Favorite YA Book Series that Are Coming to an End in Early 2021

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Over the past couple of years, we have been fortunate to enter new worlds and meet new characters. While we love them, even great book series have to come to an end. Sadly we will have to say goodbye to the series with their finales. However, we can enjoy this last ride with them and look forward to the next great stories these authors will create. Here’s to these great finales!

Misfit in Love by S.K. Ali

The sequel to Saints and Misfits

Janna Yusuf is excited for her brother Muhammad’s wedding, and she’s reuniting with her mom. And sweet, constant Nuah’s arriving too. The last time she saw him, Janna wasn’t ready to reciprocate his feelings for her. But she’s ready for Nuah now. It’s time for Janna’s summer of love to begin. But quickly nothing seems to be going to plan. Wedding choices are getting messy, Janna’s dad is acting strange, and her mom is spending more time with an old friend (and maybe love interest?) than Janna. And Nuah’s treating her differently. Quickly Janna’s summer of love is turning out to be super crowded and painfully unpredictable.

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

Book 3 in the Cursebreakers Series

Emberfall is crumbling fast, torn between those who believe Rhen is the rightful prince and those who are eager to begin a new era under Grey, the true heir. Grey has agreed to wait two months before attacking Emberfall, and in that time, Rhen has turned away from everyone—even Harper, as she desperately tries to help him find a path to peace. Meanwhile, Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow with a gentler hand than her mother. But after enjoying decades of peace once magic was driven out of their lands, some of her subjects are angry Lia Mara has an enchanted prince and a magical scraver by her side. As Grey’s deadline draws nearer, Lia Mara questions if she can be the queen her country needs.

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

The sequel to We Hunt the Flame

The battle on Sharr is over. The dark forest has fallen. Altair may be captive, but Zafira, Nasir, and Kifah are bound for Sultan’s Keep, determined to finish the plan he set in motion: restoring the hearts of the Sisters of Old to the minarets of each caliphate, and finally returning magic to all of Arawiya. Nasir fights to command the magic in his blood. Zafira battles the Jawarat—a darkness that hums with voices, pushing her to the brink of her sanity. In spite of the darkness enclosing ever faster, Nasir and Zafira find themselves falling into a love they can’t stand to lose…but time is running out to achieve their ends.

Shadow City by Francesca Flores

The sequel to Diamond City

Aina Solís has fought her way to the top of criminal ranks in the city of Kosín by wresting control of an assassin empire owned by her old boss, Kohl. But Kohl will do anything to get his empire back. Aina sets out to kill him before he can kill her. But Alsane Bautix, the old corrupted army general, is working to take back power by destroying anyone who stands in his way. With a new civil war on the horizon and all their lives at risk, the only way for Aina to protect her home is to join up with the only other criminal more notorious than her: Kohl himself. Through narrow alleys, across train rooftops, and deep in the city’s tunnels, Aina and Kohl will test each other’s strengths and limits, each of them knowing that once Bautix is dead, they’ll still have to face each other.