Winterlight is the latest and penultimate entry in the Green Rider series. After really enjoying my reread of Firebrand, which I thought showed a substantial improvement in writing, I felt that Winterlight, though enjoyable to the point that I stayed up until 4am reading my ARC, was a step backwards. Winterlight doesn’t feel as well thought out to me as earlier books in the series, and again falls victim to […]
I remembered The High King’s Tomb as being one of my original favorites of the Green Rider series, but found I didn’t think the novel was quite as strong on this reread. Though I still love Karigan and her adventures, I thought the pacing of this novel was lacking and was further disappointed with the telling versus showing writing style. However, I enjoyed the showing of the new villain of […]
Next up in my reread of the Green Rider series, is the sequel to Green Rider, First Rider’s Call. I found First Rider’s Call to be a bit of a mixed bag, as far as sequels go. On the one hand, I thought the writing was a little bit better, with less telling, but on the other hand, I thought there were some odd narrative choices that stunted Karigan’s development. […]
With the impending release of Winterlight, the seventh book in the Green Rider series, on the horizon, I wanted to reread and to rereview the rest of the series! It’s been years since I read the Green Rider series, and it was one of my first forays into the fantasy genre that wasn’t something classic and well-known, like The Lord of the Rings. The series became one of my favorites, […]
Every now and then I come across a book that I wholeheartedly wish I had written—The Green Rider, with its sprawling fantasy world, magic broaches, intelligent horses, strong heroine, and chilling evil villains—is one of these. When we first meet main character Karrigan G’ladheon, she has just been kicked out of school for winning a fight against a spoiled noble classmate. Unable to face her father, she runs away […]