Seasparrow, Kristin Cashore
Seasparrow, Kristin Cashore
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Seasparrow

Author: Kristin Cashore

Narrator: Xanthe Elbrick

Unabridged: 16 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realm series is told from the point of view of Hava, Queen Bitterblue’s sister and spy, and chronicles the harrowing journey back to Monsea.

Hava sails across the sea toward Monsea with her sister, the royal entourage, and the world’s only copies of the formulas for the zilfium weapon she saved at the end of Winterkeep. During the crossing, Hava makes an unexpected discovery about one of the ship’s crew, but before she can unravel the mystery, storms drive their ship off course, wrecking them in the ice far north of the Royal Continent. The survivors must endure a harrowing trek across the ice to make it back to Monsea. And while Queen Bitterblue grapples with how to carry the responsibility of a weapon that will change the world, Hava has a few more mysteries to solve—and a decision to make about who she wants to be in the new world Bitterblue will build.

* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF containing a Map of The Known World, Torla and the Royal Continent, a diagram of The Monsea, and a cast of characters from the printed book.

About The Author

Kristin Cashore grew up in northeast Pennsylvania and earned her master's degree from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. She lives in the Boston area. Her epic fantasy novels set in the Graceling Realm--Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue, and Winterkeep--are all New York Times bestsellers and have won many awards. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle on November 05, 2023

It’s just this: Not everyone who hurts us is our father. In the fifth standalone edition of the Graceling Realm series, Hava sails home from Winterkeep with Bitterblue, Giddon, and their crew. Along the way, she's decoding Linta's work on the zilphium weapon in a tiny bedroom. But when the ship r......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on August 21, 2023

"I want you to know why I'm angry... I want you to know why I'm mean. The anger inside me is too big. If I look at it too close, I feel too much grief to survive." When I reviewed Winterkeep, I compared it to Bitterblue, but now the true comp titles to one another within the Graceling Realm are Bitte......more

Goodreads review by Heather on November 30, 2022

it IS better than winterkeep in a lot of ways, but something in cashore's writing has softened over time. or dulled? this has always been a YA series but there's something in this book and the previous one that feels juvenile in a way the first three weren't. it's a language issue certainly but it's......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on January 08, 2023

Let me begin by saying that nearly 3/4 of this book uses tropes that I actively dislike. And that is very much a me thing, not an objective opinion. The first part of the book takes place on a ship and I'm a hard sell on ship books unless I'm super invested in the characters and plot. Then it turns......more

Goodreads review by Bethany on August 29, 2022

I need at least 2 business days to collect my thoughts because I will never be the same ok i took exactly 2 business days and HERE YOU GO Wow. I really don't know where to begin with this. I could have read this book for a thousand hours straight and not lost interest once. I am a long time fan of the......more


Quotes

"I may be biased, as Cashore has been my self-proclaimed favorite author for over a decade, but this book quite literally made me sob at my desk at one moment, so longtime (and newer-to-the-series) fans will be extremely thrilled."—BuzzFeed 

"Seasparrow is a cathartic story, one that allows its heroine to understand how much she’s been through and how much she needs....I hope there’s more Hava yet to come."—Molly Templeton for Tor.com

"Cashore never shies away from showing the charming mundanities of the everyday and the brutal realities of the harshness of wilderness and emotions as well as exploring how enduring trauma shapes a person and a kingdom.... A harrowing, rewarding tale of survival."—Kirkus Reviews

"Cashore's Graceling books have hit bestseller lists and kept readers fascinated for almost 15 years. This fifth installment promises the same."—Booklist Reviews