A Wrinkle in Time
★☆☆☆☆
Not entirely sure which genre to slot this book into, but that's OK, since it would be embarrassing for that genre to count this book in its ilk.
The Wizard of Earthsea
★★★★★
The origin story of sparrowhawk, the greatest wizard of Earthsea. As the young boy learns to be a wizard, his pride and ego causes him to take some mis-steps; and as a young man, he uses his skill and resourcefulness to rectify those mis-steps
Sword of Destiny
★★★★★
Another collection of short stories, following the adventures of the collection The Last Wish. Geralt forges ahead, battling monsters, demons and prejudices alike...
Six of Crows
★★★☆☆
A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who has become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse.
Shadow and Bone
★★★☆☆
First book of a YA fantasy series with excellent and rich world building and complex characters who are not all stark black-and-white.
Beautiful Creatures
★☆☆☆☆
An unholy mess involving witches & wizards, reincarnation, American civil war, its re-enactment, a teenage romance and the insular mindset of deep south America.
The Last Wish
★★★★★
A simple way of putting it... a collection of tales about a man hunting monsters for money. But then, this book (and in fact, the whole series) is so much more...
Last Argument of Kings
★★★★★
Final installment of the "First Law" trilogy. A worthy finale which highlights all the shades of grey...
Before They Are Hanged
★★★☆☆
Sequel to "The Blade Itself", there are three POVs again; a road trip led by a Wizard, a colonel struggling against a huge foe and an inquisitor fighting traitors and conspirators
The Blade Itself
★★★★★
Dark and gritty grimdark fantasy novel that doesn't rely on typical fantasy clichés
The Broken Earth Trilogy
★★★★★
A series so well written, that each book in the trilogy won a Hugo award. The final book also won the Nebula award.
