The Ballad of Never After picks up right where the first book, Once Upon a Broken Heart, left off.
Apollo is still under a curse and Evangeline is determined to cure him on her own. However,
after he unexpectedly wakes up, she realizes he is now under two other curses: a curse where
he will continuously hunt her against his will, as well as a curse where he and Evangeline are
Stephanie Garber’s Once Upon a Broken Heart stars Evangeline Fox, a young, optimistic,
hopeless romantic girl with rose gold hair. After learning of her step sister’s engagement to her
first and only love, Evangeline seeks out the assistance of the notorious Prince of Hearts, Jacks,
known for killing people with a single kiss. In exchange for stopping the wedding, she will owe
him three kisses of which he will choose the time, place, and person. After her plans go south,
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater tells the story of Grace and Sam, two teenagers living in the
fictional town of Mercy Falls, Minnesota. Grace is a daughter to two neglectful parents who
spends most of her time watching the local wolf population. Her fascination with the wolves has
persisted ever since one saved her when she was a small girl. However, when she meets a boy
with the same yellow eyes as the wolf who has always looked out for her, her life’s trajectory
16-year old Blue Sargent grew up with a psychic family. She’s known her entire life that
if she kisses her true love, he will die. When Blue sees the future ghost of a boy named Gansey,
she learns that he will die in a year, and that she either kills him or he is her true love. Blue then
embarks on a journey with the Raven Boys, local prep school students endeavoring to find a
dead Welsh King. Led by Blue’s future victim/true love, Gansey, a handsome and charming
The Stolen Heir by Holly Black features Suren, a former Queen of the Court of Teeth of
Elfhame. After the events of The Folk of the Air series, Suren finds herself back in the mortal
world scavenging for food and secretly keeping an eye on her former foster family, longing to be
a part of them once more. She is constantly being hunted by a hag from her old court known as
The Song of Achilles narrates the tragic love story of Patroclus and Achilles. It follows
Patroclus, who murdered a boy and was exiled to a different kingdom, where he soon meets
Achilles. While wary at first, the two form a close bond and run away, where they meet Chiron
and train with him. Everything seems to be going fine, until Achilles is called by his father.
When the two arrive at the palace, they are greeted by Odysseus, who draws Patroclus’ name,
Six Crimson Cranes features Shiori’anma, who is about to enter an arranged marriage.
But she harbors a secret, that she possesses forbidden magic. When trying to hide a creation she
has made, Shiori eventually falls into a lake, and meets a dragon who helps her survive. Upon
waking, Shiori is punished to create a tapestry for her soon-to-be husband as an apology, and is
accompanied by her cold and distant stepmother. Shior soon meets Seryu, the dragon she had
While spending the summer with the Dursleys, Harry and Dudley get attacked by a
group of Dementors. Harry uses the Expecto Patronum spell to ward them off. Since using
magic by underage wizards is forbidden to use outside of the school, Harry has to go through a
disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Magic. With Dumbledore’s help, Harry was permitted to go
back to Hogwarts. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Dolores Umbridge, does not
like Harry and doesn’t teach the class any defensive spells. In rebellion, Harry, Ron, and
City of Heavenly Fire is the last installment of the Mortal Instruments series. Going into reading
it, I was feeling very hopeful yet worried it wouldn’t live up to my expectations, as I have loved
the whole series. Let me tell you, this book did not disappoint. The book follows the final story of
Clary and her friends facing the greatest evil to face shadowhunters as a whole, her brother
Sebastian. He uses the Infernal Cup to transform shadowhunters into nightmare creatures,
Shatter Me follows Juliet Ferrars, a seventeen year old girl with a lethal touch. Throughout her
whole entire life Juliet is seen as a monster and has been in hospitals, detention centers and
solitary confinement for most of her life even experiencing neglect from her family and peers.
Into almost a year in confinement Juliet received a roommate, Adam Kent who is one of Aaron
Warner's soldiers Juliet is sent to be Aaron’s personal weapon and to use her touch to fight in
