Have you ever felt like you don’t
belong?
Here is a story about friendship,
both normal and magical that will reassure readers of the everlasting power of
horses and community. Talia, a hold-born (think backwards, small rural community)
girl never thought she would find herself with a Companion, a magical horse
that is not a horse. Through her Companion, Talia finds a circle of friends
that are willing to risk it all for her, just because she is a Herald.
I first read this book as an
awkward young woman, trying to find ways to relate to my peer group. This book
helped cement the idea that we need to find our own tribe of people to be
friends with, that match our level of weird.
[If
you enjoy this, you may also wish to try Arrow’s
Flight and Arrow’s
Fall, both by Mercedes Lackey, Dragonriders
of Pern by Anne McCaffrey or First
Test, part of the Protectors of the Small series by Tamora Pierce.]
[
official Arrows of the Queen page on the official Mercedes Lackey
web site ]
Have you read this one? What
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