Reviews by Category: Fantasy

Chain of Gold is about a girl named Cordelia who is from a family of

Shadowhunters. Cordelia’s mother wants her to marry to help save the

family’s reputation when her father is arrested, but Cordelia wants to focus

on saving vicious demons with James and Lucy Herondale. Although

Cordelia likes James, he likes Grace Blackthorn, who is quite a character

with her mother hating the Herondales.

City of Heavenly Fire is the last novel in the Mortal Instruments series.

The Shadowhunter World is slowly getting taken over by by Clary’s own

brother, Sebastian, the most powerful shadowhunter. As they continue

trying to fight him, some new characters are introduced like the Carstairs

and Blackthorn, (from the Last Hour Series). The final book in the

Shadowhunters is action packed, and has a lot of twists and turns as you

read this page-turner.

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare is the 4th book of the mortal

instruments. While figuring out his confusing relationship with Clary, Jace

starts to have nightmares about killing Clary. Simon is also trying to figure

out how to solve his own sturggles and the question, who is trying to kill

him. Also, other events are happening like Clary’s mother waking up,

somebody is creating demonic babies, and the mention of Zachariah and

City of Glass is the continued adventure of Clary Fray who is still trying to

figure out her life as a shadowhunter. Her mom’s in a magical coma and

her father turns out to be Valentine. Clary just wants to go back to normal

after all that’s happening. Things start getting more interesting as there is a

serial murderer trying to kill innocent kids, the main suspect being

Valentine. Jace turns out to be her brother and is accused of helping her

City of Bones is about Clary Fray, a girl who isn’t aware of who she

actually is. After finding out she can see other creatures people can’t, she

comes back home to find her apartment vandalized and her mother gone.

She gets sucked in a group called the Shadowhunters who are trying to

protect the Mortal cup from a demon named Valentine. But as Clary tries to

figure out what’s going on, she is starting to retrieve memories about her

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is fantasy fiction. Kaz Brekker is offered a deadly heist that

could reward in unbelievable riches, but he can’t do it alone. Instead, he creates a crew to help

him on this heist- a runaway, a convict, a sharpshooter, a spy, a thief, and a heartrender.

Through great dangers, the group learns valuable lessons, but will they be able to pull it off?

Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard is fantasy fiction. This book contains five novellas from the

Red Queen series. It has Queen’s Song about Coriane Jacos, Steel Scars about Diana Farley,

World Behind about Princess Lyrisa, Iron Heart about Evangeline Samos and Elane Haven,

Fire Light about what happens to Mare Barrow, Cal, Kilorn Warren, and others in the Nortan

Civil War, and Fare Well about Maven and Cal's final conversation. This novella was good! It

War Storm by Victoria Aveyard is fantasy fiction and the fourth book in the series. Mare is now

determined more than ever after Cal’s betrayal. She wants to overthrow the kingdom of Norta

and bring an end to it all. And it all starts with Maven’s crown. But she can’t do it alone, she

needs Cal’s help. Together, with the help of the Scarlet Guard, can they finally bring an end to

the injustice? This book was not impressive. It was a lot like the other books, it had a lot of

King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard is fantasy fiction and the third book in the series. Mare Borrow

is stuck. After turning herself in, she’s powerless in a prison cell, at the hands of the boy she

once trusted- Maven Calore. Luckily, as Mare is stuck in her cell, the Red Guard hasn’t given

up. And neither has Cal. There is war on the horizon, but is anyone truly prepared? This book

was okay. It was an improvement from the previous book in the series. I enjoyed the drama in

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard is fantasy fiction and the second book in the series. Mare

Borrow continues her search for others like her to join the Red Guard. She learns about her

powers, about her heart, and becomes something the Silver Court should fear. I didn’t enjoy this

book very much. There were a lot of unnecessary scenes and it was so dragged on. The

monologues were unnecessarily dramatic and the characters got on my nerves sometimes.