Books of Bayern - Review

Ok...
Just ignore the date this was meant to be posted on in the last post...

However, instead of finishing just the first book from the series (and the second before that because of reasons) I've read all of them which means I can review them all. ^.^

Books of Bayern is a quadrilogy (it's 4 books, duuuh) written by Shannon Hale and goes in the order shown on the diagram above (I'm starting to sound like a stewardess).

Here we go.

The Goose Girl

I'd say that for those who read all The Books of Bayern, The Goose Girl is going to be their favourite. However my opinion on that, would be different - but we'll get to that in a while. 
It's a brilliant story to get your mind off everyday life and is absolutely brilliant for mid-autumn days when you can't really go outside. I thoroughly enjoyed it from the start to the end. 
A word of advice: If you're planning on reading the whole 
series, it's not compulsory, but does help a lot if you read 
it in the order they were released in so that none of it is 
spoiled and you understand who the characters are, etc.

Blurb:

'You, what are you? The brat of lucky 

parents who were related to a childless king.

There is no such thing as royal blood.'

At the age of sixteen Crown Princess Ani is told she must leave everything she knows, to marry someone she has never met. It will create a powerful alliance. But fate has much worse in store for her, Ani must use every ounce of cunning and determination to defend what is rightfully hers, from those who want to take it from her.

Enna Burning

As I was saying before, Goose Girl isn't my favourite - Enna Burning is. The quality of writing is still kept top notch in the second book but I just enjoyed it more - probably because this is the first one from the series I read. The protagonist is changed to a character who you meet in the previous book, and the world and history stays the same, it's just a different turn of events.

Blurb:

When Enna is given a mysterious

 piece of vellum that teaches her how 

to create fire - without a spark, without a 

flint - Enna cannot decide if this is a power 

she wants, or something that should be extinguished 

for ever. Then war threatens her country and Enna's 

judgement becomes irrelevant. But she never 

imagined that control over the life-giving energy of 

fire could become something so destructive. It is 

starting to consume her and everything she loves.

River Secrets

Just like the books before, you get a different protagonist - Razo. In my opinion, I enjoyed this book the least. However, the reason for that might be how short it is (290 pages) and that made me concious of how fast I am progressing through it, considering I had only one more book left aswell. Other than that, I really did like the choice of for the main character and how the surroundings reacted to his personality.

Blurb:

A fierce war between two kingdoms is over.

But after some gruesome discoveries it becomes

clear that not everyone is happy with peace. How

far are they prepared to go to provoke a new war?

And what will happen to Anidori's friends,

trapped in a hostile country with their enemies

gathering against them?

Forest Born

The longest and the last (so far!) book from the Books of Bayern, and definitely the one that makes you get to know your character the most as well as causing you to ghasp at the most intense moments. My favourite parts of the book were when you could see that the author was planning this book from the very first word, or even from the very first book in the series.

Blurb:  

Growing up in the Forest, Rin always turns

to the trees when she needs peace or reassurance,

then one day she senses a change. Rin knows

that something bad is happening, and maybe she will

find answers in the city. But a mysterious threat haunts

Bayern too, and Rin must join the magical fire sisters - Isi,

Enna and Dasha - before venturing back into the woods

towards kingdom of Kel, to face what lies

in wait for all of them.

So there you have it - my opinions (because lets face it, it wasn't a review) on the Books of Bayern quadrilogy. I really want someone to make these a film so hopefully some super hipster/popular blogger or a fil director finds this post and makes these books a big thing.

Hope you enjoyed :)

- Bah bui