The Sword Of Summer is the first book in the Magnus Chase series and is written by Rick Riordan. In this book, readers are introduced to Magnus Chase, a homeless teenager who lost his mother a few years ago and hangs around with his two friends (and for Percy Jackson fans, he’s the cousin to Annabeth Chase). Magnus’s life is flipped outside down when he learns that his father is a Norse god, and that he needs to go on a mission to retrieve his dad’s weapon to save the world. To do that, he needs to die.
In this book, we learn that Callum Hunt has the potential to go to the Magisterium which is a school for mages who can harness the elements. However, his dad wants him to fail the tests and not go as he claims that it is an evil place. Despite trying to fail the entrance exams, Call gets selected by the most prestigious Master, but as the school year progresses, Call discovers hints of his dark past that may be why his father did not want him to learn magic.
Throne of Glass is a young adult fantasy novel by Sarah J. Maas. It follows Celaena Sardothien, formerly the most infamous assassin in her kingdom, now sentenced to imprisonment. However, she is granted the opportunity to win her freedom. To do so, she must win a competition between 23 other thieves and killers in order to become the assassin to the king.
Lightlark is a novel that features Isla Crown, ruler of Wildling, one of the six realms endowed with a wicked curse- the inability to love without murder and to devour a human heart every month for survival. In order to free her realm of this curse that has haunted them for six hundred years, Isla must participate in the Centennial, the special one hundred days that the island of Lightlark appears in order for the rulers of all realms to break their curses and wield fierce power by finding the heart of Lightlark.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo is set in the world of Ravka, a nation split into two because of The Fold, an area covered in darkness and filled with monsters. This land is ruled by the Grisha, who are born with magical powers. Alina Starkov, an orphan, is revealed to have powers of her own when her regiment sent into The Fold is attacked and her friend goes missing. Alina is sent to live with the Grisha, and be trained by the Darkling. Alina meets friends and foes while
When I was first introduced to this book, I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did when I actually read it. The whole plot and the characters were quite unique. The story starts out with introducing the main character, Jacob (Jake) Portman who was a kid who was socially inept. When Jake’s grandfather mysteriously dies from what Jake thinks was a monster, he ends up going on an adventure to find out the truth about his grandfather’s past. He finds out that his grandfather was involved with strange things, stranger than he thought.
