Reviews by Tag: faeries

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A Study in Drowning by Ava Reed

A Study in Drowning

By Ava Reed
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Safa Al
Jun 14, 2024

At a young age, Effe Sayre always had nightmares of the cruel Fairy King from her favorite book Angharad. Now as an aspiring architect, she gets the opportunity to redesign the manor of the book’s author, Myrddin. As she gets to the manor she meets a stodgy young literature scholar determined to expose Myrddin as a fraud. The two rivals piece together clues about Myrddin’s legacy and find something truly dark and unexpected.

Teen Review
A Court of Thorns and Roses Review by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses

By Sarah J Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Kruthi
Feb 20, 2024

In A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass, also known as ACOTAR (ah-co-taar), a 19-year-old girl named Feyre (fay-ruh) lives in a village close to the world of fairies deadly and magical, known as Pythian. Because her father lost his trading ships somewhere in the ocean, her family lost a lot of money and now depend on Feyre to care for them. One day, when she goes hunting for food in the middle of the winter, she finds a doe.

Teen Review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
TeenReviewer11
Jul 7, 2023

The Cruel Prince is a fantasy novel written by Holly Black. Jude is a mortal who is swept away to Faerieland with her two sisters by Madoc. Jude struggles to fit into the Faerie world, but unlike her twin sister Taryn, she doesn’t try to blend in. Despite being bullied by the king’s children, especially Prince Cardan, she strives to attain a spot in the High Court. When she least expects it, an opportunity is presented to her, one that will help reach her dream, but also risk the safety of her family and herself.

Teen Review
The Secret of the Fairies by Thea Stilton

The Secret of the Fairies

By Thea Stilton
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
The Quiet Starling
Jul 7, 2023

The Thea Sisters just finished their finals with perfect scores during the year's final semester. Thea gets a mystery letter from the I.I.S. asking for assistance with a covert mission. Nina, one of their agents, vanished while looking into Ireland. Thea sets off to look for her.

As soon as they learn that the Land of Erin is in peril, the Thea Sisters also decide to embark on the quest. They come across lake fairies, goblins, pixies, and other magical beings as they search for the cause. Some of them fool them while others aid them in their search for the King.

Teen Review
The Secret of the Snow by Thea Stilton

The Secret of the Snow

By Thea Stilton
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
The Quiet Starling
Jul 7, 2023

The Thea Sisters were this year's Christmas tree decorators as Christmas approached. They were summoned on a special mission by Will, Thea says as she enters the room. They discovered that an enchanted world was in peril as they entered the I.I.S. 

Someone was responsible for the disappearance of the distinctive lotus blooms produced in the region. They needed to identify the perpetrator. They encounter the tengu, a dragon, ice pixies, kitsune, and many other magical creatures along the way, who lead them to the primary suspect in the disappearance.

Teen Review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Audrey H.
Jun 6, 2023

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black is a young adult fantasy fiction novel set in the world of the Fae. The story follows Jude Duarte, a human girl thrown into the world of Faerie after a tragic event as a child. She is accompanied by her twin sister Taryn and their older sister Vivi, who is part Fae. Jude and Taryn are ridiculed throughout the novel for their humanity, and Jude has a strong desire to prove her power and worth to the Faerie.

Teen Review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Apr 3, 2023

Jude watched as her parents were murdered at the young age of 7. She came to know of a land, one other than the typical mortal world, known as Faerie. In Faerie, bloodshed comes before family. Power comes before loyalty. 

Teen Review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Maggie S.
Feb 10, 2023

Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince features Jude Duarte, a girl who was stolen from the mortal world

alongside her twin and older sister, Taryn and Vivi, by a Redcap Fae named Madoc. Years later,

Jude and Taryn now attend school among the higher ranked fae, including Prince Cardan

Greenbriar, the cruel prince of Elfhame (get it?). He and his friends, Nicasia, Valerian, and

Locke, do whatever they can to make Jude and Taryn miserable for their human heritage. The

Teen Review
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

The Stolen Heir

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Maggie S.
Jan 23, 2023

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black features Suren, a former Queen of the Court of Teeth of

Elfhame. After the events of The Folk of the Air series, Suren finds herself back in the mortal

world scavenging for food and secretly keeping an eye on her former foster family, longing to be

a part of them once more. She is constantly being hunted by a hag from her old court known as

Teen Review
These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan

These Twisted Bonds

By Lexi Ryan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Jan 13, 2023

Abriella has become a fae and survived what should have killed her - but at what cost?

The throne and the court is in ruins, her sister won’t speak to her, she’s bonded to someone she

can never trust again, and she has strange powers that she shouldn’t and that she can barely

control. Somehow, she and her band of misfits must travel to the Underworld and speak to the

legendary Queen Mab, who they hope will give them all the answers they seek. And at the

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