Review: Loved this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2011
I was able to receive a review copy of this book and consider myself extremely fortunate.  I loved this story!  The author's writing style is so comfortable to read and everything had a lovely flow to it.  Being able to travel back and forth from animals to humans and back again, seemed effortless.  And the viewpoints and voice of each character in the book was so unique.  One thing the author did that not many do, is to start off with a chart of who is who.  I found this so helpful and wish more fantasy writers would do this.There was a very deep message to be found underlying the interesting plot, but at no time was it heavy handed.  It did give a message for us all to think about, but I never felt like I was being hit with a "lesson."  Because of this, the story was fun, and fascinating without being preachy.I had wanted to read this book as I have read a few of the author's short stories and loved them.  This writer's love for nature and animals, as well as people, comes through her writing so strongly. But I think that the thing I enjoyed most of all was that this story was also a story of redemption and hope.  I am looking forward to seeing what else this writer has to say to us.