Reviews by Tag: teen fantasy

Girl, Serpent, Thorn features teenager Soraya, who’s veins are filled with poison due to a

curse that her mother caused by making a deal with a Div, a magical creature in their medival

Persia. Desperate to rid of her grim “power”, Soraya and Azad, a young soldier who is not afraid

of her, seek to meet a Parik named Parvaneh, who claims she can stop Soraya’s curse with the

aid of a feather from a heavenly bird. Upon pricking her finger with the feather, she realizes her

A Torch Against The Night is the second installment in the Ember in the Ashes trilogy.

Rebel Laia and her former enemy and now savior Elias must escape soldiers in the

subterranean tunnels of the Empire. Ultimately, they must somehow make their way to the

dreaded prison of Kauf, where Laia’s brother, who possess important information, is imprisoned

Set in a dystopian Chicago, a society separates itself into five factions: Candor, Abnegation,

Amity, Erudite, and Dauntless. Beatrice Prior thought she always knew who she was. However

when she is faced with the choice, she changes her fate. Action packed and filled with passion,

Divergent is the perfect first novel for this series.

Red Queen is a fantasy novel by Victoria Aveyard. It is the first novel in the Red Queen series. The book follows Mare, a girl who lives in a world which is divided by the color of blood. Mare is a Red, meaning she is a commoner and lacks the superpowers of the noble Silvers. However, Mare discovers that she has powers of her own while working at the castle and is declared a princess, putting her into a dangerous game between Reds and Silvers.

Onyx, the second book in Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Lux series, was absolutely amazing. After being healed by Daemon, Katy becomes a Luxen mutant and must learn to manage her powers, but the Department of Defense is suspicious. As Katy and the others try to stay under the DoD’s radar, they will discover what the Department has been hiding.

Restore Me​ is the fourth novel in Tahereh Mafi's ​Shatter Me ​series. This book is primarily based around Juliette's struggles as she tries to lead with almost no knowledge of how to do so. As the children of the other Supreme Commanders come to visit and her past is uncovered, Juliette must figure out who to trust. My opinions on this book are mainly based on structure.

The Silvered Serpents ​is Roshani Chokshi’s brilliant follow up to ​The Gilded Wolves​. It picks up with the characters grappling with the extreme loss they face at the end of ​The Gilded Wolves​. Fractured and confused, they go on one final, all important, mission.