My Favorite Fantasy Books
Thursday April 18th, 2013
5. The Lightning Thief
This book is about a boy called Percy Jackson who finds out he is son of the Greek god Poseidon. Zeus accuses him of stealing his lightning bolt and Percy has no idea what he's talking about. So Percy goes off on a quest with Annabeth (daughter of Athena) and Grover (a satyr) to find the lightning bolt and get his mother, who was taken away by the minotaur, back from Hades. It is a great book and the first in the series of five books.
I really like how Rick Riordan leaves you wondering about what's going to happen in the next chapter. Also as the story goes on he develops the characters telling you more about them like in what they say.
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4. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Lions, witches, magical wardrobes, fawns, horse/men and talking animals are all a part of the mysterious and magical land of Narnia. Four children living in the turmoil of the second World War are taken out of the city of London to the countryside to live with a mysterious professor. The four children – Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter are playing hide and seek when Lucy stumbles upon the wardrobe and enters it. Next thing she knows she’s in the cold and snowy land of Narnia. Before too long all four of them enter into this magical world via the wardrobe...
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3. Incarnate
In the realm known as Range, humans live, die, and their souls are reincarnated with perfect memory of their past lives and all those around them. For the past five thousand years, these souls have lived and died, always with the knowledge that they will inevitably be reborn… until one day, one soul dies and a new soul is born in her place.
Ana is an aberration – the only “new soul” (or, as many like to think, a “nosoul” destined to live only one life and incapable of true emotion or meaning) born in five millennia, who has taken the place of another, Ciana, with her birth. Raised by a bitter mother, Li, that blames her for the loss of Ciana...
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2. Seraphina
Seraphina was a captivating book. The plot exciting and the characters suited the story perfectly.
Seraphina is about a young lady who has the slight misfortune of been half-dragon, half-human. Hiding her secret as best she can she works as a music mistress for the royal family, taught by her dragon uncle Oma. Seraphina's dragon mother sadly died in child birth and her farther, who works in the royal court, was devastated at her death and at his sudden surprise of her being a dragon hid away her belongings in an attempt to not be reminded of the traumatising past.
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1. Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
The famous wizard, Harry Potter, is back for another year at Hogwarts, School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry is delighted when he gets on the Hogwarts Express for the second time, as the summer has been very unenjoyable due to the Dursleys being the only relatives of his left. When Harry sees the school after what seems like ages, he sees hooded figures standing outside. Dementors – they guard Azkaban, the most feared wizard prison, and suck all of the happiness out of you.
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