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Magie verdirbt den CharakterBriar Jones hat einen Traum: Die Temple, Schule für Thaumaturgie, zu besuchen, denn dort werden die mächtigsten CEOs und einflussreichsten Politiker des Landes in Magie ausgebildet, so zumindest die Gerüchte online. Aber Briar wird zurückgewiesen - stattdessen wird deren bester Freund Seb ausgewählt, woran ihre Beziehung zerbricht. Sieben Jahre später ermöglicht ein Sommerjob in den Archiven von Temple es Briar endlich, doch einen Blick hinter die Kulissen zu werfen und Seb wiederzusehen. Aber nichts ist so, wie Briar es erwartet hatte. Seb ist nicht mehr der einfühlsame, schweigsame Junge von früher. Er nennt sich nun Bastian, ist ein arroganter Schultyrann und scheint der Verlockung der dunklen Künste verfallen zu sein. Auch die Gemäuer der Schule bergen düstere Geheimnisse. Briar muss dringend herausfinden, was vor sich geht, um neue und alte Freunde vor finsteren Mächten zu retten.Für Fans von Naomi Novik, Noah Stoffers und M.L. Rio

Rip-roaringly romantic, fast-paced and funny - discover the brand new Sapphic historical fantasy adventure from the author of Cafe Nero Award shortlisted, YA Book Prize winner and Books Are My Bag Reader's Award winner, Gwen and Art Are Not in Love<BR><BR>'You aren't merry,' said Clem to her captor. 'And you aren't all men. So there's been some marketing confusion somewhere along the line.'<BR><BR>Mariel, a newly blooded captain of the Merry Men, is desperate to live up to the legacy of her grandfather, the legendary Robin Hood. Clem, a backwoods assistant healer known for her new-fangled cures, just wants to help people.<BR><BR>When Mariel's ramshackle band kidnap Clem as retribution for her guardian helping the Sheriff of Nottingham, all seems to be going (sort of) to plan . until Jack Hartley, Mariel's father and Commander of the Merry Men, is captured in a deadly ambush. Determined to prove herself, Mariel sets out to get him back - with her annoyingly cheerful kidnappee in tow.<BR><BR>But the wood is at war. Many believe the Merry Men are no longer on the right side of history. Watching Clem tend the party's wounds, Mariel begins to doubt the cause to which she has devoted her life. As the two of them grow closer, one thing is clear. They must prepare to fight for their lives - and for the lives of everybody in the greenwood.

'A wondrous book' JOHN GREEN'What a wonderful ride' V. E. SCHWAB'A delicious and diabolical feast' CASEY MCQUISTON'Funny, devastating, achingly romantic' OLIVIE BLAKE'The freshest contemporary fantasy I've read in years' LAURA STEVEN'Wildly creative, very funny, and searingly angry' FREYA MARSKE'This is dark academia as it should be written' BEA FITZGERALD'Croucher is a master of the craft' KAT DUNN'Delicious' THE FANTASY HIVEFrom instant New York Times bestseller, Nero Award-shortlisted, TikTok Book of the Year-shortlisted, and YA Book Prize-winning Lex Croucher comes your new dark academia obsession . . .Briar always dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, the elite boarding school that's produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in history, long rumoured to be magical. Briar's best friend, Sebastian, just wanted them to stay together forever. When Sebastian gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn't, their relationship is shattered - until, at eighteen, Briar secures a temp job sorting through the magical junk in Temple's attic, and discovers that quiet, sensitive Sebastian, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become the villain.Dark academia meets contemporary fantasy in this timely page-turner about a student who fails to gain admission to the UK's only school of magic but then gets a job there years later and unearths the ugly secrets simmering behind its ancient walls - unmissable for fans of Babel by R.F. Kuang and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

'Exactly what I needed right now - a delightful, heartwarming, hilarious historical romp, overflowing with queer panic and terrible jokes. I loved it' - ALICE OSEMAN, bestselling author of HEARTSTOPPER<BR><BR>'Fun and genuinely funny, with lovely friendships and first-rate dialogue. Gwen and Art may not be in love, but I fell for both of them' - RAINBOW ROWELL, #New York Times bestselling author of the SIMON SNOW trilogy<BR><BR>* Winner of the YA Book Prize *<BR>* Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award for Young Adult Fiction *<BR>* Shortlisted for the Café Nero Children's Fiction Award *<BR>* Instant New York Times Bestseller*<BR><BR>_______________<BR><BR>Gwen, the quick-witted Princess of England, and Arthur, future lord and general gadabout, have been betrothed since birth. Unfortunately, the only thing they can agree on is that they hate each other.<BR><BR>When Gwen catches Art kissing a boy and Art discovers where Gwen hides her diary (complete with racy entries about Bridget Leclair, the kingdom's only female knight), they become reluctant allies. By pretending to fall for each other, their mutual protection will be assured.<BR><BR>But how long can they keep up the ruse? With Gwen growing closer to Bridget, and Art becoming unaccountably fond of Gabriel, Gwen's infuriatingly serious, bookish brother, the path to true love is looking far from straight .<BR>_______________<BR><BR>'A total rollicking delight . Lex Croucher is one of my favourite romcom authors, and they should be yours too' - CASEY MCQUISTON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I KISSED SHARA WHEELER and RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE<BR><BR>'Congrats to Gwen and Arthur on their permanent acquisition of my ENTIRE heart. Suffice it to say that I loved this book to a degree that's slightly ridiculous' - BECKY ALBERTALLI, bestselling author of SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS AGENDA

Return to Camelot in the much anticipated and funny follow-up to the instant New York Times bestselling and YA Book Prize winning Gwen and Art Are Not in Love.<BR><BR>They fell in love. They won a great battle. It should have been happily ever after. But now, Camelot's famous couples have fallen apart. <BR><BR> Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is - so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down.<BR><BR> Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she's invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it'll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible.<BR><BR> With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumoured sightings of the Holy Grail, the Questing Beast and the Green Knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated?

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!<BR><BR>"A total, rollicking delight. Gwen & Art gave me the same cheeky, swoony, giddy, irresistible high of the first time I saw A Knight's Tale. Lex Croucher is one of my favorite romcom authors, and they should be yours, too." - Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Kissed Shara Wheeler<BR><BR>Heartstopper meets A Knight's Tale in this queer medieval rom com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.<BR><BR>It's been hundreds of years since King Arthur's reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth. The only thing they can agree on is that they despise each other.<BR><BR>They're forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run up to their nuptials, and within 24 hours, Gwen has discovered Arthur kissing a boy and Arthur has gone digging for Gwen's childhood diary and found confessions about her crush on the kingdom's only lady knight, Bridget Leclair.<BR><BR>Realizing they might make better allies than enemies, they make a reluctant pact to cover for each other, and as things heat up at the annual royal tournament, Gwen is swept off her feet by her knight and Arthur takes an interest in Gwen's royal brother. Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is chock full of sword-fighting, found family, and romantic shenanigans destined to make readers fall in love.<BR><BR>"In this frivolous medieval romp of a queer rom-com, Lex Croucher toys with Arthurian legend to delightful effect." - Entertainment Weekly<BR><BR>"Fun and genuinely funny, with lovely friendships and first-rate dialogue. Gwen and Art may not be in love, but I fell for both of them." - Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Simon Snow trilogy<BR><BR>"Gwen & Art Are Not in Love was exactly what I needed right now-a delightful, heart-warming, hilarious historical romp, overflowing with queer panic and terrible jokes. I loved it." - Alice Oseman, New York Times bestselling author of the Heartstopper series

'Ferociously witty and joyously unrepentant, Infamous wraps a rollicking story of Regency revelry excess around a heart of queer love and the power of self-authorship' Kat Dunn<BR><BR>22-year-old aspiring writer Edith 'Eddie' Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together-climbing trees, throwing grapes at boys, sneaking bottles of wine, practising kissing . . .<BR><BR>Now that they're out in society, Rose is suddenly talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified.<BR><BR>When Eddie meets charming, renowned poet and rival to Lord Byron, Nash Nicholson, he invites her to his crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside. The entourage of eccentric artists indulging in pure hedonism is exactly what Eddie needs in order to finish her novel and make a name for herself.<BR><BR>But Eddie might discover that trying to keep up with her literary heroes isn't all poems and pleasure . . .<BR>

"FANS OF THE MAGICIANS AND NINTH HOUSE HAVE FOUND THEIR NEW OBSESSION." -LAURA STEVEN"I DIDN'T WANT MY TIME WITH BRIAR AND SEB TO END." –V. E. SCHWABDark academia meets contemporary fantasy in this timely page-turner about a student who fails to gain admission to the UK's only school of magic but then gets a job there years later and unearths the ugly secrets hiding behind its ancient walls.For as long as they can remember, Briar Jones dreamed of attending the Temple School of Thaumaturgy. Behind its ornate gates, the elite boarding school—the place that has produced the most CEOs and Prime Ministers in British history—is whispered to be magical.Briar's best friend, Sebastian Wolfe, never cared about Temple. He just wanted them to stay together forever.When, at age eleven, Seb gets an acceptance letter and Briar doesn't, their childhood friendship is shattered. Seb vanishes onto Temple's grounds and Briar resigns themself to a mundane life. But they can't completely forget their yearning for Temple, to be one of the chosen in the ivory tower.Then, seven years later, Briar secures a temp job sorting through the junk in Temple’s attics. And they discover that quiet, sensitive Seb, the boy they once loved more than anything else in the world, has become Bastian: a beautiful, arrogant villain feared by the entire school. And worse, the secrets Temple is hiding might not be so enchanting after all.Discover why your favorite authors are raving about The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones!- "I feel dreamy and half in love just thinking about the chance to return to it, even though I know what sinister turns yet await." -Olivie Blake - "A wondrous book not just about magic and mayhem but also about love and hurt and how we survive it all together." -John Green- "A delicious and diabolical feast for lovers of dark academia, romantasy, complex queer romance." -Casey McQuiston

Sometimes life can be pretty amazing. But other times it feels like:<BR><BR>A. Your heart and stomach have been steamrolled into a grisly organ pancake<BR>B. You are being put through an emotional spiralizer that creates human courgetti<BR>C. Both of the above. You're a courgetti pancake<BR><BR>No, Instagram filters won't make it look any better. And, yes, we all feel this way.<BR><BR>An honest, thoughtful and hilarious survival guide for young people by social media sensation, Lex Croucher. Learn that you can face whatever today throws at you, because it has terrible aim anyway. And realise that only you scrutinise your flaws - seriously, no one else is paying attention, there's far too much interesting stuff on Netflix. A must-read for anyone who wants to embrace their actual, real, unedited life. Just always remember . YOU'RE CRUSHING IT. <BR><BR>Lex Croucher's frank and candid text is THE survival guide to help you make it through the crazy, topsy-turvy, whirlwind ride we call life. Brace yourself!<BR><BR>Topics include: family and friends, body confidence, technology and social media, relationships, mental health, success and more.

Inghilterra, anni Venti dell'Ottocento. Mr Thomas Hawksley è tornato in città. Non se ne conosce il vero motivo e di certo nessuno lo verrà a sapere da lui, così introverso, enigmatico e, a detta di tutti, poco incline al divertimento. Ma è estate e, per salvare le apparenze, deve suo malgrado partecipare a qualche festa. Un'estate che Georgiana non avrebbe voluto trascorrere con gli zii che, pur appartenendo alla buona società, conducono una vita molto appartata. La noia è la sua unica compagna. Finché, al primo ballo a cui è invitata, conosce Mr Hawksley. Il loro è un incontro tutt'altro che indimenticabile. Lei fa una gaffe dopo l'altra e lui sembra poco interessato alla conversazione. Nulla che lasci presagire una futura frequentazione, nemmeno di facciata. Anzi, tutto il contrario. Ma la città non è grande e rivedersi è inevitabile. Nonostante tutti consiglino a Georgiana di stare alla larga da lui perché il suo temperamento non può portare a a di buono, l'uomo esercita su di lei un fascino sempre maggiore. E più Thomas si ripete che Georgiana è solo una ragazza che passerà lì l'estate, più togliersela dalla mente diventa difficile. Ma arriva sempre il momento della verità. Quello in cui non si può più nascondere a. Ed è allora che i due devono capire a cosa e a chi credere davvero.