Wild Magic (Immortals, #1)
by:
Tamora Pierce (author)
Young Daine's knack with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. Soon it becomes clear that Daine's talent, as much as she struggles to hide it, is downright magical Horses and other animals not only obey, but listen to her words. Daine, though,...
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Young Daine's knack with horses gets her a job helping the royal horsemistress drive a herd of ponies to Tortall. Soon it becomes clear that Daine's talent, as much as she struggles to hide it, is downright magical Horses and other animals not only obey, but listen to her words. Daine, though, will have to learn to trust humans before she can come to terms with her powers, her past, and herself.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780679882886 (067988288X)
Publish date: May 13th 1997
Publisher: Random House Books
Pages no: 299
Edition language: English
Series: The Immortals (#1)
Started to break out to the other wonderful series.
Though the pace is good, it took me awhile to be really sucked into the book. There's a lot of foreshadowing in the beginning, but it pays off. I felt the characters were well-developed, unique, and interesting. By the ending I did find myself wanting to read the next book in the series.
Spoiler Rating: High Best of Lizzys, Oh, lord. This book. It starts off so promising, but it never succeeds in becoming more than a shallow, fluffy story intended to reassure the children who read it that (a) actions don't have consequences, (b) all problems can be instantly and completely fix...
In the first book in this series, Daine, a 13 year old girl is capable of communicating with animals. Although this sounds interesting, the way the author handled it was more annoying than anything else. Daine is an orphan, who is trying to develop her skills while a war is going on. In her journeys...