Court of Fives
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
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Kate Elliott
In this imaginative escape into enthralling new lands, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first bestselling young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy's life is a balance between acting like an upper-class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But away from her family she can be whoever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multilevel athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom's best contenders. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between two Fives competitors--one of mixed race and the other a Patron boy--causes heads to turn. When Kal's powerful, scheming uncle tears Jes's family apart, she'll have to test her new friend's loyalty and risk the vengeance of a royal clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.
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Author
Kate Elliott
Pages
217
Publisher
Hachette+ORM
Published Date
2014-07-22
ISBN
031636424X 9780316364249
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"This may be the first time I have actively wished a book was not YA.<br/><br/>There comes a point about halfway through the book where a really dramatic, dire event happens, and it is totally grim and totally horrifying. My husband was joggling the cat and wiggling the bed doing it, and I totally quieted him and made him quit just so I could really concentrate on that specific event, because I figured it was going to continue to its very grim conclusion and I really wanted to not miss anything.<br/><br/>And then there was a rescue mission. And that is where YA splits away from adult. In an adult book, that grim event would have catalyzed our protagonist into a very grim purpose with the intent of overthrowing the whole damned system. And I *wanted* that. I am not even a grimdark fan, but I wanted that grim, dark outcome because it would have been fabulous in terms of the greater story line and our protagonist's motivations.<br/><br/>So here I am, wishing this book had been adult and not YA.<br/><br/>An adult book might not have gotten so much explanation of the obstacle course, either. But that's really ancillary to my original pout. And I am absolutely pouting.<br/><br/>:|"
Amanda Ebbutt
"Honestly it's very sad how this book is so interesting yet so unpopular. It feels like no one has ever read it. I definitely recommend it, it can be a little confusing in the start, but it gets better as you read it. It is unlike anything i have ever read. One of my all time favorites "
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Luna
"Non-stop adventure, with a little romance"
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