Reviews by Tag: strong female lead

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian book that takes place in a country known as Panem, where the Capitol has oppressive control over the twelve other districts. Katniss Everdeen, a teenager from District 12, volunteers to take her sister's place in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a fight to the death involving teenagers from each district. The story follows Katniss as she experiences the Hunger Games. 

King of Pride by Ana Huang is a contemporary romance that is closest to a forbidden romance trope. Kai and Isabella are complete opposites, with Isabella living life to the fullest and Kai tending to put work above all else. Kai has a big vote coming up in his family-run company, and he is worried about being able to rise to the challenge of being CEO. Isabella is a distraction to him, but he could be the answer to all of Isabella’s questions creating quite the conundrum.

King of Wrath by Ana Huang is a fun contemporary romance that has a universally loved trope: billionaire CEO arranged marriage. Vivian Lau is rich, but she is new to money, and therefore has certain social blocks. If she marries Dante Russo, though, she will be catapulted into high society as the elite of the elites. Dante only agrees to marry Vivian because of the fact that if he doesn’t, his younger brother will pay for mafia-related poor decisions.

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black is an entrancing book about finding your place. This fantasy adventure YA book tells the story of Jude Duarte, a 17 year old girl living in Elfhame, a faerie realm. Things are never easy for her as she navigates this new life, always shamed for being normal where normal wasn't normal. Jude Duarte hates being seen as inferior and all she wants to be is a knight so she can prove her worth.

Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Hurston, Coming-of-age fiction 

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas is the second book in the Throne of Glass series. Celaena

has won the deadly competition and is now the king’s champion. She knows that the king is

bent on evil and would do anything to destroy the world. Anything but loyal to the crown,

Celaena tries untangling hidden mysteries in the glass castle. The more she uncovers the truth,

the more dangers she faces.

Valkyrie, by Kate O’Hearn, is the story of a girl who’s learning that friends come from

unexpected places. Freya is a newly made Valkyrie. On her first reaping, the soldier she

was sent to reap asked her to look after his family, that something bad was happening.

Freya agrees and travels to Midgard, Earth, against the rules. While there she finds a

boy who soon becomes her friend, meets the soldier’s family and tries to help them,

When Jude was seven years old, a strange man came to her house, murdered her parents, and

took her and her siblings with him to a mysterious new land. Now, they live in the High Court of

Faerie, a magical place separate from the mortal world. Unfortunately, due to being human, Jude

and her sister are often treated harshly and discriminated against by the folk that live there. And

there’s no one Jude despises more than Prince Cardan, her main tormentor. All she wants to do is

The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller is a fantasy fiction. Alessia is tired of being overlooked by everyone and has a fool proof plan to get power. She plans to get the attention of the Shadow King, marry him, then kill him and take his kingdom. But she’s not the only one trying to kill him. Alessia must keep him alive long enough to marry him, but as her plan is inaction, her biggest struggle is to not lose her heart in the process.

Rating: 4

My rating for this book is a 4 because the book is way too detailed at points and can have way too many themes running throughout. I think this diverts the reader from the plot of the novel. I believe this will also confuse readers at some points about what the book is meant to be.

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