Seraphina, by Rachel Hart, Audio book narrated by Mandy Williams
I have read the book, and this time listened to
the audio book while painting. It is
also considered YA, but this book could easily be read by kids younger than
12. The plot is imaginative and
draconic: dragons entering society in their human forms. The author writes the book in an intellectual
tone, symphony terminology, wine discussed as vinters would, and even clothing
mentioned in historical terms. Its not a
swamp monster dragon morphing into a t-shirt and going to a bar. It is historical, high-society dragonry with
princes and footmen. I liked it as an
audio book and loved it as a novel. Mandy Williams did a great job reading aloud
to me while I painted, but something was lost along the way in all the
interruptions and replaying of chapters when some part got skipped. This plot is also a bit over-the-edge. Its not boy meets girl, boy saves girl, but
boy meets dragon who he thinks is a girl, boy is a prince, dragon flies over
the city - nothing gets burned to the ground that leads to scores of deaths or
anything, but it is necessary to stay with the intensity of the plot to keep up
with the writing and get the whole point of the story. If I had only listened to the audio book, I
might not have gotten the sublties in the plot that I got from reading the
book.
- Audiobook.
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