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A review by celiapowell
The Tower of Ravens by Kate Forsyth
3.0
I haven't read any of Kate Forsyth's long running Witches of Eileanan series, and this trilogy of books is set sometime after the events in that series. It doesn't really hinder a new reader, but there's clearly a lot of backstory and history for some of the characters which is brushed over (or awkwardly articulated in little mental monologues).
In The Tower of Ravens, a half-satyricorn (kind of... horned fairies?) girl, called Rhiannon, who escapes her herd, on a winged horse, and discovers the world of humans. And then she goes on a road trip with a whole lot of young witches on their way to an academy (including a guy called Lewen, who falls in love with her), and then they end up in a haunted castle for a fair bit of the rest of the book. And there's Rhiannon's dark past which she has to hide from everyone. There's almost too many plot elements going on here at times. And the Irish/Scots/whatever dialect that everyone speaks in drove me a little bit insane. There's nothing I hate more than fantasy books where everyone speaks in dialect. Ye ken? Argh.
However, it's pretty fast paced and enjoyable, although it ends very abruptly - if you're into the story, you'll want the second book at hand to start right away.
In The Tower of Ravens, a half-satyricorn (kind of... horned fairies?) girl, called Rhiannon, who escapes her herd, on a winged horse, and discovers the world of humans. And then she goes on a road trip with a whole lot of young witches on their way to an academy (including a guy called Lewen, who falls in love with her), and then they end up in a haunted castle for a fair bit of the rest of the book. And there's Rhiannon's dark past which she has to hide from everyone. There's almost too many plot elements going on here at times. And the Irish/Scots/whatever dialect that everyone speaks in drove me a little bit insane. There's nothing I hate more than fantasy books where everyone speaks in dialect. Ye ken? Argh.
However, it's pretty fast paced and enjoyable, although it ends very abruptly - if you're into the story, you'll want the second book at hand to start right away.