-harm, blood, imprisonment, panic/anxiety attacks

The girls of Cardale disappear every tenth.

For years now, Genevere's watched girl after girl be vanished off to Lotterhaugh to satiate some unspoken deal with the fae. When the girl she likes is marked the next victim, she decides to take her place--with knives in her boots and vengeance in her heart.

When she arrives at the castle, she finds not enemies, but quiet, abandoned halls, the ghosts of memories she once longed to exorcise, and a cursed prince she already knows she was built incapable of saving.

While We're Still Beasts is a queer new adult Beauty & the Beast retelling about finding your people, screaming at fate, and the kinds of love that don't get to break curses.