I love Blades of Acktar and the Ilyon Chronicles! And a lot of other stuff you mentioned is on my reading list! I'll have to read them sooner ❤ thank you for this!
I'm currently writing a futuristic fantasy novel, (I guess some people might call that sci-fi), that was inspired by Chuck Black's The Kingdom Series. I challenged myself to see if I could take a book of the Bible and craft a story that included something from every single chapter from that Biblical book. I'm keeping which book I chose a secret to see how many people would be able to figure it out, (the Biblical book I pulled from has more than 15 chapters). I'm 2/3 done with writing the novel but don't really know what the general target age would be since it's a heavy, emotional story. I'm pretty happy with the plot and love how I've been able to include something from every chapter of the Biblical book so far. It would be cool to eventually get a short review of the novel, (I hope to self publish it in October), but again, I don't want to put people through an emotionally heavy book if they're not ready for it. If you or anyone else is interested in knowing more, let me know.
Chuck Black I just picked up kingdom’s Dawn. 👏🏾 yes I really enjoyed the first book in Ravenwood Saga I plan on finishing it soon. Great recommendations sister! 💜
You're welcome!! For more fantasy recommendations, you definitely need to check out the Book Bunch, she has tons of clean recs! And Sarah's Tangled Tales did a couple videos recently with Christian Fantasy recs!!
I want more Christian sci fi too! I'm currently compiling a list of Christian sci fi so I can make a recommendation video 🥰 In the meantime, you should check out The Book Bunch, Sam reads a lot of Christian and Christian friendly sci fi and fantasy too!!
I started Chuck Black's books a few weeks ago. I'm surprised you read them at age 12! I would have been too scared, ha. I'm loving them as an adult, though!
Yayy I'm so glad you're loving them! Lol maybe I was just desensitized to the violence and stuff from all the action and fantasy movies I watched as a kid 🤣
The cover of the first book is gorgeous! I just love the way some books look and feel. Half way through your video, love the recommendations. I hope you have a wonderful Easter Sunday! ✝❤
I’m gonna get into the Raven series. I like the story line of the girl finding this guy in this dreamscape and seeing his light. It reminds me of a testimony on RUclips of a girl who used to be in a coven and one day as this coven was cursing Christians and this girl was able to see them from their hideout and saw how they couldn’t do anything to these Christians when they prayed and she finds out about Jesus and she ends up giving her life to the Lord after meeting him in her 2nd near death accident ❤
I recommend the Life After series by Julie Hall it is one of my favorites and it has a lot to do with spiritual warfare and there’s a great romance that’s in the series. I highly recommend
finally someone else who loves the blades of acktar! also, i agree with you on the ravenwood saga being better than the follower of the word trilogy. all these book recs are so good!
The highlight of this video was watching you scream about the Ilyon Chronicles. 😍🥰😍🥰 And oh my goodness I’ve read nearly ALL of these books! That is so crazy, lol! The only one I haven’t read is Follower of the Word and I don’t think I will just because I sadly don’t connect with the way the author writes. 😢 But so glad you like her books!
@@Celestria I didn’t hate the series, just didn’t fall in love with it. I’d label it as “good and okay but not one I’d reread.” 🤷🏼♀️ So yeah I’m in the minority on this one, sorry! 😅
Right in time 😭 I'm looking for clean recommendations for my 15 year old cousin who wants to get into reading over her end of term break. You Angel! 🥹 I'll probably read them too, of course 🤗
Awesome, I'm so glad to be helpful! If you want more recommendations for her, here's some other videos I've done ruclips.net/p/PLt-yPGm2oxiodUBoFElRJtGD6ZNmrYwzL
My favorite fantasy series would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia, and a close second would be the Circle Series by Ted Dekker, (I didn't like the final book in the Circle Series however). Currently I'm reading The Wingfeather Saga, and while I thought the first book was mediocre, I really enjoyed book 2 and 3. I'll have to check out some of the ones you've mentioned.
@@Celestria I highly recommend the Circle Series but you can completely skip the 4th book. It tries to make the story neverending, ending at the start of the first book, but it didn't make sense and messed with the beautiful ending of book 3. I would give the first Wingfeather book 3/5 stars, and the first half of the second book was about the same, but at about the halfway point it gets really interesting and from there I would give the rest of the series, what I've read anyway, 4.5/5 stars. Have you heard of or watched the Wingfeather cartoon series that came out at the start of this year? It's one of the few movies/shows I would say is better than the book. They've only completed the first season so far which covers the first book.
Okay thank you for the advice about that series! And yes I've seen the first episode but I was having a hard time with the animation style. But I might go back and try watching it again if it's that good lol.
I've been procrastinating clicking on this video... not cuz i dont love you, but cuz i don't love fantasy... lol well done, hon! Thanks for the recs! If anyone can make me even remotely interested in fantasy books, its you!!!
Fawkes was really good, can't wait to read Wishtress! The Ravenwood trilogy is good! I really enjoyed the dreamwalking aspect. I'm suuuuper picky with fantasy, especially YA... But I'm intrigued by the Ilyon Chronicles.
Most of these I've heard about already from Sarah's tangled tales. But glad you love them too. Im planning on getting kindle unlimited, and most are on there. At least the indie books are.
I love the way you review books, so concise and thorough. It makes me wonder what you'd say about my book. Is there any chance you'd be interested in reading my recent Christian / Medieval / Sci-Fantasy novel, The Respian Man? It's on Netgalley and all the other places (I'd even send you a free physical copy if you wanted). If not that's OK, you probably get inundated with requests from authors, so I totally get it, but I thought I'd ask. It's not a romance novel, so it may not be 100% your ideal genre.
Thank you so much! I'm sorry, I'm not doing books in exchange for reviews right now, but I will definitely save the information and look into your book!
Would the Ilyon Chronicles a good series for a 14year old? I want to read it with my sister but (understandably) mom is very strict with what is allowed and not. I want to read it with her but wondering if I should proof read it first?
I think it would be fine for a 14 year old, but the author does have it categorized as New Adult, which is for ages 18-25. There's a decent amount of violence and deaths, but if you're used to fantasy books with lots of fighting and violence, then it's nothing. It's not over the top bloody or anything. There's a couple scenes with attempted assault, but absolutely nothing ends up happening and the character gets rescued quickly. There's brief mentions of a character who's promiscuous and mentions of her getting abortions. All the romance is very clean, just kissing and it's not overly detailed. I can't think of anything else 🤔 I hope this helps!
I do have goodreads, it's in the description, but I don't have all of these books listed. I might have some of them in my favorites shelf maybe. I need to organize and update my shelves if they still exist, I might have deleted them lol
Yes, all of the books and series in the video have romance! Hmm, I'm not sure which Acktar book to say specifically... cuz the characters start off in book 1 meeting and getting to know each other and eventually, that grows into a romance, but it's gradual, you know? So I don't remember exactly where it begins. Maybe more so in book 2? Not sure.
im a little unsure if i should a character in my text based game story that is homosexual cuz it really doesnt glorify god directly (and pls no for the record i dont want a extreme answer from anyone saying it is always wrong to add it or its always ok to add it, bcuz i know its neither of those ditches...) i mean i just want my story to be real to the player and honest and talk about real things without being condemned,yes i met a man last year, yes i believe in jesus, yes i slept w him to times, never saw him again, and im not a homosexual nor do i condone that lifestyle today in any shape or form but does that mean its automatically wrong to include in the games story as a part of my lived through darkness and also something that helps me deal w it cuz im still kinda living in denial or shame not every day or week bcuz it happend, bcuz i was lonely, bcuz i was divorced three years ago and never had a woman in my life...?!
I think it depends on the context. As long as it's not presented as being okay and as long as it's not just thrown in there for no reason, you know what I mean? I think if it's in the game, it should be made clear that it's wrong and there should be some sort of redemption for that character. That's my personal thoughts on it anyway, i hope that makes sense.
Hello. My name is Amelia Rucker and I am a Christian Romance Author. I have fifteen books underneath my belt and I am currently working in the writing lab.
Christianity is being watered down, and disrespected. Magic is not allowed in Christian beliefs and blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the unforgivable sin!
I can’t believe Ilyon is over 😭😭💔💔
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I love Blades of Acktar and the Ilyon Chronicles! And a lot of other stuff you mentioned is on my reading list! I'll have to read them sooner ❤ thank you for this!
I'm currently writing a futuristic fantasy novel, (I guess some people might call that sci-fi), that was inspired by Chuck Black's The Kingdom Series. I challenged myself to see if I could take a book of the Bible and craft a story that included something from every single chapter from that Biblical book. I'm keeping which book I chose a secret to see how many people would be able to figure it out, (the Biblical book I pulled from has more than 15 chapters).
I'm 2/3 done with writing the novel but don't really know what the general target age would be since it's a heavy, emotional story. I'm pretty happy with the plot and love how I've been able to include something from every chapter of the Biblical book so far. It would be cool to eventually get a short review of the novel, (I hope to self publish it in October), but again, I don't want to put people through an emotionally heavy book if they're not ready for it. If you or anyone else is interested in knowing more, let me know.
That sounds so cool!!! Good luck finishing your novel and getting it published in October! Thanks, I will let you know! 😄
I'm glad to see all the book recommendations for Christian-friendly fantasy. I love fantasy stories!
They're the best!!!!!
I’m reading Wishtress right now and I love it. I also loved Vivid by Ashley Bustamante
I'm starting Vivid next!!
Let’s go!! 🔥🔥🔥I’m so ready! My TBR is annoyed but she will be alright 👏🏾👏🏾😂😂😂
Yeah she'll be fine 🤣🤣
Chuck Black I just picked up kingdom’s Dawn. 👏🏾 yes I really enjoyed the first book in Ravenwood Saga I plan on finishing it soon. Great recommendations sister! 💜
Yay, thanks girl!! 🥰
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I’m really getting into Christian Fantasy so this video is PERFECT.
You're welcome!! For more fantasy recommendations, you definitely need to check out the Book Bunch, she has tons of clean recs! And Sarah's Tangled Tales did a couple videos recently with Christian Fantasy recs!!
I really appreciate this so very much. I love sci fi and want more Christian SciFi.
I want more Christian sci fi too! I'm currently compiling a list of Christian sci fi so I can make a recommendation video 🥰
In the meantime, you should check out The Book Bunch, Sam reads a lot of Christian and Christian friendly sci fi and fantasy too!!
@@CelestriaThank you and many blessings! I think I’ll start as well or my other channel. It’s hard to find reviews for things like this.
“You already know what time it is 😁” Hahaha, I was waiting for it! 😉💕
Hehe
I started Chuck Black's books a few weeks ago. I'm surprised you read them at age 12! I would have been too scared, ha. I'm loving them as an adult, though!
Yayy I'm so glad you're loving them! Lol maybe I was just desensitized to the violence and stuff from all the action and fantasy movies I watched as a kid 🤣
Also the Mandalorian T-shirt 🔥🔥🔥
Yesss 🙌🏻
The cover of the first book is gorgeous! I just love the way some books look and feel. Half way through your video, love the recommendations. I hope you have a wonderful Easter Sunday! ✝❤
I knoww 😍
Thank you, Happy Easter!! 🩷
@Celestria hi I'm an author of a Christian fantasy novel called The Road to Chidarra and I was wondering if you would like a copy to review? Thanks
You've gotten me so excited. Fantasy without magic??!!! Thank you so much for sharing these! Do they have idolatry (crosses or emblems for worship)?
The only idolatry I can remember at this moment is in the Ilyon Chronicles the emperor tries to force people to worship idols of false gods
I’m gonna get into the Raven series. I like the story line of the girl finding this guy in this dreamscape and seeing his light. It reminds me of a testimony on RUclips of a girl who used to be in a coven and one day as this coven was cursing Christians and this girl was able to see them from their hideout and saw how they couldn’t do anything to these Christians when they prayed and she finds out about Jesus and she ends up giving her life to the Lord after meeting him in her 2nd near death accident ❤
That's such a cool story!
You must definitely do more recommendation videos (please!) 😂
I will!!
I recommend the Life After series by Julie Hall it is one of my favorites and it has a lot to do with spiritual warfare and there’s a great romance that’s in the series. I highly recommend
I've heard of that author! Thanks for that recommendation, I love books about spiritual warfare. Adding to my tbr asap!
Yesss Ilyon!!!! 🎉🎉
Medieval fantasy is the best fantasy! 🥰
I love the cover of Exiles too!
finally someone else who loves the blades of acktar! also, i agree with you on the ravenwood saga being better than the follower of the word trilogy. all these book recs are so good!
Yay another Acktar fan!!!! ❤️
Another series you may like to try: The Legends of the Guardian King Series by Karen Hancock
That series sounds interesting. Thanks!!
The highlight of this video was watching you scream about the Ilyon Chronicles. 😍🥰😍🥰
And oh my goodness I’ve read nearly ALL of these books! That is so crazy, lol! The only one I haven’t read is Follower of the Word and I don’t think I will just because I sadly don’t connect with the way the author writes. 😢 But so glad you like her books!
Lol
It makes me so sad you didn't like the Ravenwood Saga. Simply tragic 💔😭
@@Celestria I didn’t hate the series, just didn’t fall in love with it. I’d label it as “good and okay but not one I’d reread.” 🤷🏼♀️ So yeah I’m in the minority on this one, sorry! 😅
OMG!! I WAITED FOR THIS! THANK YOU!!!🎉❤
Right in time 😭 I'm looking for clean recommendations for my 15 year old cousin who wants to get into reading over her end of term break. You Angel! 🥹 I'll probably read them too, of course 🤗
Awesome, I'm so glad to be helpful! If you want more recommendations for her, here's some other videos I've done ruclips.net/p/PLt-yPGm2oxiodUBoFElRJtGD6ZNmrYwzL
@@Celestria Thank you 😊 I'm gonna watch them ALL :)
The Ravenwood saga is amazing I haven’t found a book just as good
That series is hard to top
My favorite fantasy series would probably be The Chronicles of Narnia, and a close second would be the Circle Series by Ted Dekker, (I didn't like the final book in the Circle Series however). Currently I'm reading The Wingfeather Saga, and while I thought the first book was mediocre, I really enjoyed book 2 and 3. I'll have to check out some of the ones you've mentioned.
I'm interested in the circle series! And I've heard book 2 of Wingfeather is better than 1 but I haven't read it yet, but I plan to.
@@Celestria I highly recommend the Circle Series but you can completely skip the 4th book. It tries to make the story neverending, ending at the start of the first book, but it didn't make sense and messed with the beautiful ending of book 3.
I would give the first Wingfeather book 3/5 stars, and the first half of the second book was about the same, but at about the halfway point it gets really interesting and from there I would give the rest of the series, what I've read anyway, 4.5/5 stars. Have you heard of or watched the Wingfeather cartoon series that came out at the start of this year? It's one of the few movies/shows I would say is better than the book. They've only completed the first season so far which covers the first book.
Okay thank you for the advice about that series!
And yes I've seen the first episode but I was having a hard time with the animation style. But I might go back and try watching it again if it's that good lol.
The blades of Acktar!! 🎉🎉
Leith 🥺 (Martyn though)😭
Yes Leith and Martyn 🥰🥰🥰
Chuck Black loves his super blatant allegory, sadly I rarely do in fantasy 😢
He does 😂😂
You MAY see me reading another book on your list soon👀💕💕💕
YAY! I hope so, can't wait to hear what you think!
I've been procrastinating clicking on this video... not cuz i dont love you, but cuz i don't love fantasy... lol well done, hon! Thanks for the recs! If anyone can make me even remotely interested in fantasy books, its you!!!
🤣 I appreciate you watching this video Lucy. You're such a supportive friend lol ❤️❤️
WISHTRESSSS
MY FAV❤❤❤
Yesss!!!
I’m devastated that she stopped writing it 😭😭
TRAGIC 😭
My copy of Wishtress should be arriving soon FINALLY!!! 🥳🥳 It releases in Australia this month
Yayyy!!!
Great vid! I'm excited to try Resistance and Wishtress!
Thanks Nikki!!! 🩷
Fawkes was really good, can't wait to read Wishtress! The Ravenwood trilogy is good! I really enjoyed the dreamwalking aspect. I'm suuuuper picky with fantasy, especially YA... But I'm intrigued by the Ilyon Chronicles.
The dreamwalking was so cool!
Ohhh, gosh idk if you'd like it but I hope so 😂
Most of these I've heard about already from Sarah's tangled tales. But glad you love them too. Im planning on getting kindle unlimited, and most are on there. At least the indie books are.
I love KU!
Amazon be snuffing the Wistress book. I looked it up and it keeps auto correcting in in the seach bar and saying waitress instead. That ain't right.
Waitress 🤣
I love the way you review books, so concise and thorough. It makes me wonder what you'd say about my book. Is there any chance you'd be interested in reading my recent Christian / Medieval / Sci-Fantasy novel, The Respian Man? It's on Netgalley and all the other places (I'd even send you a free physical copy if you wanted). If not that's OK, you probably get inundated with requests from authors, so I totally get it, but I thought I'd ask. It's not a romance novel, so it may not be 100% your ideal genre.
Thank you so much! I'm sorry, I'm not doing books in exchange for reviews right now, but I will definitely save the information and look into your book!
@@Celestria It's very kind of you, thank you for your consideration and reply, you rock!
Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Hi, Cele... I wonder if you could proof read my current Christian fantasy book? It took place before Noah's flood all the way to Noah.
Yes! Yes! Yes!!! Love almost all of these! Great Recommendations!
Thank you!! 😄
I love the Ravenwood Saga series so much ❤
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Ilyon Resistance 🔥🔥🔥I’m starting these soon!
YAYYY!!!
Would the Ilyon Chronicles a good series for a 14year old? I want to read it with my sister but (understandably) mom is very strict with what is allowed and not. I want to read it with her but wondering if I should proof read it first?
I think it would be fine for a 14 year old, but the author does have it categorized as New Adult, which is for ages 18-25. There's a decent amount of violence and deaths, but if you're used to fantasy books with lots of fighting and violence, then it's nothing. It's not over the top bloody or anything. There's a couple scenes with attempted assault, but absolutely nothing ends up happening and the character gets rescued quickly. There's brief mentions of a character who's promiscuous and mentions of her getting abortions. All the romance is very clean, just kissing and it's not overly detailed. I can't think of anything else 🤔
I hope this helps!
I’m bracing myself to watch this video😜
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Ravenwood 😍😍😍😍
Wishtress 🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭
New subscriber here. Ive been looking for Christian fantasy. Do you have a goodreads where youve got all of these listed?
I do have goodreads, it's in the description, but I don't have all of these books listed. I might have some of them in my favorites shelf maybe. I need to organize and update my shelves if they still exist, I might have deleted them lol
OH MA GASH!! 😍🥰🥰
Let’s go🎉
Try the book of the new sun by gene wolfe. It’s pro Christian and highly philosophical
Thanks for the recommendation!
Question? 😅 does Blades of Acktar have romance? And in which book?
Yes, all of the books and series in the video have romance! Hmm, I'm not sure which Acktar book to say specifically... cuz the characters start off in book 1 meeting and getting to know each other and eventually, that grows into a romance, but it's gradual, you know? So I don't remember exactly where it begins. Maybe more so in book 2? Not sure.
@Celestria Thank you very much!
im a little unsure if i should a character in my text based game story that is homosexual cuz it really doesnt glorify god directly (and pls no for the record i dont want a extreme answer from anyone saying it is always wrong to add it or its always ok to add it, bcuz i know its neither of those ditches...)
i mean i just want my story to be real to the player and honest and talk about real things without being condemned,yes i met a man last year, yes i believe in jesus, yes i slept w him to times, never saw him again, and im not a homosexual nor do i condone that lifestyle today in any shape or form but does that mean its
automatically wrong to include in the games story as a part of my lived through darkness and also something that helps me deal w it cuz im still kinda living in denial or shame not every day or week bcuz it happend, bcuz i was lonely, bcuz i was divorced three years ago and never had a woman in my life...?!
I think it depends on the context. As long as it's not presented as being okay and as long as it's not just thrown in there for no reason, you know what I mean? I think if it's in the game, it should be made clear that it's wrong and there should be some sort of redemption for that character. That's my personal thoughts on it anyway, i hope that makes sense.
And I'm sorry you're going through that, I pray it gets better for you because God forgives and you don't have to live in shame anymore 🙏🏻
Have read One Piece? That masterpiece is lowkey bears a Christian theme with the main character is basically the Pirate Jesus 🤝🤝🤝
No I haven't read those, but I've heard of it I think. I'll look it up, thanks!
Have you read cross academy?
I haven't, but I just looked it up and it sounds really interesting!
I published my debut christian fantasy novel this year - "The Ancient Light" by Nico Smit - if you are interested I can send you a free digital copy?
Please read fantasy book " Heavenly Wars by Josefina Hernandez. Need honest review. Thank you.
I'll look into that book, thanks!
Inspiring book is #LeadME where the light is ours by author NGalilea
You're the second person to mention her to me recently. I'll definitely look that book up, thanks!
Destroy is my least favorite too!
Who cares about what's his name 😂
@@Celestria I know 😂
Hello. My name is Amelia Rucker and I am a Christian Romance Author. I have fifteen books underneath my belt and I am currently working in the writing lab.
That's awesome, congrats on so many books! I will look up your books!
@@Celestria Thank you so much.
Hello 😊😊😊hey
Hey!
Assassins yessss
Christianity is being watered down, and disrespected.
Magic is not allowed in Christian beliefs and blaspheming the Holy Spirit is the unforgivable sin!
What are some book recommendations from you then? I really love reading and it is getting hard to find good books.
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My life
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Cannot wait to get the rest of the Illyion series. It's gonna cost me so much though 🤣🤣🥲
Omg 🤣