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Summary: I want more
Review: It's been awhile since I read this series. And I am truly hoping to see more. This series is a great find to read and I really hope that a good publisher will pick it up where the other publisher left off and maybe go back and reprint the out of print books also. I would add them to my collection anytime.
I really want to see what happens to Wren and her friends.
So if Your a publisher or know of one GIVE THESE BOOKS ANOTHER CHANCE. PLEASE!!! I think they are as good as Harry Potter maybe even better because they have a different bad guy in each book. Now don't get me wrong I love Harry Potter as well, But would like to see this author finish this series.
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Summary: I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS BOOK
Review: Never before have I read and heard of such unique characters that made me envy them because of their flaws themselves of all things! I enjoy reading Sherwood Smith's books, the way she writes makes me want to read her books again and again, there's no way to be tired of them. If you have not yet read a book by Sherwood Smith, or have not yet read ALL of her books, I'm telling you to get a copy of CROWN DUEL, that's the best place to start, then make your way down to COURT DUEL, then the WREN series. Why doesn't she get more of her books published?! -Juliette
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Summary: Fast-paced and deft
Review: Sherwood Smith must be one of the best-- and least appreciated-- YA fantasy writers out there. Wren to the Rescue is the first and most light-hearted of the Wren trilogy (followed by Wren's Quest and Wren's War). It introduces the usual cast-- an orphan, a princess, a prince, and a magician. However, the characters are all fleshed out unusually well. Wren is one of the most spirited and loyal characters I've ever read; Teressa has been in hiding for all of her life, pretending to be an orphan, and is only beginning to take up her duties as a princess; Connor is the youngest prince of a long line-- landless and a failure at magic; Tyron is a chief worrier, talented young magician and heir to the most powerful magician in the kingdom. When Teressa is kidnapped by the suave King Andreus of the neighboring country Senna Lirwan, her best friend Wren knows she has to do something. Accompanied by Tyron, risking his position as heir, and Connor (who accidentally turned one of the masters into a turtle in the middle of a magic test), any number of wild adventures find them. There are the 'baddiepeepers,' or Wren's word for Andreus' spies, the chraucans-- huge, antisocial birds, and warrie beasts-- a human-eating creature, bandits, powerful magicians who may or may not be on their side, and dozens of magical traps. Including one that turns Wren into a dog, and if not removed soon, will make her one permanently. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Wren to the Rescue is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure quest fantasy. The characters are likable, though Wren can occasionally be a bit too relentlessly upbeat and Teressa is a little bland. Sherwood Smith is adept at recreating the dialogue of real children, and the dialogue is consistently good. The world-building is equally consistent. There's nothing objectionable, and fantasy readers of all ages will be delighted with Wren's adventures. Though the trilogy isn't as polished as Sherwood Smith's Crown and Court Duet, it should be very enjoyable for anyone who likes Tamora Pierce, Patricia Wrede, and Lloyd Alexander. A nice series to contrast the Wren trilogy to is Tamora Pierce's The Magic Circle Quartet, which also deals with a foursome of younger protagonists.
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Summary: Fast-paced and deft
Review: Sherwood Smith must be one of the best-- and least appreciated-- YA fantasy writers out there. Wren to the Rescue is the first and most light-hearted of the Wren trilogy (followed by Wren's Quest and Wren's War). It introduces the usual cast-- an orphan, a princess, a prince, and a magician. However, the characters are all fleshed out unusually well. Wren is one of the most spirited and loyal characters I've ever read; Teressa has been in hiding for all of her life, pretending to be an orphan, and is only beginning to take up her duties as a princess; Connor is the youngest prince of a long line-- landless and a failure at magic; Tyron is a chief worrier, talented young magician and heir to the most powerful magician in the kingdom. When Teressa is kidnapped by the suave King Andreus of the neighboring country Senna Lirwan, her best friend Wren knows she has to do something. Accompanied by Tyron, risking his position as heir, and Connor (who accidentally turned one of the masters into a turtle in the middle of a magic test), any number of wild adventures find them. There are the 'baddiepeepers,' or Wren's word for Andreus' spies, the chraucans-- huge, antisocial birds, and warrie beasts-- a human-eating creature, bandits, powerful magicians who may or may not be on their side, and dozens of magical traps. Including one that turns Wren into a dog, and if not removed soon, will make her one permanently. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Wren to the Rescue is a thoroughly enjoyable adventure quest fantasy. The characters are likable, though Wren can occasionally be a bit too relentlessly upbeat and Teressa is a little bland. Sherwood Smith is adept at recreating the dialogue of real children, and the dialogue is consistently good. The world-building is equally consistent. There's nothing objectionable, and fantasy readers of all ages will be delighted with Wren's adventures. Though the trilogy isn't as polished as Sherwood Smith's Crown and Court Duet, it should be very enjoyable for anyone who likes Tamora Pierce, Patricia Wrede, and Lloyd Alexander. A nice series to contrast the Wren trilogy to is Tamora Pierce's The Magic Circle Quartet, which also deals with a foursome of younger protagonists.
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Summary: Can Someone Help Me?
Review: These books (Wren to the Rescue, Wren's Quest, and Wren's War) all sound great! I've read the Crown and Court Duet and I loved it, and when I went searching to find more by Sherwood Smith, these three books about Wren came up. I would love to read them....
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Summary: I want more
Review: This book was undoubtly one of the best I've read in a while. Wren is an orphan girl who discovers that her best friend also in the orpanage is really a hidden princess, and that they will go back to her parent's home and live nicely, that is, until she gets kidnapped. Ignored by the other adults, Wren sets out on her own to find her friend and she is soon joined with a magician and a prince, who has no inheiritence and also happens to be the princess's cousin. Together they set off into danger from which Wren learns about her companions and also discovers what she would never have guessed; that she has a talent for magic that will be a great asset to their quest. Sherwood Smith is a greatly talented writer and I read all three of Wren's books, and am greatly awaiting the fourth book, which I think is called Wren Journeymage, but, Smith's publishers just decided that they didn't want the fourth book. So now I wait while a publishing company decides whether they will let me know about what happened with Wren and Conner (oh yeah, Tyron and Teressa too)when they grow up.
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Summary: One of the best books I've read!!!
Review: This book was undoubtly one of the best I've read in a while. Wren is an orphan girl who discovers that her best friend also in the orpanage is really a hidden princess, and that they will go back to her parent's home and live nicely, that is, until she gets kidnapped. Ignored by the other adults, Wren sets out on her own to find her friend and she is soon joined with a magician and a prince, who has no inheiritence and also happens to be the princess's cousin. Together they set off into danger from which Wren learns about her companions and also discovers what she would never have guessed; that she has a talent for magic that will be a great asset to their quest. Sherwood Smith is a greatly talented writer and I read all three of Wren's books, and am greatly awaiting the fourth book, which I think is called Wren Journeymage, but, Smith's publishers just decided that they didn't want the fourth book. So now I wait while a publishing company decides whether they will let me know about what happened with Wren and Conner (oh yeah, Tyron and Teressa too)when they grow up.
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Summary: A perfect story.
Review: This has been my favorite book for some time now. It is seriously a perfect book--the mix of humor, interesting adventures, and likeable, believable characters is just right. Before I found this book, most other young adult fantasy-type stories left me with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction--now I realize this is the kind of book I had been hungering to read all along, but couldn't seem to find. It's the book I was always yearning to read but that didn't seem to exist. These are characters you will love as if they are real people, this is a world you will want to go on living in long after you have finished the book. Completely satisfying.
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Summary: a masterful new twist on the age-old good vs evil....
Review: This is by far one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Humor and magic, but not so much of either that the focus is drawn away from the complex characters and intricate situations that continuously force the reader to reckon with the same issues as Wren as her friends. The moral dilemmas and personal conflicts - internal and external - are the elements needed to give this story the substance that makes it so real to the reader. Fantasy that the reader can identify with, instead of hope for - that is what masterful writing is all about. Marvelous work! Would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: Though not on the par of Crown and Court Duet. This book was obviously written for a younger audience, without the same prose, (...) tension, or interesting plot twists that were present in Crown. Still, an absorbing and pleasant read. Recommended- especially for young adults.
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