Title: The Chestnut soldier
Author: Jenny Nimmo
Copyright date: 1989
Publisher: Egmont
How many pages: 199 pgs
How long it took me to read: 5 days - I don't read on the weekends! Too busy being lazy. lol.
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: going on a search looking for something to read after Harry Potter.
This book was purchased at: Chapter's
This book is: for anybody who has an imagination
Other books by this author: Snow spider, Emlyn's moon, Midnight for Charlie Bone, The time Twister, The blue boa, The castle of mirrors, The renaldi ring, Milo's wolves, Griffin's castle, Ill will well nell, Hot dog cool cat, Tatty apple, Delilah and the dogspell, Deliliah and the dishwasher dogs, and Delilah alone
Favorite characters: Gwyn, Nain, Nia, Emlyn
Least favorite Characters: Alun, Gwyn's Dad, Emlyn's mother, Evan Llyr
When and Where the story takes place: Wales
Plot in a nutshell: In the last book in the trilogy, the story is closed up and it explains the characters lives afterward.
Main characters: Nia, Emlyn, Gwyn and Alun
What I liked best: Nia and her craziness. She reminds me of a younger version of me...which, since this was written in 1989, would make her older than me now...but you know what I mean!
What I liked least: The author has a problem describing battle scenes.
Overall rating: I was pleased with the ending...now on to Harry Potter's happy ending...or not?
23 / 50
(46.0%)