A review by adularia25
The Wind-Witch by Susan Dexter

5.0

So many books with heroes have them go off on heroic quests, with nothing to tie them down, and no home base. This book does a marvelous job depicting what goes into saving and holding onto the land you have - while still doing all the chores necessary to keep that land productive! For once the heroes have to split their time between saving others, and doing manual work on their own farm to keep it going, while the raiding throughout the countryside gets worse and worse. I truly envy their stamina because I can't imagine having the energy to plant and harvest and also travel around warning others about the raids!

The heroes in this story are not the best fighters, or the most learned. Sure, they have magic, which gives them an edge, but their truth strength lies in seeing what is wrong, and setting about to fix it, despite the terrible odds. Turns out you can find time to be a hero, even when you have a farm to tend.