Books like Luminous by Dawn Metcalf

After her parents are murdered, 7‑year‑old Jude, along with her sisters, is brought to the High Court of Faerie. Mortals like her are despised, but she seeks a place among the fey—especially the cruel Prince Cardan—while navigating palace intrigue and danger.

Isobel, a gifted portrait artist, sells favors to dangerous fair folk whose fascination with human craft threatens their power. When a spring prince commissions her, her art puts both of them in peril, forcing them to ally against the immortal courts.

Harper, a young woman with cerebral palsy living in Washington, DC, is drawn into a magical realm where she must help Prince Rhen—cursed to relive his eighteenth year and turned monstrous—break his spell and save the kingdom.

Elena Gilbert returns from death with newfound powers, making her irresistible to vampires. Stefan seeks to protect her, while Damon covets her as his queen, as a dark, shape‑shifting threat rises in town.

Twins Tennyson and Brontë find themselves drawn into supernatural trouble after befriending outcast Bruiser and his brother Cody, leading to inexplicable events that test their family ties.

In a world of monsters and illusion, Joy Malone must masquerade as a stranger’s chosen love to survive and escape a fatal fate.

Joy must welcome her mysterious boyfriend, Indelible Ink, to her family, only to be drawn into a quest by his twin sister, Invisible Inq, to locate a forgotten door between the Twixt and the human world.

Seventeenth‑summer Brienna of Valenia must choose between passion and blood when a disgraced lord’s patronage entangles her in a plot to overthrow a rival king and restore the rightful queen to the northern throne.

Illuminating Darkness is a reflective collection of quotes, poetry, and musings that invite readers to explore their emotions and find healing through writing.

Teen Joy Malone discovers she possesses a Sight that could give her power, freedom, and the love she yearns for—if she can survive an assassin’s hunt and decide whether to stay in the supernatural world of Twixt or abandon it forever.

On the run . . .Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has been captured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havoc in Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore the evil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search of Stefan.In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother, Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena, body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set out for the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being held captive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roam free, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters. . . .Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passing day the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is faced with a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want?Back in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dire discoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only to be caught up in Elena's most dangerous adventure yet.

Elisabeth, a foundling raised among whispering grimoires in Austermeer’s Great Libraries, believes all sorcerers are evil and vows to become a warden to guard the kingdom from the ink‑and‑leather monsters that spring to life when sorcery is provoked.

Seventh‑grader Ellie and eighth‑grader Jack exchange bodies, forcing them to navigate each other’s lives amid friendship troubles and parental pressure, and in the process discover new insights about themselves and the opposite sex.

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Jacob Fielding discovers he can be indestructible, but his newfound power forces him to choose who lives and who dies. With thirteen days to decide, he must decide whether to save his friends or sacrifice the ones he loves.