The Hum and the Shiver: A Novel of the Tufa (Tufa Novels, 1)

by Alex Bledsoe

Book Overview

Named one of the Best Fiction Books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews, The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe is an enchanting tale of music and magic older than the hills, and the first book in the wondrous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765327449
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

I Ended Up Liking This Story

This is a very hard story for me to review. It started out well, then it kind of took a while for the story to go anywhere, and towards the end it really took off with a bang! While at times this read like a YA novel, at other times it was quite graphic. This was an interesting idea to create a story about an ancient race of people who apparently migrated to America that they were here when the first explorers got to America and have been in this one section of Appalachia forever. No one seems to know exactly who the Tufa are or where they came from, but they also seem to have magical qualities that are brought alive by the music. I ended up liking this story so now I want to continue on with the series.