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Summary: Well done!
Review: This was a book I picked up, expecting some generic, quick read to pass the time. The problem was, once I picked it up, I couldn't stop. This book is fast paced and well described, making you feel like you are there with Karigan, feeling the things she feels, seeing the things she sees, and so on and so forth. It was a bit overdone, but in the slightly uneven writing style of the beginning, it helped keep my intrest. By midway through the book, the style had gotten consistant and wonderfully enjoyable to read. The pace was fun to read, and her creative take on magic, plots, and the reluctant, realistic heroine makes this one of the better fantasy books I've read. It feels like the end numerous times, only to keep plodding along until the pace picks up again, but once you read all of the "endings", it's really worthwhile. And a plus is that Karigan ends up winning, even though she has no great magic with which to fight the powerful sorcerers and other adversaries, only her sabre, her head, and her brooch. Well, and F'ryan Coblebay, but that's something completely different. It was faintly reminicent of Tolkein, but the twists she adds make the characters her own. This book comes highly recommended by a fantasy and adventure lover.
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Summary: A great book-definatly the best new book I read last year
Review: I loved this book!!!! I read it twice when I got it from the library and had to buy it. My sister read it too and loved it. It may be the author's first book, and it does have its problems, but it's still a good book. I recommend it to anyone who likes Tolkien or Robin McKinley.
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Summary: The Greenie
Review: I found this to be a wonderful book. I loved it. It is about this girl Karigan G'ladheon who has run away from school. On the road she finds a dying green rider (like a special messanger for the King). He intrusts her with his very important message that she is to take to King Zachary. On her adventure, she encouters mysterious men, evil creatures, and a treacherous plot. I think that Kirsten Britain is an excellent writer, and I hope to see more from her soon.
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Summary: Best book IVE read in a long time
Review: This book has almost all the things you could ask for in a good fantasy book; adventure, magic, suspense, a starting romance, humor, and a little death and grimness too. It balances out to make a wonderful and very satisfying read. Karigan the heroine of this story is running off from school (after being expelled for winning a fight) and runs into the dying and soon dead green rider F'ryan Coblebay who after making sure of her loyalty passes his life or death message onto her. He warns her about the shadow man with his last breath and dies, but that's not the last we here of him; he follows Karigan afterwards as her ghostly protector and through thick and thin along with The Horse and other lovable characters (and even hateable ones) they make it to the king, but were they soon enough? You should definately read the book and find out and the sequels coming too :)
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Summary: Wonderful First Book
Review: I am within the last hundred pages of this book and I am so sad that it is almost over. This has to be one of the best books that I have read in the last few years. Lots of surprises and thrills. These characters have really sparked my interest. The good and bad characters are very well-rounded. I will be looking for her next book.
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Summary: You've got to read this!
Review: Do you like Fantasy? Are you looking for some new twists and ideas in Fantasy? If you answered yes to any of these two questions you don't want to miss this book. I couldn't put it down. I passed it on to my 16 year old daughter and now she can't put it down. In a word, WOW! This book was a joy to read.
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Summary: ~*~ WONDERFULLY ADDICTING ~*~
Review: I read this around 500 page book in three days, which is FAST for a 14 year old girl......I have read SO many books to know a great one when it comes around...and as I said above, this is wonderfully addicting, I have no other way to express this then to say READ IT !! YOU WON'T REGRET IT !!!! I wish she would make a sequel.....Also check out David Eddings The Belgaraid and Mallorean (they are series) and you read the series belgaraid first then the mallorean.....also Piers Anthony's Xanth books, and Tamora Pierces series Lioness Rampant and The Immortals, read the Lioness series first....and Mercedes Lackeys Valdemar books, which include MANY series, and there is a timeline in EVERY book that tells you the first ones.....they are all worth the time...........TRUST ME !!!!!
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Summary: A thoroughly enjoyable read!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and really wanted to give it five stars, but I couldn't do it. There was just something missing that kept it from being, in my opinion, on par with works from Jordan, Goodkind, Brooks, Rawn, and Martin. I was never really able to figure out what it was. Perhaps it was the fact that the world, while vivid, wasn't quite as developed as those in other authors' books. It could have been the fact that the system of magic wasn't clearly explored or that the historical relationships between various characters wasn't delved into. Whatever it was, it just made the book seem like it was missing something.Aside from that, this was a wonderful read. The story was engaging, the pacing was perfect with action scenes alternating nicely with scenes of repose, the characters were vivid and lifelike, and the dialog was a joy to read. Ms. Britain has a firm handle on character interaction and plot development and has used that to craft a tight, focused book. While the plot wasn't all that original (a dark (or gray in this case), mysterious evil threatens the land), the way in which the story is told was. Karigan (the protagonist) isn't here to fight directly with the enemy. All she has to do is deliver a message to the king. Ms. Britain takes this idea and spins a yarn that engaged my imagination every time I picked up the book. Some readers might call this "fluff" fantasy. I kind of agree, but, every once in a while, that's what I'm in the mood for. However, to be more specific, I think the writing is a bit "fluffy", but the story itself is definitely not. A thorougly enjoyable fantasy read.
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Summary: Decent debut
Review: There is much good in this first novel and, unfortunately, much that's not so good--thus the 3 star rating. The good first: KB writes well and creates a likable, if not complex and well-developed, heroine who should appeal strongly to young female readers. KB also has a nice eye for imagery, the most powerful being the gray-clad rider and his sinister pairs of black arrows. And she, on the whole, creates a clean, refreshing fantasy setting. These traits will serve her well if and when she publishes again . . . And now the bad: As can be forgiven in a first novel, the plot often becomes a mess, either bogging down or running haywire. The former occurs near the beginning with the whole, weird episode with Miss Bayberry and Miss Bunchberry, whose presence simply throws the otherwise late-medieval setting entirely out of alignment by stuffing it with things Victorian. The latter occurs, as might be expected, at the climax, where KB conducts something of a gambit with a super-magical chess game, the foundation for which is not entirely laid. A strong sense of resolution is also lacking. That said, the book is readable and does draw you in nicely at times. While KB's work by no means approaches that of, e.g., Robin Hobb's, it has potential. Writing is a long ride, as KB (referring to herself as a "Green Writer") might realize. Time will tell what kind of journey this writer takes.
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Summary: Fabulous Fantasy
Review: I found this book to be a thoroughly satisfying read! Refreshing, in fact! The plot kept my interest by being imaginative and suspenseful, rather than revolting or horrifying me. The characters are so well defined, and endearing that I hope to see them again in future novels. If you're looking for something that smacks more of Tolkien than Stephen King, I highly recommend this book.
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