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Megan Shepherd

    New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd is known for crafting compelling narratives that delve into complex ethical questions and the boundaries of human nature. Her work is characterized by rich, atmospheric settings that draw readers into immersive worlds. Shepherd's approach to storytelling is marked by a profound depth, prompting contemplation on morality and identity. She possesses a distinctive voice that resonates, making her a memorable and significant literary presence.

    Megan Shepherd
    The Gauntlet
    The Hunt
    A Cold Legacy
    Tim Burtons the Nightmare Before Christmas
    Her Dark Curiosity
    Dog Star
    • 2023

      Dog Star

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      This historical fiction adventure follows a girl's bond with Laika, the famous dog cosmonaut of the Cold War-by a Carnegie Medal Nominee and New York Times bestselling author!

      Dog Star
    • 2023

      Book 2 in The Malice Compendium series by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, featuring dark magic and family secrets with a contemporary horror tone. Immediately following the events of Malice House (Book 1), Haven and her newly found sister are on the road, trying to discover the contours of her family's curse. But while they hunt, they are also hunted by the most vile creature from the previous book: a vile, aging salesman who can compel people to do anything with but a whisper and who wants to rewrite the entire world in his image.

      Midnight Showing
    • 2023

      Jack Skellington, the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown tired of his home's annual scaring routines and longs for something new. So when he and his loyal dog, Zero, discover a series of doors in the Hinterlands leading to other holiday towns, he can't help but explore - and quickly becomes enamoured with Christmas Town, a place filled with jolly laughs, merry elves, and plenty of presents. Jack shares all of his findings with the rest of Halloween Town, and together, they devise a plan to run Christmas themselves. But not all tricks can be turned into holiday treats, and Jack's dream to organise the best Christmas ever may just turn into a nightmare. Alongside friends like the rag doll Sally, can Jack find his true purpose as a holiday king?

      Tim Burtons the Nightmare Before Christmas
    • 2022

      Deciding to illustrate a disturbing, secret handwritten manuscript from her late Pulitzer Prize-winning father, aspiring artist Haven Marbury is plunged into a nightmarish world when a monstrous creature appears, forcing her to uncover dark, otherworldly family secrets to rewrite everything she thought she knew about herself

      Malice House
    • 2019

      Midnight Beauties

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.6(225)Add rating

      The witches, beasties, goblins, and Royals return in this spellbindingconclusion to New York Times best-selling author Megan Shepherd's Grim Lovelies duology.

      Midnight Beauties
    • 2018

      Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a Beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies and cinders serving Mada Vittora, the evil witch who spelled her into existence. That is, until one day she finds her mistress murdered in a pool of blood—and Anouk is accused of the crime. Now, the world she always dreamed of is rife with danger. Pursued through Paris by the underground magical society known as the Haute, Anouk and her fellow Beasties only have three days to find the real killer before the spell keeping them human fades away. If they fail, they will lose the only lives they’ve ever known…but if they succeed, they could be more powerful than anyone ever bargained for. From New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, Grim Lovelies is an epic and glittering YA fantasy. Prepare to be spellbound by the world of Grim Lovelies, where secrets have been long buried, friends can become enemies, and everything—especially humanity—comes at a price.

      Grim lovelies
    • 2017

      The Gauntlet

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(1196)Add rating

      The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in the final novel in the gripping and romantic Cage series, about teens abducted from Earth by an otherworldly race.Cora and her friends have escaped the Kindred station and landed at Armstrong—a supposed safe haven on a small moon—where they plan to regroup and figure out how to win the Gauntlet, the challenging competition to prove humanity’s intelligence and set them free. But Armstrong is no paradise; ruled by a power-hungry sheriff, it’s a violent world where the teens are enslaved and put to work in mines. As Nok’s due date grows closer, and Mali and Leon journey across space to rescue Cassian, the former inhabitants of the cage are up against impossible odds.With the whole universe at stake, Cora will do whatever it takes, including pushing her body and mind to the breaking point, to escape Armstrong and run the Gauntlet. But it isn’t just a deranged sheriff she has to overcome: the other intelligent species—the Axion, Kindred, Gatherers, and Mosca—all have their own reasons to stop her. Not knowing who to trust, Cora must rely on her own instincts to win the competition, which could change the world—though it might destroy her in the process.

      The Gauntlet
    • 2016

      The Hunt

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(1927)Add rating

      Cora, Lucky, and Mali have left the Cage, but find themselves serving new Kindred masters in the safari-themed environment called the Hunt. Nok and Rolf are moved into an enormous dollhouse where Kindred scientists observe and study Nok's pregnancy. Separated and constantly watched, they struggle to survive long enough to face the testing of the Gauntlet, where they can prove the worthiness of humanity and earn their freedom

      The Hunt
    • 2016
    • 2016

      The Cage

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      3.7(100)Add rating

      When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn’t alone.Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora’s past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appears—a handsome young guard called Cassian—they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: their captors aren’t from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.

      The Cage