Reviews by Tag: magic

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

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

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas is the first book in the Throne of Glass series. In a land

without magic, Celaena Sardothien is an assassin who is deadly and can kill with a flick of her

finger. She is summoned to the castle and in order to win her freedom, she has to defeat

twenty-three opponents (killers, thieves, and warriors) in a competition. One by one, Celaena’s

Bloodwitch, the third novel of Susan Dennard’s Witchlands series, features Bloodwitch Aeduan,

whose companions include Threadwitch Iseult and the rescued Nomasti girl whom they have nicknamed

Owl. He struggles between past commitments to his father and those people and causes he has come to

care about. Safi’s story is continued as well with her carrying out her promise to Vaness, Ironwitch and

In Susan Dennard’s sequel to Truthwitch, the stories of Safi, Iseult, Merik and Aeduan continue.

Safi and Iseult strive toward their goal to reunify while dealing with conflict in their unique and

dangerous locations. An unlikely pact emerges between Iseult and Aeduen, the return of his money for his

aid in finding Safi. Safi finds herself as well in an unanticipated alliance with the feared Hell-Bards and

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

“Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she’d been told that she would kill her true love.”

(Stiefvater 1).