Reckless by Lauren Roberts is a young adult romantasy that is the sequel to BookTok sensation Powerless. Much like Powerless, Reckless follows Kai and Paedyn as the two main characters, however, we also receive a third POV from Kai’s brother Kitt. To avoid spoiling the plot for anyone who hasn’t read Powerless, I’ll jump right into the pros and cons.
This book is set in a fantasy world called The Kingdom of Kandala, where a dangerous sickness has spread all over the country. The cure for the sickness is an elixir that requires the petals of a very rare and expensive flower. Tessa is a young girl who lives in a poor sector of Kandala. She, and the other people in her sector, cannot afford the cure to the sickness. To help the people in her community, Tessa meets up with a person named Weston. Together, they both steal from the rich in order to make the elixir to prevent the disease.
Seasons of Chaos is an enthralling maze full of twists and turns. Jack and Fleur, two inseparable lovebirds are faced with adversity separated from each other early on. The fierce fire burning in the hearts of both of them flourishes the drive to see each other again. The book can be described as a yin and yang, Winter against Summer, Spring against Autumn, two entities colliding with each other creating a universal balance.
Caraval by Stephanie Garber, is a fantasy book about a girl named Scarlett Dragna. Scarlett grew up on the Conquered Islands of Trisda with her sister Dontella and her father who never allowed her to leave the Island. Growing up her grandma would tell her and her sister stories of a magical game called Caraval which was created and run by a man named Legend. Scarlet and her sister always dreamed of visiting Caraval, especially Scarlett who wrote to Legend multiple times hoping to receive a response back.
Iron Flame is the sequel to Rebecca Yarros’s best-selling novel Fourth Wing. Violet has now experienced many surprising revelations that she never thought possible. She and Xaden must now fight a whole new host of relationship problems, family problems and political problems. Talk about a lot going on! Violet must make some of the hardest decisions she’s ever had to make, plus face the fiercest foes she has yet.
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.
House of Flame and Shadow is the third installment of the Crescent City series by Sarah J. Maas. Bryce Quinlan has landed herself in a different universe, but one not too different from her own…familiar characters interact in new ways as Bryce hunts for a way to return home to her friends and to her mate, Hunt Athalar.
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is a fast-paced, action-packed, dramatic fantasy thriller with an explosive romance plot. Violet Sorrengail is a young and upcoming girl, but also happens to be the daughter of the leader of the dragon-riding section of society. Violet had planned to become a scribe, safe in the libraries. However, her mother has other plans. Violet is forced to go through the extremely dangerous dragon rider trainings and challenges.
Kazi, a former thief, is sent on a mission by the queen to locate a dangerous criminal in the threatening land of the Ballengers. A series of sudden events bring Kazi and Jase Ballenger closer together, revealing that there is more to each other than they thought. In this thrilling adventure, they must work to succeed in their tasks, even as they are drawn closer to each other.
Evangeline Fox is in love. She’s never known love before, but she can tell this is the real thing. Unfortunately, her lover is betrothed to her stepsister. Evangeline knows that he would rather run away with her, as he insists what they have is true love. In order to save their relationship, Evangeline makes a risky deal with the Prince of Hearts, Jacks, which leaves her stuck as a statue for weeks. When she finally rejoins society, she learns that her lover has left her. Heartbroken, she meets with Jacks to accuse him of ruining her chance at a life with love.
