Reviews by Category: Fantasy

The Republic of Thieves is an political and amazing fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. It follows

Locke and his best friend Jean as they meet Locke’s old flame Sabetha. What follows is a

faceoff as Lock and Sabetha must face off against each other through political maneuvering and

pranks to gain more votes in the Bondsmagi election after Locke was forced to when his life was

saved by one.

The BFG is a fantasy fiction book written by Roald Dahl. The BFG stands for

The Big Friendly Giant. He's not an ordinary Giant, as he learns new ways from the

humans and the Giants. He goes through many situations with a human, and he's

learning the differences of both the worlds. The main characters of The BFG, and

his Giants. Sophie and the other orphan children are also an important part of

Red Seas under Red Skies is an unique and amazing fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. It follows

Locke and his best friend Jean as they arrive on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar, where they

must face the dangers of their past, as well as new rivals that wish to stop them at all costs

while they try to pull their most ambitious con yet. However things go wrong as they are

poisoned and the only way to gain the serum is to trick pirates into entering the city. Lock and

The Lies of Locke Lamora is unique and amazing fantasy novel by Scott Lynch. It follows Locke,

a con man, who steals money from the rich with his gang of thieves, the Gentlemen Bastards.

The story has two timelines, one following Locke in the present, and one in the past when Locke

was just a mere boy. As Locke gives his cut to his boss Capa Barsavi while not telling how much

money he really makes as the Thorn of Cammor, Lock’s life turns upside down when a Gray

The Wise Man’s Fear is a beautiful and amazing continuation of a wizard, musician, and legend

with a world called Temerant hidden with mysteries to unravel by Patrick Rothfuss. Kvothe, the

main character, is an innkeeper continuing his life story to a chronicler of learning more about

the Chandrian, meeting a man as rich and powerful as a king, meeting powerful warriors called

the Adem, and finally venturing into the Fae where he meets a sinister, childish woman.

The Name of the Wind is a beautiful and amazing story about a wizard, musician, and legend

with a world called Temerant hidden with mysteries to unravel by Patrick Rothfuss. Kvothe, the

main character, is an innkeeper telling his life story to a chronicler of how he grew up and

learned the ways of science and magic on his quest to learn at the University. The University is

a famous school where Kvothe hopes to find knowledge of the mysterious evil group of villains

Stardust is an intriguing and truly fantastical novel by Neil Gaiman. Its about a boy name Tristan

Thorn who was born from an unusual circumstance in an unusual town. A wall on one side

blocks his town from the world of the Fae. While being in love with a girl, he believes if he finds

her a star in the faerie land he’ll finally have her become his wife. What comes next is a

fascinating, dark, and whimsical adventure with talking trees, tinkerers, and powerful witches

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This story follows the life of Jude Duarte, an individual whose life took a very drastic turn of

events, very quickly. One minute she was living happily with her parents, twin sister, and elder

sister, the next, a strange man comes into their lives, kills her parents, and takes her and her

sisters away to a strange land, in which magic exists. Jude and her sister Taryn are humans, they

have little to do with this new land of Faerie apart from keep themselves safe from it, but

Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian is an exciting finale to read with dark themes and raw

action by Rick Riordan. The stakes are higher than ever as the fifth book in the series is about

Percy Jackson preparing for and entering the fight to stop Kronos and Luke from destroying

Olympus. What power is necessary to defeat a Titan? Percy embarks on a dangerous

adventure which all leads to a last stand with his friends Nico, Annabeth, Grover, Tyson and

Percy Jackson and the Battle of Labyrinth is a exciting book to read with darker themes and fun

action by Rick Riordan. The fourth book in the series is about Annabeth Chase and her friends

Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson in a quest to find the inventor of the infamous Labyrinth

when they discover its role in a dark plot against the camp by Kronos' Army. The Labyrinth is

sprawling with powerful monsters and is the toughest challenge Percy has to face yet.