Reviews by Category: Fiction

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Five Survive

By Holly Jackson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Charlie C.
Dec 9, 2024

Red Kenny, a teenager struggling with the death of her mother, embarks on a road trip with five of her friends. The trip starts well, but, partway through, their RV breaks down. They have no cell service, no way to fix the truck, and no civilization in sight. When trying to fix the RV, the group realizes something is very wrong when they are shot at from the dark. They are stuck in the van, hostage, by the mysterious man outside. The man reveals that he needs the secret one of them is keeping, and that he will kill anyone who attempts to escape.

Teen Review
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Treasure Hunters

By Jeff Smith
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 9, 2024

Treasure Hunters is a graphic novel, the eighth book of a 9-book series called Bone. At the end of the last book, the Bones, Thorn, Grandma, and Bartleby are about to arrive at Atheia. The humans free Lucius from the Disciples of Venu who had claimed he was a traitor. Now in this book, the group visits Grandma's old mentor at the old royal city. While they talk, Thorn is pulled into the dreaming world and Briar almost manages to take her away, but Thorn survives at the last moment.

Teen Review
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Caraval

By Stephanie Garber
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Dec 9, 2024

Caraval is a story of two sisters, Scarlett and Tella, who are stuck on a small island. Their whole lives have been controlled by their abusive father, so they are trying to find a way to escape their home as well as Scarlett's arranged marriage to a duke she had never met. After years of writing letters to Legend, the master, Scarlett finally gets tickets to Caraval, an interactive show filled with deception and magic.

Teen Review
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King

By Ben Hatke
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nithin
Dec 9, 2024

Mighty Jack and the Goblin King continues the adventures of Jack, Maddy, and Lily as they face a new and formidable foe: the Goblin King. When the Goblin King kidnaps Maddy, Jack and Lily must use all their bravery, cunning, and magical abilities to rescue her and save the garden from destruction. Along the way, they encounter strange creatures, unexpected allies, and surprising secrets about the garden and its magical inhabitants.

Teen Review
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Mighty Jack. Book One

By Ben Hatke
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Nithin
Dec 9, 2024

Mighty Jack tells the story of Jack, a reluctant hero who discovers a magical garden in the backyard of his family's new home. As Jack explores the garden, he finds himself face-to-face with strange creatures, unexpected allies, and formidable foes. With the help of his sister Maddy and a new friend named Lily, Jack must use his bravery, quick thinking, and kindness to save the garden and his family from danger.

Teen Review
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Tower of Dawn

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sophia N.
Dec 9, 2024

Tower of Dawn shifts the series’ focus onto Chaol Westfall, Nesryn Faliq, and Yrene Towers, as Chaol and Nesryn work to form an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, while Yrene is assigned to heal Chaol’s injuries that put him in a wheelchair. Yrene and Chaol work together to heal Chaol’s injuries while Nesryn and Prince Sartaq travel to the rukhin clans and learn about the secrets of the Stygian Spiders.

Teen Review
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Queen of Shadows

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Sophia N.
Dec 9, 2024

Celaena Sardothien has finally taken her place as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. Aedion Ashryver is desperate to see his cousin again after ten years spent apart. Dorian Havilliard is trapped inside a Valg demon. Before Aelin is able to make her way back to her homeland, she needs to save her friends, free magic in Adarlan, and defeat the Valg. We meet more new characters in this book: Nesryn Faliq, Gavriel, Lorcan Salvaterre, and Elide Lochan. Several storylines begin to weave together as more is revealed about the truth of the Wyrdkeys and the Valg.

Teen Review
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Heir of Fire

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sophia N.
Dec 9, 2024

Celaena Sardothien has made her way to the city of Wendlyn to seek vengeance against the King of Adarlan. Heartbroken and full of rage, Celaena stumbles around Wendlyn, drinking and fighting every person she meets. When Prince Rowan Whitethorn of Doranelle finds Celaena, he brings her to Queen Maeve. Maeve claims that in exchange for answers about the Wyrdkeys, Celaena must learn to master her fire magic by training with Rowan. Meanwhile, in Adarlan, Aedion Ashryver, Chaol, and Dorian begin working on a plan to free magic in the kingdom.

Teen Review
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The Assassin's Blade

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Sophia N.
Dec 9, 2024

The Assassin’s Blade goes back in time and shows Celaena Sardothien as one of the most skilled killers in Rifthold’s Assassin’s Guild. This book consists of five novellas that provide a look into Celaena’s life before being crowned the King’s Champion. As Celaena begins to rethink her loyalty to her master, Arobynn Hamel, she finds herself becoming closer to a fellow assassin, Sam Cortland.

Teen Review
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Clueless

By Amy Heckerling
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Riya M.
Dec 9, 2024

Clueless is about a teenage girl named Cher, who is trying to find some form of romance in her high school years. She soon makes friends with a new girl named Tai, who Cher tries to set up with someone to show off her skills. Tai later gets set up with Cher’s ex-stepbrother Josh. As time moves on, we see how she begins to have issues, with friends, Josh, and deciding what she really wants. 

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