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nicolemhewitt's review against another edition
5.0
3.5/5 Stars
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
My daughter is a huge fan of the Warriors series, but we never realized until recently that Erin Hunter is actually six people! Of course, we wanted to find out more about these authors, and we discovered that one of them, Inbali Iserles, was going to be releasing a new series about magical foxes. My daughter was instantly sold and we picked up the book for review. It took me awhile to get her to read it because she’s not a big fan of ebooks, but once she picked it up, I read it right along with her, which was fun!
This was a cute story that sets up the series well – it did remind me a lot of Warriors with the way that the foxes think about the human world. The book follows Isla, who is trying to find her family after their den has been invaded by a strange and violent group of foxes. On her journey, she stars to realize that the foxes may not have randomly showed up at her den – they’re looking for her family for a reason – now she just has to discover that reason and learn about the magical secrets of foxcraft in time to save herself.
What fed my addiction:
Foxes!
Like I said, this story was really cute. I liked seeing the world from the foxes’ perspective – they’re an animal I haven’t seen much about – I’ve seen stories about wolves and bears and, of course, dogs and cats, but foxes were new for me!
The magic.
I was really intrigued by the foxes’ magic and how it all worked. At first the abilities just seemed like normal fox traits or hunting abilities, but then you started to realize there was something supernatural about some of the things they could do. And as the book went on, Isla discovered more and more magical abilities that were increasingly impressive!
Discoveries.
The more discoveries that Isla made about the foxes that were on the hunt for her family, the more interesting the book got. I’m eager to find out where it all leads!
What left me wanting more:
Little slow in the middle.
There were some parts of the middle of the book that were a little slow and some that seemed slightly confusing, but it all made sense by the end for the most part.
Very open ending.
You don’t really get many answers at the end of this book, and I felt like it ended right in the middle of the story arc. I would have liked a little bit more closure while still leading us into the next book in the series. This ending just felt sort of unsatisfying, but I’m sure we’ll be reading the next book in the series, so we’ll get more of the story!
I thought this was a cute middle grade book. Both my daughter and I enjoyed it, and we’ll read the next installment when it comes out. I give this one 3.5/5 stars.
***Disclosure: This book was provided to me by Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
My daughter is a huge fan of the Warriors series, but we never realized until recently that Erin Hunter is actually six people! Of course, we wanted to find out more about these authors, and we discovered that one of them, Inbali Iserles, was going to be releasing a new series about magical foxes. My daughter was instantly sold and we picked up the book for review. It took me awhile to get her to read it because she’s not a big fan of ebooks, but once she picked it up, I read it right along with her, which was fun!
This was a cute story that sets up the series well – it did remind me a lot of Warriors with the way that the foxes think about the human world. The book follows Isla, who is trying to find her family after their den has been invaded by a strange and violent group of foxes. On her journey, she stars to realize that the foxes may not have randomly showed up at her den – they’re looking for her family for a reason – now she just has to discover that reason and learn about the magical secrets of foxcraft in time to save herself.
What fed my addiction:
Foxes!
Like I said, this story was really cute. I liked seeing the world from the foxes’ perspective – they’re an animal I haven’t seen much about – I’ve seen stories about wolves and bears and, of course, dogs and cats, but foxes were new for me!
The magic.
I was really intrigued by the foxes’ magic and how it all worked. At first the abilities just seemed like normal fox traits or hunting abilities, but then you started to realize there was something supernatural about some of the things they could do. And as the book went on, Isla discovered more and more magical abilities that were increasingly impressive!
Discoveries.
The more discoveries that Isla made about the foxes that were on the hunt for her family, the more interesting the book got. I’m eager to find out where it all leads!
What left me wanting more:
Little slow in the middle.
There were some parts of the middle of the book that were a little slow and some that seemed slightly confusing, but it all made sense by the end for the most part.
Very open ending.
You don’t really get many answers at the end of this book, and I felt like it ended right in the middle of the story arc. I would have liked a little bit more closure while still leading us into the next book in the series. This ending just felt sort of unsatisfying, but I’m sure we’ll be reading the next book in the series, so we’ll get more of the story!
I thought this was a cute middle grade book. Both my daughter and I enjoyed it, and we’ll read the next installment when it comes out. I give this one 3.5/5 stars.
***Disclosure: This book was provided to me by Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
annabannana's review against another edition
4.0
Guided reading level U
My 6 year old picked this up from the library shelf because of the cover. He loves the book but there is a level of detail of violence that goes beyond what I think a kindergartner should be exposed to. I have asked him to let me read the last 1/3 of the book to him rather than letting him read it by himself. I plan to skip over some of the details and just summarize some of those parts. When he's a bit older he can read it again by himself if he'd like. This book's target audience was certainly not kindergarteners!
My 6 year old picked this up from the library shelf because of the cover. He loves the book but there is a level of detail of violence that goes beyond what I think a kindergartner should be exposed to. I have asked him to let me read the last 1/3 of the book to him rather than letting him read it by himself. I plan to skip over some of the details and just summarize some of those parts. When he's a bit older he can read it again by himself if he'd like. This book's target audience was certainly not kindergarteners!
beastreader's review against another edition
2.0
I would not call this book thrilling. For me it was boring. This is another book that I picked up for my nephews. I really struggled to get into this book. I got to about chapter four and put the book down. I did not come back to it for a while. In fact, I had to force myself to pick the book up again to try to read some more. I could only get a few more chapters in and I gave up. Luckily for me what I did read I know my nephews will enjoy this book. This is a good thing as it is geared towards their age group. Although there was a scene that I do think the older readers can handle. It was not a murder scene but it still talked about fur and blood. So the younger readers may not be able to handle this.
leskit's review against another edition
2.0
I brought this home from the elementary school library I work in. I think my students would like this, but it just didn't grab me. The kids who like the Warriors series by Erin Hunter will probably like it. I have the rest of the series, but probably won't read it.
advocatebreathecollaborate's review against another edition
3.0
A different story than most I've seen for this reading level lately. The story moves quickly and draws the reader in with wanting to know more and continue the series.
hidekisohma's review against another edition
2.0
I had this book on my "to-read" list for AGES as i could never find a copy of this book at a used book store. Finally i just ordered a copy from the library. And, thankfully, i spent no money on this book. because it didn't deserve it.
This is the 3rd series i've started of what i call "Feral" books. Books where it's about an animal acting like an animal doing animal things. Not anthropomorphic, but just regular animals that talk to each other. The first was The "promise of the wolf" trilogy, and the second being the first "Warriors" book to see what all the hubbub was about. And, i can tell you, this book reads exactly the same as the rest.
That seems to be the biggest issue with these kind of books. They're all the same. I love foxes and I thought a book about foxes doing fox things would be cool. No. It was extraordinarily dull.
Plot "Fox gets separated from family because of evil foxes. She looks for fox brother with other fox who also wants to find him. The end."
It's basically 250 pages of that. Yes there's explanation over how the fox magic system works, but the fox magic system is VERY light magic and not very exciting.
The positive i will say about this book is that she isn't captain gary stu that is Firepaw from the warriors book, and she is flawed which is nice. However, it's not enough to save the boredom of this book.
Luckily since it's a Juvenile it was very quick to read through, but i just found myself not caring even slightly about what was going to happen to these characters. and that's a shame, as i had been looking forward to this one for a long time.
About 3/4 of the way through the book they do a reveal that i was sitting there like "well, they're certainly not going to reveal THAT because it would be WAYYYY too obvious" and then they did the reveal and i was like "ah. well....okay then." This is kind of why i usually tend to stay away from J books as every time i think they're not going to do the obvious trope because it's too obvious, they do it. and the excuse is always "well it's meant for kids". That's a very lazy argument. Of course, this is not ALL J books as there's plenty that don't do this, but i find it more often than not that this happens.
Now when it comes to rating, i think to myself, would i ever read it again, or read a sequel? anything 3 and up, yes, maybe down the road i WOULD read it again if i felt like it, or keep reading the series. 2 and down, no, i'm stopping here.
This book in itself is a 2.5 as it's not really BAD it's just boring and its been done before and most importantly, i just didn't CARE. So to that end, sadly, no, i'm not going to read the second book.
So, that being said, this book gets a 2.5/5, rounded down to a 2.
This is the 3rd series i've started of what i call "Feral" books. Books where it's about an animal acting like an animal doing animal things. Not anthropomorphic, but just regular animals that talk to each other. The first was The "promise of the wolf" trilogy, and the second being the first "Warriors" book to see what all the hubbub was about. And, i can tell you, this book reads exactly the same as the rest.
That seems to be the biggest issue with these kind of books. They're all the same. I love foxes and I thought a book about foxes doing fox things would be cool. No. It was extraordinarily dull.
Plot "Fox gets separated from family because of evil foxes. She looks for fox brother with other fox who also wants to find him. The end."
It's basically 250 pages of that. Yes there's explanation over how the fox magic system works, but the fox magic system is VERY light magic and not very exciting.
The positive i will say about this book is that she isn't captain gary stu that is Firepaw from the warriors book, and she is flawed which is nice. However, it's not enough to save the boredom of this book.
Luckily since it's a Juvenile it was very quick to read through, but i just found myself not caring even slightly about what was going to happen to these characters. and that's a shame, as i had been looking forward to this one for a long time.
About 3/4 of the way through the book they do a reveal that i was sitting there like "well, they're certainly not going to reveal THAT because it would be WAYYYY too obvious" and then they did the reveal and i was like "ah. well....okay then." This is kind of why i usually tend to stay away from J books as every time i think they're not going to do the obvious trope because it's too obvious, they do it. and the excuse is always "well it's meant for kids". That's a very lazy argument. Of course, this is not ALL J books as there's plenty that don't do this, but i find it more often than not that this happens.
Now when it comes to rating, i think to myself, would i ever read it again, or read a sequel? anything 3 and up, yes, maybe down the road i WOULD read it again if i felt like it, or keep reading the series. 2 and down, no, i'm stopping here.
This book in itself is a 2.5 as it's not really BAD it's just boring and its been done before and most importantly, i just didn't CARE. So to that end, sadly, no, i'm not going to read the second book.
So, that being said, this book gets a 2.5/5, rounded down to a 2.
redheadtreefrog's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
norbert04's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
tashshaw's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
prairiebunny's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75