J.A.R.L. (Jules' Awesome Reading List)
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Cataindar by Tim
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#1 for a month on the Fantasy-Action Hotlist. Wattys2015 Winner. Fourteen-year-old Luisa is focused on staying under the radar at her rough London school, relieved that the summer holidays are soon to begin. Exploring the ruin of an abbey at night, Luisa falls into the underground land of Cataindar. The catains are a cat-like race, possessing powers and magic that most humans could only dream of. They have been expecting her. As the catain abbot guides Luisa through their world, Luisa finds out that things in Cataindar are not quite as they seem. Old secrets are discovered, new loyalties are forged and a dark truth puts Luisa's life in terrible danger. Cataindar is the first in a planned series involving talking cats, giant rats and an ancient power that will change the world as we know it forever.
Paladin by SallySlater
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Sam is the most promising swordsman among this year’s crop of Paladin trainees...and knows it. Brash, cocky, and unbeatable with a sword (well, almost), Sam is the kingdom of Thule’s best hope against the violence wrought by demons. The only problem is that Sam is really Lady Samantha, daughter of the seventeenth Duke of Haywood, and if her father has his way, she’ll be marrying a Paladin, not becoming one. But Sam has never held much interest in playing damsel-in-distress, and so she rescues herself from a lifetime of boredom and matrimonial drudgery. Pity that Tristan Lyons, the Paladin assigned to train her, is none other than the hero of her childhood. He hasn’t recognized her as Lady Samantha--yet-- but if he does, he’ll take away her sword and send her packing. Sam is not the only trainee hiding secrets: Braeden is a half-demon with a dark past that might be unforgivable. Sam, Braeden and Tristan set out for the western coast, charged with rooting out an infestation of demons that has made the West unlivable. As they travel, they uncover a deep-seated corruption of power that threatens to derail everything they stand for. Rebellion stirs, led by a rival faction of warriors who tempt Sam to join them with an irresistible offer. A war between men is coming, and Sam must pick a side. Will saving the kingdom cost her life -- or just her heart? Reminiscent of Mulan, but with a medieval fantasy twist, Paladin is a tale of adventure, action, and romance.
Kidnapped Book 1&2 by Irishthug
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Have you ever watched the News and Seen kids Getting taken away from their Family and Friends? Yes, We all have; But do you stop and think for minute that it could happen to you? Nope, We don't. We think that we are safe and sound, But we're not. No one is safe in this world that we live in. Skylar Jones, A 17 Year old girl and Her best friend are taken away from their Loving Parents, By some men that They have never seen before In their Lives. But they're not alone. The men have Kidnapped other kids and Keep them locked up in a basement, Abused and Hungry. Nathan and Skylar snap, And they team up with the Three kids their Age. Will Skylar And her friends make it out of that Hell hole? Or are they going to DIE?
My Best Friends Brother by blossomjemx
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❁ Nicky has always been the quiet, loner type because of her rough past and she's always lived in a small town in the north, but then her whole life changes when she moves to Los Angeles. She tries to avoid making friends and especially dating. It's just not her scene. Even though she tries to avoid it, it doesn't work out and it's like society is chasing her everywhere she goes in L.A. Eventually she makes a friend and becomes close to her. Nicky finds out that the boy she's been admiring at school happens to be that particular friends brother. Dylan. The hot, popular, also more of the loner type as well. But then she meets HIS best friend that falls for her. Can she push them out of her mind? Or will she fall? ❁ TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htx_jRfLrFQ
The Calling of Time by ELatimer
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Kali's life is in ruins, and she has no one left to turn to. But her family isn't dead....it's much worse than that. The world isn't the way it used to be. Buildings crumble, cars sit under layers of dust and the only people that walk the streets are the soulless, shambling creatures with no knowledge of who they are any longer. Kali Williams knows she can't hide for long, and when the soul suckers come for her she runs, breathless with fear, straight into the arms of a mysterious stranger who calls himself "the guardian".
Ambition by beccawise
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Is there any escape from the Wastelands or must you become what you hate to survive? Three siblings decide to mess up their lives in their very own special way, now they find themselves on the wrong side of the wrong person on the wrong side of town.
The Divergent Games[In Editing] by SeventeenAces
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What happens when the Faction Island and Panem come into contact? As a sign of truce between the two nations, the people of the Faction Island are forced to spread out among the districts of Panem, to teach those citizens their way of life. When every father of every family, every lone mother, and every eldest must decide what faction they will live in, a new form of submission among the people is created. The factions have become current in every district. The great Faction Island has been turned into the new Capitol, and the old Capitol of Panem has been inherited by Faction Island officials and renamed the Summit. The Divergent Games have been created to continue to teach the new and original citizens of Panem that even with this new way of culture, they are still unable to stand up against the strength of the Capitol. My name is Renee Belladonna. I live in District 11 with my mother Kalyca and my baby brother Tyson. Myself and my one and best friend Kelli are the only female baseball players of District 11, for the main reason of which we do it in secrecy. I am fourteen years old, and I am Dauntless. I was chosen for the Divergent Games, and I will not go down without a fight.
Chasing Corruption by Danisaur14
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Scar and Lilly Foster and Larry Rogers--three kids from a small town in Pennsylvania--are put to the test when their friend (and brother) Braen Foster, is taken to a land of good and evil. Scar, Lilly, and Larry must travel to the Lands of Corruption to save Braen. Fairies, elves, and other creatures they never knew existed creep into their not-so-normal lives. They learn that the world isn't what it seems, and Corruption lurks everywhere.
Forgotten Lyrics by AmandaHocking
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Don’t miss this imaginative new short story set in the magical world of Watersong—a realm of enchanting beauty…and terrifying secrets. Aggie is a mythological creature on a secret mission. Lydia is a young woman from a magical family with no real powers of her own. And Daniel is a high school boy who’s made it his duty to protect his deeply troubled older brother. Then one fateful night, their lives collide in a terrifying accident that changes them all forever. And beneath the surface, the ripple effects of the accident will have more impact than anyone could ever guess...changing not only their future, but the fate of an entire town.
Eternal by giocosovivace
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"There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be..." -John Lenon "I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. I am anything that happens after I'm gone which would not have happened if I had not come." -Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children You lived a life full of misery in your old world with ordinary people, who considers you as one of the special children with special needs. What if one day you discover another world where you are accepted as you are? What if you find people just like you? What if you have felt being treated as a human for the first time, then you found out that you're no human at all? Would you rather go back home and feel the misery once again and insist on living in a world not made for you? And who would you choose between the one you love, and the one who loves you? A novel with romance, fantasy, friendship, family and adventure. All that and more in Eternal. (THIS STORY WILL CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE AS LONG AS ETERNAL EXISTS IN THE AUTHORS IMAGINATION.)