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Sibylline

Sibylline #1 / 2
by Melissa de la Cruz
Sibylline (Sibylline #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Three teens infiltrate the magical ivy league in the first book of a heart-stopping dark academia romantasy series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.

Raven, Atticus, and Dorian have dreamed of attending Sibylline for as long as they can remember. But when the magical university rejects them, the friends’ plans for a future studying the arcane together begin crashing down.

Until they decide to steal an education.

Getting jobs on campus, they sneak into lectures and swipe forbidden texts, dodging the administration’s watchful eye. In the quiet of night, in the thrill of secrecy, their magic awakens. And so do long-buried attractions that turn their friendship into something more.

But like magic, love can create, and it can destroy. As unrequited feelings and resentment threaten to fracture their bond, the trio discovers an insidious magic that has sunk its claws into Sibylline, killing students and corroding the very bones of the university. Now the three intruders may be the key to saving the institution from wreckage . . . if they don’t wreck one another first.

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FantasyYoung Adult
Release date: February 3, 2026

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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.

Sibylline

Sibylline consists of one book and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Sibylline (Sibylline #1)
Unrated
Diviner (Sibylline #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1


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