{"id":51777,"date":"2015-10-30T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=51777"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:23:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:23:01","slug":"book-review-the-obernwytn-chronicles-by-isobelle-carmody-review-by-sarah-mcduling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/book-review-the-obernwytn-chronicles-by-isobelle-carmody-review-by-sarah-mcduling\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REVIEW: The Obernwytn Chronicles by Isobelle Carmody (Review by Sarah McDuling)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"xthe-red-queen.jpg.pagespeed.ic.IO8CV4RPXN\"<\/a>It’s (almost) here!<\/p>\n

At long last, it has (nearly) arrived!<\/p>\n

All hail The Red Queen<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like so many others, I’ve been a fan of The Obernewtyn Chronicles<\/a><\/em> since I was kid. I have read and re-read\u00a0these books\u00a0so many times, my copies have grown\u00a0battered and torn and the characters have come to feel like old friends.<\/p>\n

But alas, all good things must come to an end! With\u00a0The Red Queen<\/em>, Isobelle Carmody is finishing a story that has been captivating readers for many years. And\u00a0I cannot\u00a0wait to see how she does it. Really, I\u00a0cannot<\/em> wait. If I don’t get my hands on a copy soon, there is a very distinct possibility that my head is going to explode …<\/p>\n

I’m very much looking forward to reading this book, is what I’m saying.<\/p>\n

In case you’re not familiar with\u00a0this highly acclaimed and much beloved series, allow me to explain. The first book in The Obernewtyn Chronicles<\/em> was published nearly 30\u00a0years ago. (Well … 28 years to be precise.) Since then it has been a consistent bestseller, collecting new generations of fans with each passing year. In fact, the first book has been published as\u00a0a\u00a0Popular Penguin title\u00a0(a true sign of greatness). In editions both pink <\/a>and orange<\/a>\u00a0– how cool is that?!<\/p>\n

Way before Dystopian Fiction became a whole big craze, literally decades<\/em> before anyone had ever heard of The Hunger Games<\/a><\/em> or Divergent<\/a><\/em>, Isobelle Carmody was writing about a distant\u00a0future in which the world has been ravaged by a nuclear holocaust. In other words, when it comes to Dystopian YA, Isobelle Carmody did it first. And more importantly, she did it better<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This series is a beautifully written and painstakingly imagined, with the kind of detailed world-building and intricate plotting that has ensured each new book is better than the last. It also boasts the most iron-willed, big-hearted and strong-minded heroine I have ever encountered. No kidding. Elspeth Gordie is pretty much my role model in life. In times of hardship, I frequently ask myself, “What would Elspeth do?” and the answer is invariably, “Elspeth would do the most difficult, awe-inspiring and heroic thing imaginable. And she would do it alone. And she would do it without hesitation and without complaining.”<\/p>\n

So yeah. I think it’s safe to say that The Red Queen<\/em> is my favourite YA book of 2015. And I say this with the utmost confidence, despite the fact that I haven’t read it yet. Such is my unwavering faith in Isobelle Carmody.<\/p>\n

Long live\u00a0the Queen!<\/p>\n

Grab\u00a0your copy of The Red Queen<\/em> here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"xthe-red-queen.jpg.pagespeed.ic.IO8CV4RPXN\"The Red Queen<\/h1>\n

by\u00a0Isobelle Carmody<\/h2>\n

The time has come at last for Elspeth Gordie to leave the Land on her quest to find and stop the computermachine Sentinel <\/em>from unleashing the deadly Balance of Terror arsenal. <\/em><\/p>\n

But before she can embark on her quest, she must find a lost key; and although she has long prepared for this day, nothing is as she imagined.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the final, dramatic volume in series of books that undoubtedly shines as one of the most fantastic, and fantastical, tapestries ever woven.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Grab\u00a0your copy of The Red Queen<\/em> here.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s (almost) here! At long last, it has (nearly) arrived! All hail The Red Queen. Like so many others, I’ve been a fan of The Obernewtyn Chronicles since I was kid. I have read and re-read\u00a0these books\u00a0so many times, my copies have grown\u00a0battered and torn and the characters have come to feel like old friends. But alas, all good things must come to an end! With\u00a0The Red Queen, Isobelle Carmody is finishing a story that has been captivating readers for many years. And\u00a0I cannot\u00a0wait to see how she does it. Really, I\u00a0cannot wait. If I don’t get my hands on a copy soon, there is a very distinct possibility that my head is going to explode … I’m very much looking forward to reading this book, is what I’m saying. In case you’re not familiar with\u00a0this highly acclaimed and much beloved series, allow me to explain. The first book in The Obernewtyn Chronicles was published nearly 30\u00a0years ago. (Well … 28 years to be precise.) Since then it has been a consistent bestseller, collecting new generations of fans with each passing year. In fact, the first book has been published as\u00a0a\u00a0Popular Penguin title\u00a0(a true sign of greatness). In editions both…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,9,111,85],"tags":[2638,4023,4703,5881,6649],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55698,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51777\/revisions\/55698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}