Title: City of Swords
Author: Mary Hoffman
Published: July 5th, 2012 (Bloomsbury)
Pages: 368
Source: bought
Source: bought
Synopsis from Goodreads: Desperately unhappy, Laura has resorted to secretly self-harming. But Laura is a Stravagante, somebody who can travel in time and space. When she finds her talisman, a small silver dagger, she stravagates with it to sixteenth-century Fortezza, a town similar to Lucca in Italy, where she meets her Stravagante, who is a swordsmith. But Laura also meets the charming and attractive Ludo, and falls for him. Their love for each other is tested when Ludo lays claim to the crown of Fortezza, and Laura finds herself fighting on the side of the Stravaganti opposing him.
When I
really love a book I find it far more difficult to write a review. City of
Swords is one of those books. I’m totally in love with that book, but it’s so
hard to put it in a readable review. But I’ll try!
So City of
Swords is the sixth book in one of my all time favorite series, Stravaganza.
There are so many awesome things about it: the world setting, the writing style,
characters, covers. I’ve loved every
book in the series. In every story there’s another main character, and in City
of Swords that’s Laura. She’s a self harmer and that’s the reason she gets
chosen as a Stravagante when she picks up the small silver dagger from
sixteenth century Talia, a country similar to our Italia. Every Stravagante has
another city he or she is traveling to. Lauren city’s Fortezza, a city similar
to Lucca.
The world
setting is great with the traveling between our world and Talia, where the
chosen Stravagante has a task to fulfill. Although they don’t know what kind of
task beforehand. The other Stravaganti from the previous books also play a role
in the next books. The characters are amazing, I love them all! Even the di Chimici.
Seeing them return is so nice!
Mary Hoffman
has a great writing style! The story is full of tension, so it’s hard to put
down, but the writing style just makes it impossible! What I love more about
this series is that the story is told from different perspectives. This makes
the story very intriguing to read, because you know a lot more than when you
only read it from Laura’s point of view. But there are still a lot of plot
twists you don’t see coming.
And last
but definitely not least: did you see that cover?! I could stare at it all day,
it’s so beautiful!
Great review (very readable! :D) I hadn't heard of these before, but they sound great so I'll TBR the first one! :D
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks, Helène. On a day when I am feeling very angry about British Justice, Olympic sponsors and all sorts of other things, it's lovely to be calmed by such a great review!
ReplyDeleteI love all Stravaganza books,its really wonderfoul, i have read many thimes them.And i have them in my libbery to.
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