On its way to karendawn, our Summer-Sweeps Winner. I hope you'll enjoy it (after all it's on your Wishl-List LOL) :-)
Cheers!

Grade 6-9-Claidi, an orphaned lady's maid to a cruel and mindless princess, jumps at the chance to escape with a handsome air balloonist who has been shot down and imprisoned. Leading Nemian through the dark tunnels and out into the Waste, however, she begins to have second thoughts, which she records regularly in the journal entries that form this enjoyable fantasy. Through encounters with tribes that seem kind, and fierce desert bandits, she learns that appearances can be deceiving. When she shows interest in Argul, leader of the bandits, Nemian pleads with her to keep on traveling with him to his home. Nemian's City and its ruling Wolf Tower are bleakly stark and sad, completely bound by rules and the roll of the dice. It turns out that Nemian's quest was to bring Claidi to his grandmother as her successor. Realizing that the punishing cruelties under which the people lived were products of the old lady's twisted imagination, Claidi takes over and breaks the Rules, proclaiming there is to be no more LAW, before being rescued, yet again, by Argul. The satisfying conclusion completes the story but leaves plenty of room for Claidi's journals to continue in sequels. The fantasy world is clearly and humorously described; its varied cultures are both amusing and believable. In spite of her moodiness, the practical and strong-willed Claidi is a likable heroine with whom fantasy readers can easily identify and they will look forward to her continuing adventures.

This book was sent to me by the wonderful zzz! I'm so happy to receive it because it is the first in a series and I have the other three books, so I really needed this one before I could start the series! Thanks so much for sending it!

Part of the Claidi Journals series:
Wolf Tower
Wolf Star
Wolf Queen
Wolf Wing

I really liked Claidi and enjoyed watching her expand and explore the world beyond the House. But I wasn't expecting the ending of this book. What I mean is that since I knew there are three more books, I expected this adventure to last quite a bit longer and that what happened at the end of this book would happen at the end of a later book. So I was a little surprised with how quickly everything turned out. Yes, it was the ending I wanted, so that part was nice. But I'm also not sure I want to read the next book to find out that Claidi's happy ending might not stay. (But that won't last long since I'm picking up the second book to read now!)

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