The Scribe's Daughter
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The Scribe's Daughter
Narrated by:
Leonor A Woodworth
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Leonor A Woodworth
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Kassia is a thief and a soon-to-be oath breaker. Armed with only a reckless wit and sheer bravado, 17-year-old Kassia barely scrapes out a life with her older sister in a back alley of the market district of the Imperial city of Corium. When a stranger shows up at her market stall, offering her work for which she is utterly unqualified, Kassia cautiously takes him on. Very soon, however, she finds herself embroiled in a mystery involving a usurped foreign throne and a vengeful nobleman. Most intriguing of all, she discovers clues to the disappearance of her father three years prior.
When Kassia is forced to flee her home, suffering extreme hardship, danger, and personal trauma along the way, she feels powerless to control what happens around her. Rewarding revelations concerning the mysteries of her family’s past are tempered by the reality of a future she doesn’t want. In the end, Kassia discovers an unyielding inner strength and that, contrary to her prior beliefs, she is not defined by external things - she discovers that she is worthy to be loved.
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The things I like most about this book was the pace, the characterisation, the writing style and syntax, all coming together to produce an enjoyable tale. The product was professionally created and the narrator characterises Kassia very well, ensuring that her wit and her humour shine. There plot is intricate but not so much that its difficult to follow, and although we only glimpse small chunks of the world in which Kassia and her companions live, there are some very clever world building, such as the customs that when a wife dies, the man must marry the sister who will take her place to keep the alliance going between the two families, and when a life is saved from a deathly illness, a life must be sacrificed. These little snippets made me envious that I had not thought of them myself.
The narrator does her job in bringing us this entertaining story making it enjoyable to listen to. I loved the deep emotions that Kassia speaks of as she tells us her story in the first person. There is a cast of memorable characters from the heavily accented pigdog 'Swine', to the handsome Jack who is captivated by Kassia and the loyal, always helpful Cai, one of my favourite secondary characters. Kassia's sense of humour and wit are a joy to listen to, but just as easily as she can make you smile, she can make you feel her emotions and the reader cannot fail to feel for her.
Written as a book for young adults (and older adults), the plot is creatively and intelligently woven. As she narrates her story, we learn the story of her transition from a girl to a woman, damaged by the cruel abuse she experiences on her journey. There are times when you want to shout at her and ask her what the hell is she thinking! Just like Jack, whose relationship with her has its rocky moments.
On the face of it, fantasy sometimes feels as though it must be the easiest genre to write, but can also be one of the most difficult. World building is a skill, and this is Ms Churchill's first go at it and she does it well, making you feel as though the world she is writing about once existed, somewhere in a medieval fairy tale. Her use of language and the skill she uses in putting words together in such a way that you makes you wish you had written that line. The love affair between herself and Jack is a clever device to drive the plot and there are some beautiful scenes between the two of them where the dialogue is so natural, you feel as though you are listening to two real people and not characters in a book.
This is the first book that Churchill has written in this series and there is a second called the King's Daughter, which I cannot wait to read, and i believe a third is in the offing too. Churchill is definitely an author to watch for!
A tale from the mists of time
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The narrator did a good job overall with a suitable arrange of tones for the various characters, but the overall delivery probably didn't enhance the audiobook as much as it could have done.
Overall, objectively speaking this was a good book, but just wasn't for me.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
Interesting book, but didn't grab me fully
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