Reviews by Category: Fantasy

Teen Review
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

The Ruins of Gorlan

By John Flanagan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 14, 2023

In this first iteration of the twelve books in the Ranger’s Apprentice series, a boy named Will
become-though this may come as a surprise to some people-a ranger’s apprentice. Will, a
scrawny fifteen-year-old boy finds himself learning the ways of rangers after being taken in by
the famous and rather grim ranger Halt after being rejected from battle school, the one thing he
had always wanted in life. This is a result of believing that his father had died as a knight and

Teen Review
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

By Rick Riordan
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Adam H.
Feb 14, 2023

The story is set in present day America and is about the 13 year old demigod Percy
Jackson and his friends Annabeth and Tyson. They must go on a quest to rescue their friend
Grover and retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Cyclops Polyphemus to save Camp Half-Blood
from being destroyed by monsters and titans. On their quest many people and monsters will try
to stop them from succeeding. The main characters are Percy, the son of Poseidon, Annabeth,
the daughter of Athena, and Tyson, a cyclops. The author describes the characters well so you

Teen Review
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

By J.K. Rowling
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Adam H.
Feb 14, 2023

As Harry leaves the Dursleys’ for the last time to set off to find all of Voldemort’s
horcruxes, they get attacked by multiple Death Eaters and Voldemort, who tried to kill Harry but
his wand fended him off. They camp in the woods, with no idea where to go or what to do, when
Harry sees a silver doe patronus leads Harry to where the real Sword of Gryffindor was kept,
which they could use to destroy the Horcruxes. Harry then accidentally says Voldemort’s name,
which triggers a tracking spell. That gets them captured and taken to the Malfoy Manor. They

Teen Review
Vicious by V.E. Schwab

Vicious

By V.E. Schwab
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Iqra N.
Feb 14, 2023

When Victor Vale and his roommate Eli Cardale propose the idea of “E.O’s” - ExtraOrdinaries,
people who possess powers seemingly from birth. However, the two boys are determined to
prove that EO’s are made from near death experiences, by having near death experiences
themselves. Consequently, a research project soon results in one man in jail for unjust causes and
the other free, with a thirst for killing EO’s as they were seen as unnatural in his eyes. Ten years

Teen Review
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince

By Holly Black
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Maggie S.
Feb 10, 2023

Holly Black’s The Cruel Prince features Jude Duarte, a girl who was stolen from the mortal world
alongside her twin and older sister, Taryn and Vivi, by a Redcap Fae named Madoc. Years later,
Jude and Taryn now attend school among the higher ranked fae, including Prince Cardan
Greenbriar, the cruel prince of Elfhame (get it?). He and his friends, Nicasia, Valerian, and
Locke, do whatever they can to make Jude and Taryn miserable for their human heritage. The

Teen Review
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Adam H.
Feb 6, 2023

A 12 year old, Percy is diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. While on a field trip, Percy’s
teacher, Ms. Dodds, pulls him over to punish him, but instead she turns into a monster and tries
to attack him. Percy gets saved by his Latin teacher, Chiron, and is taken to Camp Half-Blood.
At Camp Half-Blood, Chiron introduces Percy to Mr. D, the god of wine. He is then taken to the
Hermes cabin because they didn’t know what godly parent he belonged to. Later, they find out
that he belongs to Poseidon, god of the sea. Then, there was a Hellhound attack which made

Teen Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By J.K. Rowling
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Adam H.
Feb 6, 2023

As Dumbledore stops by the Dursleys’ to pick up Harry, they stop on the way to recruit
Horace Slughorn to teach at Hogwarts. While shopping for books, Harry overhears Draco
Malfoy threatening that Burgin fixes an unknown object. At school, Dumbledore announces that
Snape will be the new D.A.D.A teacher. Since Harry forgot to buy a potions book, Professor
Slughorn lets him use an old book from someone named, “The Half-Blood Prince”. Inside of the
book, there were tips that helped Harry exceed in potions. Harry also learns that Voldemort was

Teen Review
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

By Tomi Adeyemi
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Leilani G.
Jan 28, 2023

Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi, is a fantasy book with a gripping plot. Zélie is a
young girl living in Orïsha, a fictional country where magic exists. Zélie is a maji, a group of
outlawed people born with magic. All magic was destroyed when Zélie was just a child. For her
entire life, she has faced discrimination due to her magic. However, when runaway princess
Amari finds a magical scroll, Zélie unlocks her powers for the first time in years. Together, the

Teen Review
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Chain of Gold

By Cassandra Clare
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Leilani G.
Jan 28, 2023

Chain of Gold, by Cassandra Clare, follows a group of shadowhunters,
descendants of angels whose main goal is to kill demons, in 1903 London. Cordelia
Carstairs is a young shadowhunter moving to England with her family. While there she
reunites with her childhood love, James Herondale, his sister and Cordelia’s best friend,
Lucie, and a host of new characters. While Cordelia gets acclimated to her new home, a

Teen Review
All of Us Villains by Amanda Food & Christine Lynn Herman

All of Us Villains

By Amanda Foody
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Abby S.
Jan 26, 2023

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
question is who will get the high magic after this year's tournament, and will it be the same as

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