Reviews by Tag: magic

Girls of Paper and Fire, by Natasha Ngan, is set in a world brimming with

demons, living alongside humans. As our story begins, Lei is taken from her home to

become one of the king’s concubines, a Paper Girl; girls from the lowest caste, fully

human. When Lei arrives at the palace, she discovers that she has no hope, not of

escaping, not of ever seeing her family again, and not of ever having a choice again.

Rating: 3

My rating for this book is a 3 because the book only takes place in one setting for the

most part. This makes the book not at all compelling to me personally. It was hard to

focus reading the book as it was not very interesting.

Mal and Alina are orphans who grow up in military service. They are great

friends but then a military conflict happens and Alina is drafted by a

mysterious figure called the Darkling to be a Grisha. Alina is learning what

it means to be a Grisha while the Darkling takes a special interest in her

because she has the powers of a sun summoner which have been gone for

centuries. She has to run from the palace though when Baghra reveals the

Darkling’s true colors and reveals that he intends to bind Alina with a

Britta Flannery is a girl in Malam who is disliked for her Shaerdanian origin on her

mother’s side. Her father was a bounty hunter who was recently murdered, so she wants to find

his murderer and avenge him. However, things aren’t so black and white when she finds out that

her best friend, Cohen, wasn’t the one who actually murdered her father, despite the evidence.

So, she sets out to find the real murderer, but realizes dark things about her past and the King of

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the 7th and final book in the Harry Potter series and is

written by J.K. Rowling. In this book, Harry and his friends have to collect and destroy all the horcruxes

in order to have a chance to destroy Voldemort. However, Voldemort is not going to let Harry win and

will throw everything up his sleeve to resume his terrifying reign over the world. In order to win, Harry

Summary:

Princess Jaya Rao, heiress to the Indian Kingdom has long upheld her duties as the

eldest daughter in a brown household. The weight of responsibility she carries on her

shoulders that she has taken upon herself is weighing her down. The only thing in world

that she wants in this world is to make her family happy and prove to be a dutiful

daughter. She finds out she will be attending St. Rosetta’s Academy for boarding

school, however, Grey Emerson happens to attend here as well. The Emerson family

Fantastic Beasts and the Secrets of Dumbledore was a complete letdown. It felt rushed and

messy as many of the characters weren’t even in the movie despite being in previous Fantastic

Beasts movies. Such as Nagini, who was supposed to be in love with Credence, was

completely missing, and where was Tina? The action was also very debatable since the only

good duel we had was between Dumbledore and Credence. But the most baffling and

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book in the Harry Potter series and

is written by J.K. Rowling. In this entry, humanity (both the muggle and the wizard sides of it) is

in despair. The Ministry of Magic (led by a new minister) fully accepts that Voldemort is back for

good and are even informing some of the powerful muggle leaders about the danger that the

world faces. Tragedies and killings are daily occurrences now, and wizards and muggles alike

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco is fantasy fiction and the second book in the series.

After selling her soul and becoming the Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels down to the Sven

Circles, accompanied by Prince Wrath. On the journey, Emilia is faced with the many wicked.

She continues her vow to do whatever she can to avenge Vittoria, including taking the hand of

the king of the demons, Prince Pride. Facing back-stabbing princes, mysterious invitations,

The Alexandrian Society is the most sophisticated and prestigious secret society in the world.

Only the best magicians are allowed to enter the dangerous and intriguing world that is, to put it

simply, the Library of Alexandria reborn. Every ten years, a new class of initiates are chosen to

compete for induction. They spend one year in training with access to the archives in order to

refine their craft, and five are chosen to spend the rest of their lives as members. When Atlas