Seraphina is shown just spot on as she is caught in between both worlds, that of the dragons and the humans and how she struggles to do just the right thing and not letting anyone down. More or less by what she is she is drawn into a spiralling investigation of courtly intrigue. It actually begins pretty normally and you assume Seraphina to be just normal however soon you come to the conclusion, with a cool twist in it that Seraphina is much more that just a human. Well, I was very pleased with how Rachel Hartman used Seraphina to tell the story. Just by this introduction you already know that there will be much more to Seraphina as the story progresses and I was dying to find out what her character had in store for me. This introduction really helped in putting the flavour of the book just right, especially looking back after finishing the book on the start, it fully makes sense.
Seraphina starts of with an interesting introduction and that of the main protagonist Seraphina being born herself, I did recall that from someplace else. Seraphina stands out above the rest in providing an unique way of using the dragon aspect in books. Yes, I must say that I had some reservations and that Seraphina would just be another dragon story, however it is not. Also the fact that many dragons used in fantasy have been portrayed in similar fashion, big gigantic towering beasts, they throw flames and are shown in often violent scenes, it is I think something that cannot be avoided. Now Seraphina is intended for the Young-Adult audience and for me the first series that springs to my mind is Eragon by Christopher Paolini.
For Seraphina hides a secret - the secret behind her musical gift - and if she is found out, her life is in serious danger…Īs you can see from the dragon on the cover and make up from the synopsis above, dragons play an important role in Seraphina. She is soon drawn into the murder investigation and, as she uncovers hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace in Goredd for good, finds herself caught desperately in the middle of the tension. But when a member of the royal family is murdered, and the crime appears to have been committed by a dragon the peace and treaty between both worlds is seriously threatened… Into this comes Seraphina, a gifted musician who joins the royal court as the assistant to the court composer. Though they live alongside each other, the peace between them is uneasy. The kingdom of Goredd is populated by humans and by dragons who fold themselves into a human form.
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