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Summary: The Blue Sword
Review: This book is undoubtedly my favorite. It has all the things I look for in a book. There is fantasy, honor, trust, and love. though I dont usually go for the mushy books this one really cought my attention. I actually searched for three years to find a copy of this book for myself. It's just that good.
Rating: 
Summary: Well written story with a disappointing ending...
Review: This is one of the best books i have ever read, and i've read a lot. It nearly ranks with The Lord of the Rings, and its the greatest book ever written.
Harry Crewe is a normal girl who has to move from her Homeland (remarkably like England) to her brother's outpost when her parents die. She's bored, sitting around Lord Charles and Lady Amelia's (who pretty much adopted her) house, and riding horses with her airheaded friends Beth and Cassie Peterson. Then one day, everything changes. The king of the Free Hillfolk, Corlath, rides in, asking Lord Charles for help against the demon Northeners. Charles refuses, and Corlath gets mad and storms out. But his kelar (magic) "tells" him to kidnap Harry, which he does. Harry at first has a hard time fitting in with the Hillfolk, and Corlath (who i think of as being really hot)gives Harry a awesome horse named Tsornin (Sungold), and sets one of his riders to teach her to fight, because she has a lot of kelar too. It's really cool when Harry gets mad in training and knocks Mathin (the Rider) off his horse. (and to the person who said that its dumb the way Harry learns so fast, they should re-read the book: her kelar makes her so able to learn! Wake up and use your brain!) Then she wins the laprun trials, the trials of the untried warriors, and Corlath makes her a Rider and gives her the Blue Sword, Gonturan. After she meets Luthe (whom readers of The Hero and the Crown will recognize), she gets in a big arguement with Corlath, and rides of with her friends Senay and Terim, and along with some soldiers from the Homelander fort and some archers, she holds off the leader of the Northeners, and along with Gonturan, Aerin and Corlath's help, defeats the Northeners. Of course, she and Corlath get married, and the book is actually quite romantic :-) this book is great, and i recommend it to EVERYONE who like romance and/or magic.
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Summary: Worthy Read
Review: This was the first book by McKinley I have read. Instantly she took me for a ride with the Blue Sword. You can read all the other reviews and find more detail on the plot and characters, but I will say, that it is a great book and I loved it. The only issue I had with the story, was that the love developement between her and Corlath could've been more involved. You don't get to experience the obvious conection of true love between them till the very absolute end of the book, and hated that cuz'I love a bit more romance in a novel, cuz' really love is the most powerful emotion out there!
But, that is one woman's opinion;that is the only wish I had for this book. The adventure is fun and makes you wish you could really go to this mysterious desert and ride their magnificent horses! You will have a hard time putting the book down, and you will be tempted more than once to stay up past you bed time, or even put off a few of those chorse you should be doing too!
Enjoy!
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