It is amazingly multi-faceted for a fantasy novel - not a genre which is known for complexity of style! by Tor Books. I wasn't ready for the story to end. Enough so that I hone. I get that they are all in the same world, but they have nothing to do with each other and aren't even in order chronologically!). --. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. I guess it is part of a series, but this novel isn't very meaty. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. For over twenty years, Patricia C. Wrede (b. This just wasn't for me I guess. Read the entire 4-volume Duke Grandfather Saga and find out! The Raven Ring is a short novel and it's very straight forward. I hope to find her in other Lyra books when I hunt them down. An interesting addition to the world of Lyra and perhaps a more rounded mature work than some of its predecessors, it's just to my mind not as much a fun read and the end seems a bit abrupt. Patricia Collins Wrede was born in Chicago, Illinois and is the eldest of five children. If you like that kind of story (I do), you will enjoy "The Raven Ring". and it's not my 2nd re-read, but probably my 45th (not an exaggeration) so it's about time that I finally wrote a review for this. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. She began work on her first novel, Shadow Magic, just after graduating from college in 1974. The Raven Ring was enjoyable, but I kept expecting more. While it is part of a larger series, it can easily be read on its own. I wanted to hurry up and finish it so I could read a more promising book in my Kindle queue. The plot was setting up nicely for a fun road trip with dangers galore and instead it thudded to a halt with cards at Daner's house. I'm not really sure what age these books are best for. However, people in the city aren't used to women who can take care of themselves, and so she spends most of the novel having to explain herself and deal with the assumptions (explicit and implicit) of everyone around her. 1953) has expanded the boundaries of young-adult fantasy writing. The world of Lyra is the world of two moons which humans share with the folk of magic: the silvery people of the ancient Shee, the elusive forest-dwelling Wyrd, and the dread Shadow Born, whose evil seeps into men's hearts and the shadows of the world.In this Lyra adventure, a proud young mountain woman must leave her stronghold to travel to the city and accomplish a bitter task. I think this was my favorite of the series, even if the mystery did drag on a little longer than I liked. The characters were fun and likable, though I think I liked them even more when I was a teenager. I liked the world-building with the clash of different cultures as part of the challenge for the young heroine. Luckily, it is one of the few of my all time favorite books that does! Something about the excessive dialogue and the adventure that could have taken place in so rich a setting and instead remained confined to the city was just disappointing. Please try again. You can pick and choose. The plot is well done, though not as tight as it might be. You guessed it: silver. Fun use of a "professional" thief, from a very "professional" family of the nefarious trades. There might have been references I did not get bu. I have always loved Patricia Wrede since I read her YA books to my kids. I've read this story at least 5 times. Blood is his sin. I had a paperback copy since junior high school that I carried with me everywhere, including on every family vacation we took through my graduation (my mother used to laugh at me each time she saw the increasingly worn cover). If you like that kind of story (I do), you will enjoy "The Raven Ring". Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2014. I wanted to hurry up and finish it so I could read a more promising book in my Kindle queue. I wish there were more. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. The most common raven ring material is metal. Wrede's Lyra novels are straightforwardly trope-y fantasy without the humorous bent of her Enchanted Forest Chronicles or the dubious alternate history choices of her more recent series (search online for Mammothfail for more on that), and this is possibly the best of the series; twisty flash-back-centric Caught in Crystal ranks with it and the first novel, Shadow Magic, is a sentimental favorite. Very enjoyable. I really enjoyed reading this book. She finished it five years later and started her second book at once, having become permanently hooked on writing by this time. This was so amazing until the end. Please try again. Patricia Wrede weaves stories as spellbinding as any of the magicians she writes about. Something went wrong. There just wasn't all that much going on. I really liked the cultures and the world the story was built in. There was a problem loading your book clubs. "The Raven Ring" is what I would call a traditional fantasy adventure. Kirkus Reviews. The first book ‘Odin’s Child’ was launched in Norway in 2013, to amazing reviews. "The Raven Ring" is what I would call a traditional fantasy adventure. Suitable for adult and YA fantasy collections. I loved the strong independent female heroine, Eleret. (Sad to inform that Karvonen does not hold up at age 25 the way he did at age 14.) Please try again. The premise sounded fun, and I actually really love the fictional cultures and world building that Wrede did, but ultimately the whole thing falls flat.

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