Title: The Black Unicorn Author: Terry Brooks Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Ben Holiday, ruler of the kingdom of Landover, has his identity stolen by magic, and he must prove to his friends that he really is the High Lord before it’s too late to save his kingdom and all […]
Title: Magic Kingdom for Sale — SOLD! Author: Terry Brooks Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Successful but unhappy Chicago attorney Ben Holiday goes out on a limb and purchases the kingship of a magical kingdom in another world. MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE Landover — island of enchantment and adventure rescued […]
Title: The Sword of Shannara Author: Terry Brooks Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Two brothers get caught up in an epic quest to regain the legendary Sword of Shannara from an Druid-turned-bad known as the Warlock Lord. The last review I wrote was of a book called Heirs of Prophecy, and in my review, […]
Title: Heirs of Prophecy Author: Michael A. Rothman Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Rating: ✭✭✭ Short and Sweet Synopsis: A typical American family on vacation in Arizona gets transported to the magical land of Trimoria, where they find themselves the subject of an ancient prophecy. Family Ties So, my first impression when reading a quick synopsis of this novel was that […]
Title: Hunger Author: Jackie Morse-Kessler Genre: Young Adult Fiction Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Lisa is a teenager who has enough problems on her plate dealing with an eating disorder she can’t admit she has, when Death shows up on her doorstep telling her that she is the new Horseman of the Apocalypse. Hunger, by Jackie […]
Title: The Wizard of London Author: Mercedes Lackey Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: DAW, 2006/384 pages Rating: ✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Two girls with magical powers are sent to a boarding school in London, where they encounter more challenges than anyone expected. I have been a Mercedes Lackey fan since the very first book of hers that I ever picked […]
Title: The High Lord Author: Trudi Canavan Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Sonea begins to understand Akkarin’s motivations in learning black magic, leading the unlikely duo to wage a secret war against the growing tide of evil brought by the powerful Sachakan magicians. Before reading: Check out my reviews of […]
Title: The Novice Author: Trudi Canavan Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Kindle Edition Rating: ✭✭✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Sonea must deal with school bullies, whilst also handling a complicated and dangerous (and secret) political situation in the Magician’s Guild. Before reading: Check out my review of book 1, The Magician’s Guild. The very first thing I did […]
Title: The Magician’s Guild Author: Trudi Canavan Genre: Fantasy Edition/Pages: Eos, 2004/370 pages Rating:✭✭✭✭✭ Short & Sweet Synopsis: Slum dweller Sonea’s life changes forever when she discovers that she has magical powers, and she must reconcile this with her peers’ ideas of the what the Magicians are. In the first book of The Black Magician […]
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