The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson
The Girl of Fire and Thorns, Rae Carson
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The Girl of Fire and Thorns

Author: Rae Carson

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/24/2012


Synopsis

“Rae Carson has proved she’s a master and has shaken up the YA genre.”—USAToday.comThe first book in Rae Carson’s award-winning and New York Times–bestselling trilogy! The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a sweeping journey full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. Fans of Shadow & Bone and Game of Thrones, will devour this fantasy series.Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.Elisa is the chosen one. But she has always felt powerless, useless. Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Fierce enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’s savior. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young. Most of the chosen do.William C. Morris YA Debut Award FinalistYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten PickAndre Norton Award FinalistA Texas Tayshas SelectionOhioana Book Award YA winnerDon’t miss The Empire of Dreams, Rae Carson’s action-packed return to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns!

About Rae Carson

Rae Carson is the author of two bestselling and award-winning trilogies, as well as the acclaimed stand-alone novels Any Sign of Life and The Empire of Dreams. Her debut, The Girl of Fire and Thorns, was named a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Andre Norton Award finalist. Walk on Earth a Stranger was longlisted for the 2015 National Book Award and won the Western Writers of America Spur Award. Her books tend to contain adventure, magic, and smart girls who make (mostly) smart choices. Originally from California, Rae Carson now lives in Ohio with her husband. www.raecarson.com


Reviews

Dude. You guys. Best YA high fantasy I’ve read in, well, a LONG time. And one of the few 5 star ratings my stingy ass has handed out so far this year. I did the old, “I’ll just read a couple of chapters before bed” nonsense and....yeah. Read it in one sitting. The writing was engrossing, the plot mov......more

I feel torn about The Girl of Fire and Thorns. On the one hand, there's not much room to accuse this book of being slow - the action is constant, zipping along from a bloody battle, to a lusty encounter (PG-13, of course), to another dramatic reveal, to a kidnapping. Elisa's life spins off in a crazy......more

“And God raised up for Himself a champion. Yea, once in every four generations He raised him up to bear His mark.” What better way to take a break from stupid reality things like essays and demanding classes than a YA fantasy book about war, prophecy, an unlikely heroine and mouth-waterin......more

Goodreads review by Anne

I don't know. I liked some parts of it, but it was weird/draggy/& preachy in parts, too. Guess I'll settle on 3 stars? First off, the whole stone in the belly button thing was sort of strange...& eventually (when she tried to dig it out) off-putting for me. I just...ewwww. Now, supposedly, she was given......more