Stephanie S. (skywriter319) -
With an accelerated timeline, Neryn is ready to seek out the four ancient Guardians of Alban to ask for their help in teaching her to become the best Caller she can be, in order to help the Rebel forces (and her friends) of Shadowfell to overthrow King Keldec. But the learning is not easy: Neryn struggles to come to terms with her power and influence, and cant figure out where her feelings for Flint fit into this greater causeif they can at all.
RAVEN FLIGHT was not as engaging for me as Shadowfellbut the thing is, theyre not all that different from one another. Neryn is still this can-do-no-wrong protagonist who, if not liked instantly by all she meets, at least can quickly win them over with her earnest naivete. The plot is straightforward quest involving long distances traveled and new characters met.
In RAVEN FLIGHT, we learn more about what exactly makes Keldec so evil. And boy is the man frightening! In one of the most riveting scenes in the story, Neryn is forced to witness Keldecs cruelties to his subjects from front-row seats. This insight into Keldecs rule is horrifying, yet really upped the stakes for me as a reader in cheering the painfully perfect Neryn on to success.
Unfortunately, perfection gets old, and Neryns personality grated on me a lot more in this installment than previously. I think Im past the age when I can immerse myself in a protagonist whos flawlessnot in that put-together way, but in the one-girl-can-defeat-the-whole-world way. This is a straightforward fantasy geared, I think, more towards readers new to fantasy than to any others.
RAVEN FLIGHT was not as engaging for me as Shadowfellbut the thing is, theyre not all that different from one another. Neryn is still this can-do-no-wrong protagonist who, if not liked instantly by all she meets, at least can quickly win them over with her earnest naivete. The plot is straightforward quest involving long distances traveled and new characters met.
In RAVEN FLIGHT, we learn more about what exactly makes Keldec so evil. And boy is the man frightening! In one of the most riveting scenes in the story, Neryn is forced to witness Keldecs cruelties to his subjects from front-row seats. This insight into Keldecs rule is horrifying, yet really upped the stakes for me as a reader in cheering the painfully perfect Neryn on to success.
Unfortunately, perfection gets old, and Neryns personality grated on me a lot more in this installment than previously. I think Im past the age when I can immerse myself in a protagonist whos flawlessnot in that put-together way, but in the one-girl-can-defeat-the-whole-world way. This is a straightforward fantasy geared, I think, more towards readers new to fantasy than to any others.
