In the Christian Fantasy Review, you will find plenty of Christian book reviews to help you find the best fantasy books for your family. I and occasional guest reviewers will be taking a look at the fantasy offerings popular with teens and commonly available in local libraries. We will also provide book reviews of Christian authors who aren't represented in the local library but should be. I will be looking not only at best fantasy books, but also at some films and videogames.
The purpose of the Christian Fantasy Review is to inform families so that they can discuss the critical issue of worldviews with their teens. We need to teach the skill of discernment to our young people, so that they can recognize worldly themes when they read them.
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Captain Vinyanel Ecleriast, an elvish warrior, nearly loses his life rescuing a chalice from the enemy, a group of dragons who practice sorcery and demon worship. But an unfamiliar young half-elf who styles herself a prophetess resuscitates him. Soon Vinyanel finds out that the king has assigned her
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Bryan Davis's four-book fantasy series Dragons of Starlight tells a tale of heroism across two planets, Starlight and Darksphere. Jason Masters, a teen from Darksphere, realizes that people from his planet have been enslaved on the other. He takes it as his mission to rescue them. After all, he's a
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The humans landing in Karac Tor arrive with gifts that they didn't have back on earth. Hadyn can control rope and metal, a useful skill if you're tied up or locked up. Ewan can play hypnotic music on his flute. Gabe can speak to birds. And Garrett finds himself learning all kinds of new things from
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The third and final book in the Blood of Kings series wraps up the many strands in this sprawling tale. The first book in the series, Christy Award winner By Darkness Hid, introduced us to the main characters, Achan and Vrell. Achan lives in a society that seriously mistreats its orphans, calling th
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Stephen Lawhead, whose latest book we are examining at the CSFF Blog Tour this week, has some research ideas for writers that you might find interesting. From an interview on his website:
The Bright Empires series is staggering in its scope. Lawhead gives us an idea in this video:
The Bone House continues story threads from the previous book, The Skin Map. In fact, if you haven't read The Skin Map, don't read this book. You'll just get very confused. It's clear the five-part Bright Empires series must be really one giant tale, rather than five smaller ones. And what a tale it
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Abby Goyer's not too happy when her scientist father moves her to Alaska from Washington, D.C. He's secretive about his new job, and that bothers her too, especially based on his history of working in a lab that was trying to clone human embryos for use in cancer research. She's a Christian, and she
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Set in the world of Amara and Chiril where Paul's other books take place, this one focuses on a new character, Ellie. Ellie belongs to the hobbit-sized tumanhofer race; she's a farmer's daughter who longs to go to the upcoming royal wedding.
A well-known theologian who lives in Oxford, England, writes a series of fantasy books for kids with engaging plots and rock-solid underlying teaching. Sound familiar? Alister McGrath's tales do have some similarities to C.S. Lewis's Narnia tales. But there are some delightful differences too. Let's
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