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4.35 AVERAGE
4.35 AVERAGE
What a wonderful story. Woodscourt has created a rich and magical world, full of well developed characters and quirky magical creatures. She had me at Unicorn, especially a shiny one. Anything that glitters and I'm there! Maybe I was a magpie in another life.
The first book of the Wintervale trilogy, The Crow King draws you in and immerses you in a magical world where the Crow King rules and only he is allowed magic. Gwyn is brave and a little reckless but he is true of heart and determined to save his brother. Through his eyes we discover the beauty of a world hidden and reviled and the reader quickly realises that all is not well and evil cruelty lies beneath the Crow King's iron control. You begin to question, as Gwyn does, whether what he has been told about his world is true.
As Gwyn, his brother Lawen, and even Nathaera, a young girl he rescues, come to realise, knowing something and doing something about it are two different things.
A well written first installment of an epic YA fantasy that is well worth the read. You are drawn into the magical world from the very beginning and it doesn't let up. Can't wait to pick up the next book.