ON THE EDGE OF THE DARK SEA OF DARKNESS
(WINGFEATHER SAGA #1)
AUTHOR:
Andrew Peterson
GENRE:
Fantasy
AGE:
8+
RATING:
5/5 Stars
REVIEW:
Janner Igiby and his siblings have lived in Glipwood as long as he can remember. They've lived basically normal lives, except for the lizard-like fangs that patrol their city, or the looming threat of imprisonment. Or worse, the threat of being taken by the Black Carriage. So yes, pretty normal. But when the fangs single out the Igiby family amidst all the other families in Glipwood, Janner suspects there's something his mother and grandfather are hiding about the past, his father, and their own lives.
Themes: On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, the first book of four in the Wingfeather Saga, weaves themes of courage, responsibility and siblinghood in a battle of good vs. evil.
My Thoughts: I first began this book a few years ago, and I couldn't put it down until I'd read the entire series. As the oldest of a sister and several brothers, I really connected with Janner Igiby. Andrew Peterson does a great job of hooking the reader with his characters and humor. I love his style so much! My family is currently reading the last book in the series, and I would definitely recommend this as a family read-aloud.
WARNINGS:
Mild Violence // Slightly scary for young children
TAKEAWAYS:
As I mentioned before, I really connected to Janner's weight of responsibility for his siblings as he learns to care for them and ultimately love them. This book has a really satisfying ending that feels resolved.
The Blurb
Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog Nugget. Janner Igiby, his brother Tink, their crippled sister Leeli are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice and pursue the Igibys who hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.
Andrew Peterson spins a quirky and riveting tale of the Igibys’ extraordinary journey from Glipwood’s Dragon Day Festival and a secret hidden in the Books and Crannies Bookstore, past the terrifying Black Carriage, clutches of the horned hounds and loathsome toothy cows surrounding AnkleJelly Manor, through the Glipwood Forest and mysterious treehouse of Peet the Sock Man (known for a little softshoe and wearing tattered socks on his hands and arms), to the very edge of the Ice Prairies.
Full of characters rich in heart, smarts, and courage, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness presents a world of wonder and a tale children of all ages will cherish, families can read aloud, and readers’ groups are sure to discuss for its layers of meaning about life’s true treasure and tangle of the beautiful and horrible, temporal and eternal, and good and bad.
About the Author
For more than twenty years now, Andrew Peterson has been about the business of quietly changing lives in four-minute increments. In the city of Nashville where music is an industry in the same way fast food, generic greeting cards, and bumper stickers are industries, Peterson has forged his own path, refusing the artistic compromises that so often come with chasing album sales and radio singles and creating instead a long line of songs that ache with sorrow, joy and integrity, and that are, at the end of the day, part of a real, ongoing, human conversation.
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