A review by heididt19
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

2.0

The Blue Sword is about a girl named Harry Crewe. When her father dies she is left orphaned and her older brother is forced to take her from the green Homeland to the desert country of Damar to live with some distant wealthy relatives. At first she does not like it, is very upset and even considers running away. She soon settles into ordinary life and sees that Lady Amelia and Sir Charles are trying to be kind to her. One day she is out riding with her friends and sees the Damarian King, Corlath, at their door. Sir Charles is upset because they couldn't make a deal. As Corlath is riding away his Kelar(magic power) tells him to kidnap her. So he goes back at night and kidnaps her.She is trained and they discover they she is a descendant of lady Aerin, a person told of in folk tales, the lady hero. She is trained and earns her sash which means she can use a sword. She is given Lady Aerin's sword and they go off to war with the northerners. She wants to get the Homelanders involved but Corlath doesn't want to. So she takes things into her own hands.
I would not recommend this book to someone else because there is a lot of building up and then not a lot of action. I also think the ending is sudden and kind of strange. Another thing I don't like about this book very much is that I think the author adds too many unnecessary details.