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All you need to know about SHADOW AND BONE TRILOGY Author : Leigh Bardugo  The once-great Ravka is in shambles. The country has been torn apart by the Shadow Fold, a barrier that is almost impossible to penetrate and is inhabited by flesh-eating monsters of darkness. The country itself has been ravaged by civil war and the citizens are in pitiful conditions, and the cities seem to have graveyards that extend far wider than the cities themselves.  Alina Starkov had never been capable of much. A sickly child when she was younger, and a plain young woman with abysmal social skills and a grouchy personality, Alina had been a lonely orphan most of her life, save for her only friend, Malyen Oretsev. Best friends since birth, both orphaned by war and yet serving as soldiers in a regiment, they'd only ever had each other, though Mal's less grumpy temperament gained him more companions.  But when a journey into the Shadow Fold proves disastrous and it seems that the entire regimen...

All you need to know about THE MEDORAN CHRONICLES   Author : Lynette Noni   Alex had always had an unusual life, as compared to everybody else. Her parents were avid archaeologists, and Alex had spent her whole life in solitude, constantly rushing from one end of the globe to the other. So when her parents decided to embark on their new journey, certain circumstances lead to Alex being left behind to start a new year at the International Exchange Academy. While her parents thought this would be a good chance for her to settle down, have friends and finally get a normal life, Alex thought otherwise. She was convinced that the entire plan was certifiably terrible. She had spent her whole life travelling, and now they expected her to stay put? Oh, come on! Little did she know that it was going to be a whole lot weirder than she had actually anticipated.  Long story short, she opens the supposed doorway to the headmaster's office, only to get yeeted into oblivion an...

All you need to know about THE INHERITANCE GAMES  Author : Jennifer Lynn Barnes   This is the story of a regular teenager, trying to survive high school and her complicated family when one day, her unexpected inheritance makes her future extremely unstable, her problems much bigger and her life shockingly dangerous.  Allow me to explain.  Avery Kylie Grambs was pretty much a nobody. Recovering from her mother's recent demise, Avery lived with her sister, studied at the local high school and was counting down to the days she would graduate and go to college and finally begin her life.  But when Avery learns that she has been invited to the reading of the late Tobias Hawthorne's will, she is understandably perplexed. She has never heard the man's name in her life, so why on earth would he bequeath anything to her? But for a girl who barely had two pennies to rub together, this inheritance might help with her college plans, so who was she to complain? But Tobi...

All you need to know about THE KANE CHRONICLES   Author : Rick Riordan   Twelve-year Carter and Sadie Kane don't seem like siblings. In fact, they're barely even friends, which might be due to the fact that they only see each other twice a year. Sadie lives in Britain with her grandparents, while Carter explores the world with his Egyptologist father, Dr Julius Kane.  But during one of their bi-yearly meetings, everything gets slightly complicated when their father blows up the British Museum and liberates four mildly annoyed gods and one murderously evil god from their confines. Confused? Well, to be honest, they have not quite understood it as well. But in a nutshell, Egyptian gods are alive and kicking, and they are really not the kind of people you would want to invite to your party.  And when their father releases the evil god Set from the clutches of his prison, Set banishes him to oblivion and forces the siblings to run for their lives.  After a...

All you need to know about THE PHOENIX FILES  Author : Chris Morphew Luke Hunter was having a really bad year. His parents split up, and now he and his mom were moving. He missed his dad, and the sudden move after their divorce wasn't really helping him get used to the new changes he was already dealing with. So all in all, Luke wasn't exactly loving his life at the moment. And the place they were moving to wasn't helping his peace of mind either.  For one, Pheonix wasn't an ordinary town. It was in the middle of nowhere and was run by the powerful Shackleton Cooperative, the company his mother worked for. The town is pretty much brand new, and only the employees of Shackleton Cooperative lived in it. And that's not even the weird part.  Pheonix had no access to the internet. None of the people had cars, they weren't allowed to. And worse, they had no access to phones either, so there was no communication possible with anyone outside the town. All the houses in ...

All you need to know about PAOLA SANTIAGO  Author : Tehlor Kay Mejia  Twelve-year-old Paola Santiago and her best friends, Dante and Emma had one rule to follow: Stay. Away. From. The. River. An unusual rule, considering rivers are usually harmless (unless it's about to sweep you away), but ever since a schoolmate of theirs drowned in the river a year back, the kids were expressly forbidden from stepping foot near the banks. Paola's mom had been warning her about the river even before, as she was convinced that La Llorona, the wailing woman, lurked in the river's murky water, dragging any unsuspecting victim in at the first chance. For a girl like Pao, who believed in science and nothing but science, her mom's superstitious warnings were ridiculous, and a source of great embarrassment.  Well, too bad the river was the perfect spot for stargazing.  As Pao, Dante and Emma make plans to meet up at the river banks one night to stargaze with her new telescope, things go w...

All you need to know about WINGS OF FIRE (Arc 2) Author : Tui T Sutherland Note: Arc 2 of the series occurs directly after Arc 1, so the second arc must be read after the first five books. Even this summary may have spoilers.  Peace has finally come to Pyrrhia after the long years of war, and the Dragonets of the Prophecy have come up with the best plan to unite all the tribes once again, by constructing Jade Mountain Academy, a school for all dragonets of all tribes, that will teach them about living together in peace and harmony. Which was so not easy, considering the animosity between the tribes which was still not completely eradicated. But nothing is impossible for the heroes of the Prophecy! Unfortunately, things are rarely so very easy, right? Moonwatcher, a Nightwing who had been been hidden away and brought up in solitary, was quite nervous about the prospect of school. Because Moon had an astounding secret.  She could read minds, and look into the future. Since the ...

All you need to know about RENEGADES Author : Marissa Meyer The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies -a group of people gifted with powers-, rising from the ruins of society. Even years after the Battle of Gatlon city, they remained a shining beacon of hope and courage, and were tasked with maintaining peace and order throughout the world. While almost everyone looked up to the Renegades with shining eyes and hearts full of hope, not all saw them as the salvation of humankind. 16 year old Nova Artino, or Nightmare, as she was most commonly known as, had every reason to hate the Renegades. After all, her misplaced faith in the so-called saviors of the world had cost her family their lives. All her life, her one ultimate aim had been to overthrow the Renegades from the ground, and show the world that their trust in the Renegades was every bit as destructing and worthless as hers was.  Adrian Everhart was the adopted son of two of the founding members of the Renegades organizat...