Songlight, Moira Buffini
Songlight, Moira Buffini
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Songlight

Author: Moira Buffini

Narrator: Antonia Beamish, Saffron Coomber, Sam Crerar, Joe Gaminara, Katey Sobey

Unabridged: 13 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 09/03/2024


Synopsis

Star-crossed lovers, against-all-odds friendship, and a brutally unforgiving world make this first in a trilogy utterly unforgettable.We’re two songs joined. And there’s a word for that. A harmony.Elsa is used to hiding the most important parts of herself—her feelings for Rye, her distaste for a world ruled by men, and, most crucially, her gift of songlight. She buries that secret deep inside. In Brightland, those with songlight are called Unhumans and are abhorred. Rye is the only other person Elsa has known with songlight, and their shared bond has brought them together.Elsa’s world begins to fall apart one desperate, heart-wrenching day and she doesn’t know where to turn until a girl appears before her. But the girl isn’t really there—her songlight has been drawn to Elsa’s frantic grief.Elsa lives in a remote seaside village; Nightingale, her new friend, lives in a city hundreds of miles away with her father, a government official responsible for rooting out Unhumans. The two never expected to connect via songlight. But when they do, and when they realize the extent of their power, they’ll be thrust in the middle of a war that threatens their very existence.From an award-winning screenwriter making her novel debut comes this powerful trilogy perfect for fans of Sabaa Tahir and Adrienne Young.

About Moira Buffini

Moira Buffini is an Olivier Award–winning UK playwright and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter, writing many plays for the National Theatre and the West End. Films include Tamara Drewe, Jane Eyre, Byzantium, and The Dig. She cocreated and was showrunner of Hulu's Harlots. Songlight is her debut novel. She lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Akankshya on September 05, 2024

Yet another YA dystopian fantasy, yet another great book that I could not stop reading. Songlight is a novel about people with telepathic skills, in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world reminiscent of archaic civilizations, who are persecuted and dehumanized by their communities. Their society is rife wit......more

Goodreads review by Kealyn on September 14, 2024

Songlight (The Torch Trilogy #1) by Moira Buffini  5/5 stars I recently went through a hellish time and I am severely behind on reviewing the books I accepted. Thank you The Write Reads for your patience and kindness.  So when I started Songlight, my goodness, this book is EPIC! I love it from start to......more

Goodreads review by Muffinsandbooks on September 23, 2024

MAIS J'AI ADORÉ EN FAIT. Je vous l'avoue, quand j'ai vu toute la comm' et notamment les slogans du genre "le meilleur livre de la décennie", j'étais un peu en mode 🤨. Je me suis dit qu'avant de rager sur ces slogans qui en faisaient trop, fallait quand même que je le lise, le bouquin, pour me faire......more

Goodreads review by Emma on June 22, 2024

Absolutely brilliant! I loved this dystopian story where those with songlight are ‘unhuman’ and dehumanised in the worst possible way, once caught. Where propaganda maintains a war, the people unaware of the State’s true agenda. Many of the tropes you’d expect to find are here, so in that sense, not......more

Goodreads review by Stress on September 01, 2024

Songlight by Moira Buffini is a captivating tale of identity, acceptance, all types of love full of mystery, intricate politics, heartbreak, and betrayals that will have you captivated from beginning to end. Buffini manages to capture all that makes us humans, all of the emotions and their nuances i......more