Once Upon A Broken Heart is the first installment of its namesake series by Stephanie Garber. Evangeline Fox is a young girl desperate to save her lover from what she believes to be a cursed and false marriage. She prays to the magical Prince of Hearts in order to get what she seeks. However, she doesn’t quite get what she expected. She ends up married to Prince Apollo of the Magnificent North, and is constantly at odds with the Prince of Hearts himself, Jacks.
Iris Winnow is hung by anticipation with her brother’s departure to fight in a war between the gods. Life is messy with her mother’s addiction and money being tight. So, winning the columnist position at the Oath Gazette seems like seems like the only thing that can get her out of the mess. She is worried about her brother’s absence, so she writes letters to him and slips them under her wardrobe. All of that only to fall into the hands of her rival at the Oath Gazette, Roman Kitt, who is also fighting for the columnist position.
In the book The Vanishing Station by Ana Ellickson, a fiction fantasy book, the main character Ruby Santos is an 18 year old Filipino-American girl living with her father in San Francisco. Where she uncovers a secret that slowly unravels the world her father tried to protect her from. She learns that trains hold much more meaning than she thought, and might be the key to the escape that her late mother always wanted for her. She must put her struggles behind her and chase her dreams.
Summary: In the remote city of Ilvernath, the Blood Moon rises, signaling the start of this generation’s tournament curse. Every twenty years, the seven great families of Ilvernath send their children to fight to the death to determine which family will be able to wield the world’s most powerful and dangerous resource: high magick, thought to be long-depleted to the outside world. However, this year’s tournament will be different - once kept a secret within the town’s borders, with the publication of a certain book, the tournament is brought under the international spotlight.
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo is a direct sequel to Six of Crows, as we are left off by cold, calculating criminal mastermind Kaz Brecker and his team of thugs and misfits as they try and figure out a way to get Inej, a member of the crew that rescued Kuwei Yul-Bo from Fjerda, and guard the secret of Jurda Parem.
In Harry’s last year at Hogwarts comes even more danger. Filled with a long journey, Harry, Ron, and Hermoine set out to fight Voldemort by destroying the 7 Horcruxes. Whether it is everyone changing to look like Harry or using the sword of Gryffindor this book is filled with events that are fun exciting and sometimes scary! This book is a really awesome book. I love how it is filled with the perfect amount of fun and adventure. This whole book was a page-turner and I couldn’t stop reading it.
Summary: In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, the readers follow Harry, Ron, and Hermione as they embark on a dangerous mission to destroy the Horcruxes and defeat Lord Voldemort. The trio faces numerous challenges and sacrifices as they uncover the truth about the Deathly Hallows and the significance of love and friendship in the battle against darkness. The novel is filled with suspense, action, and revelations, culminating in an epic final confrontation between good and evil.
Summary: In the captivating novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, the readers are taken on an exciting journey as Harry Potter delves into Lord Voldemort's sinister past. As Harry prepares for the ultimate showdown with his archenemy, he receives crucial guidance from Headmaster Dumbledore and embarks on a dangerous quest to locate and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Simon Snow and his crew are back from America with another person with them, Shepherd. Simon and Baz must face a new mage who claims to be the chosen one, while Shepherd and Penny try to get rid of Shepherd’s curse. This book is the end to this trilogy and summarizes all the loose ties very well.
Max and the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins is the second book in the series, this time with evil doppelgangers, even more magic, and tons of humor. This book is definitely one of my favorite books, because this book checks off all the good qualities a good book should have- action, humor, friendships, romance, and mystery! Another reason that I love this book so much is that it also incorporates little illustrations throughout the book, and even changes to a comic sometimes!
