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Book Reviews of First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2)

First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2)
First Rider's Call - Green Rider, Bk 2
Author: Kristen Britain
ISBN-13: 9780743408943
ISBN-10: 0743408942
Publication Date: 3/7/2005
Pages: 656
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: Gardners Books
Book Type: Paperback
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althea avatar reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 774 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
The is a sequel to "The Green Rider," which I read shortly after it came out. It was good enough that I bothered to pick up the sequel - but not so good that I really went out of my way to find it.
"First Rider's Call" continues with more of the same. It's fantasy for those who like long stories with girls, horses, light romance and magic. Adequate, entertaining, but nothing really memorable or remarkable.
Karigan, the young woman who was called to the magical royal messenger service known as the Green Riders in the last book, now finds herself at the center of a problem - something is going wrong with the magic. It's becoming unpredictable, often wrong. Could the elflike people known as Eletians be behind this? Or is there a bigger issue going on? Karigan finds spiritual guidance from the first Green Rider, and seeks to solve this problem, sort out her love life, and gain some maturity.
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 55 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Story was good, some details were either not explained enough or I felt it was unnecessary to the story line. The ending was not very good, answered some questions poorly and left others unanswered.
JujuGirl avatar reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 88 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Karigan is such a likeable character that I only wanted good things to happen to her, but she attracts trouble. There's always something happening, pulling the story along at a fast pace.

I hoped that Miss Bunchberry and Miss Bayberry, the two most interesting and funny characters from the first book, would be part of this story, but they are not.

There's a lot unresolved at the end of First Rider's Call, so there better be another book!
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 83 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
The story is great, but there are quite a lot of irrelevant and unnecessary parts. The plot is very complex and intricate and often a bit overly involved. This long tale 600 pages was only a mere installment in the overall story. Yes, there was a crisis and it was averted. The characters were challenged, but the DYer wall is still crumbling and they dont know how to fix it, the evil has still yet to be completely vanquished, and Kerrigans role is still unclear. Individually, the depth of the characters is quite intricate. But there are a lot of them and it isnt always clear how they interact in the larger story. You can see that Kerrigan should be with the King, although it isnt at all clear if that will happen or not. It appears that Kerrigan should be the Captain of the Green Riders or will be at some point, although that isnt certain. I would expect that the wall will be fixed and that the evil will be thwarted, but wonder how many more books Ill have to read to get to that point.

I liked the involvement of the First Rider and the way they were able to find out about the Green Rider's history. I liked how they found the horn at the end, although I'd have liked it better if Kerrigan had been able to sound it rather than the Captain.
jai avatar reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 310 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Continuing from the first book - Green Rider; Karigan became a green rider when she stumbled on a dying rider who asked her to keep going on his behalf to send an urgent message to the king. In this book, Karigan tries to retire as a green rider and get back to her roots as heir to a merchant clan. Unfortunately it is not that easy to ignore the call, and the evil forces that she fought in the first book have not been completely extinguished. I found this book a little less exciting than the first one, possibly because it jumped back and forth in focussing on Karigan and on the wall. It was harder for me to get into, but it was still good.
cloverluv avatar reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 129 more book reviews
Not near as good as the first book.
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 19 more book reviews
this book grabbed me and carried me through it's pages. just like the first book, hard to put down. I enjoy the fast past, constant adventure, although it is a little dark and therefore I want it to end too, so I can see the happy ending. It is well written, maybe not as good as the first, yet you grow to love the main characters even when they are going through their rough periods.
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 34 more book reviews
This is a good continuation of the first in the series. The ending leaves you wanting the third in the series. The plot is just a little unfinished.
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Very good read
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Very well done.
mamapeach417 avatar reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 33 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book. Now I need to get the other 2 :-)
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 3 more book reviews
Good continuation of the Green Rider story. Enjoyed it. Always hard to beat the original idea of the first but this one is a good advancement of the story.
reviewed First Rider's Call (Green Rider, Bk 2) on + 17 more book reviews
Good book.
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Karigan G'Ladheon was a Green Rider, one of the King of Sacoridia's magical messengers. With evil forces at large in the kingdom and the messenger service depleted and weakened, can Karigan reach through the veils of time to get help from the First Rider, a woman who has been dead for a thousand years?