Legendborn

How it reads

Legendborn is young adult (ya contemporary fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, coming of age and power and politics. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 502 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.