Mary Hoffman
Paperback | Pages: 489 pages Rating: 3.99 | 5955 Users | 139 Reviews
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| Title | : | City of Flowers (Stravaganza #3) |
| Author | : | Mary Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 489 pages |
| Published | : | October 3rd 2006 by Bloomsbury (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel |
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Sky stepped out into the sunshine, blinking, still holding the bottle, and a black man, robed like the others, took him by the arm and whispered, 'God be praised, it has found you!' Everything changes for Sky when he finds a perfume bottle that whiskes him away to the city of Giglia, an ancient city similar to Florence. This may be the beautiful City of Flowers, but things that seems beautiful might also be deadly. As a new Stravagante - someone who can travel through space and time with the help of a talisman - Sky finds himself caught up in a deadly feud between Giglia's two ruling families. Now, the Stravaganti must do all they can to avoid further bloodshed as politics, conspiracy and espionage unfold.Present Books As City of Flowers (Stravaganza #3)
| Original Title: | City of Flowers |
| ISBN: | 1582347492 (ISBN13: 9781582347493) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.stravaganza.co.uk/ |
| Series: | Stravaganza #3 |
| Characters: | Sky Meadows, Rosalind Meadows, Luciano Crinamorte, Georgia O'Grady, Brother Sulien, Sandro, Giuditta Miele, Alice Greaves, Rainbow Warrior, Duke Niccolo di Chimici, Arianna Rossi, Rodolfo Rossi, Silvia Bellini, Guido Parola, Francesca di Chimici, Gaetano di Chimici, Nicholas Duke, Carlo di Chimici, Enrico Poggi, Beatrice di Chimici |
| Setting: | Devon, England(United Kingdom) London, England(United Kingdom) Italy,1600 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Novel (2006) |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 5955 Users | 139 ReviewsWrite Up Out Of Books City of Flowers (Stravaganza #3)
This was quite good for the first half of the book. The world of 16th century 'Talia' (Italy in our world) was wonderfully evoked and there was all kinds of cool stuff going on - family feuds, murders, poisonings, etc. The characters from this world were interesting too, especially Giudutta and Sandro.The '21st century' world and characters were a little plain, though. I really disliked the character of Georgia, she was over-emotional, while her friend Alice was over-dramatic and kind of a drip.It started out really well. Sky reminded me a bit of Nick from Infinity, which in my book is always a good thing. I liked his relationship with "Nicholas Duke" and Georgia. I enjoyed his interaction with a different city. It is always good to experience 'old friends' in books as well, so having Luciano and all the rest of them was great. As far as the straightforward plot went, I enjoyed it, although I found Sky's "purpose" in Giglia confusing. And where did this whole 'you must have a single,
I got thoroughly immersed in this universe in this book in particular. I found myself thinking about the characters and their predicaments at the most random of times. I loved the drama and the duelling and the mystery of Sandro's true colours, couldn't help but have a soft spot for him by the end of it (although Brother Dog is probably my favourite character and favourite little moment from this book.)I was so hurt for Nick during his uncertainty- that must have been such torture- though I'm
The Stravanganza series never disappoints me. I have this annoying knack to take a long time before I read the next one in the series, usually at least 6 months or even one or two years. And everytime I return to the series and venture back into Renaissance Taila, the world welcomes me home and leads me into the story. You know that feeling you get when you read or watch a spinoff series or TV show and you see old characters from the previous series? Everytime I read these books, I always get
And finally they are together yay!!!
I cannot restrain myself from giving another Stravaganza book five stars - true there were some things which annoyed me, for example, Sky's story was never really developed during the novel. I was totally baffled by the confusing ages of some characters - at one point Beatrice says that Arianna is younger than her (Beatrice is nineteen) but during that encounter with the maid Barbara, Arianna reveals that she is a year older than her maid (who is eighteen). I was also annoyed by how everyone
third installment in the series, and you do notice it. The plotlines grow a bit thin, and the characters grow a bit rigid. The newly introduced characters are, to me, not as likeable as the previous ones. I had a few annoyances throughout the book:- people don't seem to change much.- everyone is deeply in love with someone. I know it's a YA novel and that to a YA it seems very important, but to me all the different pairings and the tensions got a bit much.- Dr Dethridge, again. we know he speaks
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