Hyde Students Recommend: From T.T.

I read Graceling and it's companion Fire. I found it really interesting. I really like the genre fantasy, so that is one reason I got hooked with the two books. Graceling talks about a world where people are born with special powers. When a baby is born and their eyes become two different colors, they are a Graced and immediately become the King's property. It focuses on Katsa who is Graced with fighting powers. She had never seen anyone with her Grace, so naturally with fighting powers, everyone is afraid of her. Her uncle, the King was able to succeed in everything because Katsa was his weapon. But soon he gets more greedy, so she teams up with Prince Po ( some prince from another kingdom) to stop her uncle. Other than herself, she finally found someone else with fighting powers, which is Po. But does he really have her fighting powers or is he hiding something? I don't think I should spoil more, but it's a great book.

Fire takes place in another kingdom and it rarely talks about Graces. This kingdom doesn't have Graces, only monsters. Fire is a monster, but her form is human. She is really beautiful (I mean really.) Since Fire is so pretty, she goes everwhere with guards. Everywhere she goes, males are throwing themselves at her, which I find somewhat ridiculous. But they can't help themselves right? She has unimaginable beauty. She is also able to control minds. So Fire is really dangerous. With the characters in both books being so dangerous, there is still romance.

Another good series is the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. It's science fiction.