Sometimes I'll read a book that I find painful to put down. I also get very annoyed at myself when I finish because I should have slowed down to enjoy it more. Green Rider is one of those books. I could not stop reading it until I was finished. This is another reason that I was noticeably absent from blogging for a while, I was reading this, and the two books that come after it.To give you even more insight to how much I enjoyed it, a tale. I was reading it and I realized that I had to stop reading it because real life was getting in the way. At this time to voice my frustration I said, and please pardon my french, "Freaking cow butt!" I do not believe I have ever said that before, and I hope to never say it again. This book is so good I said cow butt at the thought of stopping.
So perhaps I should enlighten you on what its about. Karigan is running away from school after getting suspended. While on her journey home she finds a man with two arrows piercing his back with am urgent message to the king. It must be delivered and she is the only one around so he asks her to deliver it. She agrees and takes the mans horse and message and rides off, but the ones who killed the first messenger are now after the second.
So yeah, that's the basics. Its a straight up fantasy novel, with Kings, and Kingdoms, and monsters born from the evil of the blackveil forest. The only thing its missing is dragons, but I'll forgive the author for that on account of having such an awesome book.
The author created a very convincing world that has very real problems. The king is constantly worrying about the Providences in his kingdom and it constantly trying to keep them all from fighting. Karigan has problems and worries besides the obvious ones (people want to kill her dead) and throughout the series we see how she reacts I was cheering her on the whole way. I want that character to be happy and all the others! That doesn't always happen though. A lot of the time in the series someone will come out happy while another will be hurt; often you wish it was the other way around for the characters involved and then the author makes you feel guilty for thinking that.
So far there are three books in the series: Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and High King's Tomb. Each one is filled with unexpected twists and has a bunch of general awesomeness. You will find yourself cheering Karigan on as she does increasingly awesome things.
There is a fourth book in the making and it cannot come soon enough! I have to know what happens in the next book! I have to know who the King... ah, but that will be spoiling for you wouldn't it.
GO! READ! THESE! BOOKS! You won't be disappointed. And if you are, you are free to take it out on me.
