I’m looking forward to learning more about the Saints in Hartman’s next book, especially Seraphina’s true saint who was proclaimed to be a heretic.
While being specific, the tension between humans and dragons also speaks to accommodating anyone we feel is different from us and finding empathy for them as well. I love how Hartman allows her reader to see both sides of the story. Humans are fear-mongering and with some reason as the treaty has effectively wiped out their defences against dragons with the banishment of the knights and other complicated plots are in progress to weaken the humans even further. When dragons are in human form they are generally tolerated and accepted, but appearance in dragon form is not permitted except for one day a year. There are still those who would like to hoard gold over knowledge and who aren’t interested in consorting with humans.īut it goes both ways. Though dragons are logic creatures, emotionless and have the ability to take human shape (somewhat like Vulcan except able to breathe fire), not all are interested in letting bygones be bygones and giving up their glory days. Hartman pours the history of dragon/human relations into her story, focusing on the fortieth anniversary of a treaty signed between the two species, but she also explores how difficult it was to achieve the peace and the various ways people and dragons are trying to pull that peace apart. It’s hard to read a book that’s over 500 pages in a day and provide an well-rounded review, but here it goes. Review: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman is a richly detailed fantasy story that on the surface is about dragons and humans trying to co-exist peacefully, but has many layers of plot and character development underneath. Fortunately, she also has a lot of people to love and support her. When a rogue dragon has infiltrated the court putting everyone in danger, Seraphina is in a unique position to figure out what is going on and to do something about it. As the anniversary of the dragon/human treaty approaches, there are many barriers from both species that stand in the way. But a half human/half dragon isn’t even supposed to be possible, and there is such stigma over the idea of humans and dragons mating that Seraphina must not tell anyone about the dragon scales on her body or the mysterious psychic connection she has with others like her. The offspring of a human and a dragon, Seraphina is a musical prodigy whose situation allows her considerable insight into both worlds.
Summary: In a world where dragons are real and an uneasy truce exists between them and humans, Seraphina is a young woman with a secret.
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