Griffin's Daughter won the 2008 Ben Franklin Award for Best First Fiction, given by the Independent Book Publishers Association.

Born between two cultures, a young woman searches for acceptance. An ancient evil searches for her.

A young girl lives as a social outcast due to her mixed human and elven blood. To escape an arranged marriage, Jelena flees into the unknown on a quest to find her elven father. Her journey takes her on an unexpected adventure of magic, danger, and most startling of all – true love.

Griffin's Daughter is the first book in the award winning Griffin's Daughter Trilogy. This epic tale tells of a young girl trying to find love and acceptance in a world of magic and adventure.

Published
2007

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Lesley Ann Moore's debut fantasy book, Griffin's Daughter (the first book of the Griffin's Daughter Trilogy), is quite an interesting book. I think it's the best romantic fantasy debut I've read this year.

Lesley Ann Moore writes good and fluent romantic fantasy. Griffin's Daughter is more original than many other new romantic fantasy books. I don't normally read romantic fantasy (I usually read epic high fantasy books), because some books are quite horrible and boring, but this time I found myself enjoying the story and wanted to read the whole book. It was quite nice to read something different.

Although some people might consider this book to be a young adult fantasy book, I think it's adult fantasy. The writing style is quite close to YA writing style, but there are some things, which make it adult fantasy.

In my opinion Griffin's Daughter was an entertaining book and after some consideration I decided to give it four stars for its entertainment values. If you're interested in reading entertaining romantic fantasy, this book is a good choice.

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