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Sky in the Deep — Adrienne Young

TITLE: Sky in the Deep AUTHOR: Adrienne Young RELEASED: April 24th, 2018; Wednesday Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield — her brother, fighting with the enemy — the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother’s betrayal, she...

Twilight — Stephenie Meyer (Reread Review)

TITLE: Twilight AUTHOR: Stephenie Meyer SERIES: Twilight Saga, #1 RELEASED: October 5th, 2005; Little, Brown and Company GENRE: Paranormal Romance/Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. In the first book of the Twilight Saga, internationally bestselling author Stephenie Meyer introduces Bella Swan...

Clockwork Angel — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: Clockwork Angel AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Infernal Devices, #1 RELEASED: August 31st, 2010; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the...

City of Glass — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: City of Glass AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Mortal Instruments, #3 RELEASED: March 24th, 2009; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters — never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and her best friend, Simon, has been...

Crown of Midnight — Sarah J. Maas

TITLE: Crown of Midnight AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas SERIES: Throne of Glass, #2 RELEASED: August 15th, 2013; Bloomsbury USA Childrens GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil. Keeping up...

Crooked Kingdom — Leigh Bardugo

TITLE: Crooked Kingdom AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo SERIES: Six of Crows, #2 RELEASED: September 20th, 2016; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: When you can’t beat the odds, change the game. Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful...

Tithe — Holly Black

TITLE: Tithe AUTHOR: Holly Black SERIES: Modern Faerie Tales, #1 RELEASED: October, 2002; Simon & Schuster GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city with her mother’s rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms – a struggle that could very well...

Throne of Glass — Sarah J. Maas

TITLE: Throne of Glass AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas RELEASED: August 2nd, 2012; Bloomsbury USA Childrens GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: When magic has gone from the world, and a vicious king rules from his throne of glass, an assassin comes to the castle. She does not come to kill, but to win her freedom. If she can defeat twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition to find the greatest assassin in the land, she will become the King’s Champion and be released...

A Court of Frost and Starlight — Sarah J. Maas

TITLE: A Court of Frost and Starlight AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas SERIES: A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.1 RELEASED: May 1st, 2018; Bloomsbury USA Childrens GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: Months after the explosive events in A Court of Wings and Ruin, Feyre, Rhys, and their companions are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can’t keep the shadows of the past...

A Court of Wings and Ruin — Sarah J. Maas (REREAD Review!)

TITLE: A Court of Wings and Ruin AUTHOR: Sarah J. Maas SERIES: A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3 RELEASED: May 2nd, 2017; Bloomsbury USA Childrens GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit – and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world...