The Poisoned Forest: A Wild Hunt Adventure
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4.8 • 13 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
To the rakshasa who enslaved my sister: you just made the worst mistake you'll ever make in your life.
Yes, I'm a hedge dragon. An abomination, or so they call my kind. I'm a loner, but I'm also loyal to my sister. Turns out, the rest of the family couldn't care less. I'm the only one willing to go after her when she vanishes.
She's being held in Owlanvine, a city in the desert. To reach her, I must travel through the Poisoned Forest, one of the darkest, deadliest places in Wildemoone. But the Lord of the Hunt and his Lady take pity on me and offer me help.
Now, together with a small band of allies who I swear are more trouble than they're worth, I'm out to save my sister before she's lost forever, and before the forest does all of us in.
This is a spinoff of the Wild Hunt Series. You do not need to read the Wild Hunt Series to read the Hedge Dragon Series.
Series Reading Order:
1. The Poisoned Forest (forthcoming)
2. The Tangled Sky (forthcoming)
Customer Reviews
An Exciting Start To a New Series
The Poisoned Forest is the first installment in Yasmine Galenorn’s Hedge Dragon series, a spin-off of The Wild Hunt. It’s important for potential readers to know that it’s not necessary to have read The Wild Hunt before diving into this one. Certain events from the original series will be mentioned, and you’ll meet a few of the main characters, but you shouldn’t have trouble following the thread of the current story.
Storm is a hedge dragon, a sort of half-blood cast out by full-blooded dragons. She and her family live under the radar, a difficult existence ruled over by an angry and bitter mother. When one of her sisters is sold into slavery, Storm sets out on a dangerous and thrilling adventure to rescue her, forming alliances and discovering hidden strengths along the way.
The novel is on the shorter side, so I don’t want to say more about the actual plot for fear of spoilers. I can tell you that it’s fast-paced, full of everything I’ve come to expect from this author, making this a series I’m eager to read more of. It has a slightly different feel from the author’s other works, since the story doesn’t take place in our world. Instead, it’s set in a realm that is connected to ours, but the geography, politics, and inhabitants are completely different. As I read, I found myself wondering if Storm would eventually make her way to our world. Certain plot elements seem to support this theory, but there’s no way to know for sure until more installments are released.
The Poisoned Forest doesn’t contain romantic elements the way Ms. Galenorn’s books usually do. Knowing her work as I do, I’m guessing the romance will come later in the series. I even have a guess as to the identity of her love interest, and I can’t wait to see if I’m right.
All in all, this was a quick and enjoyable start to a new series. There’s so much potential for character growth here, something Ms. Galenorn excels at writing. Storm is a fascinating heroine I’m excited to learn more about, and the world she lives in is full of magic and mystery waiting to be uncovered.