Category: Fantasy Books

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden – Zest to Find the Hidden GarthShort Summary: “The Secret Garden” is a remarkable book identifying the therapeutic power prevailing in mother nature. This novel is magnificently noted by the American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett in 1911. The exceptional narration depicts the magical effect of living in pure nature on humans and the great bonding between the siblings. Indeed, the novel is set in the 20th century, and talks about a girl going throu....

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree – A Connection Between Humans and NatureBrief Summary:Highlighting the effectual connection between nature and humans, “The Giving Tree” is written aesthetically by Shel Silverstein. It is a children’s picture book that evokes the story of a little boy developing an emotional bond with a tree. But, the point here is that this bonding should be identified as positive or drift to the negative side. Indeed, the relation is effective enough to develop two d....

Shel Silverstein

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time – War between Light and DarknessShort Summary:Created on the ideation of “Teleportation”, “A Wrinkle in Time” is a spectacular novel by Madeleine L’Engle. Explicating the brilliance of teleportation and science fantasy, the novel talks about three main characters – Meg, Charles, and Calvin traveling to different galaxies to rescue Meg’s father. Their task is not just to rescue, but to fight the evil intruder Black Thing who has invaded several....

Madeleine L'Engle

Eragon

Eragon – Journey of a Dragon RiderAbridged Summary:Noted as the most spectacular fantasy, the novel “Eragon” unveils the tale of amity between a boy and his dragon. It was jotted down by an eminent writer Christopher Paolini in 2001. The story of its publishing is interesting because the writer had to self-published it. Indeed, the popular version was printed in 2001, which made it to the readers’ tables. In the novel, Eragon discovers a strange stone which is reveal....

Christopher Paolini

The Lightning Thief

The Lightening Thief – A Battle for JusticeBrief Summary: “The Lightening Thief” represents the fantasy side of the Greek Mythology in a unique way. It is marvellously written by Rick Riordan, which highlights a tussle between Percy Jackson (main character) with the Olympians (Greek Lords). The fight is over realizing the rested powers and proving that the “alleged thief” is not the real one. Besides this, the story is about authorizing Percy’s position among ....

Rick Riordan

A Mid Summer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's DreamA Brief Overview:Love and romance constitute the nuclei of Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare. There are three men and women engaged in love who want a happy consummation of their love through marriage but are faced with several difficulties.  Duke Theseus to marry Hippolytus Queen of AmazonIn the opening part of the play, preparations are being made for the marriage of Theseus....

William Shakespeare

Hooked

The IntroductionEmily McIntire's 2021 romance novel Hooked is the first book of her Never-After series. Set in the contemporary world, Hooked attempts to restructure the classic Peter Pan tale with a modern twist. Unlike the original story, Hooked does not involve elements of fantasy. It focuses on the dark side of human existence. The main characters, James “Hook” Barrie, Wendy, and Peter Michaels, are based on Captain Jame....

Emily McIntire

City of Bones

City of Bones – Seeing Beyond the WorldBrief Summary:“City of Bones” is a fantasy novel spectacularly written by Cassandra Clare, which talks about a girl (Clary) adept at seeing beyond worldly humans. She is helped by her friends and ultimately meets a group of Shadow Hunters, who are on a mission to remove evil shadows or spirits from the world. Clary is unaware of her remarkable powers, which start getting activated when her mother goes missing. Analyzing....

Cassandra Clare

Charlotte’s Web

Brief Summary:“The Charlotte’s Web” is a spectacular storybook written by E.B White, who portrays the essence of death through its vital characters, Wilbur and Charlotte. Here, Wilbur is a pink-colored pig and Charlotte is a lady spider.  Both of them represent different views on embracing death. Charlotte is close to reality with death being the ultimate truth and no one should be feared. On the other hand, Wilbur is fearful of his death and takes every possible means to ....

E.B. White

Midnight’s Children

Summary of the Midnight’s ChildrenA Brief Overview:The Midnight’s Children follows the journey of Saleem Sinai, who recounts his life story and moment of birth on August 15, 1947, at precisely midnight - the day India gained independence from British rule.The Story of Saleem Starts 32 Years Before His BirthIn 1915, Saleem's grandfather – a doctor named Aadam Aziz encounters his future wife for the first time on ....

Salman Rushdie

Red Rising

The TragedyPierce Brown’s futuristic dystopian science fiction novel, published in 2014, narrates the story of Darrow, a “Red” miner living on Mars in a color-coded society ruled by the “Golds.” He is angry as he participates in and loses a competition that would have earned him surplus food and supplies. His wife, Eo, comforts him as they visit a garden forbidden to the Reds and are caught by guards while leaving. Dur....

Pierce Brown

Gulliver’s Travels

Introduction to the Novel : ​Swift's Most Popular Work.​Begin in 1721 and finished by 1725.​It is a highly gripping Tale of the various adventures of Lemuel Gulliver.​It is Swift's most comprehensive and brilliantly worked-out satire on man and civilization.​For its element of fantasy it has become a children's classic​Gulliver's on the land of Lilliput is one of the most popular stories for children in England.�....

Jonathan Swift

Mortal Engines

The events of Mortal Engines, a post-apocalyptic, steampunk science-fiction novel by Philip Reeve, published in 2001, unfold in a post-war, dystopian world plagued with environmental degradation where cities have transformed into metropolises on giant wheels following the devastating Sixty Minute War. One such is the traction city of London, which can travel up to 100 miles an hour, engulfing, looting, and capturing smaller settlements, all in the ....

Philip Reeve

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones – A Heavenly VigilanceBrief Summary:Explicating the divine journey of a 14-year-old girl named Susie, The Lovely Bone by Alice Seabold unfolds an amalgamation of grief, love, and blissful connections. It showcases Susie’s observance of her family’s and the killer’s life from heaven. Summary of Significant Notions:Characters and Connections:The Lovely Bones introduces various characters with Susie Salmon ho....

Alice Sebold

A Court of Thorns and Roses

The story starts with a huntress named Feyre. The young girl is the sole breadwinner of her family. One day, she was stalking a deer in order to feed her starving family. While stalking, Feyre soon found herself hunting near the wood, a borderland between humans and Prythians, the place for fairies. But in her desperation to feed her family, she crossed the border. Soon, something strange caught her eyes: a giant wolf with suspicious eyes. Her Instant thoughts were the wolf might ....

Sarah J. Maas