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Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
Seraphina has a secret: She is an abomination to both Dragon and Humankind. For she is both. And she is neither.
I picked this book up at the strong recommendation from one of my friends (So I'm a few years behind taking her up on it. Sue me). To my satisfaction, I enjoyed it a great deal more than I expected to (though I didn't ALWAYS understand what exactly I was reading). I would have adored it entirely had it not been for the half-assed love triangle this author was trying to force-feed me. But I refuse to acknowledge that any further.
Seraphina is the Music Mistress of the Royal Court and a private teacher to its Princess. Phina has a very complicated past and relationship to her father, so at the first chance she had to escape it and make her place at the palace, she took it. But now she is forced to delve even deeper into secrecy, lest someone discover her true nature.
There were many aspects of this book that were incredibly original and gave me no small amount of delight: The "Avatars" for one, and their connections to Phina in the physical and metaphysical world. I adored them as much as Phina. I'm intrigued by the roles they play in Phina's life and by the individual "talents" that they each possess. I'm eager to learn how it will all factor into the sequel book, "Shadow Scale."
In all, I believe I would recommend this to those with a passion for the past, though in a futuristic-type-setting. The story had a well-thought-out plot that carried through the entire book. The conclusion left me very eager to discover what would become of this merry band of misfits.
P.S. Don't let the unfortunate appearance of a love triangle deter from your enjoyment of this finely written story. It's worth the inconvenience.
I picked this book up at the strong recommendation from one of my friends (So I'm a few years behind taking her up on it. Sue me). To my satisfaction, I enjoyed it a great deal more than I expected to (though I didn't ALWAYS understand what exactly I was reading). I would have adored it entirely had it not been for the half-assed love triangle this author was trying to force-feed me. But I refuse to acknowledge that any further.
Seraphina is the Music Mistress of the Royal Court and a private teacher to its Princess. Phina has a very complicated past and relationship to her father, so at the first chance she had to escape it and make her place at the palace, she took it. But now she is forced to delve even deeper into secrecy, lest someone discover her true nature.
There were many aspects of this book that were incredibly original and gave me no small amount of delight: The "Avatars" for one, and their connections to Phina in the physical and metaphysical world. I adored them as much as Phina. I'm intrigued by the roles they play in Phina's life and by the individual "talents" that they each possess. I'm eager to learn how it will all factor into the sequel book, "Shadow Scale."
In all, I believe I would recommend this to those with a passion for the past, though in a futuristic-type-setting. The story had a well-thought-out plot that carried through the entire book. The conclusion left me very eager to discover what would become of this merry band of misfits.
P.S. Don't let the unfortunate appearance of a love triangle deter from your enjoyment of this finely written story. It's worth the inconvenience.