In Wonder Woman: Warbringer, Diana craves for a chance to prove herself a true Amazon. Born from clay on the island Themyscira, daughter of their queen Hippolyta, Diana’s shot at proving herself turns into her breaking one of their laws. She now risks exile if her sisters ever find out what she did; saving a mortal, a girl called Alia.
But Alia is a Warbringer; one fated to bring war and bloodshed if she lives.
Wonder Woman: Warbringer, was a nice, super fun, and a bit of the typical YA “save the world in a time limit, fun but with serious moments adventure” novel. But the diverse cast of characters are entertaining and lovable and it is so amusing to read about Diana, the sheltered princess, interacting with our world.
“‘Kick [their] ass.’She frowned, confused. ‘Specifically [their] ass?’‘Yeah.’‘Why?’… ‘New York tradition.’”
A bit more information about the island of Themyscira would have been awesome, and the ending left me craving more, but all in all, I personally loved it! 5/5Mykee, Year 11
The novel Four is a spinoff of the Divergent series. It is a dystopian novel written by Veronica Roth. This novel is told from Tobias Eaton's perspective. This book allows the reader to gain a deeper understanding of Tobias' past when he lived in Abnegation with his Father (Marcus Eaton) and his mother (Evelyn Eaton). The main idea of this thrilling novel to show Tobais transforming from Abnegation to his current faction, Dauntless.We also discover how Marcus really treated his son Tobias. Tobias was escaping this section of his life to start a new beginning in Dauntless. The novel goes through the process of his initiation and the knife throwing ceremony until he meets the newcomers which he has to train. One of them is Beatrice Prior. As we already know she also transferred from Abnegation to Dauntless, just like Tobias.I loved reading this book. I was gaining a deeper understanding of my favourite character from the divergent series as I was learning about his history and how he has developed throughout the series. This book was such a page turner and will leave you never wanting to put it down. It is also a very easy read as it only has 304 pages.“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.” - Veronica RothBy Grace, Year 9
Briar Rose is a crazy book full of magical creatures, myths and romance and presents itself in the familiar format of Sleeping Beauty.Our main character Briar Rose lives in a small town called Bliss and she is obsessed with fairytales. She loves dreaming of far off places, daring sword fights and princes in disguise yet in her mind her life will never measure up to this fantasy. Briar is actually living a very different fantasy with a very different outcome. Briar is cursed to fall asleep on her 16th birthday and as she does she is transported into a twisted fairytale, one she has to survive if she wants to live till her next birthday.I’m going to start from the beginning, this book started with quite a bit of momentum. It started with this really cool idea of using the towns lineage to describe what was happening in Briars life and I really liked that. However, from there the book got kind of strange. Apparently the town of Bliss has had magic in its history books for centuries yet it is a secret that Briars friend can do magic. It was this unspoken truth that she could do something that had been involved in the town for so long. I didn’t understand it very well and it felt as if the magical aspect of the story wasn't integrated well and was just there to push the story along. I feel that it would have worked better if this concept was explained more and was mentioned more by the secondary characters in the story rather than just the main characters. Furthermore, Briar’s love life confused me way more than it needed to. I understand that she wants to live her life like a Disney movie but her romantic relationships were constantly rushed. The boy she falls in love with by the end of the book is one she was told to stay away from so I don’t really understand that as soon as she gets the chance she decides to fall in love with him. Within 100 pages she goes from hating him to being madly in love with him. Don’t get me wrong I think they make a great couple but their relationship was rushed and I feel was only written in to once again progress the story. Finally, apart from the “discrete” magic and the insta-love this book was entertaining. I loved how Jana Oliver compared Briars life to the story of Sleeping Beauty and I feel that made it easier for me to connect with the story and make it a more enjoyable read. Oliver also crammed a lot of information into one novel and was successful in being able to explain all of it, something that once again made the story enjoyable but also effortless to understand.A great read for anyone looking for a twisted re-telling of an incredible classic!Erin, Year 9
