Book 15
Title: The Hero and the Crown
Author: Robin McKinley
Pages: 227
Summary: Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it.
It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son.
Aerin was that daughter.
But there was more of the story yet to be told; Aerin's destiny was greater than even she had dreamed--for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the Blue Sword...
My thoughts:
I like it. I love Aerin and Talat and Tor (who I pictured as Chris Hemsworth *facepalm*) a lot. I especially like the relationship between Aerin and Talat and how Aerin (and before her, Arlbeth) wouldn't give up on Talat and how Talat wouldn't give up on her and stayed on her side when every other (war) horse would long have had fled since. I still haven't figured out, though, if the horses in this world are semi-sentient or not. -.-
The story itself is good too. Some things went by a bit quickly (like the fight with Maur and then Agsded) and I always felt that I'm missing something (like, what is the Gift really? What about Luthe? Where did that love story come from?), but I still enjoyed the story a lot.
Author: Robin McKinley
Pages: 227
Summary: Aerin could not remember a time when she had not known the story; she had grown up knowing it.
It was the story of her mother, the witchwoman who enspelled the king into marrying her, to get an heir that would rule Damar; and it was told that she turned her face to the wall and died of despair when she found she had borne a daughter instead of a son.
Aerin was that daughter.
But there was more of the story yet to be told; Aerin's destiny was greater than even she had dreamed--for she was to be the true hero who would wield the power of the Blue Sword...
My thoughts:
I like it. I love Aerin and Talat and Tor (who I pictured as Chris Hemsworth *facepalm*) a lot. I especially like the relationship between Aerin and Talat and how Aerin (and before her, Arlbeth) wouldn't give up on Talat and how Talat wouldn't give up on her and stayed on her side when every other (war) horse would long have had fled since. I still haven't figured out, though, if the horses in this world are semi-sentient or not. -.-
The story itself is good too. Some things went by a bit quickly (like the fight with Maur and then Agsded) and I always felt that I'm missing something (like, what is the Gift really? What about Luthe? Where did that love story come from?), but I still enjoyed the story a lot.