Juli's Reviews > River

wow! this really lived up to my expectations. it was nice that this was so soon after tbc because you don't have that classic intro of "the clans had many moons of peace before now." we jumped straight into all the problems tbc had left behind.

Code changes- I'm still processing this, i'm more open to it now that it was explained. first off, now you can get rid of a leader if you and your clanmates feel they are a threat. i can see a chance this might be put in place with Bramblestar, that's just my theory though. Secondly now, you can have a mate from a different clan, i feel like this is good and bad because it's good because they no longer have to do it in secret and be deceiving to their clan, but on the other side that was one of the erins greatest plot twists and now its not going to be that big of a deal.

Characters:

Flamepaw- i can definitely feel myself sympathizing this poor boi. Flamepaw is the great-grandson of the "all amazing wonderful" Firestar. and for some reason (which it makes no sense because none of the only kin of Firestar had this problem but whatever) but all of Flames family seems to think he is Firestar, and he has this huge burden on his back of living up to that, and it sucks for him. He is dealing with that along with abandonment issues and being alone. So he's definitely a depressing character to read, but i can see some great character development coming. I love how he spoke up at the end to change his name because he didn't want to be Firestar. i love the name Nightheart now.

Frostpaw- yet another depressing character to read about. Frostpaw is thrust into the spotlight of being the only cat in her clan to speak to to StarClan. She's utterly confused and when her leader and deputy are dead, she's basically expected to lead the clan. and then add to that her mom dies. how fun. i'm not sure how i feel about her right now, but i'm hoping for some more character development.

Sunbeam- shes not my favorite, because her character was bland. most of what we read about her is the fact that shes in-love with this idiot cat who "loves her" but doesn't think they're a good match, what the heck. i think we'll get more development from her in the next books, i really hope we do because she just felt flat. i also feel like Sun x Night is going to be a ship.

Plot- obviously in most of the warrior books the plot is spread out throughout the series and we don't really get the full plot til the 4-6 books. I'm not quite sure what will happen but what i can predict is: Bramblestar being rid of as a leader because he's really struggling with PTSD from the dark forest and most of the cats in his clan are fearful of him, next Sun x Night ship, nextly, Frostpaw becoming clan leader for RiverClan (i have absolutely no idea why i think this but wHo kNoWs).

well that's all i have to say, i'll see you in my next review!