Reviews
Praise for the Green Rider series: " Green Rider is a wonderfully captivating heroic fantasy adventure. Duty bound by a promise to a dying messenger, a young woman is caught up in a maelstrom of magic while being pursued by dark forces bent on seeing that the message and the reluctant messenger never reach the king. Kristen Britain's likable heroine and fast-paced plot kept me eagerly turning pages. This is the rarest of finds: a truly enjoyable read ." --Terry Goodkind " Green Rider is a stunning first novel for what I hope will be a long career of story-telling and suspenseful intrigue. You've a really talented new writer here." --Anne McCaffrey "Britain keeps the excitement high from beginning to end, balancing epic magical battles with the humor and camaraderie of Karigan and her fellow riders." --Publishers Weekly "The author's skill at worldbuilding and her feel for dramatic storytelling make this first-rate fantasy ." --Library Journal "The intermittent sense of foreboding is offset by a healthy dose of old-fashioned adventure --kidnappings, a noble thief, near drowning, divine visitations, ghosts, a visit to an upscale brothel, and some very bad knife throwing--that provides a satisfying temporary conclusion despite this being very much a middle novel with serious nastiness still looming." --Locus "The gifted Ms. Britain writes with ease and grace as she creates a mesmerizing fantasy ambiance and an appealing heroine quite free of normal clichés." --RT Reviews "This captivating fantasy is filled with adventure, action, and heroes. Karigan grows tremendously as a person and in the end finds her own place in this world. The characters, including minor ones, are well-developed and the plot is complex enough to get the reader thinking. This is a real page-turner ." --VOYA From the Trade Paperback edition., Praise for the Green Rider series: " Green Rider is a wonderfully captivating heroic fantasy adventure.... Kristen Britain's likable heroine and fast-paced plot kept me eagerly turning pages. This is the rarest of finds: a truly enjoyable read ." --Terry Goodkind, #1 New York Times -bestselling author of The Sword of Truth series "Kristen Britain is one of the most astonishing fantasy writers working today. She has created a richly imagined world where magic is as real as courage , and where a young woman's heroism can change the course of history." Tess Gerritsen, author of The Apprentice "Britain keeps the excitement high from beginning to end , balancing epic magical battles with the humor and camaraderie of Karigan and her fellow riders." Publishers Weekly "Readers of epic fantasy and series followers will want this finely honed, skillfully crafted tale ." Library Journal "The intermittent sense of foreboding is offset by a healthy dose of old-fashioned adventure --kidnappings, a noble thief, near drowning, divine visitations, ghosts, a visit to an upscale brothel, and some very bad knife throwing--that provides a satisfying temporary conclusion despite this being very much a middle novel with serious nastiness still looming." --Locus "The gifted Ms. Britain writes with ease and grace as she creates a mesmerizing fantasy ambiance and an appealing heroine quite free of normal clichs." -- RT Reviews "This captivating fantasy is filled with adventure, action, and heroes. Karigan grows tremendously as a person and in the end finds her own place in this world. The characters, including minor ones, are well-developed and the plot is complex enough to get the reader thinking. This is a real page-turner ." -- VOYA "Kristen Britain writes so beautifully that I never want to have to put her books down ." Fantasy Book Review, "Karigan's adventures, full of strange and deadly encounters, provide [ Blackveil 's] core.... With characters you care about, touches of complicated romance, and some wonderfully weird developments (vampire hummingbirds!), this is a hard-to-put-down adventure. " - Locus "Kristen Britain's Blackveil has everything that Green Rider fans could hope for , including romance, adventure, humor, time travel, dark magic, entertaining drama, ghosts, prophetic visions, and much more."-Fantasy Book Critic "If you read my reviews long enough, you'll soon come to realize that I love good epic fantasy more than anything else. There's something about the heroism, the magic systems, the adventure, and the bold characters that I truly enjoy. And for me, Kristen Britain's books fit the bill. " -Owlcat Mountain "Britain provides plenty of action… and a good command of character." - Booklist (for High King's Tomb ) " Britain keeps the excitement high from beginning to end , balancing epic magical battles with the humor and camaraderie of Karigan and her fellow riders." - Publishers Weekly (for High King's Tomb ), Praise for the Green Rider series: " Green Rider is a wonderfully captivating heroic fantasy adventure.... Kristen Britain's likable heroine and fast-paced plot kept me eagerly turning pages. This is the rarest of finds: a truly enjoyable read ." --Terry Goodkind, #1 New York Times -bestselling author of The Sword of Truth series "Kristen Britain is one of the most astonishing fantasy writers working today. She has created a richly imagined world where magic is as real as courage , and where a young woman's heroism can change the course of history." Tess Gerritsen, author of The Apprentice "Britain keeps the excitement high from beginning to end , balancing epic magical battles with the humor and camaraderie of Karigan and her fellow riders." Publishers Weekly "Readers of epic fantasy and series followers will want this finely honed, skillfully crafted tale ." Library Journal "The intermittent sense of foreboding is offset by a healthy dose of old-fashioned adventure --kidnappings, a noble thief, near drowning, divine visitations, ghosts, a visit to an upscale brothel, and some very bad knife throwing--that provides a satisfying temporary conclusion despite this being very much a middle novel with serious nastiness still looming." --Locus "The gifted Ms. Britain writes with ease and grace as she creates a mesmerizing fantasy ambiance and an appealing heroine quite free of normal clichés." -- RT Reviews "This captivating fantasy is filled with adventure, action, and heroes. Karigan grows tremendously as a person and in the end finds her own place in this world. The characters, including minor ones, are well-developed and the plot is complex enough to get the reader thinking. This is a real page-turner ." -- VOYA "Kristen Britain writes so beautifully that I never want to have to put her books down ." Fantasy Book Review
