Bravelands: Thunder on the Plains #1: The Shattered Horn

THIS. This is both what I missed and didn't know I needed all along: An arc with the luster of the first series that, instead, immediately throws us into the central theme without remorse - life, death, and the complex grieving processes there within that eventually should lead to acceptance, as wel......more

I think that this was an interesting start to this new arc of the Bravelands. I'm not opposed to side series like the Bravelands being reduced to trilogies, so I'm waiting to see how it goes. It might be better at avoiding stories from being dragged out for too long. There were a few issues that I h......more

I don't read a lot of the Erin Hunter books, mostly because I didn't like Warrior Cats. I know this would be considered a travesty to most people, but I had my reasons. I did always think the writers would have been better off writing for actual wild animals rather than trying to make domestic cats......more

Actual rating 3.5 stars Not perfect or anything, but I think so far this is my favorite first installment in a Bravelands arc. This time around I actually genuinely like all of our main characters (they're more distinct, too) and the conflicts, while so far pretty separate, are all interesting. I do......more

I like this book way more than the second arc, and the first one. I liked the first one up to a point until it started to drag and Thorn's group was getting incredibly annoying to deal with. I did like it though, especially involving the predator animals. I didn't care for the second arc which consi......more