Reviews by Category: Fantasy

All of Us Villains revolves around 4 teenagers mainly. They’re Alistair Lowe, Isobel
Macaslan, Gavin Grieve, and Briony Thorburn. All four teenagers live in a small town called
Ilvernath. Ilvernath is cursed, and the curse is that every 20 years, there will be seven people
from the seven families of Ilvernath that compete in a secret deathly competition for high
magick. However, this year, a book exposing all of the secrets of Ilvernath comes out, and now

"I have a heart for every year I’ve been alive.” Lira, a Siren princess, has collected the hearts of
17 princes, one for each birthday. She lives her life under the sea, as the daughter of the Sea
Queen and future inheritor of the crown. Long ago, the sirens were wronged by humans, and are
now hell-bent on getting revenge by killing them. However, she makes a mistake just before her
eighteenth birthday, and her mom banishes her to the surface, turning her into a human (think

Lore, by Alexandra Bracken, takes place during the Agon, a hunt once every seven years where
Greek Gods are made mortal and hunted by mortal descendants of Greek heroes. When a god
is killed, the hunter who dealt the blow gains the powers of that god. Lore Perseous fled this life
long ago, after the death of her entire family. However, she’s drawn back in by Castor, a friend
long thought dead, and Athena, one of the last original gods who needs her help. Lore binds

The Giver is a dystopian fiction novel written by Lois Lowry. The book is about a society
free of crime and sadness. In this society everything is chosen from your parents to your
partner. The main character is Jonas and he wants to live in a society that is free of emotions
because all peoples' races and emotions are the same. Then, the story continues as he
becomes the memory keeper as all the 12 year olds get jobs. Next, he has to take in all the

Written by Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun is an exhilarating and emotional
read, especially if you like queer historical fiction and fantasy. It follows the growth of a young
woman who takes her brother’s name, a name destined for greatness. In Mongol China, peasants are
starving, famine is commonplace, and bandit attacks are frequent. When a bandit attack leaves both
children without a father and eventually takes the life of the brother, Zhu--the name the young

After his friends help save the Rainwing tribe from the experiments of the Nightwings,
Starflight himself is captured by his tribe, where he is to be “trained in the Nightwing ways.”
While staying in his original home, Starflight discovers the truth about his tribe and is forced to
make the choice between his dragons and home or his friends and peace. In this book, the
reader can really get a genuine look at Starflight and see the reasoning behind his often
annoying actions and gives amazing depth to his character. By taking his tribe that he thought

Glory and her friends the Dragonets of the Prophecy are supposed to be the key to
ending the 20 year long war still raging in Pyrrhia. After escaping from the Seawing palace, the
dragonets head to the rainforest in search of Glory’s parents, but instead they find the lazy tribe
being hunted by mysterious monsters from the shadows. Glory decides to take things into her
own claws and hunts the monsters and runs for the queen position in order to help her tribe, and
in the process find the hidden home of the Nightwings. After saving her tribe, the dragonets

If you like mermaid stories, then this book is definitely for you. Though mermaids may sound childish to
some, this book is far from that. It is an amazing book with the perfect mix of romance, action/violence,
fantasy, and sea creatures. In the world described in the novel, sirens live in the ocean and are feared by
humans since the sirens kill humans by drowning them and then ripping out their hearts. You meet
Princess Lira of the sirens who is considered as royalty since she is the daughter of the Sea Queen. She is

Tsunami is a Seawing, and part of a troupe of 5 dragonets prophesied to bring an end to
the 20 year war ravaging Pyrrhia. Tsunami ventures out to the kingdom of the Seawings in
hopes of finding her family, but when the royal nursery is attacked and her and the dragonets
are accused, Tsunami must earn back the trust of the kingdom to help free her friends, and
once done the dragonets are on the hunt again to look for their long lost families. When reading
this book, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I enjoyed it more than the first installment of