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Warriors Super Edition #5
Tajemnica Żółtego Kła
Żółty Kieł poświęca całe swoje życie Klanowi Cienia. Mimo że całe jej życie naznaczone jest bólem, jest lojalną medyczką, gotową zrobić wszystko, by zapewnić swoim pobratymcom spokój i bezpieczeństwo. Jednak wkrótce Żółty Kieł zdaje sobie sprawę, że jej przyszłość również będzie pełna cierpienia - ciąży nad nią bowiem mroczna tajemnica, która zagraża nie tylko jej życiu, ale życiu każdego, kogo stara się chronić. Tajemnica, która ma moc, by zniszczyć cztery kocie klany...
529 pages, Paperback
First published October 9, 2012
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About the author
Erin Hunter
277 books10.7k followersErin Hunter is the pseudonym of five people: Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Tui T. Sutherland, Gillian Philip, and Inbali Iserles, as well as editor Victoria Holmes. Together, they write the Warriors series as well as the Seekers and Survivors series. Erin Hunter is working on a new series now called Bravelands.
Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having a great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior, shaped by her interest in astronomy and standing stones.
Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having a great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior, shaped by her interest in astronomy and standing stones.
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February 10, 2013
This book seriously made me weep.
It was depressing.
Yellowfang lost everything.
In the beginning, I was so in love with the book.
I love Raggedpelt, and I loved the relationship he had with Yellowfang. I knew it was going to end, and I knew their history, but I never knew how devastating it truly was.
First off, Raggedpelt/star was confusing. He had mood swings. He could be so devastatingly sweet and charming and gentle and enigmatic, a mixture of beauty and pain, or he could be mean and cruel, unpredictable and volatile. It was just mind-boggling.
And then there was Yellowfang. Reading about her not being grumpy let me understand why she became grumpy, considering all she'd been through. But it was still weird seeing her so young and active and cheerful (most of the time).
Somewhere around the time Yellowfang became a medicine cat, I wanted to give up on the book. I knew I'd be disappointed if I did, but even when I finished the book, I was disappointed.
I hate Raggedstar for being so blind, so proud. I hated him for not seeing what he was doing wrong, for asking for Yellowfang's help when it was already too late, already done. I hated him for electing Brokentail as deputy, knowing either way, Raggedpelt would die by the work of his son, but he could at least have left not leaving such an evil cat as leader. I know I can't pin all the blame on him, but I'm so angry.
And Yellowfang. She heard the prophecy. Cruel as it sounds, she should have killed Brokentail the moment he was born and she saw that twisted look of hatred and rage on his face. He's a beast. There was even an omen--both of his sisters died and only he survived, just a sign of the death and destruction he was to bring. He should have never been born.
I'm sorry that Yellowfang and Raggedpelt couldn't be together, ultimately, though.
I cried when Raggedstar died--I knew it was all Brokentail's fault and I dreaded what was to come.
And doesn't anyone else find it disturbing how utterly alone Yellowfang was at the end, with no Raggedpelt in StarClan to greet her at the Moonstone, with no solid foundation for a future?
Even Crookedstar, with everyone he loved dead, killed by Mapleshade, had a happy ending. He didn't let death end his love. He knew he would be reunited with his loved ones in StarClan. Yellowfang has nothing. I closed Yellowfang's Secret with a heavy heart and a feeling of no closure. And closure is very important to me.
Nonetheless, this was a excellent, if not depressing, book.
It was depressing.
Yellowfang lost everything.
In the beginning, I was so in love with the book.
I love Raggedpelt, and I loved the relationship he had with Yellowfang. I knew it was going to end, and I knew their history, but I never knew how devastating it truly was.
First off, Raggedpelt/star was confusing. He had mood swings. He could be so devastatingly sweet and charming and gentle and enigmatic, a mixture of beauty and pain, or he could be mean and cruel, unpredictable and volatile. It was just mind-boggling.
And then there was Yellowfang. Reading about her not being grumpy let me understand why she became grumpy, considering all she'd been through. But it was still weird seeing her so young and active and cheerful (most of the time).
Somewhere around the time Yellowfang became a medicine cat, I wanted to give up on the book. I knew I'd be disappointed if I did, but even when I finished the book, I was disappointed.
I hate Raggedstar for being so blind, so proud. I hated him for not seeing what he was doing wrong, for asking for Yellowfang's help when it was already too late, already done. I hated him for electing Brokentail as deputy, knowing either way, Raggedpelt would die by the work of his son, but he could at least have left not leaving such an evil cat as leader. I know I can't pin all the blame on him, but I'm so angry.
And Yellowfang. She heard the prophecy. Cruel as it sounds, she should have killed Brokentail the moment he was born and she saw that twisted look of hatred and rage on his face. He's a beast. There was even an omen--both of his sisters died and only he survived, just a sign of the death and destruction he was to bring. He should have never been born.
I'm sorry that Yellowfang and Raggedpelt couldn't be together, ultimately, though.
I cried when Raggedstar died--I knew it was all Brokentail's fault and I dreaded what was to come.
And doesn't anyone else find it disturbing how utterly alone Yellowfang was at the end, with no Raggedpelt in StarClan to greet her at the Moonstone, with no solid foundation for a future?
Even Crookedstar, with everyone he loved dead, killed by Mapleshade, had a happy ending. He didn't let death end his love. He knew he would be reunited with his loved ones in StarClan. Yellowfang has nothing. I closed Yellowfang's Secret with a heavy heart and a feeling of no closure. And closure is very important to me.
Nonetheless, this was a excellent, if not depressing, book.
January 3, 2017
Yellowfang how strong you are... and how much you have suffered
August 5, 2020
Read this book twice and (for some reason) enjoyed it more the second time around. Second time's the charm, I guess.
This is the only book (I believe) in the Warriors saga that takes place in Shadowclan, and it was exciting to see things from their perspective. I never really liked Shadowclan, but after this book I came to respect and even like them. Per usual, there is a lot of action and never a dull moment, which is good. And I do like Yellowfang. I feel sorry for her, she went through so much pain but stayed strong for her clan. Kind of like Bluestar. It was also a bit interesting watching Brokentail grow up from an innocent kit to a bloodthirsty, evil warrior.
There's a few things I didn't like however. Firstly, Yellowfang's character is a bit inconsistent, and I feel like her personality made a total 180 in the last chapter of the book. The Yellowfang in most of this book is sort of different from the Yellowfang we know from the original books. But hey, I liked both :)
Another thing I didn't like is that I lost some (if not all) of my respect for Raggedstar. He used to be one of my favorite leaders, but in this book he acts hot and cold with Yellowfang, sometimes really nice, other times being angry or ignoring her. Frankly I thought it was toxic at best and downright abusive at worst. Raggedstar was also foolishly blind when it came to his son Brokentail, and he didn't see how evil Brokentail was until it was too late. In the original series, it's stated that Raggedstar was a noble leader and brave, and I respected him for it, but in Yellowfang's Secret he does not act like that at all. And you know what? I'm really upset about that. I was completely disillusioned.
But besides that, Yellowfang's Secret was a good book. Some Warriors books I absolutely loved, and others I didn't like at all. Yellowfang's Secret falls somewhere in the middle.
This is the only book (I believe) in the Warriors saga that takes place in Shadowclan, and it was exciting to see things from their perspective. I never really liked Shadowclan, but after this book I came to respect and even like them. Per usual, there is a lot of action and never a dull moment, which is good. And I do like Yellowfang. I feel sorry for her, she went through so much pain but stayed strong for her clan. Kind of like Bluestar. It was also a bit interesting watching Brokentail grow up from an innocent kit to a bloodthirsty, evil warrior.
There's a few things I didn't like however. Firstly, Yellowfang's character is a bit inconsistent, and I feel like her personality made a total 180 in the last chapter of the book. The Yellowfang in most of this book is sort of different from the Yellowfang we know from the original books. But hey, I liked both :)
Another thing I didn't like is that I lost some (if not all) of my respect for Raggedstar. He used to be one of my favorite leaders, but in this book he acts hot and cold with Yellowfang, sometimes really nice, other times being angry or ignoring her. Frankly I thought it was toxic at best and downright abusive at worst. Raggedstar was also foolishly blind when it came to his son Brokentail, and he didn't see how evil Brokentail was until it was too late. In the original series, it's stated that Raggedstar was a noble leader and brave, and I respected him for it, but in Yellowfang's Secret he does not act like that at all. And you know what? I'm really upset about that. I was completely disillusioned.
But besides that, Yellowfang's Secret was a good book. Some Warriors books I absolutely loved, and others I didn't like at all. Yellowfang's Secret falls somewhere in the middle.
September 12, 2022
Dit was eens iets anders, in dit boek kunnen we een kijkje nemen in het leven bij de Schaduwclan.
Het boek vertelt het verhaal van Geeltand. We volgen haar vanaf dat ze een kitten is, leerling wordt, en daarna krijger. Maar dat blijft ze niet lang, want ze heeft een roeping, waaraan ze moet gehoorzamen. Ze is voorbestemd om Medicijnkat te worden. Ze heeft het daar moeilijk mee in het begin, want Rafelpels en zij hebben een relatie--zij het nog in het geheim. En een medicijnkat mag geen partner en geen kittens hebben...
Kort nadat Geeltand medicijnkat geworden is, gebeurt er echter iets aangrijpends in haar leven. Ze weet haar geheim echter verborgen te houden voor de Clan.
De Schaduwclan staat echter een moeilijke tijd te wachten. Er is weinig prooi, er wonen gevaarlijke ratten dichtbij, enkele katten zijn al ouder aan het worden...Geeltand zorgt voor haar clan zo goed ze kan. Maar de leider sterft, en Rafelpels wordt de nieuwe leider. Iedereen had verwacht dat Brokkelstaart, zijn zoon, de volgende commandant zou worden, maar Rafelster kiest Wolkstaart als zijn commandant. Brokkelstaart is erg teleurgesteld, hij vraagt zijn vader zelfs om verantwoording. Die zegt hem, dat als Wolkstaart iets zou overkomen, Brokkelstaart commandant mag worden.
Niet lang daarna sterft Wolkstaart...en Brokkelstaart wordt commandant. Als mentor al liet hij zijn leerlingen bijzonder woest trainen, als commandant wordt hij nog vechtlustiger.
Dan verliest Rafelster al zijn levens in een bijzonder wild gevecht met de Windclan. Nu wordt Brokkelstaart--Brokkelster--Clanleider.
Meteen al roept hij alle katten op om te vechten, zelfs zodanig dat de jacht verwaarloosd wordt, hij gaat uiteindelijk zelfs zo ver dat jonge kittens moeten vechten, en dat de 'nutteloze' oudsten uit het kamp verdreven worden. Geeltand komt in opspraak, niet voor de eerste keer, en als er twee kittens dood gevonden worden, beschuldigt Brokkelster haar ervan deze kittens gedood te hebben. Geeltand wordt uit het Schaduwclanterritorium verbannen, en na een tijdje ontmoet ze een rode leerling van de Donderclan.....het vervolg is te lezen in de boeken over de Donderclan.
Dit was echt een aangrijpend verhaal. Ik had dikwijls medelijden met Geeltand, en was verontwaardigd over het gedrag van Brokkelster. En als de auteur er in slaagt om de lezer zo te laten meeleven, kan het alleen maar een goed boek genoemd worden!
Het boek vertelt het verhaal van Geeltand. We volgen haar vanaf dat ze een kitten is, leerling wordt, en daarna krijger. Maar dat blijft ze niet lang, want ze heeft een roeping, waaraan ze moet gehoorzamen. Ze is voorbestemd om Medicijnkat te worden. Ze heeft het daar moeilijk mee in het begin, want Rafelpels en zij hebben een relatie--zij het nog in het geheim. En een medicijnkat mag geen partner en geen kittens hebben...
Kort nadat Geeltand medicijnkat geworden is, gebeurt er echter iets aangrijpends in haar leven. Ze weet haar geheim echter verborgen te houden voor de Clan.
De Schaduwclan staat echter een moeilijke tijd te wachten. Er is weinig prooi, er wonen gevaarlijke ratten dichtbij, enkele katten zijn al ouder aan het worden...Geeltand zorgt voor haar clan zo goed ze kan. Maar de leider sterft, en Rafelpels wordt de nieuwe leider. Iedereen had verwacht dat Brokkelstaart, zijn zoon, de volgende commandant zou worden, maar Rafelster kiest Wolkstaart als zijn commandant. Brokkelstaart is erg teleurgesteld, hij vraagt zijn vader zelfs om verantwoording. Die zegt hem, dat als Wolkstaart iets zou overkomen, Brokkelstaart commandant mag worden.
Niet lang daarna sterft Wolkstaart...en Brokkelstaart wordt commandant. Als mentor al liet hij zijn leerlingen bijzonder woest trainen, als commandant wordt hij nog vechtlustiger.
Dan verliest Rafelster al zijn levens in een bijzonder wild gevecht met de Windclan. Nu wordt Brokkelstaart--Brokkelster--Clanleider.
Meteen al roept hij alle katten op om te vechten, zelfs zodanig dat de jacht verwaarloosd wordt, hij gaat uiteindelijk zelfs zo ver dat jonge kittens moeten vechten, en dat de 'nutteloze' oudsten uit het kamp verdreven worden. Geeltand komt in opspraak, niet voor de eerste keer, en als er twee kittens dood gevonden worden, beschuldigt Brokkelster haar ervan deze kittens gedood te hebben. Geeltand wordt uit het Schaduwclanterritorium verbannen, en na een tijdje ontmoet ze een rode leerling van de Donderclan.....het vervolg is te lezen in de boeken over de Donderclan.
Dit was echt een aangrijpend verhaal. Ik had dikwijls medelijden met Geeltand, en was verontwaardigd over het gedrag van Brokkelster. En als de auteur er in slaagt om de lezer zo te laten meeleven, kan het alleen maar een goed boek genoemd worden!
May 18, 2013
I'm a longtime fan of Warriors. I am 15, and I started reading these when I was 10. The people who introduced me to these dont read them anymore, but I still continue to love them.
When I read all the books, I had never liked ShadowClan. I always went from loving ThunderClan to WindClan to RiverClan, but never ShadowClan. I always saw them as evil, as Brokenstar and Tigerstar lead them, and I didn't really ever like Blackstar. I think it was past due that ShadowClan got a book about them.
I love these super editions that give us more information on the backstory of a cat, and Yellowfang had a very interesting story to tell. If you've read Warriors, I would strongly suggest reading this book. It is very good and gives you not only Yellowfangs history, but about ShadowClan when Brokenstar had taken over.
When I read all the books, I had never liked ShadowClan. I always went from loving ThunderClan to WindClan to RiverClan, but never ShadowClan. I always saw them as evil, as Brokenstar and Tigerstar lead them, and I didn't really ever like Blackstar. I think it was past due that ShadowClan got a book about them.
I love these super editions that give us more information on the backstory of a cat, and Yellowfang had a very interesting story to tell. If you've read Warriors, I would strongly suggest reading this book. It is very good and gives you not only Yellowfangs history, but about ShadowClan when Brokenstar had taken over.
August 27, 2013
I must say that I'm actually disappointed with this book.
SPOILERS!
I was really looking forward to learning more about ShadowClan and some prominent characters from this period in the Clans. It felt like one event after another with little time for characterization. I mean, I know we alreay knew Yellowfang's story, but I was hoping for a little bit more information or insight and I felt I didn't get it.
I was also hoping to see how Yellowfang and Raggedpelt would react to one another after Brokenstar revealed his true self. I wanted to know if they made up or if they at least forgave one another.
Finally there were a quite a few mistakes, but given the number of characters and timelines its bound to happen. I suppose if one is working on a scale like this then you would pretty much need to go all J.K. Rowling (really detailed notes, charts, timelines, tables, etc.) on this.
Overall, I felt that this book could have been a lot better than it turned out.
EDIT: Upon further discussion of this book with a few other readers (none on here), I would like to add that a couple of characters in this book contributed to my dislike of it.
Sagewhisker is probably the first medicine cat that I actually dislike. Once she learns of Yellowfang's powers she spends the rest of the time berating her to give up the life she wants in order to become a medicine cat, and once Yellowfang does give in the first thing she does is teach her how to ignore them. If Sagewhisker could teach Yellowfang to ignore her powers then why didn't she do that from the start so Yellowfang could be a warrior like she wanted or at least try? To be honest, the whole 'Yellowfang-is-an-empath' just seemed like a lame excuse to get her to become a medicine cat.
Raggedstar.... good StarClan Raggedstar. In the other warrior books you hear that Raggedstar is actually a decent leader for ShadowClan and there doesn't seem to be any cats that disliked him. I have no idea how that is possible because he nothing more than a manipulative, abusive jerk. Seriously. This wouldn't bother me so much if someone, particularly Yellowfang, would truly call him out on what a horrible cat he really is but of course no one ever does.
SPOILERS!
I was really looking forward to learning more about ShadowClan and some prominent characters from this period in the Clans. It felt like one event after another with little time for characterization. I mean, I know we alreay knew Yellowfang's story, but I was hoping for a little bit more information or insight and I felt I didn't get it.
I was also hoping to see how Yellowfang and Raggedpelt would react to one another after Brokenstar revealed his true self. I wanted to know if they made up or if they at least forgave one another.
Finally there were a quite a few mistakes, but given the number of characters and timelines its bound to happen. I suppose if one is working on a scale like this then you would pretty much need to go all J.K. Rowling (really detailed notes, charts, timelines, tables, etc.) on this.
Overall, I felt that this book could have been a lot better than it turned out.
EDIT: Upon further discussion of this book with a few other readers (none on here), I would like to add that a couple of characters in this book contributed to my dislike of it.
Sagewhisker is probably the first medicine cat that I actually dislike. Once she learns of Yellowfang's powers she spends the rest of the time berating her to give up the life she wants in order to become a medicine cat, and once Yellowfang does give in the first thing she does is teach her how to ignore them. If Sagewhisker could teach Yellowfang to ignore her powers then why didn't she do that from the start so Yellowfang could be a warrior like she wanted or at least try? To be honest, the whole 'Yellowfang-is-an-empath' just seemed like a lame excuse to get her to become a medicine cat.
Raggedstar.... good StarClan Raggedstar. In the other warrior books you hear that Raggedstar is actually a decent leader for ShadowClan and there doesn't seem to be any cats that disliked him. I have no idea how that is possible because he nothing more than a manipulative, abusive jerk. Seriously. This wouldn't bother me so much if someone, particularly Yellowfang, would truly call him out on what a horrible cat he really is but of course no one ever does.
June 21, 2022
Ilość rzeczy która się zdarzyła podczas tego tomu sprawiła że idę płakać pod prysznicem. Czemu nie mogę wejść do książki i pocieszyć tych wszystkich bohaterów?
May 6, 2020
Oh Yellowfang. Poor, sweet Yellowfang.
The story here is beautiful and sad and heartbreaking. Yellowfang's love for Shadowclan's marshes and pine forests, her desire to be a warrior, to love her Clan is clear.
I had a couple of problems with the story and the way it is written. First off, Raggedpelt is a huge dick and Yellowfang deserved better. It felt really contrived. Second, the first half flows really well and the timeline is very clear, but towards the end there's a lot of time skips that aren't very obvious. Eg. on one page suddenly Yellowfang's sister Rowanberry has two kits, Cinderkit and Stumpykit (I believe), then two pages later those kits are warriors. There's no mention of Deerleap dying, she's just never mentioned again.
I loved making connections between this book and the first series. For example when Red is introduced and gets the name Russetpaw. It took me ages to make the connection to Russetfur, Nightstar's deputy!
The end is a bit ambiguous in that it ends (spoiler-ish) with Yellowfang joining Thunderclan. I swear in Into the Wild there's maybe ten cats in Shadowclan, but at the end of Yellowfang's Secret there's hordes of them. What happens to Yellowfang's parents - Brightflower and Brackenfoot - who are alive at the end but I don't remember them appearing in the first series. Maybe I'm due for a re-read!
Overall I loved slipping back into the original world. It felt like being ten and slipping Into The Wild from the library bookshelf.
The story here is beautiful and sad and heartbreaking. Yellowfang's love for Shadowclan's marshes and pine forests, her desire to be a warrior, to love her Clan is clear.
I had a couple of problems with the story and the way it is written. First off, Raggedpelt is a huge dick and Yellowfang deserved better. It felt really contrived. Second, the first half flows really well and the timeline is very clear, but towards the end there's a lot of time skips that aren't very obvious. Eg. on one page suddenly Yellowfang's sister Rowanberry has two kits, Cinderkit and Stumpykit (I believe), then two pages later those kits are warriors. There's no mention of Deerleap dying, she's just never mentioned again.
I loved making connections between this book and the first series. For example when Red is introduced and gets the name Russetpaw. It took me ages to make the connection to Russetfur, Nightstar's deputy!
The end is a bit ambiguous in that it ends (spoiler-ish) with Yellowfang joining Thunderclan. I swear in Into the Wild there's maybe ten cats in Shadowclan, but at the end of Yellowfang's Secret there's hordes of them. What happens to Yellowfang's parents - Brightflower and Brackenfoot - who are alive at the end but I don't remember them appearing in the first series. Maybe I'm due for a re-read!
Overall I loved slipping back into the original world. It felt like being ten and slipping Into The Wild from the library bookshelf.
April 23, 2017
I am enjoying these latterly-written prequels very much - they round out the world of the cats by taking us to all the other clans and making bit parts the centre stage.
May 26, 2025
3.5 rounded up
yellowfang never really found happiness until coming to thunderclan 😢
yellowfang never really found happiness until coming to thunderclan 😢
July 26, 2023
I'm giving this book 4 stars, but my brain can't decide how much I liked it. The first 200 pages felt so lackluster, I don't know which Erin wrote this book but there was no reason for every chapter to end with the line "Im going to be the best warrior!". I understand that they were trying to set up the rest of the story and her hard decision between medicine cat and warrior. Still, they were really really REALLY trying to beat you over the head with that "foreshadowing". The next 300 pages went so much better that I was speeding through the book.
Her relationship with Radggedstar was exhausting and overly complicated, and Foxheart (btw, what kind of name is that? Literally used as an insult in TC in the earlier arcs) was a shallow and badly written character with no complexity and just meant to be a 2-dimensional villain for Yellowfang's relationship. The scene where she has her kittens is heartbreaking and her having to give up Brokenkit shattered my heart, as well as Brokenkit being bullied and ostracized for his childhood. Honestly, F StarClan for cursing Yellowfang and her kits for something that happened generations before she was even born (banishing Skyclan), it feels like a weak plot point to explain why BrokenStar was so evil.
I love Yellowfang and her complex character, and it comes through in this story really well, and the end scene where she meets Firepaw is so cute. I wish the book would've expanded on her time in Thunderclan, but it was nice to see a book set in Shadowclan for its entirety.
Overall, a great super edition setting up the first arc, but Bluestar's prophecy and Tallstar's revenge are still top-tier in this category. 4 stars easy.
Her relationship with Radggedstar was exhausting and overly complicated, and Foxheart (btw, what kind of name is that? Literally used as an insult in TC in the earlier arcs) was a shallow and badly written character with no complexity and just meant to be a 2-dimensional villain for Yellowfang's relationship. The scene where she has her kittens is heartbreaking and her having to give up Brokenkit shattered my heart, as well as Brokenkit being bullied and ostracized for his childhood. Honestly, F StarClan for cursing Yellowfang and her kits for something that happened generations before she was even born (banishing Skyclan), it feels like a weak plot point to explain why BrokenStar was so evil.
I love Yellowfang and her complex character, and it comes through in this story really well, and the end scene where she meets Firepaw is so cute. I wish the book would've expanded on her time in Thunderclan, but it was nice to see a book set in Shadowclan for its entirety.
Overall, a great super edition setting up the first arc, but Bluestar's prophecy and Tallstar's revenge are still top-tier in this category. 4 stars easy.
December 20, 2012
In this book there is a she-cat named Yellowkit (when she is a kit(ten)). She later graduates to an apprentice and is known as Yellowpaw, and finally she becomes a warrior, and is named Yellowfang. As she goes through moons (months) in her clan, she starts to notice that something is wrong. Whenever there is a battle or another cat is hurt, she seems to feel other cats pain. Her clan's (ShadowClan) medicine cat, Sagewhisker tells her that her destiny is to become a medicine cat even though Yellowfang desperately wants to stay a warrior. Later on she agrees to take on the role of medicine cat and goes on with the struggles of this new life. This book made me feel empathetic toward Yellowfang because StarClan (the Clans' ancestors) have pretty much forced her to follow another path of life that she doesn't want. And by being a medicine cat, the medicine cat code says that she cannot have a mate, even though she already has one when she becomes ShadowClan's medicine cat. Raggedpelt is devastated that she has left her and feels angry at her that she chose to do so. The problems that Yellowfang had to face are the reason I chose to write this response. When Yellowfang says "But it was my mistake and I had to live with it." It made me wonder how she could live with herself knowing StarClan was going to punish her right until the very end. The book made me want to read on because I kept having mixed emotions about every new thing that came up while I was reading the book.
March 7, 2024
Jestem usatysfakcjonowana, ze w końcu Błękitna Gwiazda (SPOILER) dowiedziała się o zdradzie Tygrysiego Pazura, co nie zmienia faktu, że bardzo mnie wkurzała, np. T. Pazur próbuje jakieś 828882298 razy zabić Ogniste Serce a ona tego nie widzi WTF? XD No i ten koniec mnie rozwalił. Ludzieee... 3 tom a on już zastępcą przywódczyni? Nie żeby mu się nie należało ale ledwo został uczniem XD.
August 21, 2020
Those who read the first arc of ‘Warriors’ know the story of Yellowfang: warrior, medicine cat, mother, outcast. She certainly had a remarkable life and deserved her own book. But had this book done Yellowfang’s story justice? My answer would be both yes and no, because ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’ has many merits and just as many demerits.
I’ll start by saying that there are a lot of inconsistencies with the other ‘Warriors’ books. A lot. It’s understandable that with four story arcs, over 20 books and five generations of characters certain contradictions are inevitable, but in ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’ there are way too many of them and they are too outlandish. Some of them were explained, such as Nightpelt becoming an elder early due to his illness and thus making it possible for him to be brothers with strong and young Clawface, but there are so much more, like Mudfur starting his training as a medicine cat as an apprentice while in ‘Crookedstar's Promise’ he had already been a warrior or Cinderfur being Clawface’s son while he clearly was an elder in the first arc while Clawface was a young warrior. Moreover, Clawface and Cinderfur’s personalities are reversed: out of a sudden, Clawface, Brokenstar’s assistant and murderer, is portrayed as level-headed and calm, and Cinderfur, who later lead a rebellion against Brokenstar, becomes the first to follow him around. And why Dawncloud is one of the youngest cats in the Clan while it was said in ‘Into the Wild’ that she was one of the oldest? What annoys me the most was how Boulder’s whole backstory and personality were changed. It’s as if Boulder from this book and Boulder from the first arc are two different cats:
The secondary characters weren’t exactly too bad, but they were noticeably less developed. It’s a bit inevitable with Super Editions that bring in entirely new casts, but I felt that ‘Bluestar's Prophecy’ and ‘Crookedstar’s Promise’ coped with this task just fine. Both Yellowfang and Raggedpelt have siblings, but they are so minor that we barely know them. Featherstorm, Nettlespot and Hollyflower were good, but it’s not until the second part of the book when more characters like Nightpelt, Cloudpelt, Fernshade, Flintfang and the others become prominent. For example, the relationship between Yellowfang and Runningnose never failed to cheer me up, just as Cloudpelt’s friendship with her, and Nightpelt became one of my favourites: because of his illness, he has to work twice as hard as the others to keep up with the rest of the Clan, but he doesn’t give up, and he isn’t wallowing in self-pity. I think that deserves real respect. To return to ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’, many of the ShadowClan cats remain just names with no personality behind – Blizzardwing, Wolfstep, Frogtail, Flinchflight. And it annoys me how one-dimensional Foxheart, Yellowfang’s rival, is. She is mean and jealous for no reason as if the author just wanted to make her look bad, and she has no depth and no trace of complex personality of Dustpelt, Sharpclaw or even Thistleclaw who all were somewhat of antagonists but still interesting characters on their own. Foxheart, on the other hand, has no traits save for her meanness.
But what makes me really angry is the supernatural element added to justify Yellowfang’s transition to the medicine cat. I love the development that leads the heroes from the life of the warrior to the path of the medicine cat, but in this case it wasn’t Yellowfang’s own decision, but her ‘destiny’ that was chosen for her by StarClan. And the most curious thing, Yellowfang’s transition from warrior to medicine cat was actually very well done, from Yellowfang starting helping Sagewhisker out because she can’t bear seeing her Clanmates suffering to her becoming reluctant to fight because she knows too much of injuries to willingly inflict them. However, she doesn’t need to have supernatural gift to wish helping others or abhor violence, and it could’ve been handled excellently and even would’ve given Yellowfang more depth without entangling her in it. It was clear from early on that Yellowfang certainly had a talent for healing, and it was interesting to see how she put her skill and her new ideas into work, improving the medicine cat art. The whole-hearted devotion with which she treated her Clanmates and refused to give up on them made a powerful story, especially when she chose to follow the path of medicine cat despite her previous doubts.
The story itself dragged for a long while at first, but it still provided such fine bonuses as exploring the relationship between Clan cats and cats from Twolegplace like kittypets and rogues and presenting a never before seen rivalry between ShadowClan and WindClan, expanding our knowledge of the forest Clans. In the end, it’s Yellowfang’s story itself that makes the book stand out. Yellowfang’s life wasn’t easy, and she and her Clanmates suffered a lot, but however dark the story was, I enjoyed it greatly despite of it – or maybe because of it. In a way, I liked that sense that retrospect knowledge of the heroes’ fate gave me, the awareness that Yellowfang’s happy childhood and apprenticeship would not last, that Raggedpelt’s actions would backfire horribly, the sad truth that however dark the events seemed to be, the worst was still ahead. ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’ is that type of book where you know from the very beginning that you would sob all throughout the story, and love it nonetheless.
That being said, I was surprised to realize that I actually like relationship between Yellowfang and Raggedpelt. It’s pretty dysfunctional – but considering how tragic Yellowfang’s life is, you don’t expect love on the first sight like with Bluestar and Oakheart or a sweet, cuddly romance like with Crookedstar and Willowbreeze. Raggedpelt is a judgmental jerk, he can be cold to those who care about him, he snaps a lot, but Yellowfang isn’t all over her head about him and she isn’t going to tolerate his behavior just because she likes him, though she isn’t ashamed of admitting she is proud of him and wants to be with him. And this is how the noble even if secretive and harsh-hearted Clan turned into a gang of murderers who still believed they were in the right. It’s no wonder that Yellowfang’s heart was completely broken, her resentment and hopelessness growing as she was forced to watch her son destroy everything she ever loved and was helpless to stop any of it.
And yet… As the last spoonful of tar in the barrel of honey, I have the feeling that the ending was rather rushed. Of course, the brunt of the disasters befalling ShadowClan only happen after Brokenstar takes over, but I think that this section of the book should have been longer and more detailed. Otherwise it seems as if the authors realized how many events they still have to fit in the story and crammed in all in the last quarter of the book. I admit that the book would’ve become way too dark otherwise, and it is already dark, but it seems like such a missed potential for deeper drama.
I’ll start by saying that there are a lot of inconsistencies with the other ‘Warriors’ books. A lot. It’s understandable that with four story arcs, over 20 books and five generations of characters certain contradictions are inevitable, but in ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’ there are way too many of them and they are too outlandish. Some of them were explained, such as Nightpelt becoming an elder early due to his illness and thus making it possible for him to be brothers with strong and young Clawface, but there are so much more, like Mudfur starting his training as a medicine cat as an apprentice while in ‘Crookedstar's Promise’ he had already been a warrior or Cinderfur being Clawface’s son while he clearly was an elder in the first arc while Clawface was a young warrior. Moreover, Clawface and Cinderfur’s personalities are reversed: out of a sudden, Clawface, Brokenstar’s assistant and murderer, is portrayed as level-headed and calm, and Cinderfur, who later lead a rebellion against Brokenstar, becomes the first to follow him around. And why Dawncloud is one of the youngest cats in the Clan while it was said in ‘Into the Wild’ that she was one of the oldest? What annoys me the most was how Boulder’s whole backstory and personality were changed. It’s as if Boulder from this book and Boulder from the first arc are two different cats:
The secondary characters weren’t exactly too bad, but they were noticeably less developed. It’s a bit inevitable with Super Editions that bring in entirely new casts, but I felt that ‘Bluestar's Prophecy’ and ‘Crookedstar’s Promise’ coped with this task just fine. Both Yellowfang and Raggedpelt have siblings, but they are so minor that we barely know them. Featherstorm, Nettlespot and Hollyflower were good, but it’s not until the second part of the book when more characters like Nightpelt, Cloudpelt, Fernshade, Flintfang and the others become prominent. For example, the relationship between Yellowfang and Runningnose never failed to cheer me up, just as Cloudpelt’s friendship with her, and Nightpelt became one of my favourites: because of his illness, he has to work twice as hard as the others to keep up with the rest of the Clan, but he doesn’t give up, and he isn’t wallowing in self-pity. I think that deserves real respect. To return to ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’, many of the ShadowClan cats remain just names with no personality behind – Blizzardwing, Wolfstep, Frogtail, Flinchflight. And it annoys me how one-dimensional Foxheart, Yellowfang’s rival, is. She is mean and jealous for no reason as if the author just wanted to make her look bad, and she has no depth and no trace of complex personality of Dustpelt, Sharpclaw or even Thistleclaw who all were somewhat of antagonists but still interesting characters on their own. Foxheart, on the other hand, has no traits save for her meanness.
But what makes me really angry is the supernatural element added to justify Yellowfang’s transition to the medicine cat. I love the development that leads the heroes from the life of the warrior to the path of the medicine cat, but in this case it wasn’t Yellowfang’s own decision, but her ‘destiny’ that was chosen for her by StarClan. And the most curious thing, Yellowfang’s transition from warrior to medicine cat was actually very well done, from Yellowfang starting helping Sagewhisker out because she can’t bear seeing her Clanmates suffering to her becoming reluctant to fight because she knows too much of injuries to willingly inflict them. However, she doesn’t need to have supernatural gift to wish helping others or abhor violence, and it could’ve been handled excellently and even would’ve given Yellowfang more depth without entangling her in it. It was clear from early on that Yellowfang certainly had a talent for healing, and it was interesting to see how she put her skill and her new ideas into work, improving the medicine cat art. The whole-hearted devotion with which she treated her Clanmates and refused to give up on them made a powerful story, especially when she chose to follow the path of medicine cat despite her previous doubts.
The story itself dragged for a long while at first, but it still provided such fine bonuses as exploring the relationship between Clan cats and cats from Twolegplace like kittypets and rogues and presenting a never before seen rivalry between ShadowClan and WindClan, expanding our knowledge of the forest Clans. In the end, it’s Yellowfang’s story itself that makes the book stand out. Yellowfang’s life wasn’t easy, and she and her Clanmates suffered a lot, but however dark the story was, I enjoyed it greatly despite of it – or maybe because of it. In a way, I liked that sense that retrospect knowledge of the heroes’ fate gave me, the awareness that Yellowfang’s happy childhood and apprenticeship would not last, that Raggedpelt’s actions would backfire horribly, the sad truth that however dark the events seemed to be, the worst was still ahead. ‘Yellowfang’s Secret’ is that type of book where you know from the very beginning that you would sob all throughout the story, and love it nonetheless.
That being said, I was surprised to realize that I actually like relationship between Yellowfang and Raggedpelt. It’s pretty dysfunctional – but considering how tragic Yellowfang’s life is, you don’t expect love on the first sight like with Bluestar and Oakheart or a sweet, cuddly romance like with Crookedstar and Willowbreeze. Raggedpelt is a judgmental jerk, he can be cold to those who care about him, he snaps a lot, but Yellowfang isn’t all over her head about him and she isn’t going to tolerate his behavior just because she likes him, though she isn’t ashamed of admitting she is proud of him and wants to be with him. And this is how the noble even if secretive and harsh-hearted Clan turned into a gang of murderers who still believed they were in the right. It’s no wonder that Yellowfang’s heart was completely broken, her resentment and hopelessness growing as she was forced to watch her son destroy everything she ever loved and was helpless to stop any of it.
And yet… As the last spoonful of tar in the barrel of honey, I have the feeling that the ending was rather rushed. Of course, the brunt of the disasters befalling ShadowClan only happen after Brokenstar takes over, but I think that this section of the book should have been longer and more detailed. Otherwise it seems as if the authors realized how many events they still have to fit in the story and crammed in all in the last quarter of the book. I admit that the book would’ve become way too dark otherwise, and it is already dark, but it seems like such a missed potential for deeper drama.
November 24, 2020
This book really was amazing, it had love, sorrow, death and betrayal. This truly is an amazing series and, it is now, one of my favorites, third to Crookedstar's Promise and Shattered Sky. Although the story started off pretty slow, and honestly stayed that way throughout the majority of the book, I still loved it. I really like Yellowfang and I was really happy to see her side of the story, this book is wonderful.
February 28, 2013
Personally, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Warriors! I even have a club 4 it with a bunch of people. This book took my breath away with the shadowclan cats. I am used 2 books with Thunderclan, but I got the chance 2 C what shadowclan was all about and there secrets. I totally recomendend this book 2 any young reader. But I loved the book SOOO much that I never wanted it 2 end, even though it was a super edition. I LOVE WARRIORS! All of there books, but I think so far, this is one of there best.
This book was about yellowfang from a kit, to a apprentice, to a warrior, and was destined to be a medicene cat. Which also meant she couldnt have Raggedstar to be her mate, which makes rivals between the two. When Yellowfang births as a medicene cat apprentice, she cannot have any other cat know they are hers. When the evil son, Brokenstar takes his role as leader, he makes all the wrong desisions. Many kits die because they start training too early, he beileves the elders serve no use, so they stayed outside the camp. Also, he thought Yellowfang killed 3 kits, which she didnt. She was vanished from the clan and then went on Thunderclan territory, which is a HUGE risk.... the story would continue in the first book called Warriors: Into the wild.
This book was about yellowfang from a kit, to a apprentice, to a warrior, and was destined to be a medicene cat. Which also meant she couldnt have Raggedstar to be her mate, which makes rivals between the two. When Yellowfang births as a medicene cat apprentice, she cannot have any other cat know they are hers. When the evil son, Brokenstar takes his role as leader, he makes all the wrong desisions. Many kits die because they start training too early, he beileves the elders serve no use, so they stayed outside the camp. Also, he thought Yellowfang killed 3 kits, which she didnt. She was vanished from the clan and then went on Thunderclan territory, which is a HUGE risk.... the story would continue in the first book called Warriors: Into the wild.
July 8, 2025
Strap in, y'all, this one definitely doesn't pass the Bechdel Test.
August 5, 2020
First off, I just wanted to say: this book is probably the most tragic of all of the Warriors books. It was a pretty emotional novel, which shows just how tragic, crazy, and unfortunate Yellowfang's days in ShadowClan really were! Yes, there were many sad parts scattered across this book. As many of the Warriors books show physical journeys and conquests take place, this novel shows a psychological journey that Yellowfang needed to take. Everything that happened and took place in this book all had a big impact on her character we know today. I really liked Yellowfang's character in the first arc of the series, so it was awesome to read about her past life in ShadowClan that we didn't get to know about before.
Without getting into spoilers, the first thing I wanted to point out is how big of a heart Yellowfang has. You see this with her relationship with her mentor, Sagewhisker, as well as her compassion towards her apprentice, Runningwind. The mentor-to-apprentice bonds displayed between the trio of ShadowClan medicine cats in this book were heartwarming to read. Yellowfang went through some extremely tragic events during her early life. She represents how one can be strong and courageous- which is displayed through her actions in the first arc. It's hard to recall any cat in this series that has gone through as much pain and betrayal that she has- and I truly believe that those events helped shape her character into the loving, passionate, and witty ThunderClan medicine cat we all have come to love in the original series. That leads me to my second point: these Super Editions connect near-perfectly with the main series; this one especially. It takes place RIGHT before 'Into the Wild' begins. The connections between this book and the series were definitely there and were represented by the character's actions and the storylines. It was awesome to see the backgrounds of so many cats in ShadowClan that we hadn't really gotten a chance to read/learn about before. You also see Brokenstar's often-mentioned cruel reign as the leader of ShadowClan. This book shows just how evil he was as a leader. He was too ambitious for his own good and nothing was going to get in his way of achieving dominance in the battlefield. No leader should be that evil- he was actually worse than I had originally thought after reading the original series. We now know and understand WHY Yellowfang had to kill him at the end of 'Forest of Secrets.' The manga at the end was very well-written too and necessary. SPOILER: the manga shows Yellowfang come full circle and accept the love of StarClan once again after she somewhat lost hope due to Brokenstar. She is very happy and proud of Cinderpelt becoming the medicine cat of ThunderClan.
If you have read the first six Warriors books in the series (The Prophecies Begin), you will LOVE this book!
Without getting into spoilers, the first thing I wanted to point out is how big of a heart Yellowfang has. You see this with her relationship with her mentor, Sagewhisker, as well as her compassion towards her apprentice, Runningwind. The mentor-to-apprentice bonds displayed between the trio of ShadowClan medicine cats in this book were heartwarming to read. Yellowfang went through some extremely tragic events during her early life. She represents how one can be strong and courageous- which is displayed through her actions in the first arc. It's hard to recall any cat in this series that has gone through as much pain and betrayal that she has- and I truly believe that those events helped shape her character into the loving, passionate, and witty ThunderClan medicine cat we all have come to love in the original series. That leads me to my second point: these Super Editions connect near-perfectly with the main series; this one especially. It takes place RIGHT before 'Into the Wild' begins. The connections between this book and the series were definitely there and were represented by the character's actions and the storylines. It was awesome to see the backgrounds of so many cats in ShadowClan that we hadn't really gotten a chance to read/learn about before. You also see Brokenstar's often-mentioned cruel reign as the leader of ShadowClan. This book shows just how evil he was as a leader. He was too ambitious for his own good and nothing was going to get in his way of achieving dominance in the battlefield. No leader should be that evil- he was actually worse than I had originally thought after reading the original series. We now know and understand WHY Yellowfang had to kill him at the end of 'Forest of Secrets.' The manga at the end was very well-written too and necessary. SPOILER: the manga shows Yellowfang come full circle and accept the love of StarClan once again after she somewhat lost hope due to Brokenstar. She is very happy and proud of Cinderpelt becoming the medicine cat of ThunderClan.
If you have read the first six Warriors books in the series (The Prophecies Begin), you will LOVE this book!
January 4, 2023
In Geeltands Geheim volgen we haar leven tot de verbanning uit de SchaduwClan.
Er was veel aandacht voor familiebanden tussen de katten in deze supereditie, dat vond ik een pluspunt. Er werd vaak gezegd wie vader/moeder/broer/zus was, in andere boeken mis ik dat.
Ik heb het uiteindelijk 4 sterren gegeven omdat ik verwachtte dat Geeltands grootste geheim er ook in zou zitten.. Desalniettemin vond ik het een heel fijn boek, tot een bepaalde kat aan de macht kwam...
Op zich is dit boek los te lezen, maar toch zou ik aanraden het te lezen na een aantal boeken uit serie 1 gelezen te hebben.
Er was veel aandacht voor familiebanden tussen de katten in deze supereditie, dat vond ik een pluspunt. Er werd vaak gezegd wie vader/moeder/broer/zus was, in andere boeken mis ik dat.
Ik heb het uiteindelijk 4 sterren gegeven omdat ik verwachtte dat Geeltands grootste geheim er ook in zou zitten.. Desalniettemin vond ik het een heel fijn boek, tot een bepaalde kat aan de macht kwam...
Op zich is dit boek los te lezen, maar toch zou ik aanraden het te lezen na een aantal boeken uit serie 1 gelezen te hebben.
June 10, 2017
This was fairly good. The reasoning of the cats was quite a bit lacking in quality, but I suppose one must forgive them.
May 21, 2025
A fantastic prequel about how ShadowClan came to be led by Brokenstar in the original Warriors series. There was a very important theme about how Brokenstar convinced his Clan that everyone outside it were their enemies, and it felt very real and important in today’s world. I am not sure if Yellowfang’s relationship with Raggedstar was meant to be toxic, but it most definitely was (and Yellowfang may have claimed in the original series that Raggedstar was a noble cat but she was blinded by infatuation; he is NOT). Whenever Yellowfang didn’t agree with him or didn’t follow what he said, Raggedstar would freeze her out and give her the silent treatment, which is incredibly toxic. He also was convinced that he would change her mind about being a medicine cat and that she would come around to leaving her position for him and got very angry when she chose to be a medicine cat anyone. Very, very unhealthy. I was hoping Yellowfang’s Secret would include the Carrionplace plague Yellowfang mentioned in Rising Storm (when ShadowClan experienced the plague again) since the rats were a big part of this book but eventually realized it wasn’t going to happen, which was a disappointment. I also didn’t think the original first meeting between Firepaw and Yellowfang was very well stitched into this book; it felt very disjointed with the way the original was written. That being said, Into the Wild had a different style than the later books when the series evolved into a better writing style, imo, and Yellowfang’s initial characterization is crazed; she talks about herself in third person. Otherwise, though, this was a fantastic book. Seeing the kits be forced into apprenticeship was even harder when they were from her Clan instead of Firepaw watching from the outside, and when the elders were banished, it hurt so much more since I’d gotten to know them throughout the book. And of course it broke my heart when her mother blamed her for the death of her kits. What an awful but perfect culmination of a tragic story.
Yellowfang had such a difficult life, forced into being a medicine cat because of her powers when all she wanted was to be a warrior, unable to claim her kit as her own, and then having to watch him become a monster that nearly destroyed her Clan. Definitely one of the better super editions.
Yellowfang had such a difficult life, forced into being a medicine cat because of her powers when all she wanted was to be a warrior, unable to claim her kit as her own, and then having to watch him become a monster that nearly destroyed her Clan. Definitely one of the better super editions.
August 14, 2013
I'm surprised that I am the only person who actually hated this book.
I guess that I have the same gripes with this book that I had with Bluestar's Prophecy - it ruined the character. However, many Warriors fans feel the same way as I do: this book was the worst Super Edition to date.
I'm going to list the reasons why I hated this book with a passion:
1.) Yellowfang's power. Oh my freaking god. This annoyed the heck out of me! Yellowfang, a great character from the Original Series who was widely respected for her skills even in other Clans have a freaking power. It's ONLY relevance was to make Yellowfang become a medicine cat. After that, she "learned how to control it" and it was never used and rarely mentioned afterward.
2.) Raggedpelt. Raggedpelt is one of the biggest jackasses in history. He mentally and emotionally abused Yellowfang and blamed her for every single one of his shortcomings. One minute, he seemed to love her, and then the next, he hated her.
3.) Yellowfang. In the Original Series, Yellowfang was a wise-cracking medicine cat who had a cynical, but humorous view of the world. When she was a kit and apprentice, I didn't expect her to behave like this. I figured that, with time, she would develop that personality, but she didn't. She acted like the generic female character the Erins write, particularly Dovewing or Ivypool. Yeah, she was angry, but nothing like her original character. At the end of the book when she came face-to-face with Firepaw, I was laughing had how forced her dialogue was. She was a completely different cat for 99% of the book and then in the final chapter, she suddenly becomes her old self.
I think that it was poorly written, and had bad characters. It lacked that certain, magical quality that the Erins have when they write. I was very surprised that Cherith had written this book - her writing, unlike Kate, focuses more on describing the scenery and creating a beautiful picture, but there was none of that in this book. It was a massive downgrade in writing that it didn't even feel like an Erin Hunter book.
Luckily, Tallstar's Revenge is a thousand times better. I'd say, if you like the Yellowfang from the original series at all, skip this and read Tallstar's Revenge.
I guess that I have the same gripes with this book that I had with Bluestar's Prophecy - it ruined the character. However, many Warriors fans feel the same way as I do: this book was the worst Super Edition to date.
I'm going to list the reasons why I hated this book with a passion:
1.) Yellowfang's power. Oh my freaking god. This annoyed the heck out of me! Yellowfang, a great character from the Original Series who was widely respected for her skills even in other Clans have a freaking power. It's ONLY relevance was to make Yellowfang become a medicine cat. After that, she "learned how to control it" and it was never used and rarely mentioned afterward.
2.) Raggedpelt. Raggedpelt is one of the biggest jackasses in history. He mentally and emotionally abused Yellowfang and blamed her for every single one of his shortcomings. One minute, he seemed to love her, and then the next, he hated her.
3.) Yellowfang. In the Original Series, Yellowfang was a wise-cracking medicine cat who had a cynical, but humorous view of the world. When she was a kit and apprentice, I didn't expect her to behave like this. I figured that, with time, she would develop that personality, but she didn't. She acted like the generic female character the Erins write, particularly Dovewing or Ivypool. Yeah, she was angry, but nothing like her original character. At the end of the book when she came face-to-face with Firepaw, I was laughing had how forced her dialogue was. She was a completely different cat for 99% of the book and then in the final chapter, she suddenly becomes her old self.
I think that it was poorly written, and had bad characters. It lacked that certain, magical quality that the Erins have when they write. I was very surprised that Cherith had written this book - her writing, unlike Kate, focuses more on describing the scenery and creating a beautiful picture, but there was none of that in this book. It was a massive downgrade in writing that it didn't even feel like an Erin Hunter book.
Luckily, Tallstar's Revenge is a thousand times better. I'd say, if you like the Yellowfang from the original series at all, skip this and read Tallstar's Revenge.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 5, 2025
wow 💔 poor poor Yellowfang
November 29, 2012
*The following contains no spoilers.*
"Yellowkit always dreamed of becoming the greatest Warrior in all of Clans, but that was not meant to be: StarClan had picked out her destiny right at birth and that was to care for her Clan, to become a Medicine Cat. This story is about love, pain, and protection."
Aaah, good ol' Warriors. I grew up with this series, being a fan for about five or six years. I literally cherish this whole series and it's inspired me to read more, draw more, and write more. There were bumps in the road (and a lot of tears) but this series makes me so happy.
I usually think that rating something "three stars" is bad and that the book isn't GREAT, but for this, that isn't the case. At all. The only reason I didn't give it four or five stars was because it was so sad. After reading it, I felt like I needed to have a good, long cry. But I couldn't help but love it because the writing is great, it's really dramatic, and Yellowfang is such a great character. Overall, I loved it. As usual.
"Yellowkit always dreamed of becoming the greatest Warrior in all of Clans, but that was not meant to be: StarClan had picked out her destiny right at birth and that was to care for her Clan, to become a Medicine Cat. This story is about love, pain, and protection."
Aaah, good ol' Warriors. I grew up with this series, being a fan for about five or six years. I literally cherish this whole series and it's inspired me to read more, draw more, and write more. There were bumps in the road (and a lot of tears) but this series makes me so happy.
I usually think that rating something "three stars" is bad and that the book isn't GREAT, but for this, that isn't the case. At all. The only reason I didn't give it four or five stars was because it was so sad. After reading it, I felt like I needed to have a good, long cry. But I couldn't help but love it because the writing is great, it's really dramatic, and Yellowfang is such a great character. Overall, I loved it. As usual.
August 3, 2013
Overall, I'd say the book was well written, but of course there were flaws. I mean Yellowfang's secret; the pain-sensor I believe, was odd. It just seemed out of place that the Yellowfang we knew suddenly has a power that was not even hinted at in any of the other books. And what bothered me the most was how the book ended. Yellowfang's encounter with Firepaw was exactly the way it happened in book one, but it did not match her character at all from this book. Also, Brokenstar was too ruthless. I find it hard to beilve that the clan would agree with him on anything, especially the kit training. I just think that someone would've stood up against him. It was good, but I just felt like some parts were a bit...off.
September 10, 2023
The end of this book was like candy, with the right music or sounds playing it’s a perfect book.
Yellowfangs life was sad. She lost her life in the blink of an eye.
Raggedstar sucked though, he was manipulative, gaslighting, and guilt tripping, and so much more. He had no reason to treat Yellowfang as bad as he did. I wish he died before they had the chance to get together; before Brokenkit was created.
I loved Nightpelt, Cloudpelt, and Runningnose. Such sweet and loveable characters.
and yeah that’s it 🙏🔥
[Side note, the cover for Yellowfangs secret in North America, the new re-vamped cover is horrid. Owen Richardson, if your reading this PLEASE giver her her flat face and silly look 😭]
Yellowfangs life was sad. She lost her life in the blink of an eye.
Raggedstar sucked though, he was manipulative, gaslighting, and guilt tripping, and so much more. He had no reason to treat Yellowfang as bad as he did. I wish he died before they had the chance to get together; before Brokenkit was created.
I loved Nightpelt, Cloudpelt, and Runningnose. Such sweet and loveable characters.
and yeah that’s it 🙏🔥
[Side note, the cover for Yellowfangs secret in North America, the new re-vamped cover is horrid. Owen Richardson, if your reading this PLEASE giver her her flat face and silly look 😭]
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January 26, 2024My heart 😭 Yellowfang is one of my favorite characters in Warriors, so I appreciated getting to see her backstory here. Crazy to think of how much heartbreak she went through in her life before meeting Firepaw. I also liked getting a glimpse into ShadowClan in general before Brokenstar’s reign. There were a few continuity things here that didn’t make sense (e.g. showing Mudfur as Mudpaw when it was already established in the last super edition that he was a warrior before becoming the RiverClan medicine cat), and the timeline felt a bit rushed at times. And I have mixed feelings about Yellowfang’s retroactive empath powers. But overall I really enjoyed this story! Probably my second favorite super edition after Crookedstar’s Promise.
December 13, 2012
I enjoyed this book about Yellowfang, but truthfully I expected more than what was there.
It wasn't as shocking or exciting as Bluestar's Prophecy or Crookedstar's Promise
and I found that, even though I read it quickly that it wasn't a very fast paced book.
I did give it 4 stars because this is my rating scale:
1 - hated it!
2 - not great, but it wasn't the worst book either.
3 - neither good nor bad...it didn't stick out
4 - good book. Not the best I've ever read, but enjoyable none the less.
5 - excellent! I was thoroughly please with the book. Had a fast paced story. Nice plot/twists.
It wasn't as shocking or exciting as Bluestar's Prophecy or Crookedstar's Promise
and I found that, even though I read it quickly that it wasn't a very fast paced book.
I did give it 4 stars because this is my rating scale:
1 - hated it!
2 - not great, but it wasn't the worst book either.
3 - neither good nor bad...it didn't stick out
4 - good book. Not the best I've ever read, but enjoyable none the less.
5 - excellent! I was thoroughly please with the book. Had a fast paced story. Nice plot/twists.
March 26, 2024
Incredibly touching and bittersweet up till the very end. YellowFang has always been one of my favorite cats in the series and my love has only deepened seeing the long hard journey she took through her life 💝 This book takes you from her Kittenhood all the way up till her encounter with FireHeart on ThunderClan turf and its a long one bound to leave you riddled with emotions. 10/10
May 24, 2023
glory be to those who come together under the name of erin hunter 🙏🏽🙏🏽 an incredible read, and u know im giggling and kicking my feet everytime it correlates with the main series & bluestar's prophecy for things that happened at the same time
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