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This second book in the A Hundred Names for Magic trilogy is not your average fairytale. Join Alex, Tala and their friends on their next adventure in this unputdownable series about modern-day magic, found family, and standing up for what's right.It's been six months since the lost city of Avalon was retaken. And Alex is doing his best to be a good leader, but he needs all the help he can get, which is why his best friend, Tala, is right by his side. Unfortunately, when the Nameless Sword in the stone appears suddenly in the castle courtyard, it brings a new set of problems. Avalon custom dictates that anyone is free to try to pull it out, attracting people from all walks of life and leaving the kingdom vulnerable to attack.Not to mention that mysterious portals have started popping up, bringing nightwalkers, ice maidens, and even a surly dragon right to Avalon's doorstep.And when Avalon's sworn enemy, the Snow Queen emerges with an unlikely ally and attempts to open a portal to a long

Full of court intrigue, queer romance, and terrifying monsters―this gothic epic fantasy will appeal to fans of Samantha Shannon’s The Priory of the Orange Tree and the adult animated series Castlevania.Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wish otherwise), an elite bounty hunter of rogue vampires, and an outcast among his fellow Reapers. His mother was the subject of gossip even before she eloped with a vampire, giving rise to the rumors that Remy is half-vampire himself. Though the kingdom of Aluria barely tolerates him, Remy’s father has been shaping him into a weapon to fight for the kingdom at any cost.When a terrifying new breed of vampire is sighted outside of the city, Remy prepares to investigate alone. But then he encounters the shockingly warmhearted vampire heiress Xiaodan Song and her infuriatingly arrogant fiancé, vampire lord Zidan Malekh, who may hold the key to defeating the creatures―though he knows associating

From the highly acclaimed author of the Bone Witch trilogy comes a chilling story of a Japanese ghost looking for vengeance and the boy who has no choice but to trust her.I am where dead children go.Okiku is a lonely soul. She has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the spirits of the murdered-dead. Once a victim herself, she now takes the lives of killers with the vengeance they're due. But releasing innocent ghosts from their ethereal tethers does not bring Okiku peace. Still she drifts on.Such is her existence, until she meets Tark. Evil writhes beneath the moody teen's skin, trapped by a series of intricate tattoos. While his neighbors fear him, Okiku knows the boy is not a monster. Tark needs to be freed from the malevolence that clings to him. There's just one problem: if the demon dies, so does its host.

In the second book of the epic fairytale series from Rin Chupeco (the Bone Witch trilogy), Tala and her friends must unite to defeat the Snow Queen in order to reverse the Deathless curse