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Perfectly Villainous

What would a hero be without a villain? Pretty bored, probably. The villains in these stories are anything but boring, and you might even find yourself liking them just as much (or more) than the hero of the story.

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  • Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, but many of the fey despise humans. To win a place at…
    Book, 2018New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
  • Corayne an-Amarat can feel a strange darkness growing in Allward. She soon discovers that she is the last of an ancient lineage and the last hope to save the world from destruction. With a group of unlikely companions, she stands against a vicious…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
  • 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…
    Book, 2012New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2012.
  • In a world divided by blood--those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities--seventeen-year-old Mare, a Red, discovers she has an ability of her own. To cover up this impossibility, the king…
    Book, 2015New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
  • Clementine is ready to take over the warden of her small town, protecting it from a magical curse flowing from the nearby mountains with each new moon. When two magicians arrive to challenge her, she is drawn into a century-old conflict. As she…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021]
  • America Singer is chosen to compete in the Selection--a contest to see which girl can win the heart of Illea's prince--but all she really wants is a chance for a future with her secret love, Aspen, who is a caste below her.
    Book, 2012New York : HarperTeen, [2012]
  • 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…
    Book, 2022New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
  • When Miuko, who's never longed for adventure, is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Continuously thwarted by a demon prince, she must negotiate…
    Book, 2022Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
  • Long before she was the Queen of Hearts, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere, like opening a…
    Book, 2016New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2016.
  • Alessandra is tired of being overlooked, but she has a plan to gain power. She will woo the Shadow King, marry him, and then kill him and take his kingdom for herself. Despite the mystery surrounded the freshly crowned King's power, Alessandra knows…
    Book, 2020New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2020.
  • Ostracized or incarcerated her whole life, seventeen-year-old Juliette is freed on the condition that she use her horrific abilities in support of The Reestablishment, a post-apocalyptic dictatorship, but Adam, the only person ever to show her…
    Book, 2018New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.