Jack: The Fairly True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk by Lisel Shurtliff Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) Jack has to climb up a beanstalk to get to the land of the giants because his father was captured. Jack has to defeat the gold-loving king and help end the famine in the giants’ world. The book is exciting and adventurous, and is a pretty good book.
The Belles Belles #1 by Dhonielle Clayton (Audio edition) Fantasy Science Fiction * * * Stars (Pretty good) The Belles are a group of women who have special powers to enhance the appearance of normal people (who typically have grey skin and red eyes). Depending on how powerful a Belle is, she can use her arcana to color skin, hair and eyes, do body shaping, even alter bone structure. Some can even change personality. A … Read more
The Horse and His Boy Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Shasta lives in Calormen until he meets a talking horse. They both agree to escape north so that the horse can find freedom and Shasta can find his father. Along the way, they meet up with Aravis and her talking mare as they are trying to get north to Narnia. They have many adventures on … Read more
The Iron Queen Iron Fey #3 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Romance Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) “The Iron Queen” is all about Megan Chase and her two best friends, Ash and Puck. All together they travel all over Never-Never, fly past death a couple times, and save the whole world. Ash slowly falls in love with Megan, while Puck tries to make Megan fall in love with hir. Ash wins in the … Read more
The Iron Knight Iron Fey #4 by Julie Kagawa Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is all about Ash and his quest to find a way to be mortal. He traveled up the river of dreams with Puck, Wolf, Ariella, and Grimlin the cat. No one knows how long they were on the river because in Fairy, time does not exist. It could have been a century in the mortal … Read more
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John Tiffany Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This book is about Harry Potter and his children – Lily, James, and Albus. Albus proves to be the most difficult to raise because he thinks his dad doesn’t love him. He soon finds out differently because he and his friend Scorpius get pulled back in time and they find Albus’ … Read more
Appleblossom the Possum by Holly Goldberg Sloan Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) The book “Appleblossom the Possum” is an amazing book written by Holly Sloan. It starts out when Appleblossom practices acting class (because that is what possums do). After a couple days, their mother leaves them to see how they will survive in the wild after all of the lecturing. Will everyone survive? Read the book to find out!
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella Fantasy Review #1 * Star (A waste of time!) Ray Kinsella owns a farm in Iowa with his wife Annie and daughter Karin. Ray believes he hears a voice telling him to build a baseball field in his cornfield. Will he listen to the voice? Who will show up if he does? Find out in “Shoeless Joe!”
Witch and Wizard #1 by James Patterson Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction Review #1 * * * Stars (Pretty good) This is the first novel in the Witch and Wizard series. Two siblings named Whit and Wisty are horrified when they are accused of having powers. They protest, but they end up being arrested. What will happen to the brother and sister? Will they discover they have powers? Review #2 * * * * * Stars … Read more
Gregor the Overlander Underland Chronicles #1 by Suzanne Collins Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Gregor and his little sister fall into a land below New York City. They find a strange land of giant animals and pale humans. They embark on a quest to fulfill a prophecy and save Gregor’s dad. I liked the book because it was nice and exciting. Review #2 * * * * Stars (Great!) Gregor’s … Read more