Blog Tour Stop: Songs of Seraphina by Jude Houghton - Excerpt - Review - Giveaway!


Songs of Seraphina
by 
Jude Houghton
Genre: YA Fantasy
Release Date: June 30th 2015
Tenebris Books, Grimbold Books
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Summary from Goodreads:


Some battles bleed so much, and for so long, that the earth never truly forgets their dead. Some battles are born of oppression, and some of greed, and some simply because it was written in the stars.

Three sisters—Charlemagne, Cairo and Pendragon Agonistes—are sent from America to England to live with their eccentric grandparents after their mother disappears and their father falls to pieces. But before the girls have time to find their feet, Charlemagne is married off to a dead man, Penny takes a nap and wakes up as a boy, and Cairo is swept into a dangerous romance with a man who wants her for more than her considerable charm. With the girls wrapped up in a conflict they barely understand, they don’t notice that their grandmother is transforming, or that the two demigod assassins who took their mother are now coming for them—if one of them can get over his crisis of conscience.

In this richly painted tale, at whose heart is the unbreakable bond of family and blood, the world of Seraphina collides with our own as three unique girls are dragged into twilight lives past, fighting for vengeance, retribution, and the survival of their exiled people.


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(I received this book free form the author in exchange for my honest review)
My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Oh my, if I could sum up this book in two words, it would simply be, OH My!.. and not in a bad way. 

This book has everything I have been looking for this past year. Murder plots, mysteries inside of mysteries, and sheer utter confusion. It was glorious! 

The world building was outstanding. You where transported, embedded and rooted like you yourself where part of the fascinating story that Jude Houghton created. The flow was smooth yet dark, you could last feel the danger lurking in the background. I love it when a author can make you feel as nervous as the characters. 

As for the lovely sisters. I'm not going to say too much, as each little detail will giveaway a piece of the puzzle that is this mind-blowing read. Though they are very different, I'm going to say as a whole; I loved them. So different yet the same, they brought this story to life, and with out just one of the sister, this story would not have been. 

So why the 4 star? Well, I felt that there are a lot of question left open, or not answered. In truth it is normally done as a way to keep us on board for the next book; but I would've like to have some of them answered. It's just a tab bit annoyed when you finish a book and feel like there should have been more. But, with so many unanswered questions, it just means there will be more madness in book two. I can't wait, because after that cliff hanger I don't think my heart can take it.

I highly recommend this book. It is truly one of a kind. The mix of disarray and sure magnificent will have you hooked from start to finish. 

Happy Reading


E.A. Walsh



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Jude developed a love of fantasy from a relatively early age after realising an innate talent for making stuff up could result in something other than detention. Working across the globe in fields as diverse as journalism, data entry, sales, management consultancy and babysitting, Jude has partially succeeded in putting an English and History degree from Oxford University to good use. A somnambulist, insomniac, lover of letters, Jude writes late into the night, most nights, tumbling down the rabbit hole to dream of other lives. Jude currently lives in Pennsylvania with an over-enthusiastic family and absurdly entitled dog.

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