Jennifer Noel: 2 books

Antoinette DuVille is dying. Ever since she discovered her powers when she was just a child, she has known that. On her birthday, the day when all Casters receive the full amount of their powers from the Order of Things, Annie knows she is going to die. Because no other Shadow Speaker has ever survived...

The world is a dangerous place. Nobody knows that better than Selena Grayson. Born into a family with a long and dark past, with a talent for seeing the truth in things, Selena knows she doesn't have much time left to live. A family curse that stretches back generations upon generations has been searching...