City of Ashes
Clary risks the Clave trial while Valentine raises demons and Jace pulls away in New York.
4,684-word summary · 21 min read
Tag: fantasy
640 books with this tag.
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Circe
Exiled witch Circe masters plant magic on Aiaia, faces gods and monsters, loves Odysseus, and chooses a mortal life.
2,957-word summary · 13 min read
Cinder
Cyborg mechanic Cinder discovers she is Lunar royalty while plague and Queen Levana threaten New Beijing.
3,553-word summary · 16 min read
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Poor Charlie Bucket finds a golden ticket to tour Wonka's factory with four spoiled kids.
3,574-word summary · 16 min read
American Gods
Shadow Moon leaves prison to work for Mr Wednesday and gets pulled into war between old gods and new.
3,718-word summary · 17 min read
A Wrinkle in Time
Meg Murry, Charles Wallace and Calvin tessar past Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs Which to Camazotz to free Mr Murry from IT.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
A Clash of Kings
Five kings fight after Robert dies while Jon meets wildlings, Dany crosses the Red Waste, and Tyrion holds King's Landing.
4,262-word summary · 19 min read
Throne of Glass
Throne of Glass book 1 retold: Celaena out of Endovier, the contest, Dorian, Chaol, and the castle tests.
1,926-word summary · 9 min read
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger's Time Traveler's Wife retold: Henry's jumps, Clare waiting, art, and a marriage in two tenses.
1,932-word summary · 9 min read
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig's The Midnight Library retold: Nora between lives, Mrs Elm, regrets tried on, and choosing to live.
2,410-word summary · 11 min read
The Little Prince
Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince retold: a pilot, a rose, the fox, and what matters is invisible.
2,492-word summary · 11 min read
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis's Narnia opener retold: four Pevensies, the White Witch's winter, Aslan's sacrifice, and the crowning at Cair Paravel.
2,502-word summary · 11 min read
The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief retold: Percy Jackson, Camp Half-Blood, the stolen bolt, and the road trip to the Underworld.
2,581-word summary · 11 min read
The Golden Compass
Golden Compass retold: Lyra and Pan north to save Roger, bears, Dust, bridge to new world.
2,019-word summary · 9 min read
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring retold: Frodo's flight, Strider, Moria, Lothlorien, and the breaking of the Fellowship.
2,315-word summary · 10 min read
The Cruel Prince
Mortal Jude fights for a place at the faerie court, bargaining with the prince she hates.
2,477-word summary · 11 min read
New Moon
Twilight book 2 retold: Edward leaves, Jacob warms, the cliff dive, and Volterra.
2,403-word summary · 11 min read
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living inside a repeating…
2,331-word summary · 10 min read
Iron Flame
Violet survives her first year at Basgiath and returns for war games, rebellion secrets, and a harder second year.
2,687-word summary · 12 min read
Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing retold: Violet enters Basgiath, bonds Tairn, and learns what the wards hide.
2,580-word summary · 11 min read
Eragon
Paolini's Eragon retold: a farm boy, a blue stone, Saphira the dragon, and the road to the Varden.
1,996-word summary · 9 min read
Eclipse
Twilight book 3 retold: Bella caught between Edward and Jacob as Victoria builds an army in Seattle.
2,060-word summary · 9 min read
Crown of Midnight
Crown of Midnight, the second Throne of Glass book, follows Celaena as the King's Champion, a faked death, Nehemia's murder, and her return to Endovier.
2,255-word summary · 10 min read
City of Bones
City of Bones retold: Clary sees Shadowhunters, Jace and the Cup, Valentine, and the Institute attack.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read