Centauriad #1: Daughter of the Centaurs
by:
Kate Klimo (author)
K.K. Ross (author)
Kate Klimo,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: Centauriad Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 01-24-2012
Kate Klimo,NOOK Book (eBook),Series: Centauriad Series 1, English-language edition,Pub by Random House Children's Books on 01-24-2012
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780375985423 (0375985425)
Publish date: January 24th 2012
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
Young Adult Fantasy,
Animals,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Mythology,
Horses
Series: Centauriad (#1)
This book is a whole 300+ pages of borderline for me. What I mean is that while I liked the story and the heroine seemed nice I felt like there was a lot missing from this book. My biggest beefs are technical: the entire book is narrated in limited third present tense. I don't think I've ever experi...
I was swept away by the world-building and the characters in this fantasy/dystopia. Malora is one of the few children of the small remaining Settlement of humans. Her mother is the Healer and her father is in charge of the horses and hunting. While it is traditional for girls to take up their mother...
Malora's dream has always been to become a huntress and to ride over the plains with her father and the other hunters, but her tribe (the People) have very strict rules about what men and women should do. One day the Leatherwings (bat-like creatures) attack and kill all the men in the village. Whil...
I love when stories--particularly with "selfless" female protagonists/heroines--live by the seat of their pants and know the skills--or slowly learn, in this case--how to survive and be independent. When Malora must leave her People and live alone forevermore with just her horses as company, she saw...
An entertaining if not entirely successful book. The plot starts well enough then takes needless and sometimes absurd turns. I got the sense that, by its subject matter, this book was meant to be Young Adult, but the writing is too simplistic. Don't get me wrong, you don't need big words to convey b...
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