Barbara S. (barbsis) - , reviewed on 7/18/2009 + 1076 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of Daine, the animal-whisperer and her adventures in Tortall. Daine is a mage but doesn't know it yet. Numair, the King's mage, knows it and is training her to wield her "wild magic". Daine is the hero who saves the day when invaders attack her new home. She draws all the animals - land and sea - to fight. The invaders consist of "immortals" which are fantasy creatures (griffins, ogres, dragons and human/animal hybrids) that were once sealed in another kingdom but were recently released by the mages of the human invaders.

A terrific start to the Immortals series. Wolf-Speaker (book 2) should be great. I particularly liked revisiting characters from Tamora Pierce's previous novels. It's a lot of fun to see how these characters have grown since we last encountered them.

Daine, the animal whisperer, is the focus of this series. If you are not an animal lover, you might want to skip this series

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