Serafina and the Seven Stars-The Serafina Series Book 4

By Robert Beatty

Book Overview

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the hotly anticipated fourth installment of Robert Beatty's #1 New York Times best-selling Serafina series.
Serafina, the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, has won battle after battle against the dark forces encroaching on her home. Now, tranquility has returned to Biltmore. Serafina doesn't trust it. She patrols the grounds night and day, hardly sleeping, uncertain of her place after her best friend Braeden Vanderbilt's departure for boarding school in New York.
When Mr. Vanderbilt, the kind master of Biltmore, asks Serafina to move upstairs into one of the house's grandest rooms, she's sure it's to keep an eye on the guests who have arrived for the estate's annual hunt.
But as Serafina investigates, she becomes more and more unsettled by what Biltmore has become-a place haunted by nameless terrors where no dark corridor is safe. Even worse, she begins to doubt her own senses. Is Braeden really hundreds of miles away, or did he return to Biltmore for one strange night before vanishing? Is the bond between them truly broken or is it stronger than ever?
Then Serafina witnesses a crime that turns her world upside down. How can all that once seemed good and worthy of protection now be evil? And how can she guard those around her when she can't even be sure of the truth of her own heart?
Serafina and the Seven Stars marks the return of a heroine like no other, as master storyteller Robert Beatty weaves his darkest, most astonishing tale yet.

Read the whole series

Serafina and the Black Cloak (book 1)Serafina and the Twisted Staff (book 2)Serafina and the Splintered Heart (book 3)Serafina and the Seven Stars (book 4)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1368007597
• ISBN13: 9781368007597
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Disney Hyperion
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A Dark Series with a Spunky Heroine

This is a review of the four-book series, BTW. I found the previous three books at a sale and immediately ordered "Serafina and the Seven Stars", the concluding novel. I hope that Mr. Beatty gives us more, frankly. Living in South Carolina, I have visited the Asheville, North Carolina area -including Biltmore House- more than once. It is an area filled with legends from before the arrival of European and African Americans, and even pre-dating some of the Native tribes, notably the Cherokee. Beatty has taken historical figures and elements of regional lore, combining them in a story that might be "YA" but most adult fans of weird tales will enjoy. Catamounts [werecats] are front and center in a battle between light and dark magical forces, with a lot of cliffhanger and edge of seat moments. There are bits of masterful misdirection in "whodunit" situations and enough description of the area that will make the reader likely want to visit the real thing. Be warned: the books ARE interconnected and best read in order. And- as in MY case - you'll likely want more.