Previously I had read some of Melina Marchetta’s contemporary fiction. I mean, that synopsis? Impostor kings? Cursed lands? Prophetic dreams? No brainer. What’s wrong with me?!? I finally pulled my head out of the sand and listened to this one on a road trip this summer. Yet another book that everyone told me to read but I put off. But Evanjalin’s unpredictable behavior suggests that she is not what she seems-and the startling truth will test Finnikin’s faith not only in her, but in all he knows to be true about himself and his destiny. In a narrative crackling with the tension of an imminent storm, Finnikin, now on the cusp on manhood, is compelled to join forces with an arrogant and enigmatic young novice named Evanjalin, who claims that her dark dreams will lead the exiles to a surviving royal child and a way to pierce the cursed barrier and regain the land of Lumatere. Now a curse binds all who remain inside Lumatere’s walls, and those who escaped roam the surrounding lands as exiles, persecuted and despairing, dying by the thousands in fever camps. MaHeidi Audiobook Review, Book Review 0 Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchettaįinnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an imposter seized the throne.
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