Author: Traci Chee
Publication Date: November 7th 2017
Publisher: G.P Puntnam's Books for Young Readers
Part of a Series?: Yes, Book 2 on 3 of the Sea of Ink and Gold Trilogy
I Got A Copy Through: PRH International (THANK YOU!)
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Blurb Description: Having barely escaped the clutches of the Guard, Sefia and Archer are back on the run, slipping into the safety of the forest to tend to their wounds and plan their next move. Haunted by painful memories, Archer struggles to overcome the trauma of his past with the impressors, whose cruelty plagues him whenever he closes his eyes. But when Sefia and Archer happen upon a crew of impressors in the wilderness, Archer finally finds a way to combat his nightmares: by hunting impressors and freeing the boys they hold captive.
With Sefia’s help, Archer travels across the kingdom of Deliene rescuing boys while she continues to investigate the mysterious Book and secrets it contains. But the more battles they fight, the more fights Archer craves, until his thirst for violence threatens to transform him from the gentle boy Sefia knows to a grim warrior with a cruel destiny. As Sefia begins to unravel the threads that connect Archer’s fate to her parents’ betrayal of the Guard so long ago, she and Archer must figure out a way to subvert the Guard’s plans before they are ensnared in a war that will pit kingdom against kingdom, leaving their future and the safety of the entire world hanging in the balance.
When I flipped to the last page of The Reader, book one in the Sea of Ink and Gold Trilogy and the
prequel to The Speaker, I realised
how I spent MOST OF MY TIME WAITING FOR ANSWERS that I only got at the end of
the book.
Which sort of put a dampener on the whole experience of
reading that BEAUTIFUL looking book, but I knew that if I had the opportunity,
I would definitely pick up the sequel.
I started read The
Speaker only a few days ago, and long story short: THIS BOOK WAS BRILLIANT. Filled with adrenaline, twists, action,
magic, betrayals and some STUNNING WRITING, I’d like to award The Speaker the BEST SEQUEL OF THE YEAR
AWARD.
I had SO MANY thoughts while reading this book, so let me break
it down for you:
1. Between books one and two, the emotion and
depth in Traci Chee’s writing EXPLODED. From the very first chapter The Speaker was INTENSE and filled with
intricate and deep writing that really took you into the moment, into the heads of each of her characters AND I
LOVED IT.
2.
I realized how much I LOVE reading about this
world when I actually knew a few major things about it and wasn’t left in the
dark like in The Reader. I loved the magic
and the intrigue, which made SO MUCH more sense after a lot was revealed in the
end of book one, and then pieced together better in the beginning of this book.
3.
I really REALLY loved that Archer, Sefia, Reed
and even the Assassin I didn’t like from last time had a point of view. I
especially loved Archer’s point of view. It was intense and I loved how deep we
got to go into his mind as he became a soldier that everyone else cowered from.
I loved his with his Bloodletters, and
the camaraderie they had that turned into something deadly.
4.
I cannot
reiterate how much better this series turned out to be when I ACTUALLY KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON. It made the world, the character’s motives, the magic
and the plot just make sense to me
and with it, I loved it so much more and I’m genuinely waiting for the next
book.
Even if you read The
Reader and thought it was a little out there, The Speaker is LEAGUES ahead of its predecessor and I LOVED IT.
An adrenaline filled,
intense, action packed book that you should definitely dive your claws into. 4
stars.
Traci Chee is an author of speculative fiction for teens. An all-around word geek, she loves book arts and art books, poetry and paper crafts, though she also dabbles at piano playing, egg painting, and hosting potluck game nights for family and friends. She studied literature and creative writing at UC Santa Cruz and earned a master of arts degree from San Francisco State University. Traci grew up in a small town with more cows than people, and now feels most at home in the mountains, scaling switchbacks and happening upon hidden highland lakes. She lives in California with her fast-fast dog.
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Have you read Traci Chee's debut series? What have you thought of it so far?
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