Marisa Rose's Reviews > Wind

** spoiler alert ** This has really turned out to be one of my favorite Warriors arcs. There was a lot going on in this one, and hardly any tedious moments of drawing out the drama for the sake of a plot continuing for another book or two. Everything felt pretty deliberately planned. It makes sense Frostpaw’s claims would be doubtful after confessing she’d previously made up her visions. I’m a bit skeptical the other leaders weren’t at least somewhat doubtful of Splashtail, but it didn’t feel insane that they weren’t 100% on board with Frostpaw at first either.

I like that she’s finding her place as a medicine cat (especially as one without a Clan, I think that’s an interesting idea that hasn’t been explored before) and becoming more confident in herself, her visions, and her purpose. I especially enjoyed her interactions with Tigerstar and the WindClan cats.

I continue to love Tigerstar. That dude is just always saying what I’m thinking. I, too, would give Squirrelstar a hard time about not letting Actual Child Frostpaw into a Clan when she needs somewhere to stay. Like wtf, girl? Tigerstar gives off such great Dad energy. Totally clocked on that child in need and gave her a place to crash, no questions asked. Totally lets her do whatever she wants, including and not limited to: spying, teenage rebellion, mouthing off at him in front of his warriors, stealing his medicine cat for a night, etc.

I do think it’s interesting Squirrelstar is more of a thoughtful and restrained leader than I thought she’d be. She always challenged Brambleclaw’s decisions when he refused to involve himself in conflicts, but now she’s the one refusing to involve herself. I understand the reasoning in general, but for her character it just seems a bit odd. I have to wonder if she really got it hammered into her during her nine lives ceremony with lives like “think clearly”, “be rational”, “look before leaping”, etc., to the point where she’s like “OKAY I GET IT EVERYONE WANTS ME TO NOT BE IMPULSIVE!! FINE!!!!” That is the only rational explanation to me, haha.

I also enjoyed Wafflepaw?? That’s such a cute name I melt a little inside out of pure glee every time I read it.

I’m also warming up to Nightheart/Sunbeam a lot. They can be really sappy, but their pure-hearted support for each other is very wholesome. So refreshing compared to the doom and gloom (or hopeless drama) of other recent notable Warriors relationships.

I think Splashtail is much less the kind of villain I hoped he would be and will be dealt with rather quickly and decisively in the last installment of the series (which I assume will be called Star). He’s a lot more unhinged than he seemed in the beginning. I thought it was great he totally murdered his new deputy in front of the entire Clan. Real bruh moment. I think it’s not going to be that tough to convince RiverClan they need to get rid of this guy, lmao.

I’m just VERY curious who the new leader will end up being, since we haven’t really seen much set-up for anyone in particular. Except Frostpaw, but it’d be SO WILD if an apprentice was getting set up to become leader. I won’t put anything past the new writing team now though. I’m on the edge of my seat.