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Title | : | Seraphina (Seraphina #1) |
Author | : | Rachel Hartman |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 499 pages |
Published | : | 2013 by Random House Books for Young Readers (first published July 1st 2012) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Dragons. Fiction. Romance |
Rachel Hartman
Hardcover | Pages: 499 pages Rating: 3.96 | 74681 Users | 8017 Reviews
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Librarian Note: Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375866562. In her New York Times bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.List Books Concering Seraphina (Seraphina #1)
Original Title: | Seraphina |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Seraphina #1, Southlands #1 |
Characters: | Seraphina Dombegh, Lucian Kiggs, Orma, Eskar, Claude Dombegh, Glisselda, Ardmagar Comonot |
Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2013), Sunburst Award for Young Adult (2013), William C. Morris YA Debut Award (2013), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2014), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2013) The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2014), Lincoln Award Nominee (2015), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2012), The Kitschies Nominee for Golden Tentacle (Debut) (2012), Cybils Award for Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult) (2012), Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2012), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2013), Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize Nominee (2013), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2014), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas Nominee for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga (2015) |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 74681 Users | 8017 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books Seraphina (Seraphina #1)
Think you've read everything about dragons? Think it's a worn-out concept? Seraphina will make you think again. Our heroine of the title lives in a human kingdom that is about to celebrate forty years of a peace treaty with the draconian race, but old prejudice dies hard. When the ruler of the dragons comes to the capital to commemorate the treaty, many factions on both sides wish to sabotage the fragile peace. Hartman's dragons are fascinating. They are part Vulcan from Star Trek -- logicalI only wish I could give it more than five stars. Gorgeous storytelling, characterization, and masterful world-building. Plus, really cool and unique dragon lore! What's not to love?
4.5 starsFantasy lovers, rejoice!This is an amazing debut novel, and I feel confident that we have a new series to devour, covet, and hoard ARCs of in a cave somewhere. Not that I do that.This is the story of two societies, diametrically different, but living together under a fragile peace treaty. The dragons are analytical thinkers who dont understand emotion, art, or music. They view emotion and attachment as distasteful and are taught strict control. But the humans are interesting to them, in
Review contains the slightest of slight spoilers... Scattered and peculiar- some of us were sceptical and bitter- we were a people. And I was at the hub of this enormous wheel. I could bring us together. In a way, I already had. Initial Final Page Thoughts.I liked it better than I thought I would, which says a lot for a fantasy-phobe like me. High Points.Seraphina. The world- It was beautifully constructed. Dragons. ORMA. Courts. Concerts. Parades. Emotions. Scales. Dreams. Tending the garden .
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Buddy Read 02/04/2015 with the Emma's Tea Party aka my favorite group ever. I'll bring the tequila, shhh!Read for the 2015 Reading Challenge: #7 A book with non-human characters3.5 Seraphina is a good fantasy book. With a winning mix of fantasy , politics and romance that we have read a lot already. Its biggest mistake is following every single fantasy rule and adding very little extra details. But is definitely worth reading for any fantasy lover. Not remarkable, but enjoyable. "Our survival
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