The Unwilling by Kelly Braffett
The Unwilling by Kelly Braffett
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Today is my stop on the The Unwilling blog tour and I am here today with an extract from the book!
Title: The Unwilling
Author: Kelly Braffett
Publisher: Oblong Books
Published: 11th February 2020
Format: Hardback
Source:: N/A
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Summary: For fans of S.A. Chakraborty’s City of Brass, Patrick Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicles, and George RR Martin’s The Game of Thrones, this high concept medieval/high fantasy by Kelly Braffet is a deeply immersive and penetrating tale of magic, faith and pride.
The Unwilling is the story of a young woman, born an orphan with a secret gift, who grows up trapped, thinking of herself as an afterthought, but who discovers that she does not have to be given power: she can take it. An epic tale of greed and ambition, cruelty and love, the novel is about bowing to traditions and burning them down.
For reasons that nobody knows or seems willing to discuss, Judah the Foundling was raised as siblings along with Gavin, the heir of Highfall, in the great house beyond the wall, the seat of power at the center of Lord Elban’s great empire. There is a mysterious–one might say unnatural connection–between the two, and it is both the key to Judah’s survival until this point, and now her possible undoing.
As Gavin prepares for his long-arranged marriage to Eleanor of Tiernan, and his brilliant but sickly younger brother Theron tries to avoid becoming commander of the army, Judah is left to realize that she has no actual power or position within the castle, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond the wall. Lord Elban–a man as powerful as he is cruel- has other plans for her, for all of them. She is a pawn to him and he will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Meanwhile, outside the wall, in the starving, desperate city, a Magus, a healer with a secret power unlike anything Highfall has seen in years is newly arrived from the provinces. He, too, has plans for the empire, and at the heart of those plans lies Judah. The girl who started off with no name and no history will be forced to discover there’s more to her story than she ever imagined.
The Extract
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About the Author
Kelly Braffet is the author of the novels Save Yourself, Last Seen Leaving and Josie & Jack. Her writing has been published in The Fairy Tale Review, Post Road, and several anthologies. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia University. She currently lives in upstate New York with her husband, the author Owen King. A lifelong reader of speculative fiction, the idea for The Unwilling originally came to her in college; twenty years later, it’s her first fantasy novel.
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18 Comments
Alex
The comparisons of this book to City of Brass and The Kingkiller Chronicle make me want to read it without even finding out what its about!
Faye
That is always a good start!
geekylorraine
Ooh, this sounds really interesting! Another one for my TBR!
Faye
Yay! Hope you enjoy it if you do read it!
Tania
This sounds like my cup of tea!
Nicola Chard
This sounds right up my street, adding it to my TBR!
Faye
Wooo!
Faye
Couldn’t agree more!
Rachel
This sounds intriguing! I might have to add it to my TBR pile!!
Faye
Always a good plan!
Rebecca
Ooh sounds really interesting! I’m a huge fan of George R R Martin and Patrick Rothfuss. Maybe I should give this a try too!!
Faye
I hope you enjoy it if you do!
Lauren
this cover is really inviting!
Faye
Yes, I thought that too!
Beth
This book sounds like a book I’m going to enjoy and I will be adding this to my TBR!
Faye
Yay! Hope you enjoy if you do read it!
Beth Jones
This cover is so pretty!
Faye
Agreed!