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| Author | Leigh Bardugo |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy
Historical Fiction Romance |
| Publisher | Macmillan Books |
Publication date | April 9th 2024 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 387 |
| ISBN | 9781250884251 |
The Fmiliar is a young adult Fantasy and Historical fiction written by the Israeli–American author Leigh Bardugo, author of Ninth House, Shadow and Bone (from Grishaverse series), and Hell Bent. The Familiar was first published by Macmillan Publishers on April 9, 2024.[1]
Plot
editThe novel follows a scallion (a kitchen-maid) named "Luzia Cotado" who works in Casa Ordoño, a poor noble house in Madrid, Spain. Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days but when her lady, Valentina Ordoño, discovers that her scallion is hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position.
Luzia is worried where she to run to if the Inquisition gets the news of he little Milagritos, specially with her Jewish bloodline.
What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio Pérez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and Pérez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor. now Luzia is faced with perils and is thrown into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain.
And the threat of the Spanish Inquisition is ever-trailing wherever she goes.[2]
Characters
edit- Luzia Cotado
- Hualith
- Valentina Ordoño
- Marius Ordoño
- Victor de Pardes
- Guillén Santangel
References
edit- ^ "Publisher's website, Macmillan".
- ^ "The Familiar". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-08-11.