The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley
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The Blue Sword

Author: Robin McKinley

Narrator: Diane Warren

Unabridged: 12 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/18/2013

Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sunshine is the Newberry Award–winning classic novel that had enthralled readers for decades.

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin.

And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimand-sol, King’s Raider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, that no woman had wielded since Lady Aerin herself bore it into battle.

And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies …

“This is a zesty, romantic heroic fantasy with an appealing stalwart heroine, a finely realized mythical kingdom, and a grounding in reality that enhances the tale’s verve as a fantasy.”—Booklist

About Robin McKinley

Robin McKinley has won various awards and citations for her writing, including the Newbery Medal for The Hero and the Crown, a Newbery Honor for The Blue Sword, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature for Sunshine. Her other books include the New York Times bestseller Spindle's End; two novel-length retellings of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and Rose Daughter; Deerskin, another novel-length fairy-tale retelling, of Charles Perrault's Donkeyskin; and a retelling of the Robin Hood legend, The Outlaws of Sherwood.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on February 18, 2018

Feb. 2018 reread (for the umpteenth time) with my real-life book club. One of my all-time favorite comfort reads! If you're wondering why YA fantasy lovers praise Robin McKinley (and based on her more recent novels that's a fair question), this book is one of the reasons. The Blue Sword is one of thos......more

Goodreads review by Kogiopsis on December 22, 2012

Added at the bottom: the perfect song for this book. Seriously, if it's ever made into a movie, this song should be in the trailer. The description on this book's GR page is not my favorite synopsis. I think my little well-loved paperback says it better: This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king......more

Goodreads review by Gail on September 10, 2014

There are many out there who think The Hero and the Crown the better book, but I read The Blue Sword first and Harry is my one true love. That's part of it. I always liked the romance line better in The Blue Sword. And there's something remarkable in that, because for most of this book the two are s......more

Goodreads review by mark on August 11, 2013

a pleasure to read. wonderful heroine. reminded me a bit of Brienne from ASOIF although quite a different character overall. I loved her nonchalant displays of bravery and independence, her easy acceptance of her own difference from others, her drama-free perspective on the world(s) around her, her q......more

Goodreads review by Eliza on August 09, 2007

I've read this book so many times over the year that this time I went out and bought a new copy because my cover is in tatters. But I reread it again and loved it again, unsurprisingly. McKinley still amazes me with how fully realized Damar is as a place, how familiar the Homeland and its desire to......more

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