Paranormal Fantasy with Action and Romance

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•    Adventure
•    Action
•    Romance
•    Paranormal Fantasy

Stitching Snow
R.C. Lewis
YA F LEWIS
A futuristic retelling of Snow White in which seventeen-year-old Essie, a master at repairing robots and drones on the frozen mining planet Thanda, is pulled into a war by handsome and mysterious Dane after his shuttle crash-lands near her home.



 
Ill Wind
Rachel Caine
SCI-FI CAINE Weather #1
When Joanne Baldwin, a Weather Warden who can tame the most violent weather, is forced to flee from the law when murder accusations rain down upon her, she must find the only man who can help her - Lewis, the most powerful Warden, who is also on the run from the World Council.

Embrace
Jessica Shirvington
YA F SHIRVING Violet #1
Violet Eden's life is thrown into disorder on her seventeenth birthday when Lincoln, her training partner and the object of her affection, reveals to her that they are both half angels, until the mysterious exiled angel Phoenix enters her life.



The Iron King
Julie Kagawa
YA F KAGAWA Iron_Fey #1
When her half-brother is kidnapped, Meghan Chase, who has recently learned that she is the daughter of the summer faery king, must journey into a strange world she never imagined to face an unknown enemy and save those she loves.




Beautiful Creatures
Kami Garcia
YA F GARCIA Caster #1
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

Teen Paranormal Reads that Have It All

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• teen reads
• paranormal/fantasy
• romance
• witty writing
• comedy
• daring 
• mystery
• read like Cassandra Clare, Lauren Kate, Alexandra Andorietto

Meridian 
By Amber Kizer
YA F KIZER Meridian #1
On her sixteenth birthday, Meridian Sozu is whisked off to her great-aunt's home in Revelation, Colorado, where she learns that she is a Fenestra, the half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead, and must learn to help human souls to the afterlife before the dark forces reach them.

The Silver Kiss 
By Annette Curtis Klause
YA F KLAUSE
Simon, a mysterious and beautiful teenage boy, frightens Zoe in the dead of night when he comes to her house. Simon harbors a dark secret, while Zoe struggles with thoughts of her dying mother. Can Simon trust Zoe with his dark and terrible secret and will she help free him?

Beautiful Creatures 
By Kami Garcia
YA F GARCIA Caster #1
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.

Embrace 
By Jessica Shirvington
YA F SHIRVING Violet E#1
Violet Eden's life is thrown into disorder on her seventeenth birthday when Lincoln, her training partner and the object of her affection, reveals to her that they are both half angels, until the mysterious exiled angel Phoenix enters her life.

Fast-Paced, Compelling Paranormal Romance

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• fast-pace
• compelling story
• paranormal romance

Unearthly 
By Cynthia Hand
YA HAND Unearthl #1
Sixteen-year-old Clara Gardner's purpose as an angel-blood begins to manifest itself, forcing her family to pull up stakes and move to Jackson, Wyoming, where she learns that danger and heartbreak come with her powers.

Sisters Red 
By Jackson Pearce
YA PEARCE
After a Fenris, or werewolf, killed their grandmother and almost killed them, sisters Scarlett and Rosie March devote themselves to hunting and killing the beasts that prey on teenaged girls, learning how to lure them with red cloaks and occasionally using the help of their old friend, Silas, the woodsman's son.

Evermore 
By Alyson Noel
YA NOEL Immortal #1
Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts, and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more mysteries.

Once Dead, Twice Shy 
By Kim Harrison
YA HARRISON Madison #1
Spunky teen Madison, though technically dead, uses a stolen amulet to retain the illusion of a body and help her in the struggle between Light and Dark reapers.

Adventurous Paranormal Romance Books

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• adventure
• paranormal
• romance

Vampire Academy 
By Richelle Mead
YA F Mead Vampire #1
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots.

Insignia 
By S. J. Kincaid
YA F Kincaid
Tom, a fourteen-year-old genius at virtual reality games, is recruited by the United States Military to begin training at the Pentagon Spire as a Combatant in World War III, controlling the mechanized drones that do the actual fighting off-planet.

Etiquette & Espionage 
By Gail Carriger
YA F Carriger
In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteen-year-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage.

Catch Me If You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Most Extraordinary Liar in the History of Fun and Profit 
By Frank Abagnale
BIO Abagnale
Abagnale's first-person narrative of his misadventures as a conman, forger, imposter, and escape artist before the age of 21.

Paranormal books

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• paranormal books
• books similar to Anne Rice novels
• books similar to Richelle Mead novels

The Historian 
By Elizabeth Kostova
F KOSTOVA
Discovering a medieval book and a cache of letters, a motherless American girl becomes the latest in a series of historians, including her late father, who investigate the possible surviving legacy of Vlad the Impaler.

Dark Descendant
By Jenna Black
SCI-FI BLACK Descenda #1
Nikki Glass, an immortal huntress and descendant of Artemis, and her new friends--a descendant of Eros, a descendant of Zeus and a descendant of Loki--are plunged into the eternal battle between good and evil when a rival clan of immortals sets out to destroy all descendants who refuse to bow down to them.

Marked 
By P.C. Cast
F CAST House of #1
In 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres not only exist but are also tolerated by humans. Those whom the creatures "mark" as special enter the House of Night school where they will either become vampyres themselves, or, if their body rejects the change, die. To Zoey, being marked is truly a blessing, though she's scared at first. She has never fit into the human world and has always felt she is destined for something else. Her grandmother, a descendant of the Cherokee, has always supported her emotionally, and it is she who takes the girl to her new school. But even there the teen stands apart from the others. Her mark from the Goddess Nyx is a special one, showing that her powers are very strong for one so young.

Dead Until Dark 
By Charlaine Harris
F HARRIS Southern #1
Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next.

Witches of East End 
By Melissa de la Cruz
F DE LA CRUZ Beaucham #1
Joanna and her daughters Freya and Ingrid live in North Hampton, out on the tip of Long Island. All three women lead seemingly quiet, uneventful existences. But they are harboring a mighty secret-- they are powerful witches banned from using their magic.When mysterious, violent attacks begin to plague the town and a young girl disappears over the Fourth of July weekend, they realize it's time to uncover who and what dark forces are working against them.

Adventure/Paranormal Romance

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• Adventure
• Paranormal
• Romance

The Forest of Hands and Teeth 
By Carrie Ryan
YA F RYAN Forest #1
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead. 

Vampire Academy 
By Richelle Mead
YA F MEAD Vampire #1
Two years after a horrible incident made them run away, vampire princess Lissa and her guardian-in-training Rose are found and returned to St. Vladimir's Academy, where one focuses on mastering magic, the other on physical training, while both try to avoid the perils of gossip, cliques, gruesome pranks, and sinister plots. 

Divine by Mistake 
By P.C. Cast
SCI-FI CAST Divine #1
This one is a little different than the others on this list — rather than vampires & zombies, this story involves mythology as the supernatural element of the story. In this story, Shannon Parker, a teacher, is on summer vacation and purchases a Celtic vase. Thereafter she finds herself transported to the world of Partholon where she becomes the Goddess Incarnate of Epona and must find a way to return to Oklahoma before war erupts - and she is married off to a centaur. 

Fallen 
By Lauren Kate
YA F KATE Fallen #1
Suspected in the death of her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Luce is sent to a Savannah, Georgia, reform school where she meets two intriguing boys and learns the truth about the strange shadows that have always haunted her. 

The Vampire Diaries 
By L. J. Smith
YA F SMITH Vampire #1 - 2
Two vampire brothers compete for high stakes -- the love of Elena Gilbert, a beautiful high school senior who is searching for excitement.