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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
5.0

This was fantastic book. The writing is beautiful, the story is exciting, and the characters are strong and well drawn! The medieval setting felt real, and lived by the characters, unlike some books where you get the feeling that a bit of faux medieval has been sprinkled on the story for flavor. This is a world that contains intriguing folklore, and literature, philosophy that is alluded to in a way that makes the reader believe and want to have access to the books from the world of Seraphina!

Seraphina takes place in a medieval world where dragons and humans live side by side under an uneasy truce. The peace has been beneficial to both human and dragonkind, but some on both sides feel only hatred toward the other group, and believe that they can defeat their enemies if only the truce can be broken. Seraphina, finds herself unwittingly drawn into the political maneuverings around this conflict.

At the end of my edition there was a wonderful section containing an interview with the author, a glossary of unfamiliar words, a cast of characters, and a list of books an music that inspired Rachel Hartmen.