Nicki Pau Preto is a graphic designer and YA author living just outside Toronto, Canada. Her favorite stories have always been the ones that take her somewhere new, with characters she can love and worlds she can get lost in. Like all starving artists, she considers bargain shopping a competitive sport and Froot Loops a suitable meal replacement.
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
Series
Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
1. The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents (2024)
2. The Forbidden Room (2025)
1. The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents (2024)
2. The Forbidden Room (2025)
Nicki Pau Preto recommends

Warrior Princess Assassin (2025)
(Warrior Princess , book 1)
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"This book. THIS BOOK. Be still, my heart. I haven't fallen this hard this fast in ages. Breathtaking. Addictive. Deeply romantic. And oh so dangerous."

What Wakes the Bells (2025)
Elle Tesch
"What Wakes the Bells is a haunting, page-turning mystery set in an exquisitely wrought gothic city, where ancient beauty and eldritch horrors walk side by side. The lush prose, immersive world building, and ominous atmosphere make for a thrilling and unique YA fantasy debut."

The Scorpion and the Night Blossom (2025)
(Three Realms , book 1)
Amélie Wen Zhao
"An otherworldly epic fantasy featuring a fierce heroine with bravery, grit, and heart, her resolve honed out of bleak necessity and the dangerous lure of hope. The story carefully unfurls with deadly and seductive detail, like a poisonous flower blooming at night. Beauty and brutality go hand in hand in this sweeping, intense, and darkly romantic tale."
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