Sapphique

by Catherine Fisher

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Series: Incarceron (2)

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After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.

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Aestarii | Dec 27, 2022 |

I read this so fast, but I was still entirely in love with the two main characters. I really still couldn't bring myself to care enough about the brother or the dog-slave girl, even though, as a team, they made so much more character-story cohesion. I have a want to know far more about the Warden.

I felt the ending was a little more sudden (and fixes everything) too fast, but I loved how Finn showed he understood where the truth always was. And in that way I almost hope for there to be a third book. (

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wanderlustlover | Dec 26, 2022 |

The third-person perspective skitters around quite a bit, which makes it difficult to tell sometimes whose eyes we're seeing the story through, but that's my only quibble, really, for Sapphique. In this volume, Catherine Fisher continues the tale begun in Incarceron with the same clear, vivid prose and, in my opinion, a stronger plot. I knew more or less exactly what would happen in the first book, but Sapphique kept me guessing to the very end and concludes with a bittersweet touch perfectly suited to the world Fisher has created. (

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slimikin | Mar 27, 2022 |

I gave this 2 stars, but Marty gave it 5 stars, so it averages to a 3.5. (

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Completely_Melanie | Sep 10, 2021 |

I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. Unfortunately, there is still always a risk of slight spoilers despite my best efforts. If you feel something in my review is a spoiler please let me know. Thank you.

So I don't feel this book was really any better than the first. It sums everything up, which is always nice, but in the end, I feel this whole series was decent but not exactly good. I'm glad I finished it though. I went with the audio for this book and I'm glad I did as it had some very slow parts that would have been hard for me to get through if I had chosen to read it instead. I think I would be willing to try more books by Catherine Fisher even though I wasn't super excited about this series. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Catherine Fisher	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Guest, Kim Mai	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Yuen, Sammy	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Mythopoeic Awards (Finalist – Children's Literature – 2011)

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Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2012)

CCBC Choices (2012)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction – 2010)

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2008-09-18 (UK)

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L'amor che muove il sole e l'altre stelle.

- Dante

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The alleyway was so narrow that Attia could lean against one wall and kick the other.

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After his escape from the sentient prison, Incarceron, Finn finds that the Realm is not at all what he expected, and he does not know whether he is to be its king, how to free his imprisoned friends, or how to stop Incarceron's quest to be free of its own nature.

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Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside.

Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment?

And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don't even know who you are?

Inside Incarceron, has the crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of Sapphique, the only man the Prison ever loved. Sapphique, whose image fires Incarceron with the desire to escape its own nature. If Keiro steals the glove, will he bring destruction to the world?

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