Reviews by Tag: magic

Teen Review
City of Dusk book cover

The City of Dusk

By Tara Sim
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Oct 27, 2023

City of Dusk follows a ragtag group of heirs to the throne, each possessing a different kind of magic from their godly ancestor. With a morally grey protagonist, and chaotic gods bringing destruction, the four heirs will have to face the trials ahead of them. Traveling through the different worlds, and being chased by monsters across the realms, Risha, Taesia, Nikolas, and Angleica will have to find exactly what makes them special while facing off against each other and their gods. 

Staff Review
Princess Aurore asleep under a tree

Beauty Sleep

By Cameron Dokey
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Anne G
Jun 26, 2023

So you know the basic idea of the fairy-tale and folklore-inspired fiction: Princess Aurore had a christening party which was interrupted by a slighted uninvited guest who casts a curse over the poor child. In the fantasy fiction curse when she turns 16 she will prick her finger and one drop of blood will fall and Aurore will die. Another guest utters a counterspell in the suspenseful tale, and the guest at least is not a fairy in this book.

Teen Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By J.K. Rowling
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
May 31, 2023

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is a wonderful and popular fantasy book written by J.K
Rowling. This book is about a 16 year old teenage wizard with a strange lightning scar on his
forehead named Harry. In his sixth year, Harry suspects there are new dangers lurking within
the castle walls. Dumbledore is more intent than ever on preparing the young wizard for the
final battle with Voldemort. Throughout the book we learn more about the history of Voldemort

Staff Review

We Rule the Night

By Claire Eliza Bartlett
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by Anne G
May 31, 2023

We Rule the Night caught me completely off guard with its immersive fantasy historical fiction world and narrative of fierce women. People who like the concepts of living aircraft, military, wartime, and magic will enjoy this. There is also the idea of traitors thrown into the mix.

Teen Review
Furyborn

Furyborn

By Claire Legrand
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Addie M.
Apr 21, 2023

Rielle Dardenne wants nothing more than to have Audric as her husband. However, he is already betrothed to Luvine, her best friend. When Audric is almost assassinated, Rielle has to reveal her powers to the world. The king of Celdaria forces her to complete 7 trials, one of each element to prove that she is the sun queen, the savior of the world. If she fails, and is deemed the blood queen, the destroyer of the world, she will be executed. Eliana Ferracora is an assassin that works for the undying empire.

Teen Review
Stellarlune

Stellarlune

By Shannon Messenger
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Victoria O.
Mar 24, 2023

Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger is the ninth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy
series. Sophie and her friends are in incredible danger. Lies are being discovered, the truth is
being found, and suddenly everything seems to be already decided. Sophie and her friends
can’t seem to agree on things like who to trust, who to tell what, when to act, and when to let the
enemy struggle for themselves. Sophie thinks Elysian is the answer to Stellarlune, and that if

Teen Review
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

By Kaela Rivera
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Abby S.
Feb 28, 2023

Title: Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Author: Kaela Rivera
Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Summary: Cece Rios lives with her family in a town that is mostly protected from criaturas.
However, when her sister gets taken by a powerful criatura, she takes it upon herself to get her
back. She becomes a bruja in hopes that she will be able to get her sister back. While becoming
a bruja, she makes some friends on the way.

Teen Review
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

By Tomi Adeyemi
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Leilani G.
Jan 28, 2023

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi, is a fantasy book with a gripping plot. Zélie is a
young girl living in Orïsha, a fictional country where magic exists. Zélie is a maji, a group of
outlawed people born with magic. All magic was destroyed when Zélie was just a child. For her
entire life, she has faced discrimination due to her magic. However, when runaway princess
Amari finds a magical scroll, Zélie unlocks her powers for the first time in years. Together, the

Teen Review
All of Us Villains by Amanda Food & Christine Lynn Herman

All of Us Villains

By Amanda Foody
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Abby S.
Jan 26, 2023

Summary: This book takes place in a world where magic exists. Common magic is available to
anyone who can buy spellrings however, you can only use high magic if your family wins a
tournament that fights to the death. Every 20 years, each of the 7 families names one champion
that will fight for them in that tournament. When someone mysterious writes a book exposing
the tournament, the fight is now public to everyone after being a secret for centuries. Now the
question is who will get the high magic after this year's tournament, and will it be the same as

Teen Review
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

Six Crimson Cranes

By Elizabeth Lim
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Iqra N.
Jan 19, 2023

Six Crimson Cranes features Shiori’anma, who is about to enter an arranged marriage.
But she harbors a secret, that she possesses forbidden magic. When trying to hide a creation she
has made, Shiori eventually falls into a lake, and meets a dragon who helps her survive. Upon
waking, Shiori is punished to create a tapestry for her soon-to-be husband as an apology, and is
accompanied by her cold and distant stepmother. Shior soon meets Seryu, the dragon she had

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