Book Review: Pegasus by Robin McKinley
Book: Pegasus
Author: Robin McKinley
Summary on the back: On her twelfth birthday, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus, Ebon. For a thousand years humans and pegasi have lived peacefully in the beautiful green country beyond the wild lands. They rely on human magicians and pegasi shamans as their only means of real communication - but not Sylvi and Ebon. *no real spoilers below in my review either, just venting and revealing why*
My thoughts:
Have you ever wanted to punch an author in the face? I have. Terry Brooks. Robert Jordan. And now Robin McKinley. Authors who write to a point in the story where you absolutely, positively have to find out what happens next and you read all afternoon to do so and then... they end it with a massive, awful damn cliffhanger. And NO published sequel (that I can find) ANYWHERE yet. *sigh*
And I knew it was going to happen because either it was all going to end very quickly and badly in the last few chapters or there was going to be a book two. But the ciffhanger??? Egad, it was massive and horrible and wrong and I want to know what happens next!! Argh!!!!
I like Robin McKinley, I do, I do. She writes wonderful female characters and beautiful beautiful stories (at times) and in this book she has created such *SUCH* a fascinating world, with depth and colour and mystery and well rounded but not overwhelming backstory. Sylvi is lovely and Ebon fantastic. And McKinley paced it so well and there are so many careful threads that were just suddenly pulled together like a master weaver... and wow.
BUT now I have to wait to find out what happens and I.... ARGH!! don't want to!!! *shakes book furiously*. This is why I don't like WIPs and why I feel bad about writing WIPs, its just not fair to the reader. *glares in the general direction of McKinley wherever she may be*.
Should you read this book? Yes, definitely. BUT, I'd wait for the sequel first before doing so... pfff.
Author: Robin McKinley
Summary on the back: On her twelfth birthday, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to her own Pegasus, Ebon. For a thousand years humans and pegasi have lived peacefully in the beautiful green country beyond the wild lands. They rely on human magicians and pegasi shamans as their only means of real communication - but not Sylvi and Ebon. *no real spoilers below in my review either, just venting and revealing why*
My thoughts:
Have you ever wanted to punch an author in the face? I have. Terry Brooks. Robert Jordan. And now Robin McKinley. Authors who write to a point in the story where you absolutely, positively have to find out what happens next and you read all afternoon to do so and then... they end it with a massive, awful damn cliffhanger. And NO published sequel (that I can find) ANYWHERE yet. *sigh*
And I knew it was going to happen because either it was all going to end very quickly and badly in the last few chapters or there was going to be a book two. But the ciffhanger??? Egad, it was massive and horrible and wrong and I want to know what happens next!! Argh!!!!
I like Robin McKinley, I do, I do. She writes wonderful female characters and beautiful beautiful stories (at times) and in this book she has created such *SUCH* a fascinating world, with depth and colour and mystery and well rounded but not overwhelming backstory. Sylvi is lovely and Ebon fantastic. And McKinley paced it so well and there are so many careful threads that were just suddenly pulled together like a master weaver... and wow.
BUT now I have to wait to find out what happens and I.... ARGH!! don't want to!!! *shakes book furiously*. This is why I don't like WIPs and why I feel bad about writing WIPs, its just not fair to the reader. *glares in the general direction of McKinley wherever she may be*.
Should you read this book? Yes, definitely. BUT, I'd wait for the sequel first before doing so... pfff.