Samantha S.'s Staff Picks


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Folk of the air volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him - and face the consequences.
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Average Rating:
3 stars
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In a near future when life is harsh outside of Earth's last unpolluted place, Cee tries to leave an abandoned island while her sister, STEM prodigy Kasey, seeks escape from the science and home she once trusted.
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister fair folk, immortal creatures who cannot bake bread, weave cloth, or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and Isobel s paintings are highly prized. But when she receives her first royal patron Rook, the autumn prince she makes a terrible mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes a weakness that could cost him...
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Series:
Six of crows volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price-- and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone......

5. Legend

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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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In the secluded town of Amity Falls, Ellerie has the chance to have her secret wishes come true, but there is a price to pay in this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
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Series:
Rithmatist volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice.
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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When apprentice librarian Elisabeth is implicated in sabotage that released the library's most dangerous grimoire, she becomes entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy that could mean the end of evererything.
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Series:
Iron Widow volume 1.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn't matter that the girls die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare...
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4.4 stars
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"The changeling queen, Suren, must venture back into the Court of Teeth with the help of the Prince of Faerie, Oak."--