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1) Pet
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In a near-future society that claims to have gotten rid of all monstrous people, a creature emerges from a painting seventeen-year-old Jam's mother created, a hunter from another world seeking a real-life monster.
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Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protegé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
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When the world was crumbling, Clara escaped her abusive home and joined Team Seven, a monster-fighting squad of runaways and misfits. They discovered the sinister truth behind the scrab invasion: they're being trained and weaponized by MDG, a private security firm hired by the government. Now Team Seven has made it their mission to expose truth about MDG. At the center of a global conspiracy, they must face their biggest threat yet: their own demons....
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"Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family. To save herself and her family, Joan will have to do what she fears most: embrace her own monstrousness. Because in this story...she is not the hero"--
10) Beasts of ruin
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After sacrificing her freedom to save the boy she loves, Koffi finds herself a prisoner in Thornkeep, the domain of Fedu, the cunning god of death, where she encounters a mysterious mist that keeps her and the other darajas imprisoned. But when she realizes the mist unlocks the magic deep within her, Koffi embarks on a mission to learn more about her heritage and how she can use it to defeat Fedu. Ekon, desperate to find Koffi, sets off on his own...
11) Jelly
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You get over the fear of death and the smell of fish; boredom is an issue, sure, but it's not the main one. The biggest problem with being trapped on a jellyfish is not being able to get away from everyone. Martha and everyone else living there don't know how they got there or how long they've been there or where they're going. They can't escape-- but they're going to try. Or die trying. -- adapted from jacket
14) Our violent ends
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"Though secrets and lies keep Juliette and Roma apart, a monster still prowls the city of Shanghai, and the two are going to have to put aside their differences to end this threat to once and for all"--
16) Monstrous
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When seventeen-year-old Latavia is presented as a human sacrifice to an ancient beast, she is determined to do whatever it takes to survive--even if that includes making a deal with the monster and endangering her crush and family.
17) The Luminaries
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"Winnie Wednesday, an outcast from the Luminaries, is determined to restore her family's good name by taking the deadly hunter trials on her sixteenth birthday, but when she turns to her former best friend Jay Friday for help, they discover a danger lurking in the forest no one in Hemlock Falls is prepared for."--
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"Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him--the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world's population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can't get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately...
20) Beasts of war
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Once a prisoner to Fedu, the vengeful god of death, Koffi has regained her freedom, but she is far from safe. Fedu will stop at nothing to hunt her down and use her power to decimate the mortal world. Koffi knows when Fedu will strike: during the next Bonding, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. To survive, Koffi will have to find powerful new allies quickly, and convince them to help her in the terrible battle to come.