A lush and beautiful fantasy set in a world where music is magic and the fate of many thrones lies with one girl…“Excellent.”—BooklistAn Amazon #1 Children's Music Book at ReleaseTwelve-year-old Elissa has been raised in seclusion as a devotee of the Mother Goddess. She is a special child, a blessed child, a child who can sing miracles into being. Her voice can heal wounds, halt landslides, cure hunger—and even end wars.But there are those who would use her gift for darker things. And when Elissa finds herself the farthest from home she’s ever been—along with her vain and jealous music tutor, Lucio—she will have to develop the judgment to decide who wants to use her song to heal… and who wants to use her song to hurt.In this astonishing debut—perfect for music lovers—Catherine Bakewell presents not only a wholly unique musical magic system, but a sumptuous baroque world filled with soaring basilicas, gilded palaces, dazzling food, and snow-piled wildernesses. It is a world both beautiful and treacherous, with a fiercely determined girl blazing brightly at its center. Can a lone voice change the world?“Spellbinding.”—The Horn Book“Beguiling.”—Publishers Weekly“Unique.”—BCCB“Captivating.”—School Library Connection“Enthralling.”—YA Books Central“Alluring.”—School Library Journal
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We Are the Song
A lush and beautiful fantasy set in a world where music is magic and the fate of many thrones lies with one girl…“Excellent.”—BooklistAn Amazon #1 Children's Music Book at ReleaseTwelve-year-old Elissa has been raised in seclusion as a devotee of the Mother Goddess. She is a special child, a blessed child, a child who can sing miracles into being. Her voice can heal wounds, halt landslides, cure hunger—and even end wars.But there are those who would use her gift for darker things. And when Elissa finds herself the farthest from home she’s ever been—along with her vain and jealous music tutor, Lucio—she will have to develop the judgment to decide who wants to use her song to heal… and who wants to use her song to hurt.In this astonishing debut—perfect for music lovers—Catherine Bakewell presents not only a wholly unique musical magic system, but a sumptuous baroque world filled with soaring basilicas, gilded palaces, dazzling food, and snow-piled wildernesses. It is a world both beautiful and treacherous, with a fiercely determined girl blazing brightly at its center. Can a lone voice change the world?“Spellbinding.”—The Horn Book“Beguiling.”—Publishers Weekly“Unique.”—BCCB“Captivating.”—School Library Connection“Enthralling.”—YA Books Central“Alluring.”—School Library Journal
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Rezension von Natália Oliveira<blockquote><b><i>"There is only one voice you must listen to, Caé Elissa. And that is your own."</i></b></blockquote> Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an ARC! First of all, this was so promising! I love the premise, how magic is imbued in music and the roles of the singer and composer, the different songs and their effects....the political aspect of the book is simplistic, but it serves the purpose of creating tension and driving a wedge between Elissa and Lucio, as well as give purpose to our MC. At first, I found Elissa's naiveté cute, it quickly transformed into stupidity and started to annoy me. I don't care much for the preachy tone of the novel as well. The pacing was very off as well, and that was probably what made this fall flat for me - up till almost 50% of the book, nothing much happens, there's no plot so to speak. And then, everything starts happening at once, the 'big' plot is revealed and in 100 pages or so our MC is able to not only find her way and her purpose but meet everyone she needs to meet AND end a war. Not only was everything extremely rushed, but it was oh so easy as well. Everything felt as if, literally, delivered by a higher power, and though I think some of it was the intended purpose, it could've been done better. As I was approaching the end, I thought that maybe this would benefit as a duology, with this first book as an introduction and the start of Elissa's journey to find all the Voices and hone her magic and compositions. And by book two we would have Lucio struggling with his choices, maybe falling deeper or even trying to redeem himself somehow. The ending could've been the same, but it lacked development to get there.