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A gorgeously imaginative fantasy in the spirit of Hayao Miyazaki and Guillermo del Toro.
“The Naming Song understands the fundamental magic of language, and breathes that magic onto every page.” —Holly Black, #1 New York Times bestseller
There's nothing more dangerous than an unnamed thing
When the words went away, the world changed.
All meaning was lost, and every border fell. Monsters slipped from dreams to haunt the waking while ghosts wandered the land in futile reveries. Only with the rise of the committees of the named—Maps, Ghosts, Dreams, and Names—could the people stand against the terrors of the nameless wilds. They built borders around their world and within their minds, shackled ghosts and hunted monsters, and went to war against the unknown.
For one unnamed courier of the Names Committee, the task of delivering new words preserves her place in a world that fears her. But after a series of monstrous attacks on the named, she is forced to flee her committee and seek her long-lost sister. Accompanied by a patchwork ghost, a fretful monster, and a nameless animal who prowls the shadows, her search for the truth of her past opens the door to a revolutionary future—for the words she carries will reshape the world.
The Naming Song is a book of deep secrets and marvelous discoveries, strange adventures and dangerous truths. It's the story of a world locked in a battle over meaning. Most of all, it's the perfect fantasy for anyone who's ever dreamed of a stranger, freer, more magical world.
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“Thank you to Titan Publishing and Net Galley for a free DRC of 'The Naming Song' by Jebediah Berry.
I loved this book! It was such an interesting premise - following 'the courier' who delivers new words in a setting where many old words were lost after 'the silence' - and diviners and couriers create and deliver new words.
I was a bit worried when starting the book that this premise and the unique way of writing that was required to deliver it at times would be a bit hard for me to understand, and it was a bit difficult during the first chunk of the book, but Berry created a really detailed and atmospheric world and I wanted to know what was going to happen next.
There were many twists and turns that I didn't see coming and had me exclaiming out loud when I realised what had happened. My absolute favourite thing about this book was the people (and monsters and ghosts!) that the courier meets along the way (I'm a sucker for found family and this book really delivered!). Without spoiling anything, the ending had some really heart warming parts - I would have read a book based on the last couple of chapters alone. But the rest of the book made them that much more significant.
There were also so many parts of this book that I would love to have seen fleshed out a bit more - I wanted to know and explore more about the silence, the ghosts and monsters, the courier's family, and most importantly 'when something fell from the something tree'!”About Jedediah Berry
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