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Lore Olympus vol 4 by Rachel Smythe

8/25/2023

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Cover of Lore Olympus volume 4. Hades looks out over a grove of pine trees as pink smoke billows up from around them. One of his eyes glows blue.
After Mynthe shreds Hades' soul with her harsh words, he runs into Persephone at Hera's house and falls deeper in love with her. Persephone decides that the two of them need to set some boundaries and confesses her feelings for Hades, but Hades can't bring himself to bring reciprocate because she is so young, and because she is on the path to become an eternal maiden. While Persephone and Mynthe might not be the answer, Hades also knows Hera isn't either, even though the goddess tries to use him to get back at Zeus after he once again cheats on her. Later, Apollo is at Persephone's house, and demands to know why she's been avoiding him. She finally confronts him about how uncomfortable he makes her feel. She seeks some comfort by hanging out with her friend, Cupid, but ends up telling him why she doesn't get along with his uncle, Ares.


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Teen titans vol 4 by kami garcia

7/27/2023

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Cover of Teen Titans volume 4. Damien is holding a silver batarang, ready to throw it. He's wearing a red and black puffy jacket. Behind him is Dick, standing a bit taller than him, wearing a red and grey letterman jacket. He's on the phone. They're standing back to back, not facing each other.
Vol 4: Robin, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo
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Picking up right where Beast Boy Loves Raven left off, the teens survive a night in the wilderness hiding from H.I.V.E., but they won’t last long on their own. Max calls her mother, Natalia, and they find a vacation rental in Georgia where they can lay low and avoid Slade. At the house, Natalia helps each teen train their individual powers for better control and to use them to their advantage. Gar decides it’s time to make up with his parents, and he calls them down to the Georgia coast to confront them about what they were doing and what they know about H.I.V.E.. Unknown to them, Damien’s adoptive brother, Dick Grayson, tracks his brother to the beach house and wants to stay and help them out, which enrages Damien. The two decide to settle it over some friendly challenges: hacking, parkour, target practice, and batarang throwing. The group also soon find out that Slade is interested in a girl in L. A., so they pack up and try to get to her before he does.


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daughters of snow and cinders by nuria tamarit

7/9/2023

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Cover of Daughters of Snow and Cinders. Below a frozen lake is a side profile of a wolf spirit with a red eye and sharp teeth looking up at a young girl and her three legged dog. She's walking across the snowy lake. There's a full moon above her. Around her are trees with no leaves on them.
A young girl flees her war-torn home in the hopes of finding gold in a cold wilderness of what seems like Alaska. There, she finds the Native women are abused, often disfigured and one of their eyes brutally taken, and forced into being guides for treasure hunters who want nothing more than to exploit the land and leave it as destroyed as its Native people. The young lady befriends a three-legged dog that has also been disfigured and abandoned by a treasure hunter, and seems to have a giant wolf spirit watching her and the treasure hunters. Despite nearly starving, an even harsher winter coming, and finding no gold, she decides to partner with some of the Native women to enact revenge on the exploitive men and finally stand up for her village as well.


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teen titans vol 3 by kami garcia

7/5/2023

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Cover of Teen Titans volume 3. Beast Boy has his arms wrapped around Raven and they're taking a picture into a mirror on a cell phone.
Vol 3: Beast Boy Loves Raven, illustrated by Gabriel Picolo
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Raven and Gar are on their way to Nashville, separately, but to see the same person, someone named Slade who can help them with their powers. Unbeknownst to Raven, her adoptive foster sister, Max is also tagging along to make sure she’s safe. Once in Nashville, the two teens find out their contact is going to be two days late. They keep bumping into each other and different restaurants, so Gar finally gets up the courage to talk to Raven. Their first encounter doesn’t go so well, but Gar is persistent and eventually gets Raven to come around. The two end up sharing a cheap motel room after Raven’s wallet is stolen, but she’s visited by nightmare visions of her father, Trigon, who is imprisoned in her necklace. When the date of meeting Slade finally arrives, the two go their separate ways to make their meetings. Thankfully, Damien Wayne is also in town to meet with Slade, and he’s a pretty untrusting person. He arrives in time to see Raven abducted, and mounts a rescue mission with Max to spring Raven and Gar from a secret facility.


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The witches of silverlake vol 1 by simon curtis

6/8/2023

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Cover of The Witches of Silverlake volume 1. The cast of witches are arranged in action poses across the middle of the cover. In one top corner is a red devil with sharp teeth. In the other corner is the skeleton-looking demon who is hunting Elliot. On the bottom of the cover is the skyline of Los Angeles as it looks from certain spots in the Silverlake neighborhood.
illustrated by Stephanie Son
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Elliot is starting his first day at a new high school in a new state, having moved from Ohio to California. His mom got a new job as a vice principal at a prestigious private school in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Aside from the culture shock, Elliot has been having weird visions and dreams of a creepy skeleton-looking figure hunting him. Within hours of arriving at school, he becomes adopted by the self-proclaimed weirdos of the school: five witches looking to complete their coven with him as the sixth. He’s arrived just in time for the most powerful moon in centuries. But all of them get more than they signed up for when a vengeful demon starts coming after Elliot and hurting other classmates and teachers in the process. Elliot must juggle his need for acceptance, his past trauma, his new magical powers, and his romantic feelings, all while fighting off an evil cult and their savage demons.


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The adventure Zone vol 5 by the mcelroys

5/17/2023

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Cover of The Adventure Zone volume 5. The three adventurers are surrounded by a glowing blue clock face. Outside of the clock face is glowing orange flames.
Vol 5: The Eleventh Hour

​Magnus, Taako, and Merle are dispatched yet again for another Grand Relic. This next one is inside a small Western-style town in the desert that is currently protected by a bubble that keeps it separated from the rest of time. The relic they seek is a chalice that allows the wielded to control time itself. The three manage to pieces their way through the bubble and are immediately apprehended by a deputy, who is a suit of armor and a small talking bird. They are just becoming acquainted with the town when they are sent back to the beginning again, and they realize they’re stuck in a time loop!


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The moth keeper by k. o’neill

3/15/2023

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Cover of The Moth Keeper. Anya holds out her hand for a moth, which is glowing yellow. She's wearing a brown, long-sleeve tunic and has a plaid scarf around her neck. Her chestnut hair falls around her face, and her long ears stick through her hair.
Being a moth keeper means having the fate of the whole Night village on your shoulders. Knowing this, Anya takes the oath anyway and sets about training to become the next moth keeper. She is responsible with guiding the moths out of their home, made from a covered tree stump, but getting them back in by sunrise. The moths then pollinate the most important tree in the village, which will also induce a multitude of other desert plants to grow and sprout flowers. One night, Anya decides she isn’t satisfied with just knowing what life is like in the Night village. She visits the villages of creatures who thrive in daylight. Her exhaustion the next night leads to the moths flying away from her sight, and it's up to her and the power of other moon creatures to get the moths back before the tree withers from lack of pollination.


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Wynd vol 3 by james tynion iv

1/11/2023

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Cover of Wynd volume 3. Wynd is in full transformed mode - he has large black wings, black fur covering his body, blue glowing eyes, sharp teeth, and sharp claws on his hands. He's flying over a snowy landscape that has spears sticking out of the snow. There are also a few spears in the air flying at him.
Vol 3: The Throne in the Sky, illustrated by Michael Dialynas

Our heroic band of kids is on the run, including from Duke Yadriel, who was supposed to be their savior! So now, humans, faeries, and those pesky vampires are wanting to overtake the group for a variety of reasons. The most terrifying presently is General Eks, a ruthless faery who believes the children are responsible for the destruction of an entire city. A suggestion is thrown out that they take the mountain pass to avoid being tracked, but this terrifies Merien. Faeries aren't built to withstand such extreme temperatures, which might be good for evading Eks, but not for their friend. While refreshing themselves at a mountain hot springs, the kids are picked up by Strawberry, a seemingly-friendly giant, who takes them to the ruins of an ancient city. Merien and Wynd discuss using his likeness to the Winged Ones to win allies, but Wynd still rejects the notion that he's descended from the original creators of the world.


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lore olympus vol 3 by rachel smythe

12/29/2022

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Cover of Lore Olympus volume 3. Persephone is floating above Hades and holding him with her arms around his neck. He's grasping her arm gently. The two look lovingly into each other's eyes.
Persephone starts her internship with the Underworld Corp, and is struggling with her scholarship with the Goddesses of Eternal Maidenhood. Eros gets her to open up about what's happened, and she breaks down. He brings her to his home, full of Venus' other children, and Venus figures out everything as well - what Apollo did, and that she has a crush on Hades. Persephone swears them to secrecy. Meanwhile, Hades is still trying not to have a crush on Persephone and work things out with Minthe, but Persephone being near him is enough for his resolve to crumble. They tour the Underworld together for several as part of her orientation, not realizing the passage of time. Then, Hecate gifts Hades with something personal - a letter between her and Persephone that tells of the actual first meeting between Hades and Kore, which Hades has no memory of at all.


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Lore Olympus vol 2 by Rachel Smythe

12/18/2022

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Cover of Lore Olympus volume 2. Hades in a dark blue suit is walking towards the left. Persephone, in a light pink dress, leans against his back and looks distressed. Hades is sort of looking over his shoulder at her. Behind them is the tower of The Underworld Corporation with a pink tree growing out of the top corner.
Persephone is still reeling from the fallout of her assault from Apollo, as well as the night-after the big Olympus party where she ended up in Hades' house. A tabloid publishes a photo of the two of them leaving and accuses her of being a flower nymph sleeping her way to the top. Hera decides to meddle further and approves an internship for Persephone in the Underworld, meaning she'll be working closely with Hades. Minthe, Hades' sometimes paramour, grows jealous from the photo. On Persephone's first day in the Underworld, Minthe gives her terrible directions and lands her in Tartarus with some volatile shades. As soon as Hades realizes Persephone's in trouble, he sprints off to rescue her just as she's being attacked by a shade. Hades can't come to terms with his feelings for Persephone, and worries about his attraction to a goddess who is much​ younger than he is, so he decides to bottle it up and try to work things out with Minthe.


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