The Meadow (Warrior Chronicles)

The Warrior Chronicles is a fantasy, paranormal romance series by supernatural author K.F. Breene. Books include Chosen, Hunted, Shadow Lands, Invasion.
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We are so excited for this young rider and wish her the best of luck at future Advanced and three-star events!!! Riders Weekend Warrior Chronicles. Scroll for more top stories on Eventing Connect. Catch up on interesting tidbits that you might have missed last week. Roughly half of them suck. But this doesn't suck. This is quite good. Plenty of lovingly described fight scenes. In judging a fat book or a fat series, perhaps the most important thing is this: I wanted to know what happens.

I'm nearing the end of the fourth volume and I'm already unhappy because I know this will run out soon enough. But I won't stop, because I want to know what happens to these people I care about. I have to be honest. I did not know what to expect going into this story. It's called 'Chosen' which to me is questionable since I am no fan of chosen one stories where a main character is prophesied to be awesome and then they are. That is not this book, in fact there was not much formulaic about this story and that is much to it's credit.

Breene seems to have a lot of experience writing and it shows in her work. Characters have depth and seem alive with their actions and motivations even when they're not a very important character. The world has clearly been designed to a level of detail far greater than comes up in the story and the tale itself is not without twists and turns and even some heartache. I can't express enough how much I felt like I was in a real world reading this book with real people and clocking in at just over four hundred pages, that is saying something.

One of the things I loved best about this story is how incredibly and believable dynamic she manages to make her cast, even minor characters. You should be aware if you get into this book that the author has some experience writing romance, and if you're looking for romance you will be let down as this is not a romance novel. Furthermore if you're specifically turned off by romance the author manages to display some very steamy moments without there being actual romantic interactions involved.

It's very clever but some people might find their heart beating a little too fast. Another thing which caught my eye was by coincidence all of the characters specifically mentioned to be not hetero normative are villains. I had a chance to ask the author herself about this over an email exchange and she explained it wasn't a political message or on purpose. So I was reading too much into it, but honestly a book with as much detail and subtlety as this one manages to have, can you blame me for trying to find more?

There is a great deal of fantasy in this book at times, some magic, but it is supposed to be rare and I liked that. In fact the way the author deals with supernatural talents is brilliant and rather than being mundane or just a tool to elevate the main cast, she uses it as a weapon of terror and horror and the world reacts appropriately. I really can't empathize enough that the world reacts, but not just to magic. Every action taken has it's effects and consequences including friendships lost or gained and new growing threat.

There was a little bit of unrealistic battle situations, but even those were grounded in the rules the world had already set out for itself. Needless to say I would recommend this book to just about anyone. If you don't mind a little steam without romance and want a decent low key fantasy with action and adventure than you should read this. Actually who am I kidding, you should just read this anyway.

This was a fantastic start of a series. I don't even know where to start with praise. Breene's writing is beautiful, funny, descriptive and has a nice flow. She has the ability to transfer the emotions from her characters into the reader. I had moments where I cried and I had moments of uncontrollable laughter. The story starts when a group of soldiers finds Shanti in the wastelands nearly dead from dehydration and starvation.

And they bring her to their home place. Then the fun starts. It is absolutely hilarious how K. Breene exploits the cultural differences. Some of the dialogues had me in fits of laughter. But this is just part of the appeal. The world itself is slowly becoming more visible and clearer. It is unknown to Shanti, so it is unknown to us. We get more and more information as she is either getting to know the new places or recounts her knowledge of places to the others.

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And Shanti, she is exactly as she is supposed to be, like all the female characters I like to read, she is strong and kind, but unlike the other female characters, ruthless when necessary. She is very much different than the world she landed in and the people have problems figuring her out because she does not fit within their social norms. This causes all kinds of funny situations. However, the topic is very serious, as there is a war brewing, invaders coming and all the violence that comes as a result.

Shanti is a seasoned warrior and the author is not shy in describing the battles in detail. I also have to mention some of the other characters, firstly Captain Cayan who is perfect in every way. I can't say more without giving spoilers. Then we have Captain Sanders and his band of Cadets. Sanders is a grumpy but loyal and a very interesting character.

Cadets, well, you have to get to know them yourself, all I can say is that they are delightful. There are more interesting characters certainly, but pay attention to the few appearances of the town's doctor. He had compassion, humor. He's dominant and alpha male. He takes what he want. He- Crap, I need to stop talking about him, because I can go on forever I really hope we get to know him better though. I mean we know a little from Shanti reading his emotions, but still, it's not enough. I need to know him better, because h e i s g r e a t! She pushed the feelings down, trying to get control, and felt a pulse of relief ping through her body.

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It was Cayan trying to ease her mind. They are, in my head, perfect for each other. I totally ship them, though there aren't any romance in this book.. Which means I have to read second book. Or all of them. I need them together They can make cute little babies with the Gift which both Cayan and Shanti has. Might be the only ones left , and be the most powerful couple. A girl can dream right? Well, if Shanti and Cayan doesn't end up together, then I'm taking him! It's hard to explain. I mean, they do, but they don't? For example Kate has way more compassion than Shanti and Curran is way more I don't know, I cannot explain it..

Probably the main reason is because Kate and Curran are one of my couples and characters I am going to fuck you sideways and call you Martha. Or as a thing: How to toughen them up. Took some time to get used to specially since Shanti was the same way, in a way. I think, or more I know, that Shanti is the main reason I didn't love this book.

I just have to find out the.. Yes, I also realize that I haven't really talked about the story On to the next book! View all 17 comments. This book came to me highly recommended by a friend who loves the Kate Daniels series, so of course I had to give it a try. Unfortunately, it's not for me. But this time, I think it's the book's fault for the simple fact that the writing is just not It comes off as very awkward and juvenile to me, not unlike the style of a first draft and not unlike an exercise piece you'd see in creative writing classes.

His cruel smile winked out as confusion stole his countenance. Her brain thumped against the inside of her skull with dehydration. She had to find something to eat and drink or her journey would end right here, in this crypt that used to hold a forest. This is just from the first chapter. I went on to finish the second chapter, but it wasn't any better.

The humor seems forced, like it's trying too hard, and the addition of more characters to the story didn't improve it--they're more like caricatures than characters. And the writing's still very much the same. Though to be fair, I should add that the friend who rec'd this book to me said the story gets much better and that later books are significantly stronger and more interesting. Shanti, the main character, is a kickass heroine with kickass powers and there's lots of action throughout the series. If that's what you're interested in, this book might be a good fit.

However, the writing style remains the same because it's the author's thing. It either works for you or it doesn't. View all 19 comments. MacHalo buddy read on September 2! View all 5 comments. But what a pleasant surprise this turned out to be. I want to be her best friend. She is a massive badass warrior woman. She loves swear words and she has mind powers.

So entertaining, especially Leilius and his inability to get her title straight.

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I like the sense of loyalty that Shanti instilled in them and how they started to blossom while under her care. It left me wanting. So a firm maybe. Thanks for the buddy read Machalo Crew! View all 59 comments. Shanti has spent her whole life training to be a warrior, she is the Chosen one, the one who is meant to be the saviour of her people, and trying to live up to that has cost her everything.

Now her people are in hiding and she has been alone for a year, searching for allies who can help her defeat their enemies. She is desperate and on the verge of starvation when a band of soldiers rescue her and take her back to their home town to recover. All she really wants is to heal up and get enough supp Shanti has spent her whole life training to be a warrior, she is the Chosen one, the one who is meant to be the saviour of her people, and trying to live up to that has cost her everything.

All she really wants is to heal up and get enough supplies to continue her journey but the town Captain Cayan is determined to find out where she came from and what secrets she is hiding. It quickly becomes obvious that Shanti has unusual abilities, ones that call to a similar power deep inside Cayan, and it isn't long before he is forced to chose between handing her over to her enemies or going into battle at her side.

I don't think I can even put into words how much I loved this book, the fact that I stayed up until 6am reading should give you a clue though, especially when I tell you that I'm planning to dive straight into the sequel, Hunted , as soon as I've written this review. I hardly ever read series books back to back but this one is definitely calling for a reading binge!

Shanti is a brilliant main character, she is incredibly strong, independent, intelligent, fierce, determined, ruthless, powerful, honourable, protective and completely badass. She has been honing her skills both physical, with all kinds of weapons and fighting styles, and mental, where she is able to use her Gift to attack on a psychic level, since she was a child and that really shows when she goes into battle.

She is the kind of woman who takes no nonsense, she refuses to be seen as weaker than men and she has no time for the old fashioned gender roles in Cayan's town. I'll admit some of her actions are questionable in the beginning but I think any woman who wakes up surrounded by male soldiers is going to be immediately on the defensive and once she realises that they're not bad guys and they aren't intending to harm her she dials back on her Gift.

Shanti is slow to trust and let people into her inner circle but she's the kind of woman who inspires loyalty from those who get to know her properly. She is happy to pass on her skills and when she is forced to deal with an honour guard of young and still fairly untrained soldiers she takes it upon herself to teach them how to protect themselves. Scenes with her and her boys were absolutely hilarious and I loved the banter between them but what I really liked was how the author took her time building relationships between them all.

We get to see that bond of loyalty slowly develop as they train together. Cayan had to be another highlight, he's another complex and multi layered character who has a lot of the same great qualities of Shanti. He's a little old fashioned and the last thing he wants is a woman on the battlefield but that is before he sees Shanti in action and once he realises quite how skilled she is he is more than willing to see her as an asset.

The relationship between him and Shanti is complicated, he wants to know all her secrets and she sees him as a threat, but when they decide to work together they can achieve the impossible. I really loved the way Shanti goes out of her way to tease and irritate Cayan and I have high hopes that things might develop beyond friendship at some point. Chosen is a fantastic start to this series, it has a whole collection of fantastic characters, a lot of humour, plenty of action and I think the world has a lot of potential.

I still have a lot of questions about things but I'm definitely looking forward to learning more about Shanti's Gift and how she can use it. If the rest of the series remains as good as this book then I definitely have a new favourite on my hands. View all 14 comments. This is the second novel by K.

Brenne I have attempted to read, a completely different series and i can say i hated it as much as the first. I don't like the way she writes. It's one dimensional, not engaging and riddled with cliches. Nothing i haven't seen before. I guess it has an audience out there, but I'm not a part of it. May 19, Casey rated it really liked it Shelves: The usual ingredients of typical UF in an epic fantasy setting. Female MC is kick-ass, great with a sword, does not fit in and breaks the accepted behaviours of a woman.

Good-looking, smarter than anybody else, independent, rude to others and very self-assured, but deep down a moral and good person. Bad guys are over The usual ingredients of typical UF in an epic fantasy setting. Bad guys are overwhelming and all would be lost without our witty, snarky heroine. Instead the last chapter felt a bit like Wheel of Time, off on a quest for the next gazillion number of books.

The heroine has an unusual gift with questionable application. There is a fun set of side characters. They were well written, but nonetheless I had problems keeping them straight.

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Their names all starting with the same letters did not help the issue. The doctor was fun Bones, not having a good day. Despite this being a decent book, I wasn't really engaged in the story.


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Somewhere around the middle I lost interest. Besides our heroine's gift, the whole plot was pretty formulaic. There was no real suspense. I am sure if I had sat down beforehand and written down a possible plot and outcome, I wouldn't have been far off. The characters remained fairly flat for me, the potential romance was lacklustre.

The fight scenes were ok. It's probably me, not the book It's a toss-up between two and three stars, because I actually considered not finishing it. But there was a lot of good quotes and if the author could breathe more life into her characters, this could have real potential. So three stars it is. I think I need a break from UF. Re-read starting tomorrow with the MacHalo gals - or tonight as it happens. This is my second book by this author, the first book I absolutely loathed while this brought me a breath of fresh air.

I had thought I would not pick up a book by this author again but then I went scouring through shelves of friends and I found several had this book in their favourite shelf, but then this review clinched it. I absolutely love Shanti, her default setting was either riling you into a fight or trying to kill you and the Captain really pushed her to the latter.

I enjoyed the seconda This is my second book by this author, the first book I absolutely loathed while this brought me a breath of fresh air. I enjoyed the secondary characters as well. This book was so well written that I am almost tempted to reread that mess of the first book I read but not quite.

This was also very slow burn which I liked, Shanti was clueless about Cayon and I especially like when he kept denying her Jerrol. I can't wait to read the next book. I love those days when Amazon gives me that one recommendation that makes reading all the other sub par stories worthwhile. This book is not perfect, I wont say that it is. But there is that magic in the characters and the story that will draw you in and leave you wanting for more basically trying to find some news online about when the author might actually release the sequel..

I loved Shanti's character - she is funny, tough, doesn't like to play games or beat around I love those days when Amazon gives me that one recommendation that makes reading all the other sub par stories worthwhile. I loved Shanti's character - she is funny, tough, doesn't like to play games or beat around the bush, doesn't waste too much time wallowing in her grief whatever time is spent thinking about it, she deserves it - a really tragic past and all. I loved her little quirks like how she messed up the colloquialisms of the city, her training methods for her honor guard, her very unexpected shyness with Cayan..

Cayan also is a good character, maybe a little too He Man-esque, with his protectiveness and how he always managed to scare all his subordinates, but the story between Shanti and Cayan worked for me. There was no instant connection in spite of their similar backgrounds and similar power, at least not from Shanti's perspective. I get the feeling that Cayan is way more into Shanti that he lets on, which is in line with both the characters personalities.

The secondary characters, though, are even more memorable for me. I love Sanders and Lelius and Marc and the doctor. This is not to say that they are very well developed, three dimensional characters. At times they seemed like caricatures of what they are supposed to be, but still fun. I didn't mind too much and for me it did not detract from the story.

In some ways this book reminded me a lot of Kate and Curran's first book. Its not as developed, the action is not as suspenseful, but I think if you enjoy Kate's character and are looking for something along the same lines without expecting too much, give this a try. I did and I really enjoyed it! Cant wait for the second book to come - whenever it does. Nov 22, Meg booksandwinewithmeg. More reviews posted on my website — www. She is my Spirit Animal…. Everything about her, everyone who knows me, knows I am a sucker for a kick-ass heroine. Breene can tell a story. I was sucked to my kindle.

Of which I More reviews posted on my website — www. Of which I would just like to say, Kindle Unlimited is totally worth the money. I got ALL six of these books for free. I already made 3 months of the prescription worth it. She had the mentality of a Zen master, and never cared of power or who was leading the pony show just that the job got done. That device cuts off breath.

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I had this huge shit-eating-grin on my face throughout the entire book. Obviously I cannot confirm…. A wave of fear rumbled over Sanders. Shit was about to blow up. He was pretty funny. The fact that they mentioned his fighting style as sloppy yet effective I can already picture this character. Short, loud and an honest fellow barreling into the enemy. Yes I think we will keep him. His backtalk alone is worth reading this book and he is just a small part. Being that I have already about read all the books, I will admit the Honor Guard was kinda cool.

However I can say with certainty that they all made a grand debut later in the series. I was confused as to why she chose specific kids to tell their POV — but later I came to understand it was a strategic move. Leilius — Marc — and Xavier play such important roles. Leilius is probably one of my favorites now book 6 he really came out. I am so excited. She will connect the distant halves into a whole and lead her people to salvation. I thought she w "The doctrines said that when a girl is born from magic and none, who takes the role of a man, and desecrates with thought, she is the Chosen.

I thought she was abusive with her Gift and that she violated people's minds rather indiscriminately. She used fear and lust and shame to control them. I'm not going to lie, it rubbed me the wrong way from the very start. She starts becoming involved with the townspeople who saved her and begins helping them instead of harming them. After that, Shanti and I developed a sort of truce. She is warrior and a leader trying to save her people. She possesses an incredible power and like they say "They were shining lights in a year of solitary darkness.

These boys were such a great addition to the story. I always say I love a ragtag group and these kids do not disappoint. They are quirky and different from the others so some say they have the least potential of all the trainees. Shanti, because she too comes from outside the norm, sees their potential and hones it, earning the boys loyalty and respect. I just love them. Men fear and respect him in equal measure.

Nothing happens in his city without his knowledge. He and Shanti are inexplicably drawn to one another. Each is a daunting force of their own but when they come together things get volatile, and not always in a good way. And did I mention he's really good looking? But be aware ladies, he's spoken for.

Shelly has already laid claim.

Anyway, I'm not going into much more recap than that. Once I got past my initial reservations with Shanti, the book picked up right away and I fell a little bit in love with it. It was funny, and actiony, and even a little romancey don't worry, it's just a smidge! All of the characters are developing nicely, though the world is still a little bit murky to me. I'm hoping it gets fleshed out more in the next books. All in all I was pleasantly surprised by how I ended up feeling about it.

It's a good start to a hopefully better series. I'm giving it 4 stars. September BR with the MacHalos!!