Eoghann Mill Irving reviewed First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain
Review of "First Rider's Call" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The second book in Britain's Green Rider sequence was written several years after the first and does show an improvement in writing skill from the author.
Of course all the fantasy tropes and cliches are still present. In fact the Lord of the Rings elements become even more evident here as the Eletians are shown to be blatant elf substitutes.
If you can forgive the lack of originality though we are given more depth to the secondary characters this time round. Some of them even get a few viewpoint chapters. The Green Riders finally felt like they were more than four random people.
There's also some historical fleshing out going on too and a sense that the heroine Kerigan is being forced to grow up a bit.
I can't honestly say I was surprised at any point during the reading of this. Things pretty much resolved themselves as I expected …
The second book in Britain's Green Rider sequence was written several years after the first and does show an improvement in writing skill from the author.
Of course all the fantasy tropes and cliches are still present. In fact the Lord of the Rings elements become even more evident here as the Eletians are shown to be blatant elf substitutes.
If you can forgive the lack of originality though we are given more depth to the secondary characters this time round. Some of them even get a few viewpoint chapters. The Green Riders finally felt like they were more than four random people.
There's also some historical fleshing out going on too and a sense that the heroine Kerigan is being forced to grow up a bit.
I can't honestly say I was surprised at any point during the reading of this. Things pretty much resolved themselves as I expected and some elements were clearly put in place to set up the next novel in the series.
But for all that the novel is fast paced engaging, and I developed a fondness for several of the characters.
