Books like 'Magic at Midnight: A YA Fairy Tale Anthology'

Readers who enjoyed Magic at Midnight: A YA Fairy Tale Anthology by Lyssa Chiavari, Amy McNulty, T. Damon, Dorothy Dreyer, Clare Dugmore, Mary Fan, Leigh Hellman, Clara Kensie, Mark C. King, Karissa Laurel, Melanie McFarlane, Selenia Paz, Madeehah Reza, K.M. Robinson & Jane Watson also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • Maze Witch by Shannon Mayer

    Maze Witch by Shannon Mayer

    14 ratings
    My name is Pamela, and I am the most powerful witch the world has ever seen. Only my magic is completely bound away from me, rendering me next to useless. I’m about to face a witch who makes me look like a child fighting a seasoned general in battle. A witch whose strength lies within the dead, and whose magic I unleashed during my part of destroying the world...
  • Dance of Kings and Thieves by L.J. Andrews

    Dance of Kings and Thieves by L.J. Andrews

    14 ratings
    Dreams will become nightmares...To take her place as rightful queen, Malin Strom stands by the side of the Nightrender and his guild of thieves in the fight to take a throne she never wanted. Now, as warriors from distant kingdoms answer their call, a new battle begins...
  • Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    16 ratings
    Wicked men stole the boy she loved. But when she found him again, he'd become more wicked than them all.Many enter the masquerade, but some never come out. Malin Strom has been searching for Kase, her childhood sweetheart, since he was lost at the annual masquerade years ago, and with her gift of stealing memories she crosses more than one dangerous line to do it...
  • Soul Eater by Lindsey Sparks

    Soul Eater by Lindsey Sparks

    12 ratings
    Humans know that immortals live among them, and the world is forever changed...Kat Dubois saved the human world from a deadly virus…and she couldn’t be more miserable. Her life as she knew it is over. She has become a prisoner held captive in a gilded cage, courtesy of her newfound fame...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber

    Cryptic Cravings by Ellen Schreiber

    24 ratings
    The morbidly monotonous Dullsville has finally become the most exciting place on earth now that Raven is madly in love with her hot vampire boyfriend Alexander, and a crew of vampires has taken residence in Dullsville's old mill. Raven discovers Jagger's plan to open a new club, The Crypt, right here in Dullsville...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  audiobook  book  fiction  gothic  high-school
  • Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    Ruthless Idols by Michelle Hercules

    16 ratings
    I knew being the only Norm at Gifted Academy would be hard and dangerous, but I didn’t expect to be tossed out of a window. Also didn’t expect to be saved by one of the Magnificent Four.Bryce brought me back from the brink of death, but he did more than heal my broken bones. He weakened my defenses and carved a place in my heart. He’s not the only one vying for my attention...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  book  dark  fiction  gods
  • Take Two by Sienna Mercer

    Take Two by Sienna Mercer

    16 ratings
    The fifth funny book in a girly series with a dark twist—cheerleaders, vampires, and cute boys all add up to a killer story with biteHollywood has come to Franklin Grove! Olivia is very excited. Jackson Caulfield—the hot teen movie star—is shooting a movie in her home town, and there's a chance to win a part in the film...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  book  children  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Rain Kimber: An Ariel Kimber Novella by Mary Martel

    Rain Kimber: An Ariel Kimber Novella by Mary Martel

    6 ratings
    Rain Kimber thought that finding his daughter and finally being able to be a part of her life after so many years without her would be the end of his adventure. He thought he’d find her, take care of the woman who’d stolen his child away from him (you don’t want to know), and then the two of them would immediately become the family they’d been before she’d been taken...
  • Corrupt Me by Everly Frost

    Corrupt Me by Everly Frost

    6 ratings
    I am pure.He is pure temptation.There's no place for heart in a coven like mine. We are three witches, working from the shadows, weaving the fate of the new supernatural world. A world in which I know my place.I am The Maiden, pure as can be.Then, a raven shifter finds me.He is darkness and seduction. Danger and forbidden craving...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dark  europe  fiction
  • Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    Time Shift: Kitsune and Shaman novel by J.L. Weil

    6 ratings
    She must leave her life behind to keep those she loves safe. Like most sane people, Karina Lang believed the idea of another world was only a thing in the movies. So not true. The Second Moon is full of inconceivable people, including herself. She is a Kitsune...
  • Catalpa's Curse by Terri Reid

    Catalpa's Curse by Terri Reid

    6 ratings
    Over one hundred years ago, a group of witches, escaping a second wave of Witch Trials made their way from New England to Whitewater, Wisconsin, known as Second Salem. Others, seeking knowledge in spiritualism and the occult, also made their way to the city and, through their ignorance, unleashed an evil entity poised to destroy the city...
  • Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper

    8 ratings
    All are equal in death. Tallora’s world ends in a single, bloodstained night, and all the world will fall in line unless the gods interfere. But divine aid comes at a price no mortal can pay, except in death . . . and perhaps Death herself has a few tricks of her own. From the author of FALLEN GODS comes a tale of redemption and sacrifice—and the true power of forgiveness...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  horror
  • Embrace by Stacey Rourke

    Embrace by Stacey Rourke

    8 ratings
    Whether she likes it or not, eighteen year old Celeste Garrett has come to terms with being the Chosen One. She knew having a "normal life" would be tricky, between intense training sessions and epic demonic battles, but she didn't know at what cost it would come. That is, until a dear friend is harmed by the malicious forces hunting her...
  • Shadow Rule by Angelina J. Steffort

    Shadow Rule by Angelina J. Steffort

    10 ratings
    Breaking the curse will break her heartGandrett can no longer hope that she has a dying chance to save the Prince of Ulfray nor the friend the Dragon King has taken from her. But she won’t give up—even if it means she has to travel to the forests of Ulfray first to help the Prince of Fae to wake his people...
  • Total Lunar Eclipse by M.J. Marstens

    Total Lunar Eclipse by M.J. Marstens

    10 ratings
    Venus the Genius is back! Her mission: To kill Moon or bust.I’m your Venus. . .I'm your fire. . .Wait, fire?That’s code for help!Hold on, Trust Tree Sisters, I’m coming (and not in the sexy way).Better yet, I’ll send Super Blue because I’m elbow deep in some sh*t.Not actual sh*t, but close enough. . .Because with each passing second, Lina (a.k...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  alpha-mc  book  comedy
  • Crown of Nightmares by Sylvia Mercedes

    Crown of Nightmares by Sylvia Mercedes

    10 ratings
    Who will live?Who will die?Who will be changed . . . forever?Separated from the Evanderians, Ayleth finds herself alone in the malevolent Witchwood.Or perhaps not entirely alone . . .Confronted with the reality of her living grandmother, Ayleth soon learns that the horrors once ascribed to Dread Odile’s name and legend may not be entirely true...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  audiobook  book  epic  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Blood, Milk, and Chocolate - Part One by Cameron Jace

    Blood, Milk, and Chocolate - Part One by Cameron Jace

    10 ratings
    After the last Dreamory, Fable, Axel and Shew want to learn more about the Lost Seven, and how the Huntsman fell in love with Snow White; an exploration that will lead to dire consequences...
  • Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy

    Ever Wrath by Alexia Purdy

    10 ratings
    There is no hope.Only blood and darkness await.Shade rules as Queen of the Seelie Summer Court with her love, a Teleen Faerie named Dylan at her side. But, the dark court of Unseelie faeries will do everything in their power to rule the earth, including enslaving the human world...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  action-adventure  book  dark  fae  fiction
  • Underground by Lindsey Sparks

    Underground by Lindsey Sparks

    12 ratings
    When immortals clash, mortals will pay the ultimate price. Kat Dubois has been sidelined. With a single word from Heru—no—her plans to save humanity from the Cascade Virus one mortal at a time are put on hold indefinitely. But Kat isn't willing to sit by, watching the world as she knows it crumble around her...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Seas by Colleen Oakes

    Seas by Colleen Oakes

    12 ratings
    Wendy Darling: Seas finds Wendy and Michael aboard the dreaded Sudden Night, a dangerous behemoth sailed by the infamous Captain Hook and his bloodthirsty crew. In this exotic world of mermaids, spies, and pirate feuds, Wendy finds herself struggling to keep her family above the waves...
  • Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent

    Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent

    16 ratings
    It starts with a scream….New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's compelling Soul Screamers series keeps getting better—here, for the first time, the original stories are compiled into one special volume…. My Soul to Lose —The prequel: never before in print!—Kaylee is just your average girl shopping at the mall with friends—until a terrified scream bursts from her that cannot be stopped...
  • Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

    Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

    5 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story.Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland...
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    retellings  magic  myths  paranormal  romance  fantasy  horror  fiction
  • The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector

    The Goddess of Nothing At All by Cat Rector

    6 ratings
    A dark fantasy Norse myth retelling for fans of Circe, The Witch's Heart, and The Silence of the GirlsPerhaps you know the myths.Furious, benevolent Gods.A tree that binds nine realms.A hammer stronger than any weapon.And someday, the end of everything.But few have heard of me.Looking back, it’s easy to know what choices I might have made differently. At least it feels that way...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dark  epic
  • Ballad of Blood by Amy Sumida

    Ballad of Blood by Amy Sumida

    6 ratings
    In the wake of the Battle of Primeval, Elaria and her consorts are trying to settle into a routine that will satisfy their responsibilities as well as their needs. But there is one responsibility that Banning refuses to commit to; taking the Blooder crown from his father. As King Sorin's attempts to persuade Banning grow desperate, Banning becomes even more steadfast in his refusal...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  alpha-mc  book  dragons
  • Hades Academy: Fifth Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Hades Academy: Fifth Semester by Abbie Lyons

    6 ratings
    The last year at Hades Academy begins... With a dangerous new enemy on the horizon, Nova's forced to get unexpected help to fight back. The future of Hades might be at stake—and now Elysium Academy's on the line, too. Alliances rise, friendships are put to the test, and the very balance against Chaos comes into question..
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    magic  myths  paranormal  angels  book  coming-of-age  demons  fiction
  • Queen by Claire Farrell

    Queen by Claire Farrell

    6 ratings
    Three kings. Two queens. One heir. Chaos will rule..
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  book  dark  fae  fiction
  • Celestial Prison by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    Celestial Prison by Avery Song, Veronica Agnus

    6 ratings
    In the deep shadows of the supernatural world lies a prison whose captives are organized by supernatural race, capabilities, and destructive power. The lower the level, the more lethal — and desirable — the individual. As a Nephilim at the Psychic Prison for Supernaturals, I'm banished to the depths of its lowest level, a hellhole from which few ever return...
  • Tempt Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Tempt Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    6 ratings
    “There are times when you should respond to a crisis with dignity and a level head. This was not one of those times.” Whether it stems from love or a sense of responsibility, Anja will do whatever it takes to break the curse and set Rob free, but the price might prove too high...
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    myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • Raven by Stacey Rourke

    Raven by Stacey Rourke

    6 ratings
    An infamous love, destined nevermore, For death could not claim, the enchanting Lenore. Cursed by the malevolent spirit of the Headless Horseman, Ireland Crane ventures to Manhattan in search of a way to break her soul crushing bond. Instead, she discovers the lines between fact and fiction are blurring once more. Croaking ravens. Telltale hearts...
  • Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery

    Losing Neverland by Evelyn Montgomery

    6 ratings
    All is not as it seems in Neverland.As for Peter & Hook, well I know the secret most don’t.The real truth behind the myth.The hidden wonder you’ve never known disguised as the notorious legend.I know the nightmare that brings Hook to his knees.The concealed facts which bring out nothing but his ruthless darkness.I know the inescapable reality that one day changed Peter Pan forever...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  coming-of-age  dark
  • Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    Storm Shift by J.L. Weil

    6 ratings
    The fate of two worlds lies with one girl. Karina Lang was looking forward to her senior year, until Devyn St. Cyr popped into her life, dropping a bombshell. She is a Kitsune—a shape-shifting fox. Life isn’t always what you expect. The universe is bigger and more dangerous than Karina could ever imagine...
  • Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    Flame Shift by J.L. Weil

    6 ratings
    Can she find the strength to say goodbye? Karina Lang hasn’t been feeling like herself lately. And who can blame her? Life hasn’t been easy the last few months, and it is only going to get rougher. As a royal Kitsune, Karina must gain nine tails in order to save a world she’s never seen. But Karina is dragging her feet. She knows that she must leave her home...
  • Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno

    Fierce as a Tiger Lily by Kendra Moreno

    6 ratings
    To die is no adventure. . .Tiger Lily knows that better than anyone. Death and the Tribes of Neverland have an intimate relationship, if only because their magic feeds the deity. Tiger has always walked in the darkness, and as a Daughter, she calls Death a friend.But Neverland is in trouble and Tiger finds herself in the middle of darkness she knows and a new insanity she doesn't...
  • Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Cowl by Jonathan Moeller

    8 ratings
    OverviewCaina Amalas was a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through her boldness and cunning saved the Empire and the world from sorcerous annihilation.But the victory cost her everything.Now she is exiled and alone in the city of Istarinmul, far from her home and friends...
  • Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    Feral as a Cat by Kendra Moreno

    8 ratings
    Weapons don’t weep… Calypso is only trying to make it through life, raising her little brother and taking care of her ailing mom. She doesn’t have time for fairytales or pipe dreams, so when two men show up at her door talking about Wonderland, she sends them on their way...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  retellings  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Goldilocks and the Bear by Vivienne Savage

    Goldilocks and the Bear by Vivienne Savage

    8 ratings
    Lady Victoria hungers for excitement, but how can she find it while cloistered in her cousin's castle? Encouraged to journey north to pursue an adventure of her own, an abandoned lodge seems as fine a place as any to stop for rest. Ramsay is a shifter without a mate...
  • Fade by Claire Farrell

    Fade by Claire Farrell

    8 ratings
    Cara Kelly should have left the faery realm now that it has a king to rule all, but nothing is that simple. The real king is trapped in the Fade, and Cara’s journey is just beginning. Guilt-ridden by the fact Brendan’s soul was sacrificed for hers, she’s determined not to desert him after his one pure act of goodness...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  book  dark  fae  fiction
  • Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    Chasing Cats by Erin Bedford

    8 ratings
    Sometimes the smallest debt comes with the highest price. Kat went down the rabbit hole and came out changed. Now everyone wants something from her and she is hard pressed to give in to any of them. Only the irresistibly mysterious Cheshire Cat seems to be on her side. But even he has secrets of his own. Secrets that cause him to show up beaten and bloody on her doorstep...
  • Hades Academy: Second Semester by Abbie Lyons

    Hades Academy: Second Semester by Abbie Lyons

    8 ratings
    Welcome back to Hades... So after nearly dying in an attack from Chaos, discovering the truth about Raines, and taking an immense risk to protect him, I’m back for second semester—and just supposed to act like everything’s normal. Except I have a huge secret. And the school’s on probation. Oh, and my hot professor might be trying to kill me...
  • Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek

    Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek

    8 ratings
    Raised in a small village near the spirit-wood, Liska Radost knows that Magic is monstrous, and its practitioners, monsters. After Liska unleashes her own powers with devastating consequences, she is caught by the demon warden of the wood – the Leszy – who offers her a bargain: one year of servitude in exchange for a wish...
  • Lords of the Hunt by Kate King

    Lords of the Hunt by Kate King

    9 ratings
    Their games will change her. Their love will ruin her.Lonnie Skyeborne is a human servant bound to the immortal court, until a cruel fairy tricks her into killing the High Fae King ...and she finds herself next in line for the throne...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  book  dark  enemies-to-lovers  fae
  • Queen of Poison by Sylvia Mercedes

    Queen of Poison by Sylvia Mercedes

    10 ratings
    Betrayal surrounds her.Doom beckons her.Yet she will hunt one last time.Captured, heartbroken, shackled in torturous iron mittens that keep her shade deeply suppressed, Ayleth knows Fendrel keeps her alive for one purpose: She is his only remaining weapon against the resurrected Dread Odile. Once her task is complete, she will be executed. It’s as simple as that...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  audiobook  book  epic  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Child of the Flames by D.W. Hawkins

    Child of the Flames by D.W. Hawkins

    10 ratings
    The Red Swords came with the sunrise and took everything Shawna Llewan held dear. Her family massacred, her home destroyed, she escapes with nothing but her mother’s heirloom and the desire for vengeance. When she’s found by Dormael, a Warlock of the Conclave, she learns that her mother’s keepsake—the reason her family was killed—holds the power to unleash boundless destruction...
  • Crown of Ashes by Amanda Aggie

    Crown of Ashes by Amanda Aggie

    10 ratings
    "We're all villains here." - Alice WhittakerBoth The Demon Prince and Crown of Ashes hit #1 in Amazon Charts for Paranormal Angel Romance, Dark Fantasy, Dark Fantasy Horror, Folklore, and Amazon New Releases!A year ago, we managed to escape the realm of monsters, unscathed.The mistake of trying to strike a bargain with the High King has been buried in the past…Or so we thought...
  • Late as a Rabbit by Kendra Moreno

    Late as a Rabbit by Kendra Moreno

    10 ratings
    Follow the white rabbit. . .Tick.Jupiter only ever wanted an adventure, but she never should have gone searching for one. It finds her in the form of a white rabbit with silver eyes.Tock.When that same white rabbit turns out to be the White Rabbit from the story books, she can’t contain her curiosity. She follows him down the rabbit hole and drops right into Wonderland...
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    retellings  magic  paranormal  myths  romance  fantasy  horror  steamy
  • Hades by Alessa Thorn

    Hades by Alessa Thorn

    11 ratings
    A demi-goddess with the power over life and death, the God of the Underworld burning for revenge...it's a forbidden obsession waiting to happen.HADES is the third book in a new paranormal romance series, based in a dark, sexy city ruled by Hades and his court of gods and monsters...
  • Outcast by Lindsey Sparks

    Outcast by Lindsey Sparks

    14 ratings
    War has broken out among the immortals. It’s time to choose a side. Kat Dubois never asked to be the emissary for the good guys. Diplomacy isn’t her strong suit, and patience isn’t one of her personal virtues. But when a millennia-old god asks you to do a job to further the war cause, you do that job…especially when you’re the opposition’s most wanted...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  female-mc
  • Wicked Hunt by Cari Silverwood

    Wicked Hunt by Cari Silverwood

    6 ratings
    This book is part of a dark kinky fiction trilogy and may disturb some readers. The full warning is at the bottom. This is not a standalone read.What happens when the victim becomes the killer?Killing isn’t right, but it's better than the wrong people being dead.That’s what Zorie tells herself, until the day she makes a mistake and the hunter becomes the hunted...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  abuse  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • Dark Soul by Tenaya Jayne

    Dark Soul by Tenaya Jayne

    6 ratings
    Thief. Murderess. Sacrificial messenger. Netriet has faced death many times but she never consented to the transformation she endured the last time her life was pulled back from the edge of death. She’s compelled to live a solitary life for fear the shadow inside her will terrify others. Lonely, Netriet longs for acceptance and friendship...
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    magic  myths  paranormal  angels  audiobook  book  death  fae
  • Guardian by Gillian Joy

    Guardian by Gillian Joy

    6 ratings
    Destiny is a pitiless mistress. Hannah is the Guardian now. Her mother’s murder by an unknown vampire fuels a journey of vengeance, desire and agony. She must find the one responsible, and in the hunt, finds that death is no mate to destiny. A handsome childhood sweetheart and another, dark and dangerous, vie for her affection as she searches for her mother’s killer...
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