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Chargement... Shadowfell (2012)par Juliet Marillier
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Alban is a land of great danger and sorrow. The people of Alban live in fear, fear of the raids that separate families, fear of the fires that destroy homes, and fear of the Enforcers who commit these acts in the name of the King. The old ways are being shunned, outlawed, anyone thought to be different is taken to serve the King, and any who refused or speak out against the injustices are quickly silenced for good. At fifteen, Neryn has already been a victim of the King's rule having lost her grandmother in a raid and her village in a fire. But as one of the canny Neryn will never be safe from the Enforcers who hunt her. Left alone in the world with no family and no place that is safe for her; Neryn follows the only path she can to a place of safety that may not even exist, to Shadowfell. Despite her connection to the Good Folk and the help they can provide, Neryn encounters many trials and hardships on her journey to find a safe haven. Even as the Enforcers track her every movement and the Good Folk follow her every step, she is challenged by her desire to find safety and a hope for the future. In a land where kindness and generosity are rare, Neryn discovers that the hardest lessons learnt are the most important. Shadowfell is the only hope for a land in turmoil, the only safe place for a girl on the run. More then a story of one girls journey across a hostile land, this is a timeless tale of a life, love, friendships, hopes and fears. A beautiful and magical new series that introduces you to a world both cruel and kind, with characters as complex as they are intriguing. A story that will touch your heart. I read so many books like this when I was younger, books full of journeys, magic, danger, adventure, and just a barest hint of romance. I was reminded of [a:Kristin Cashore|1373880|Kristin Cashore|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1273894652p2/1373880.jpg] [b:Graceling|3236307|Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)|Kristin Cashore|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1331548394s/3236307.jpg|3270810], but Shadowfell is much kinder and gentler. Neryn, our female lead is still somewhat sheltered even after having been running from danger on the road with her father for three years. The relationship that develops between her and Flint, her rescuer, is so tentative and fragile because both must guard their heart’s secrets. The adventure that follows has magical creatures, prophecy, and promise. I think I’ll buy this series for the high school. There are only a select few who would read it without prompting, but I do think it would appeal to more with a good book talk. Lately I've been reading more stand alone adventures and adult style fantasy. Shadowfell was a refreshing return to the familiar cadences of YA fantasy. The general elements were predictable, in the best way: Neryn's former life burned up in first chapter, she meets a mysterious duplicitous stranger who Neryn can't help but see as kind-hearted, and there is set-up for development of Magical Powers and relational Angst and Pining in the second book of the trilogy. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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Fifteen-year-old Neryn is alone in the land of Alban, where the oppressive king has ordered anyone with magical strengths captured, but when she sets out for Shadowfell, a training ground for a rebel group, she meets a mysterious soldier and the Good Folk, who tell her that she, alone, can save Alban. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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One thing I know whenever I go into one of Marillier's books is that the heroine will doubt herself and the hero will do some shady things (but for good reasons). This isn't a condemnation, but an expectancy that I've grown to have after 9 books in the last ten years that I've read of hers. And you know I don't mind knowing that. Each time Marillier builds a character who I want to root for. I want them to find the strength to continue their journey, to soldier on even when everything is against them.
Neryn begins and spends a good part of this first book in the Shadowfell series frightened, sick and mistrustful. Not just of other people (though she's given good reason to be), but of herself and the calamity she could bring upon others just be being who she is. Her father's a no account bum, the rest of her family is dead and she's cast adrift in a world that would turn her in for silver and their own lives spared.
Flint is a patient, resourceful and somber young man who probably doesn't deserve half the accusations flung at him, but shoulders that burden because he knows the future will be better for it. I may have judged Neryn a little harshly at times, for her hot/cold nature in regards to trusting him. It got a bit tiresome that she'd trust him, hear something unpleasant (mostly taken out of context) and then run off screaming into the night.
There's quite a bit of intrigue going on in this book. From who Flint is to Shadowfell's ultimate purpose and Keldec's tyrannical rule. Its never made clear why Keldec is so anti-magic as to have the 'Cull' (basically a season of butchering, murdering and scaring the citizens of Alban who are rumored to have magic or speak out against Keldec), he came into power the same year that Neryn was born (I'll lay odds that's not coincidental) so she has only ever known Alban under his rule.
I wonder if this is all as straight forward as it seems on the surface--that is Neryn's destiny and exact gift, Keldec's search for her, etc. Marrilier rarely works in predictable patterns within her Sevenwaters books and this reminds me of them the most out of all her series. ( )