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I'm looking to satisfy my cravings and buy a new YA novel. I'm looking for something on the fantasy side. Other than that, no real preferences, except for something I've never read before :D Suggestions?
 

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Wait until I've finished mine and published it? :)

No, seriously, have you had a look at the library on this site? You will probably find something you will like there.
 

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The last fantasy I read was Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin. A bit slow, but more in the old-fashioned storytelling way of slow than the OMG PAINT DRYING way of slow. It hooked me. I can't wait to pick up the next two in the series.
 

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"Skin Hunger" by Kathleen Duey and Sheila Rayyan. Wonderful book, and I'm dying for the next ones to come out.

"Life As We Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer if you lean towward the science fiction/fanatsy side, and it's one of my favorite books. By chapter two I had goosebumps.

"The Blue Girl" by Charles de Lint was delightful as well. Urban fantasy, faeries and whatnot. I liked this a lot more than Wicked Lovely.

Any of Rick Riordian's "The Olympians" series. Middle grade, but tons of fun. "The LIghtning Theif" is the first one.

"The Gallagher Girls" series by Ally Carter is fun as well. A boarding school for girl spies. "I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You" is the first one.

Those are the ones on my favorties list. I've been reading a lot of Tamora Pierce as well.
 

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I've heard good things about Ironic Gentleman. And it even has an AW Discussion Thread!

I don't know how much you've already read, but in the classics, I'd start with A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle.

And I hear someone on this board wrote some goblin books which are pretty YA friendly as well...
 

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Why I Let My Hair Grow Out is one of the best YA urban fantasy novels I've read in a long time. Plus it has a gorgeous cover. And it's hilarious.
 

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Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier is one of my favorite books of all time--historical fantasy set in Transylvania...
 

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I really liked The Silver Kiss and Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klaus. :)
 

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Charles De Lint- The Blue Girl
Carrie Mac- Droughtlanders (first of trilogy)

Very different but I enjoyed both.
 

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Anything by Le Guin is just...ahhh memorizing. I adore her style.

I can't wait to get Thirteen Reasons Why. I can't afford anything right now haha
 

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What sort of fantasy are you interested in? Magic, faeries, werewolves, vampires, something completely different or all of the above?

If you're into faeries then I'd second the recommendation for Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr and would add Tithe, Valiant and Ironside by Holly Black.

If you want something with a historical bent to it, then Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton is worth a look (although I'm not convinced it quite comes off in the execution).

The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven weaves magic and demons and I thought was a good, entertaining read.

Magic or Madness and Magic Lessons by Justine Larbalestier are two incredibly good reads, with a real bittersweet take on magic and good use of location.

SKulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy is also a good read, featuring a skeleton detective and more magic than you can shake a stick at. He also does something different with vampires, which I'm all in favour of.

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