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Stolen

Heart of Dread #2
by Melissa de la Cruz, Michael Johnston
Stolen (Heart of Dread #2) by Melissa de la Cruz, Michael Johnston
★ 10.00 (1)
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Nat and her drakon are the last of their kind — sworn to protect what their enemies seek to control — and she’s risked her life for their reunion. But fighting for the majestic Blue meant saying goodbye to Wes, breaking both their hearts. Back in New Vegas, citizens are threatened by the resurgence of magic and declare war on all the marked. Wes and his team travel to the extravagant indoor city of El Dorado looking for his sister, but when they are caught on the wrong side of the RSA’s strict new laws, Wes is forced to do the unthinkable — surrender and rejoin the military's quest to uncover the magical source, the same land Nat is struggling to protect. Now he and Nat find themselves on opposing sides of a war that could potentially destroy what’s left of the world.

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FantasyYoung Adult
Release date: 2014

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Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz

Melissa de la Cruz writes as if she were holding open a hidden door, inviting readers into worlds where power, magic, and identity collide. Over the years she has become one of the most recognizable voices in contemporary fantasy and young adult literature, not only for the sheer number of her books but for the way they balance glamour with danger, myth with modern life.

She was born in Manila and moved to San Francisco as a teenager, an experience that shaped her sense of in-between spaces, what it means to leave one world behind while building another. At Columbia University she studied art history and English, fields that continue to echo through her work in the architectural details, cultural references, and historical flourishes she weaves into her novels.

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Her first major breakthrough came with Blue Bloods, a vampire series that reimagined Manhattan’s elite as eternal, secretive beings. From there, she turned to witches with Witches of East End, then to the children of Disney villains in the bestselling Isle of the Lost series, which became a cornerstone of the Descendants franchise. Across genres she gravitates toward themes of belonging, heritage, and the hidden costs of power, often told through characters who straddle multiple identities.

Beyond her fiction, Melissa has reshaped the literary landscape by co-founding the YALLFest and YALLWest festivals, creating spaces for teen readers and authors to connect, and launching her own imprint at Disney to spotlight diverse voices. Her books have appeared on The New York Times bestseller list many times, with Isle of the Lost alone spending over a year there.

Even with all the acclaim, her writing remains grounded in something deeply personal. In recent years, she has drawn more overtly from her Filipino heritage, as in The Encanto’s Daughter, where folklore and superstition become the fabric of fantasy rather than mere embellishment. The result is fiction that feels both expansive and intimate, a reminder that stories are strongest when they carry the weight of lived experience.

Melissa lives in West Hollywood with her husband and daughter, but her imagination lives everywhere, between cultures, within myths, and in the spaces where magic unsettles what we thought we knew.

Heart of Dread

Heart of Dread consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Frozen (Heart of Dread #1)
★ 9.00 (1)
Stolen (Heart of Dread #2)
★ 10.00 (1)
Golden (Heart of Dread #3)
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