Unraveller

Author Frances Hardinge
Narrator Eleanor Bennett
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Run Time 17 hours and 20 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.

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Welcome to your new fantasy obsession . . .

In a world where anyone can create life-destroying curses, only one person has the power to unravel them.

Kellen does not fully understand his talent, but uses it to help those who have been cursed, including his ally and closest friend, Nettle. But Kellen himself is cursed, and unless he and Nettle can release him, he is in danger of unravelling everything - and everyone - around him.

For fans of Leigh Bardugo and Neil Gaiman comes Frances Hardinge’s spectacular novel Unraveller. Called her ‘best yet’ by the Guardian, Hardinge expertly weaves together mythology and mystery in a richly-detailed world besieged by curses.

‘Exquisite . . . sheer perfection’– Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts

‘Instantly engrossing, effortlessly clever, and completely magical’ – Freya Marske

Critics Review

Extraordinary. Exquisite and compelling. Sheer perfection.
Liz Hyder, author of The Gifts
It’s gothic and twisty and witty and gripping: dark and delicious and fresh and I loved it.
Katherine Rundell
This multilayered, humane and brilliant YA fantasy is the Costa-winning Hardinge’s best yet.
The Guardian
A gloriously creepy, intricate masterpiece full of tangles and knots for the reader to get caught up in.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
One of the most mesmerising journeys I’ve ever taken within the pages of a book.
Hilary McKay
If you like your children’s books gothic, rich in language and occasionally baffling, you will already know Frances Hardinge. The author — who won the Costa prize in 2015 for The Lie Tree — is distinguished by a prose style that is often described as “beautiful” or “luminous” and her latest is no exception.
The Times
This detailed, thoughtful, original read is not one to rush, but to savour.
The Sunday Times
Hardinge is a worthy successor to Pullman, yes, but in fact, she is in a league that is entirely her own, a writer whose ideas are modern yet timeless, their execution compelling, eerie, sublime.
iNews
Themes of humanity and redemption play out against this intricately woven backdrop, illuminated by characteristically sublime prose. – YA Book of the Month
The Observer
I would trust Frances Hardinge to lead me blindfolded into the wildest of marshes, and this is my favourite tale of hers yet. Instantly engrossing, effortlessly clever, and completely magical, with a stubbornly compassionate heart.
Freya Marske
Beguiling and uncanny. Hardinge masterfully crafts modern folklore with the wisdom and wit of the ancients. I fell in love with this strange and satisfying novel!
Tendai Huchu
Curses grow like wildflowers in this beautifully written fantasy
SFX
Spellbinding storytelling — the inimitable Frances Hardinge has woven a wonderfully weird, richly imaginative and profoundly thought-provoking tale.
Katherine Woodfine
Complex and clever . . . I was sucked into this magical epic.
The Times
Hardinge’s work is always exquisite; this latest volume is no exception.
Irish Times
Superior fantasy from a winner of the Costa Book of the Year prize.
The Financial Times

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