tangledcomet's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Ever since Cass almost drowned (okay, she did drown, but she doesn't
like to think about it), she can pull back the Veil that separates
the living from the dead . . . and enter the world of spirits.
Her best friend is even a ghost.

So things are already pretty strange. But they're about to get much
stranger.

When Cass's parents start hosting a TV show about the world's most
haunted places, the family heads off to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here,
graveyards, castles, and secret passageways teem with restless
phantoms. And when Cass meets a girl who shares her "gift,"… show more.

Coda Theodore Wolf is cursed. Cursed by the ancient flame that resides in his soul. Cursed by the disasters the flame causes for the people of the Northern Kingdom and cursed by his father forcing him to hide it until the day he wants to use it to take out the enemy kingdom, the Southern Empire. This plan goes south and things get worse when another person steps up to not only claim Coda's fire but the entire Northern Kingdom. His best friend, Jolene.Coda and his sister, Bayla are the only ones to escape the cue and have to rely… show more.

OakenmeerAn Illustrated Coming-of-Age Epic FantasyBy Johnny O’SheaBorn of trees. Bound by destiny.In the land of Oakenmeer, people carry bark for skin and the rings of their years within. When King Serenus dies under mysterious circumstances, peace splinters across the Surviving Kingdoms. In the far north, Fortia—a miller’s daughter—has known only the joy of forests and the rhythm of work. But a single choice thrusts her into a conspiracy of crowns and oaths, where one command echoes again and again: Only the truth.Guided by an unlikely circle of allies—and shadowed by those who fear what she might reveal—Fortia must decide what… show more.