So I've reluctantly begun to read passed the whole "muffin fiasco" thanks to you guys PUSHING ME. 😒😏 But I thank you for your passive aggressiveness because it's been kind of funny and mildly entertaining for me.
Anyway, I don't remember where I left off... I assume chapter 1 because Janner got blindplopped? Well, I read up to chapter 9 so... here is notes of a newbie! I'll start at chapter 5.
Let me start with thank the MAKER that there is at least one SANE member of the Wingfeather family. Leeli sending Baxter was very wise considering all the variables the LITERAL ADULTS ignored. :) As you can see, I am still not very happy with any of them. I am disappointed in them.
Thorks! Nasty things. Probably smell awful too. At least Janner had a sword and a doggy warning.
Wow! That line "Janner never made it back to Chimney Hill" had me screaming (only internally). I already know his fate but I didn't know it'd be so soon... This is going to be intense.
Finally, some Leeli perspective! I kind of felt like if a character was on the cover, they should have had a bigger perspective in that book, if that makes sense? Don't get me wrong, I love following Janner and Kalmar's storyline but Leeli has been kind of a lesser main character until now. We're finally getting more of her thoughts and feelings and I love that.
I'm with you Leeli, war is coming and that is terrifying. I do think you're very well equipped but to think many dogs will die is hard to imagine...
Thorn! You big softie. Leeli did well to help that puppy... I hope it ends up being a hero.
Ah, chapter 7 was interesting. They brought in a fang like Kal and man... the fact the fang thinks he's on his side is chilling. It's so intriguing but also seems twisted at the same time.
No!!! A war in Ban Rona while Janner is away? I sense a hostage situation coming on. I don't know how much confidence I have in the Hollish folk to fight these fangs. They are the underdogs here... and they aren't even melded.
Thank you again, Leeli, for your contribution. You play that harp!
I commend the Hollish people for still standing with the children after all that. Kalmar was especially brave as well.
AHHH WINGED FANGS?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Oh, a cute chapter about ridgerunners. 😄 I love their silliness.
Look at them! Thinking Gnag is giving them the Hollows!... oh... I just connected the dots that it's because of the war coming up... oh...
But they're still strangely adorable in just letting Baxter and Janner go... it was hardly a robbery as Janner didn't care for what he had anyway lol.
Anyway, that's where I left off. I hope you enjoyed this snippet of a review. Remember, kindly avoid book 4 spoilers for me! Thanks!
YAY!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!! THE THING THAT DREW ME TO THE THWAPHOUSE IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
You're right! The adults didn't consider all the variables! Like, they considered that Janner was trained in survival and sneakery and orientation and self-defense and all sorts of other things he would need to survive a trek through the Hollows, but they didn't consider that he couldn't use those skills while he was unconscious because they drugged him! Good thing Leeli sent Baxter. I imagine him as an especially large sable-colored border collie. A "hill-herder." That sounds like a border collie.
That is an ominous line! (Keep reading!!!)
You are about to see just how awesome Leeli is. Keep reading. She's about to be amazing. But you have to jump between perspectives a few times before you get to her amazingness, so maybe keep reading faster. 😉
Maybe don't think about all those dogs... 😭 But they're amazing.
WINGED FANGS!!! (did you get spoiled about those, or were they a surprise?)
And now the last honey muffin is gone! The muffin fiasco is over! Good riddance!