Reviews by Category: Fantasy

Truthwitch, the first of the Witchlands series by Susan Dennard, follows teen Threadsisters Safiya

fon Hasstrel and Iseult det Midenzi. Safiya, or Safi, is a rare Truthwitch and has been taught that revealing

her power of detecting lies and truth would place her in danger of others wanting to control it and her.

Iseult, part of the harshly judged Nomastis, identifies as a Threadwitch, and although can see the colors of

In The Perilous Sea, the second book in the Elemental trilogy series by Sherry Thomas,

elemental mage Iolanthe Seabourne and Master of the Domain Prince Titus continue in their

dangerous battle against the Bane, the all-powerful mage ruler of The Realm. Their journey is

fraught with the unveiling of multiple secrets and plot twists, however, which leads Titus to

question everything he had previously accepted as part of his and Iolanthe’s prophecies. The

The Burning Sky is the first book in the Elemental trilogy series by Sherry Thomas, set in

1883. Teen elemental mage Iolanthe Seabourne’s life changes forever with her attempt to restore

a ruined potion. Following this pivotal event, she encounters the Master of the Domain Prince

Titus who is committed to destroying the Bane, an all-powerful mage ruler of The Realm.

Through visions detailed in his deceased mother’s journal, but only revealed when needed, Titus

Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard is the second book in the Realm Breaker series. Corayne is

learning how to wield her powerful sword while Queen Erida’s army goes all around the Ward to

capture Corayne and her allies. They closed one spindle, but there are more across the realm

waiting. Taristan and Erida work together and are more powerful than ever. What Corayne and

her allies don’t know is that something even stronger waits in the shadows and won’t hesitate to

Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard is the first book in the Realm Breaker series. Corayne an-

Amarat, a villager who’s mother is always off at sea, can feel a deadly darkness in the Ward.

One faithful day, an immortal and a skilled assassin arrive at Corayne’s door and are

determined to save the Ward. Corayne’s uncle, a deadly man who would not hesitate to destroy

the realm in a heartbeat, lies in the dark, and it is up to Corayne and her allies to save the

Rin grew up in the village of Tikany, in the south of Nikara. At the age of 14, her foster parents

threaten to marry her off, and she knows she must escape her future. When she attempts and aces

the Keju (the national college entrance exam), being a poor girl from a relatively unknown

province, it shocks everyone. Now, attending Sinegard, the nation's top military school, she

attempts to prove herself amidst discrimination and mistreatment. But, Rin later learns that she

To start this off, I absolutely loved this book, it's now one of my favorites ever. I’ve read the

entire shatter me series and this is by far my favorite. It continues the story of Juliette and her

journey to take down The Reestablishment. Warner is my favorite book boy out of any book I’ve

ever read. She now has to rely on him, someone she never thought she’d even like to begin

with. Along with simply such an interesting plot, the romance in this book is just to die for.

This book got me out of one of my worst reading slumps I’ve ever had. Filled with faeries, the

human world, ideas of patriarchy and power, and more, this book is more than anything I

could’ve asked for or even expected. An enemies to friends to maybe lovers, admiration from

afar, all of which are some of my favorite tropes personally. The two main characters, Jude, a

human living in the Faerie world, and Carden, the youngest son to the High King of Faerie.

Girl, Serpent, Thorn features teenager Soraya, who’s veins are filled with poison due to a

curse that her mother caused by making a deal with a Div, a magical creature in their medival

Persia. Desperate to rid of her grim “power”, Soraya and Azad, a young soldier who is not afraid

of her, seek to meet a Parik named Parvaneh, who claims she can stop Soraya’s curse with the

aid of a feather from a heavenly bird. Upon pricking her finger with the feather, she realizes her

Twelve-year-old Sophie Foster lives in the normal human city of

San Francisco, but she is anything except normal. After she hit

her head at age five, she gained telepathic abilities, which

means she hears the thoughts of others. She became known as

a child prodigy, because she also gained a photographic

memory. But one day, a boy shows up, and takes her to a new

world, where she finds out that all the things humans thought

were fables and myths, are actually true. She discovers that she