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Member Since: June 18, 2011
Donna Weaver
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- The Key of Kilenya
on Oct. 16, 2011
I've been enjoying this story a lot. I love how the notes/diary in the beginning of most of the chapters provide hints not only of the past but of what is about the happen to the characters. Readers who enjoyed the Fablehaven story should get a kick out of this book.
- The Ember Gods (Kilenya Series, 2)
on Dec. 17, 2011
Poor Jacob. He thought things were challenging in book 1, The Key of Kilenya. There's only a break of a couple of weeks between the end of Key and The Ember Gods, but he's got even more to deal with. Still carrying the burden the friend left behind at the end of Key, he's got to juggle things he didn't in his last story. He'd been pulled into that world and was able to focus all his attentions on it. Now he must learn patience. Others have to put thing in order for a rescue mission. He has to balance his responsibilities in Eklaron as the only one able to use the power of the Key, while in the "real life" school has started. Amidst homework, self-defense training, trying to be noticed by the basketball coach, searches for potion ingredients, the unwanted attention of a girl, and staying out of the way of the creepy, power-seeking Lorkon, Jacob's getting less and less sleep. And it's taking its toll. And don't forget the secrets Jacob didn't know were being kept from him.
- Stealing Mercy
on Jan. 20, 2012
I really enjoyed the quirky characters in "Stealing Mercy". Mercy was nothing if not determined, and she wasn't about to let anything stand in her way. Since I tend to be rather independent myself, I could relate to her desire to do it all herself. And poor Trent. He doesn't really know what hits him from the first time he see her in her breeches and knows she's female. She intrigues him, frustrates him with her willfulness and unwillingness to trust him, and she brings out his protectiveness. The modern-day story that woven in between captivated me. I loved the telling of two stories in two different times, and I'm thrilled to hear the modern story will get more time in Kristy's next book. Can't wait.
- Protected
on March 11, 2012
Description: She has the guy. The terrorists have been taken care of and she is on the brink of being popular. Life is GREAT! Until they find her. Now she must run and leave behind everything she knows, including herself. This is quite the ride. I was going to take my time working my way through this book, but I had to finish it. I really felt for Christy as she enters the witness protection program and leaves behind everyone she knew and loved in order to protect not only herself, but them as well. She's told she can never again be who she was. To help protect her, she is trained in the arts of protecting herself. And boy does she need it!
- Heart of Oak
on April 25, 2012
Book Description: There's a large burl on the huge old oak at the heart of the forest that makes the tree appear to be pregnant. What will it give birth to? Kerica is born from the oak tree knowing nothing of the humans among whom she finds herself. The tree had a reason for making her, but Kerica has to figure out what it was for herself before she can decide where she belongs. This sweet little story left me wanting more. This has real potential if Mansfield ever wants to expand the story, so she could delve more deeply into the story we're presented but also in what happens next. I'm always into what happens next. I enjoyed the shifting between Kerica's first person narrative and the third person of the rest of the story. The book's language was lovely, and I enjoyed the subtle references tree/nature references.