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Original Title: | The Poison Throne |
ISBN: | 1847171109 (ISBN13: 9781847171108) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Moorehawke Trilogy #1 |
Characters: | Wynter Moorehawke, Christopher Garron, Razi Kingsson, Lorcan Moorehawke, Jonathon Kingsson |
Literary Awards: | RAI (Readers Association of Ireland) Award for Best Book (2009), Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Award Nominee for Children's Book of the Year (Shortlist) (2009), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2010) |
Celine Kiernan
Paperback | Pages: 468 pages Rating: 3.77 | 2619 Users | 302 Reviews
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Title | : | The Poison Throne (Moorehawke Trilogy #1) |
Author | : | Celine Kiernan |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 468 pages |
Published | : | October 13th 2008 by The O'Brien Press (first published September 8th 2008) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. High Fantasy |
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Wynter returns from a five-year exile in the bleak Northlands to find her beloved homeland in turmoil. King Jonathan's civilised, multicultural realm is no more; the gibbets and cages have returned. Days of laughter, friendly ghosts and gossipy cats remain only in Wynter's memory - the present confronts her with power play, dark torture chambers, violent ghosts, and cats (those still alive) too scared to talk to humans. The Inquisition is a real and present danger.Crown Prince Alberon is missing. There are murmurings of a 'Bloody Machine' of untold destructive power. And as Wynter and her friends, Prince Razi and the mysterious Christopher Garron, seek to restore stability to the fragile kingdom, risking death at every turn, Wynter is forced to make a terrible choice.
Set in a fantastical medieval Europe, this is the first book in a compelling trilogy of court intrigue, adventure and romance. It draws the reader in from the very first sentence and doesn't loosen its grip until the last.
'This is marvellous, vivid writing, and storytelling at its best. It reminded me of the first time I read Philip Pullman - I was utterly engrossed.' Roddy Doyle
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Ratings: 3.77 From 2619 Users | 302 ReviewsJudgment Based On Books The Poison Throne (Moorehawke Trilogy #1)
This epic fantasy series clearly ought not to have been published in three books, as the whole first book is a set-up for the doom to come. The main characters are engaging, especially Wynter and Ravi, with Christopher still something of an enigma. Although the book is written in third person we only are shown as much as Wynter knows, which means a lot of things are unclear, easy to misunderstand or guess work - like real life if you were in her situation. The information isn't spoon-fed - noORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.After five years away on the Kings business, Wynter Moorehawke and Lorcan, her father, have returned to court. Though they are carpenters of common birth, they also serve their friend, King Jonathan, as Lord and Lady Protector. Wynter is excited to be reunited with her childhood friends Alberon and Razi, the Kings legitimate and illegitimate sons, respectively. They were like brothers to her and she and Lorcan were practically part of the Kings family. But
Its been a little while since I read a medievalist fantasy and this reminded me of what Ive been missing. The texture of similar worlds sent me off to do medieval history at university nearly 20 years ago, and Im still enthralled. The Poison Throne has been described as YA fantasy, but Im not sure it fits that category well - its a slow-burn, comprised almost entirely of world building and character development. We meet fifteen year old Wynter Moorhawke, returning to her home after five years on
More appropriately this could be considered historical fiction with fantasy overtones I suppose, but talking cats, infuriated ghosts and magic tends to make think 'fantasy' so fantasy it shalt be called. Also this is considered Young Adult by the author and most places I looked it up, I suppose since Wynter is 15 years old, Chris is 18 (I think) and Razi is 19 that makes sense, but I'll warn you for content regardless since it feels like there is more of the following than I normally read in YA.
(4-4.5 Stars)"A FRIEND. A FATHER. A KINGDOM. WHICH WOULD YOU SACRIFICE?" - from the book coverThe Poison Throne was a book that sucked me in at a time when I was struggling to connect to a book, and started a few just to put them aside. I didn't want to put this one aside but had to quite a bit because of work stresses. I had no trouble getting back into it though.Christopher? Aaaaahhh... he just tugged at my heartstrings. I want to know him better! I really cared about Wynter, Christopher, Razi
Wynter Moorehawke has just returned from the North (yep, it's just as vague as it sounds) to a court with a missing prince, a corrupt king, and an ailing father.Even after reading 500 pages of this book I still could not tell you much of the plot. It could've been massively condensed, and the pacing was all over the place. Wynter is an okay character but Razi and Christopher were the real interesting and multidimensional characters. At first I thought the name Wynter was just a trashy fantasy
Well, it's been that kind of month and the nasty reading slump in the middle of it did not help things in the slightest. I didn't want to ruin this read with my foul mood, so I started it early in the month, put it down again, and waited until things had picked up some before giving it a go. THE POISON THRONE--the first book in Celine Kiernan's Moorehawke Trilogy--is a book I eagerly anticipated picking up. I was especially excited as I had heard it likened to Megan Whalen Turner's Attolia books
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