Tarot cards have been used to gain insight into the future and provide guidance for centuries. Comprised of seventy-eight cards with different meanings, the tarot deck is rife with mystical imagery and occult history. The titles below infuse romance, mystery and coming-of-age stories with the practice of tarot. Whether the characters believe in the power of the cards or approach tarot with skepticism, the ancient art of divination is a part of their contemporary world.
In tarot-inspired fantasy graphic novel Arcana: The Lost Heirs, Eli has never met another witch until they meet the handsome James. Through James and his friends, Eli learns about the Arcana, a coven of witches who protect the magical world. The friends discover sinister truths about the Arcana and its leaders the Majors, setting a curse in their shared legacy into motion.
Chicago teen Danika makes money charging her high school peers for tarot readings. When one of her classmates goes missing after a troubling reading, Danika gets an opportunity to prove to her parents that she is ready to be a private investigator in the family's agency. Tarot is as much about reading people as it is about reading cards in this cozy amateur detective novel.
Anxious Camilia receives a tarot reading on her sixteenth birthday that predicts a bleak year. Camilia is unable to get the cards' prediction out of her head and tirelessly analyzes her life and relationships. Whether the reading predicted the future or not, Camilia must find a way to make peace with what she can and cannot control.
Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters
Kirby is forced to join the newspaper club for extra credit after an injury sidelines her from the rock-climbing team. She reluctantly partners with witchy, tarot-reading Bex on an astrological romance advice column. When she starts to wonder if love is in the cards for her and Bex, Kirby must confront her guilt surrounding her queer identity.
Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love)
Maeve finds an old tarot deck and discovers she has a talent for reading the cards. But a strange extra card—The Housekeeper—is drawn right before Maeve’s friend Lily disappears. While The Housekeeper haunts her dreams, Maeve must use her new gift to find Lily before it is too late. If you like All Our Hidden Gifts, check out the other titles in the series Every Gift a Curse and The Gifts That Bind Us!
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