Reviews by Category: Fantasy

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.

Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse is a exciting book to read with darker themes and fun

action by Rick Riordan. The third book in the series is about Percy and his friends going on a

dangerous quest to rescue his best friend Annabeth Chase and the Greek goddess Artemis,

who have both been kidnapped by the titans. With more monsters and mysteries unravel the

third book is a reminder of how great the Percy Jackson series is.

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters is a exciting book to read with nice humor and fun

action by Rick Riordan. The second book in the series is about Percy having to save the camp

and the tree that protects it. The tree is poisoned and Percy must find the Golden Fleece and

save his friend Grover along the way in this incredible adventure. Along the way he fights

monsters, mischief, and stop Luke and his mysterious plans with Kronos.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a exciting, entertaining book to read with great humor

and amazing action by Rick Riordan. The story is of a demigod, half Greek god and half human.

After being in danger from monsters Percy meets other demigods at camp half blood. However,

Zeus, the god of lighting, is missing his lighting bolt. He thinks Percy stole it. To relieve himself

from getting blamed for the stolen rod, Percy must go across the country with his peers