The US edition of this book was broken into two volumes, which makes it confusing but was a good move on their part (title 'wavesong' included). This is a very long book, in which a very many things happen and there are very many characters.That being said I still love it. This book contains one ...
This series end has been a long time coming, and maybe my fabulous review is purely based on my need and desire for the series to never end!Although I definitely felt it wasn't the best of the series, I've never struggled or hated any of IC's work. Purely because she is such a talented writer whi...
Oh god. This took me forever to finish. She ends up on Herder's Island, and she meets these weird Shadow people who freak me out. The last scene is her on the back of a dolphin, which is called ship-fish, or something equally idiotic. She and Rushton are finito, which makes me happy, as I had alw...
Sequel to Night Gate, in which I was fascinated by the twelve-year-old heroine's stirrings-of-first-love relationship with Billy Thunder, her dog who turns into an attractive teenage boy when they go to fantasyland together to try to wake her mother from a coma.Now back in the real world, it turn...
I have a weakness for books like this. There is just something so compelling about a young character bravely going off into an adventure to save someone, with her trusty companions by her side. It's not about intelligence or physical prowess or magical aptitude, it's about strength of character a...
Scatterlings is Isobelle Carmody’s second novel, written in 1991. The story follows Merlin, a girl who has woken up in a strange world she does not recognise. Merlin remembers our world, complete with cities, homelessness and cars. But this world is full of primitive seeming tribes, barter system...