Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery
Themes: Coming of Age, Romance, Isolation, Family, Friendship
Author Information: Rachel was born in Kentucky, but has lived a variety of places including Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, England, and Japan. She has a BA in Comparative Literature, although she insists is should have been a BS because her undergraduate thesis was called "Paradox and Parody in Don Quixote and the satires of Lucian." She eschewed graduate school in favor of drawing comic books. She now lives in Vancouver, BC, with her family, their whippet, and a talking frog and salamander (who fights zombies) (really). There are a lot of zombies in the Pacific Northwest. (http://racehlhartmanbooks.com/about/).
Plot Summary: Seraphina is a young woman with a secret. She is caught between the world of the much feared Dragons and the mistrustful Humans. The product of love between a human and a dragon, she doesn't really belong with either group. However, when the Prince of Goredd turns up missing his head, Seraphina takes it upon herself to find his murderer. Even with the help of the bastard-prince Lucian Kiggs and her uncle, the scholar Orma, will she be able to stop a plot to upset the tenuous peace?
Booktalk: After decades of fear, the dragons and humans have finally brokered peace, but it's shaky at best. They walk amongst us now, in human shapes. People are scared, all the time, as they can never really be certain who amongst a crowd of their fellows might hold a huge, fire-breathing monster within them. However, this doesn't compare to the fear and revulsion they would feel if they knew about me. So I have to hide what I am, from everyone. Shut away from the world, never growing close to anyone. Until I found out about the others like me. I am not alone. We are the children of dragons and men. Feared and hated by both, but maybe we could have each other, if we aren't found out first.
If you loved this, you'll like:
Bardugo, Leigh. Shadow and Bone. Holt, 2012.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Vessel. McElderry, 2012.
Pratchett, Terry. Guards, Guards. Doubleday, 1991.
Themes: Coming of Age, Romance, Isolation, Family, Friendship
Author Information: Rachel was born in Kentucky, but has lived a variety of places including Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, England, and Japan. She has a BA in Comparative Literature, although she insists is should have been a BS because her undergraduate thesis was called "Paradox and Parody in Don Quixote and the satires of Lucian." She eschewed graduate school in favor of drawing comic books. She now lives in Vancouver, BC, with her family, their whippet, and a talking frog and salamander (who fights zombies) (really). There are a lot of zombies in the Pacific Northwest. (http://racehlhartmanbooks.com/about/).
Plot Summary: Seraphina is a young woman with a secret. She is caught between the world of the much feared Dragons and the mistrustful Humans. The product of love between a human and a dragon, she doesn't really belong with either group. However, when the Prince of Goredd turns up missing his head, Seraphina takes it upon herself to find his murderer. Even with the help of the bastard-prince Lucian Kiggs and her uncle, the scholar Orma, will she be able to stop a plot to upset the tenuous peace?
Booktalk: After decades of fear, the dragons and humans have finally brokered peace, but it's shaky at best. They walk amongst us now, in human shapes. People are scared, all the time, as they can never really be certain who amongst a crowd of their fellows might hold a huge, fire-breathing monster within them. However, this doesn't compare to the fear and revulsion they would feel if they knew about me. So I have to hide what I am, from everyone. Shut away from the world, never growing close to anyone. Until I found out about the others like me. I am not alone. We are the children of dragons and men. Feared and hated by both, but maybe we could have each other, if we aren't found out first.
If you loved this, you'll like:
Bardugo, Leigh. Shadow and Bone. Holt, 2012.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Vessel. McElderry, 2012.
Pratchett, Terry. Guards, Guards. Doubleday, 1991.