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Kalynn Bayron

    You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
    Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight
    My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix
    This Poison Heart
    Make Me a Monster: A modern twist on Frankenstein from the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella Is Dead
    Ce Funeste Destin
    • Ce Funeste Destin

      • 304pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Ile zaryzykujesz, aby ocalić ceux que tu aimes ? Bri découvre à quel point la magie peut être dangereuse et est prête à tout pour sauver sa mère. Elle doit demander de l'aide à des proches dont elle ignorait l'existence, maîtriser ses capacités extraordinaires et comprendre son rôle dans une lignée ancienne dotée de pouvoirs. La jeune fille joue avec le destin, tandis que son adversaire n'hésitera devant rien pour s'emparer du cœur magique – la clé de la puissance et l'héritage de Bri, qu'elle doit protéger si elle veut revoir sa mère. Un compte à rebours commence. À qui le cœur magique obéira-t-il ? Cette suite surprenante mêle magie, aventure et danger, plongeant le lecteur dans un monde inédit. C'est une histoire captivante sur la magie, la famille et l'amour queer, pleine d'aventures et de rebondissements, agrémentée d'une touche de mythologie grecque. Une énigme envoûtante avec une pincée de fiction gothique qui hypnotise !

      Ce Funeste Destin
      4,1
    • The dead don't always stay dead in Kalynn Bayron's compelling twist on the Frankenstein origin story. Seventeen-year-old Meka hasn't had a good night's sleep in years. Plagued by a recurring nightmare in which her father pulls her mother's mangled body from a gruesome car wreck, Meka's only solace is confiding her fears about the dream's meaning to her boyfriend, Noah. But when Noah dies in a tragic accident, Meka's world is torn apart. Heartbroken, Meka tries to move on, but strange things begin to happen. Someone is following Meka wherever she goes. The bracelet Noah was buried with reappears on Meka's front step. And Meka's nightmares start to evolve, becoming more and more twisted. Determined to make sense of everything, Meka must unravel a centuries-old secret and this dark truth to her family's past.

      Make Me a Monster: A modern twist on Frankenstein from the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella Is Dead
      5,0
    • "Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms. When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected―it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it." -- Amazon.com

      This Poison Heart
      4,1
    • My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger.

      My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix
      3,9
    • A collection of 13 horror stories all written by queer authors of color and each told through the lens of a teenager of color about the Halloween night that changed their lives forever.

      Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight
      3,9
    • Instant New York Times bestseller! At Camp Mirror Lake, terror is the name of the game . . . but can you survive the night? This heart-pounding slasher by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is perfect for fans of Fear Street. Charity has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly becomes all too real. If Charity and her girlfriend Bezi hope to survive the night, they'll need figure out what this killer is after. As they unravel the bloody history of the real Mirror Lake, Charity discovers that there may be more to the story than she ever suspected . . .

      You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
      3,6
    • _______________ 'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairytale ... She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after' - New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer 'A richly diverse and lovely read ... relevant, modern and inclusive' - NetGalley Reviewer 'An intense experience, but a captivating one' - Paper Lanterns Magazine _______________ It's 200 years since Cinderella found her prince, but the fairytale is over. Sophia knows the story though, off by heart. Because every girl has to recite it daily, from when she's tiny until the night she's sent to the royal ball for choosing. And every girl knows that she has only one chance. For the lives of those not chosen by a man at the ball ... are forfeit. But Sophia doesn't want to be chosen - she's in love with her best friend, Erin, and hates the idea of being traded like cattle. And when Sophia's night at the ball goes horribly wrong, she must run for her life. Alone and terrified, she finds herself hiding in Cinderella's tomb. And there she meets someone who will show her that she has the power to remake her world ... An electrifying twist on the classic fairytale that will inspire girls to break out of limiting stereotypes and follow their dreams!

      Cinderella is Dead
      3,7
    • Cinderella is dead, but Snow White fights on ... New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron makes her highly anticipated return to the fairytale realm of Cinderella is Dead with this thrilling twist on the classic story of Snow White. Princess Eve was raised with one purpose: to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer who terrorises Queen's Bridge with his wicked magic. Far too many of her subjects have been devastated by the Knight's trickery but Eve's own unique magic - the ability to conjure weapons from nature - makes her a worthy adversary. As she approaches her seventeenth birthday, Eve is ready to battle. But her mother, Queen Regina, has been acting bizarrely, talking to a strange mirror alone every night. Then a young man claiming to be the Knight's messenger appears and shares a shocking truth about Eve's past. Unsure of who to trust or what to do next, Eve must find the courage to fight. But will it be enough to save her family and her queendom?

      Sleep Like Death: From the author of TikTok sensation Cinderella is Dead
      3,1