Teaser Tuesday: Seraphina by Rachel Hartman {41}

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Title: Seraphina
Author: Rachel Hartman
Release date: July 10, 2012
Pages: 451

Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.

Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.

In her exquisitely written fantasy debut, Rachel Hartman creates a rich, complex, and utterly original world. Seraphina's tortuous journey to self-acceptance is one readers will remember long after they've turned the final page.

My teaser, from p. 225:

"Dawn," he whispered. "Meet at the Queen's study. We'll take the postern gate."

He let me go. My waist felt cold where the warmth of his arm had been.

I bought this book forever ago because it sounded awesome, but I hadn't gotten to it until now! :)

I'll be visiting around and visiting back, so leave me links to your teasers! Have a lovely Tuesday!