Alison Croggon, The Crow

'The Crow' plot was pretty good but a little confusing. The word usage was good and it wasn't a hard read.

I thought the book was pretty boring and way too long. I liked it kind of, but it took too long to get to the action and was pretty predictable. I did like the other books in the series though.

I loved this book and the other books in this series. I really feel sorry for the children in the training camps, though. Acutally, at one time while I was reading this book I was also listening to my newest CD. It was Tokio Hotel's new album and the song 'Forgotten Children' came on. I was about at the point in the book when the kids all kill one of the other children and one boy starts bragging about getting the ear. The song and story together made me so sad! I actually cried! I sincerely recommend this series (and band ;P) to anyone and everyone though!

Great Book! I liked to be able to get to know Hem a little more. However, the main character from the first two books is not in this one. Great for all the JRR Tolkien lovers.

I really liked this book, it gripped me and I couldn't put it down. I also loved The Gift, The Riddle as well. I think this series is great!

Hem, Maerad's brother who she found in the first book after living their lives away from each other, has been taken to Turbansk with his new guardian, Saliman.

Soon, it becomes unsafe for anyone to stay in Turbansk and Hem, Saliman and their new acquaintance, Zelika, a fiery young women with a need for vengeance, flee.

Soon Hem's past and future catch up with him. Just what is his link to the Treesong, and why is he, alongside Maerad, needed to purge the world they live in of all its evil?

I have waited a long time to read this book. After I finished reading The Riddle, part two of Alison Croggon's quartet about Pellinor, I was hooked.

I had read that this book was to be about Hem and I have to admit, I had my reservations. I wasn't as attached to him as a character as I was to Maerad and Cadvan and I was desperate to know what was to be their fate.

I settled myself down and readied myself for disappointment, disappointment that never came.

Alison Croggon has the langauge to make you care very strongly about many characters, (Hem, Zelika and Saliman have become favourites of mine) and make you hate others (The Nameless One and Hulls sound just like out of a nightmare, put into words).

Many times during the book, I was touched and shocked (mainly character deaths made me feel this way) and now I am even more desperate to unravel the riddle that Alison Croggon has woven.

I am thankful that, on the off chance, a couple of years ago, I was lacking in books and stumbled across The Gift purely by luck. If I hadn't, I would have been unaware of this beautiful and compelling story which has made my life just that little bit better.