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Celeste Baxendell

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The United States

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https://celestebaxendell.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Young Adult, Ebooks

Member Since

May 2018

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Celeste Baxendell has always read anything she could get her hands on, but once she read her first fantasy novel, she was hooked and hasn’t looked back since.

Her love of magic, adventure, and romance hasn’t waned with age, and she endeavors to write nail-biting stories with compelling, complex characters, and finding light in dark times.

She is incredibly blessed to spend her time writing from her favorite chair with her legs curled up under her as she fights the southern heat. When she isn’t writing, she’s either reading, drawing, or sewing, in that order, and most likely thinking about writing as she does.

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Celeste Baxendell’s books

Average rating: 4.31 · 6,208 ratings · 1,845 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Wicked Prince 4.42 avg rating — 930 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ties of Starlight 4.28 avg rating — 619 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stalks of Gold (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 636 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince's Captive (Runes of Pain and Peace, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 547 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirrors of Ice (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #2) 4.44 avg rating — 400 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinders of Glass (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #4) 4.53 avg rating — 326 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Heart (Rune Heart, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 294 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts of Beauty (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 294 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Rotting Heart 4.50 avg rating — 276 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince's Mage (Runes of Pain and Peace, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 255 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Bewitching Fairy Tales (8 books)
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Celeste Baxendell and 32 other people liked Maggie McGrath's review of Silver is the Sky: Empire of Blood and Storm: "I was blessed to have been able to be a beta reader for this book—I will give a more thorough review when I reread the ARC, but my current thoughts? This is quite possibly the best book Dorothy has ever written so far. It’s hard to say that when I lov" Read more of this review »
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“Missing your beauty sleep?" Liora whispered, nudging him.
"I don't need beauty sleep when I'm naturally this pretty," Cynrik said.”
― Celeste Baxendell, Cinders of Glass

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“We can hide behind the excuse that we were just trying to protect our family, but that doesn't justify the damage we do in their name. But I guess that's something you can only learn when you're the one who gets hurt.”
― Celeste Baxendell, Cinders of Glass

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“He was going to kill her. After he found her perfectly safe and made sure she was going to stay that way. Then he'd kill her. Metaphorically.”
― Celeste Baxendell, Cinders of Glass

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Cress by Marissa Meyer

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

6 votes, 37.5%

Stalks of Gold by Celeste Baxendell

Stalks of Gold (Bewitching Fairy Tales, #1) by Celeste Baxendell

3 votes, 18.8%

Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

Heart of Ice (The Snow Queen, #1) by K.M. Shea

3 votes, 18.8%

Traitor's Masque by Kenley Davidson

Traitor's Masque (Andari Chronicles, #1) by Kenley Davidson

2 votes, 12.5%

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

2 votes, 12.5%

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