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    Frostborn: Thrones and Bones

    Written by Lou Anders

    Narrated by Fabio Tassone

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Fantasy fans of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series will embrace this first novel in an adventure-filled, Viking-inspired series by a debut author.

    Meet Karn. He is destined to take over the family farm in Norrøngard. His only problem? He'd rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones.

    Enter Thianna. Half human, half frost giantess. She's too tall to blend in with other humans but too short to be taken seriously as a giant.

    When family intrigues force Karn and Thianna to flee into the wilderness, they have to keep their sense of humor and their wits about them. But survival can be challenging when you're being chased by a 1,500-year-old dragon, Helltoppr the undead warrior and his undead minions, an evil uncle, wyverns, and an assortment of trolls and giants.

    Readers will embark on a sweeping epic fantasy as they join Karn and Thianna on a voyage of discovery.

    Antics and hair-raising escapades abound in this fantasy adventure as the two forge a friendship and journey to unknown territory. Their plan: to save their families from harm.

    Debut novelist Lou Anders has created a rich world of over twenty-five countries inhabited by Karn, Thianna, and an array of fantastical creatures, as well as the Thrones and Bones board game.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2014
    ISBN9780553395853
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    • 4/5
      Thrones & Bones: Frostborn is a Norse-influenced fantasy about a 12-year-old farmer's son named Karn and a 13-year-old girl named Thianna whose father is a frost giant and her late mother was a human. The book opens with a dire chase scene."Thrones and Bones" is the board game Karn is obsessed with rather than farming. His father is the elder of twins, and Karn's uncle is quite bitter about being the second son. If Karn were actually paying attention to what his uncle tells him, he might not have followed his uncle down to a barrow and then followed "dear" uncle's instructions. This leads to the uncle getting his wish, and Karn having to run for his life with three draugr (undead rotting corpses) after him.Thianna is skillful, but faces prejudice from some of her father's people because she's shorter than a normal frost giant (and looks like her mother). She is most reluctant to accompany her father to trade with humans, but that's how she meets Karn. Thianna also has to go on the run from the same villainesses (who naturally think of themselves as righteous warriors) who were responsible for her parents meeting. They want the little horn Thianna inherited from her mother.As will probably satisfy video/computer game enthusiasts, Karn's obsession helps to save the day more than once as soon as he begins to think of his surroundings as a game board and his attackers as playing pieces. Thianna's strength, magic, and practical knowledge also save the day several times. They make a good team.I think my favorite adventure was when they had to flee into a ruined city and meet Orm the enormous dragon. Orm just loves playing cat-and-mouse. These "mice" give him a bigger workout than he anticipated. Thianna puts her mother's horn to good use.Karn and Thianna do get captured. How they turn the tables on their respective captors was a lot of fun.I enjoyed Fabio Tassone's narration. If there is a downside to listening to an audio book, though, it's not learning how to spell the names of characters who aren't listed on the box.Book one is enjoyable enough that book two should be worth encountering.
    • 4/5
      I've always been a fan of boardgames ranging from very thematic and involved games to the more abstract strategy games like Chess. I've also always enjoyed the Norse mythology and viking adventures. So naturally I was intrigued by Thrones & Bones: Frostborn. The quick summary tells of a young boy named Karn who would "rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones" and of a half frost giantess named Thianna. While the story is set in its own fantasy world, it's based on concepts, ideas and creatures from the Norse mythos. The author invented the board game "Thrones and Bones" for the book but based it on the old Viking game Hnefatafl. The only risk I saw in reading this book was that it was rumored to be the start of a series and I sometimes have a hard time keeping up with a series.This is a middle grader novel so the prose is simple and the plot is fast paced. This doesn't prevent the author from weaving a rather complex history and creating an elaborate world. The characters, races, mythology and environments are rich and vibrant. The writing is enjoyable and engaging and sure to appeal to young readers while also maintaining enough depth to hold the interest of adult readers.The book begins with a prologue adventure. The prologue takes place numerous years before the primary plot of the book but the author leaves the reader in the dark as to how the prologue ties in for the first many chapters. I was able to guess at some of the connections but most of the intrigue and mystery is unraveled with just the right balance of clues and revelations to keep the plot surprising and yet teetering on the edge of allowing the reader to guess at the secrets.The two primary characters Karn and Thianna come from very different backgrounds and seem unlikely to have anything in common or any reason to be paired up for the plot of the story. Each of them are caught in the middle of struggles with the traditions and beliefs of their people. Karn is the heir to a multi-generation farm with the tradition of being passed from father to eldest son. Karn has no desire to take over the farm and is at odds with his father as a result. Thianna is a half breed living among frost giants and sharing in much of their strength and other physical traits but with the body size closer to a human and as a result is constantly teased and persecuted by other frost giants. The two characters come together are each of their fathers drag them on an outing to an annual trading event between giants and humans. As the two children at the event, Karn and Thianna are thrown together to play and explore. They get to know each other and become casual friends but still don't establish any bond that will set them off on an adventure.Until they each find their lives thrown into chaos by completely different causes. One is undermined by conspiracy and greed that results in running to escape undesirable consequences. The other is overtaken by a secret from the past that seeks revenge. Both Thianna and Karn run off into the wilderness for fear of their life. Neither is certain of the path to follow. Fate or coincidence allows their paths to cross and they decide to travel together and figure out what to do. Through their travels, they grow closer and come up with plans to overcome the past and deal with the people and creatures hunting them.The adventure is quite fun even if there were a few elements that felt somewhat borrowed. (There were a few particular scenes that reminded me very directly of one of my favorite Disney films...in fact, from a certain point on I read a particular character using the voice of the Disney animated character). In spite of some predictability or heavy handed coincidences I really enjoyed the story and felt very satisfied with the way things played out. My only real problem was that both characters felt significantly older than their years. I will grant that Karn's affinity to his board game may have uncovered a more mature strategic aptitude but that mature aptitude seemed to expand to his whole being in a way that felt a little stretched for a pre-teen boy. Thianna similarly felt a little more like a young adult than an early adolescent. Usually I didn't even think of this until I glanced at the cover art showing a very young pair of children.My apprehension at this being the first in a series was unfounded. Even though it's clear from the final page that the author intends to write more stories in this world and with these characters, he very cleanly brought this particular story to a conclusion. I don't mind cliffhangers in a series, I just have a hard time keeping up with multi-book sagas and sadly don't always finish them. Fortunately this book works great as a standalone and while it does leave me intrigued for the future of the characters, it ties up the loose ends and wraps the conclusion up nicely.Overall this was a great read. It's definitely aimed to younger readers and will be very accessible to them. The plot and the content are very appropriate for younger readers while still having enough depth and intrigue to keep an older reader interested. It has some fun fantasy elements alongside a light smattering of history, cultural and political intrigue. Generally it's just an exciting adventure story but it also has a few short asides to allow the reader to think more deeply about some situations and concepts. I really enjoyed this book and hope to pass it over to my kids with the expectation that they'll like it as well.****4 out of 5 stars
    • 4/5
      FROSTBORN was a great middle grade adventure novel that mines Viking culture for its background. Karn Karlundsson is a twelve-year-old farmboy who is heir to his father's large farm. Karn, however, is more interested in playing the board game Thrones and Bones and dreaming about far off places. He meets Thianna who is half frost giant and half human when his father meets the frost giants to trade. Thianna wants to think of herself as only a frost giant and not have anything to do with the humans she thinks are small and weak.The two kids do become friends which is a good thing because both of them have enemies who wish them harm. Thianna is constantly bullied by Thrudgelmir who doesn't think that she should be considered a giant. Karn's enemy is more subtle. His Uncle Ori is jealous that Karn will be inheriting the prosperous farm despite the fact that he and Karn's father are twins.Thianna also has another enemy. A soldier named Sydia is searching for Thianna's mother and the object that she stole when she ran away. Thianna has the object but doesn't know what it is. She only knows that it was her mother's and she doesn't want to give it to Sydia.Thianna goes on the run when Sydia threatens her family; Karn goes on the run when his uncle tricks him into battling Helltopper. When his father steps in and is turned to stone, Ori convinces Karn that he will be accused of killing his father. The two kids run separately but do find each other and each helps the other survive all sorts of dangerous situations. Both kids use the strengths they have and develop new ones as they travel. I really liked their battle with Orm who is an especially large dragon who guards an abandoned city because they had to rely on their brains to find a solution.Fans of adventure will enjoy this story.
    • 4/5
      ARC provided by NetGalleyThis is one of those books that took me a while to read, because everytime I started to I didn’t have time to finish it. And I had to finish it! I couldn’t just start it and not, it was such a page turner from the beginning. Action packed, good plot, and great, great characters. Ones that both boys and girls will identify with, which is something that can be hard to find in an action adventure story like this one. Both characters defy the stereotypes, they do so with humor (at times) and just go for it. Its a great book and I’m glad that I finally had a chance to read it. I hope that this is just the first book and we get to see more of this world and these two fantastic characters. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
    • 4/5
      I got a copy of this book through the Amazon Vine program for review. It looked like a fun fantasy middle grade read, and it was. This is the first book in the Thrones and Bones series. Karn is a preteen boy who is supposed to be learning how to take over a very successful Norrøngard family farm. Unfortunately he has no interest in farming and would rather play his favorite game Thrones and Bone. Karn ends up having to flee his hometown and runs into the young half-giantess, Thianna. Thianna has also had to flee her home for sensitive reasons. Thianna and Karn have meet briefly before at a trade gathering and they end up making their way through the wilderness and trying to survive together. The giantess is being chased but she isn’t sure why, all she knows is that it has something to do with the horn she carries.This was a well done middle grade adventure fantasy. I enjoyed the different races of creatures; humans, trolls, giants, wyverns. It was a fun read with a lot of adventure, action, and some magic.It is nice that it features both a boy and a girl as main characters, so it should appeal to fantasy lovers of all genders. The writing style and plot were fairly straightforward and simple to read. As such, I think it will appeal to younger readers (middle read) even more than it did to me as an adult.There is a lot about people working towards their strengths and how friendship can carry you through difficult times. Thianna and Karn both have very different strengths and weaknesses and they find that by working together they can survive many tough situations. They were both engaging and likable characters; they make some mistakes but do learn from the mistakes they make.Anders has created a very detailed world here with maps a glossary of terms, and even a section in the back that shows how to play the game Thrones and Bones. The book is tied up very nicely at the end and there are no big cliffhangers. As I said the plot and writing level are fairly easy, so I think younger middle grade readers will enjoy this book more than adults will.Overall I enjoyed the book. It was a nice, simple adventure story with some intrigue and some interesting races of characters. The world is incredibly well thought out and very detailed. I would recommend to those who like middle grade fantasy and I am curious to see where this series goes in the future.