Kate's Greats

Give the gift of extraordinary talents! Kristin Cashore delights readers with an enchanting new fantasy world in Graceling, Harcourt, Fire, also Harcourt.

In the exciting and heartbreaking conclusion to the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy, we get to know Sin – the enigmatic dancer and potential new leader of the Goblin Market – for the first time. Sin’s life is, and has always been, hard. When her mother died in terrible circumstances, Sin was left to care for her younger siblings by herself. Living in the Goblin Market means that she has a community she can lean on, but Sin knows that in the end it all comes down to her. The ever present battle between the ragtag people of the Goblin Market and the magicians (who get their power by selling people to demons) is heating up, and in the midst of danger, Sin begins to realize that she might be losing her right to lead the Goblin Market as well. Mae Crawford, her kind-of friend and newcomer to the magic world, is gaining support among the Market people, and the only way for Sin to win it back is to accomplish the impossible. Meanwhile, the enigmatic and troublesome Ryves brothers keep making life more complicated, and Sin finds herself begrudgingly allied with them. But the Ryves brothers are keeping secrets, as they always do, and the exciting and unexpected conclusion is something you won’t want to miss.

The Demon’s Surrender is book three of the Demon’s Lexicon Trilogy. -- KL

In the exciting and heartbreaking conclusion to the Demon’s Lexicon trilogy, we get to know Sin – the enigmatic dancer and potential new leader of the Goblin Market – for the first time. Sin’s life is, and has always been, hard. When her mother died in terrible circumstances, Sin was left to care for her younger siblings by herself. Living in the Goblin Market means that she has a community she can lean on, but Sin knows that in the end it all comes down to her. The ever present battle between the rag tag people of the Goblin Market and the magicians (who get their power by selling people to demons) is heating up, and in the midst of danger, Sin begins to realize that she might be losing her right to lead the Goblin Market as well. Mae Crawford, her kind-of friend and newcomer to the magic world, is gaining support among the Market people, and the only way for Sin to win it back is to accomplish the impossible. Meanwhile, the enigmatic and troublesome Ryves brothers keep making life more complicated, and Sin finds herself begrudgingly allied with them. But the Ryves brothers are keeping secrets, as they always do, and the exciting and unexpected conclusion is something you won’t want to miss. The Demon’s Surrender is book three of the Demon’s Lexicon Trilogy. -- KL

The Demon's Lexicon is Young Adult urban fantasy following the adventures of two brothers - Alan and Nick - as they live a life on the run from magicians who want to kill them. They get roped into helping two of their classmates, one of whom has been marked by demons, and find out something about their own past in the process.

--KL

Fire is not a direct sequel to Graceling, and only one character crosses between them, so you don't have to read Graceling to read Fire (of course, I recommend it). Fire is a monster - a subset of beings possessing both supernatural beauty and powers of mind control. She has lived most of her life in voluntary exile - isolated from society, she cannot cause undue influence. However, her special talents mean that she is needed to help stop the civil war brewing in the kingdom, and she must strike a balance between her desire to help, and her fear that she will become the monster (metaphorical and literal) that her father was.

--KL