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Title: Green Rider by Kristen Britain ISBN: 0-88677-858-1 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (214 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Strong debut novel with many predictable elements
Comment: The book should be commended for its strong hooks, blessedly spare plot (for once, there aren't 25 lead characters who get split into different dimensions), and ability to build curiosity and suspense. While I was reading it, I genuinely wanted to read it, and the writing pulled me all the way through to the end.
The book centers around a young merchant's daughter named Karigan who finds a dying messenger by the side of the road and promises to bring his message to the King, completing his mission.
The big However attached to the book are the many familiar elements which were so familiar as to jar the reading experience. While fantasy can't avoid some derivative aspects, there are rather loud echos of Tolkien and Lackey that seem too close for comfort. This is not to say that the book's overall tone is derivative-- it isn't-- it's just that some of the specific elements will leave the reader with a nasty sense of deja vu. It also seems that Karigan ends up too much at the center of absolutely every conflict far too quickly, but-- okay-- that's an understandable trait given that she's the only main character.
A book to hold on to, a writer to keep a close eye on.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Must Read From a New and Exciting Author
Comment: Over the past three years this book has become one of my favorites having been read to the point that the cover is close to falling off. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a good, clean read that will take them away for a time.
Karigan G'ladheon, the heir to a rich merchant clan, suddenly finds herself in the middle of a vast forest after hastily leaving her school of neglected studies, Selium. A chance encounter with a dieing rider and a promise that she's not willing to break send Karigan hutling off into the adventure of her life, the adventure she craved.
With long-dead nightmares stalking her with very alive minions, Karigan flees to the capitol to deliver her vastly important message to King Zachary but that's not even the start of her worries with a pretender-prince ambitious for the throne and a battle unlike any she's seen before awaiting her.
Green Rider is an engaging, can't-put-down read that will satisfy anyones needs for a good conquers all tale.
Rating: 4
Summary: Its a wonderful world
Comment: The first novel in the Green Rider series is amazing. The world the Britain creates in her first novel is original, and very enjoyable. Karigan is running away from school when she crosses paths with a dying Green Rider, one of the King's messengers. With his dying words he convinces her that she must finish his mission, and deliver his message to the King. As the story progresses we discover, along with Karigan, that the King's brother is in league with an immortal sorcerer bent on dominating humans. While not quite on the same level as early Mercedes Lackey, or Lynn Flewelling, Britain's first novel is an engaging, fun read, and I can't wait to read more from this new author.
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Title: First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Book 2) by Kristen Britain ISBN: 0756402093 Publisher: DAW Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Trickster's Choice (Daughter of the Lioness Book 1) by TAMORA PIERCE ISBN: 0375814663 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Bone Doll's Twin (Tamir Trilogy, Book 1) by Lynn Flewelling ISBN: 0553577239 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Hidden Warrior (Tamir Trilogy, Book 2) by Lynn Flewelling ISBN: 0553583425 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Devlin's Luck (Sword of Change, Book 1) by PATRICIA BRAY ISBN: 0553584758 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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