A review by readingthroughthelists
Birth of the Firebringer by Meredith Ann Pierce

4.0

I found this book on the clearance shelf in Half-Price Books and added it to my basket, but when I picked it up again, I felt sheepish, thinking 'I'm reading a book about unicorns. I'm five again.' However, Birth of the Firebringer turned out to be exciting, compelling, and extremely well-written. The sparse but elegant prose reminded me of Patricia McKillip or Tanith Lee and I found Jan a well-rounded and dynamic main character (indeed more so than some of the human characters I've read about recently). No longer will I be snobby about unicorn books--I've already ordered the next two in the series.