Green Rider: Green Rider (Series #1) (Paperback)

from KatieLovett

I'm glad I persisted through this book, but I confess that I almost gave up. Little seems to happen until halfway through, and the few things that do don't seem relevant to the plot. Also, the magic in this story has no rules that I can see, and several things appear to be awfully convenient as a...

from blodeuedd

This is the beginning of a fantasy series with Riders who uses long lost magic and a kingdom on the brink of war. A good start is what I would say. Karigan was a brave young woman who left her school cos she fought an aristocrat and she was only a merchant daughter. Not fair at all. When she then...

from Kiddboyblue

While the concept of the "Green Rider," seems pretty original, it is unfortunately about the only aspect of the novel that could be claimed to be so. It also seems to be the only part of the novel Britain spent much time developing before writing the book. The areas in the book where the history,...

from Violetthedwarf

I found this very hard going. The concept was like catnip to me, but the writing and the pacing spoiled things. The writing was often clunky, over-explaining and clumsy. The pacing was off, so that there were long periods in the middle of the book that were tiring and dull to read.It's not a terr...

from MorganGMac

Britain jumps into the action and carries a quick pace throughout, which makes this an entertaining fast read. Karigan is a stubborn young woman, who gets in a fight at boarding school, is suspended, and runs away. On the road, she discovers a dying messenger with two arrows in his back. She agre...