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Avalon: Web of Magic #1-3
The Avalon Collection, Quest for Magic: Books 1 - 3
Collects three novels starring Emily, Adriane, and Kara as three friends who each have different tasks to perform in order to help the protetct the fairy realms from evil and war.
672 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Rachel Roberts
72 books273 followersRachel Roberts adores magic, adventure, animals, and music. Rachel is an devoted campaigner with animal rights and protection of wild places organizations. Rachel’s has been reading ever since she could first carry a book and enjoys getting lost in a fantastic story. Rachel has been a writer as well as a editor her entire career. Rachel says the majority of concepts for her stories and characters appear on lengthy hikes. She brings a little notepad, just for jotting down thoughts. Afterward at her house Rachel builds on the ideas together with feline friends, Attila and Raider. She also is in love with music, playing the piano, flute, as well as learning to play guitar.
Avalon: Web of Magic is Rachel’s very first series of novels.
Avalon: Web of Magic is Rachel’s very first series of novels.
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July 12, 2021
2021 EDIT: I realised I had nearly no memory of anything that happens in this omnibus, so reading it again felt like experiencing it for the first time. And wow what a journey!
In its 600 pages, 'Avalon: Web of Magic Omnibus 1' is cute, sweet, funny, entertaining, engaging, action-packed, and surprisingly dramatic and nuanced, with some clever, coming-of-age themes. Light and dark work well together in these stories. The omnibus is easy for children to get into, understand and enjoy. I especially recommend it to fans of the Magical Girl genre, and anyone nostalgic for that kind of thing.
Friendship and animals are magic!
Final Score: 4/5
Original Review:
A cute, easy-to-read omnibus of the first three books in the 'Avalon: Web of Magic' series for younger readers. Of course older readers can enjoy it as well.
Full of magic, action and heart, this is great for girl power fans who are nostalgic for TV shows such as 'WITCH' and 'Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders' (which 'Avalon: Web of Magic' took inspiration from).
Animal lovers are also sure to enjoy the books, and there is an environmental message in each story. It can get a bit cheesy, but it's fun and harmless. And the stories do have dramatic moments and themes, especially in 'All that Glitters' and, even better, 'Cry of the Wolf'.
The characters are also distinct and surprisingly complex. My favourite is Adriane the "warrior" - she's a sarcastic, thawing ice queen who's also a really cool action girl. Like the other two girls, Emily the caring "healer" and Kara the rich "blazing star", she has a giant heart of gold underneath her insecure exterior. Ozzie, the elf in a ferret's body, reminded me of Daxter from the 'Jak and Daxter' video game series - a comic relief animal mascot. And Phel reminded me greatly of Totoro.
'Avalon: Web of Magic Omnibus 1' - a web of magic indeed, with stories including magical creatures and jewels, mystical powers, dreamcatchers and evil sorceresses. Fantastical, colourful fun.
Final Score: 4/5
In its 600 pages, 'Avalon: Web of Magic Omnibus 1' is cute, sweet, funny, entertaining, engaging, action-packed, and surprisingly dramatic and nuanced, with some clever, coming-of-age themes. Light and dark work well together in these stories. The omnibus is easy for children to get into, understand and enjoy. I especially recommend it to fans of the Magical Girl genre, and anyone nostalgic for that kind of thing.
Friendship and animals are magic!
Final Score: 4/5
Original Review:
A cute, easy-to-read omnibus of the first three books in the 'Avalon: Web of Magic' series for younger readers. Of course older readers can enjoy it as well.
Full of magic, action and heart, this is great for girl power fans who are nostalgic for TV shows such as 'WITCH' and 'Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders' (which 'Avalon: Web of Magic' took inspiration from).
Animal lovers are also sure to enjoy the books, and there is an environmental message in each story. It can get a bit cheesy, but it's fun and harmless. And the stories do have dramatic moments and themes, especially in 'All that Glitters' and, even better, 'Cry of the Wolf'.
The characters are also distinct and surprisingly complex. My favourite is Adriane the "warrior" - she's a sarcastic, thawing ice queen who's also a really cool action girl. Like the other two girls, Emily the caring "healer" and Kara the rich "blazing star", she has a giant heart of gold underneath her insecure exterior. Ozzie, the elf in a ferret's body, reminded me of Daxter from the 'Jak and Daxter' video game series - a comic relief animal mascot. And Phel reminded me greatly of Totoro.
'Avalon: Web of Magic Omnibus 1' - a web of magic indeed, with stories including magical creatures and jewels, mystical powers, dreamcatchers and evil sorceresses. Fantastical, colourful fun.
Final Score: 4/5
December 4, 2021
I remember these! Weirdly I remember a lot of them. That's good enough of a reason for 4 stars. Not sure I'll reread them but actually why the heck not.
January 8, 2009
This book series is one of the first fantasy book series i read and i have to say i'm still a bit biased by it. it's a great read for tween and teen girls and helps to dip your toes in the non skipping-through-the-meadow-with-the-pretty-ponies-and-fairies world of fantasy. i can't wait until my own little sister is old enough for me to share them with her. one tip, though-Dark Mage, the last published book is out of print already, so if you want to read it,i'd hurry. i need to track down a copy for my family still, too.
December 28, 2024
I vaguely remembered reading this during my childhood (and loving it) and wanted to see if I could find it again. I'm glad I recalled enough of the plot to re-discover this series. It is a bit corny to me now since I’m older, but it’s fun too. The magic and friendship between the girls and their animal friends are sweet, and I was surprised that we were getting action scenes with some casualties amongst the group. I can’t wait to continue it.
October 12, 2017
this was a really good book and the characters were very different from each other and very well defined. this was a good read for me and I can't wait to read the next book of the series.
February 20, 2017
I remember picking up this series a long time ago, but I never finished it. That said, this omnibus is the first three novels of the Avalon: Web of Magic series, by Rachel Roberts.
Book One: Circles in the Stream. This volume follows Emily around as she helps her mom out at the vet's office. But suddenly a leopard! Maybe. With glowing green wounds. And Ravenswood?
I liked Emily. She was grounded and a nice balance between emotional and logical. She didn't freak out about She really cares about animals enough not to freak out too much about the magical nature of some of them. It's not really a spoiler because look at the back of the book. The cover for book 2 is covered in magical animals.
Book Two: All That Glitters. Now we follow Kara, a spoiled little rich girl with too many clothes and a VERY vain outlook on life. She jumps at the chance to have a gem like Emily and Adriane just because it would be super unique and super special. She wants what she wants and doesn't seem to care, at first, what that does to anyone/everyone else.
I must admit that Kara was really hard to like. Her constant obsession about fashion really grated on me. Then again, I'm in my 30s, so. I wanted fluff reading and I got it. Just Kara with her . I admit I had to force myself to finish this one, though I did like Kara okay toward the end of the book.
Then we have Book Three: Cry of the Wolf, centered on Adriane. Moody Adriane. Black-wearing Adriane. Anti-social-by-choice Adriane. She was also really hard to relate to. I was never that deep in my own misery, but you know. Everyone is different.
Here Adriane gets to go on her own quest. She winds up in Aldenmoor when things happen and it's sad. I mean Kara was ambushed by the Sorceress, so now it's Adriane's turn! And her wolf, who was the last Mistwolf, . Then stuff happens, and they find
I remember liking these books a lot more a long time ago when I read them. I couldn't really get into any of the characters but Emily. Though I liked the boy from book 3 okay. Just Kara and Adriane are such stereotypes that I couldn't wait to get back to Emily.
I do recommend this series. It's fun and light and pure fluff, and that's what I wanted. I am on to book 4 after I finish up some other reads, though.
If you like magical animals, long quests, italics-for-mind speak, then I suggest you read this series. It really is a lot of fun.
Book One: Circles in the Stream. This volume follows Emily around as she helps her mom out at the vet's office. But suddenly a leopard! Maybe. With glowing green wounds. And Ravenswood?
I liked Emily. She was grounded and a nice balance between emotional and logical. She didn't freak out about She really cares about animals enough not to freak out too much about the magical nature of some of them. It's not really a spoiler because look at the back of the book. The cover for book 2 is covered in magical animals.
Book Two: All That Glitters. Now we follow Kara, a spoiled little rich girl with too many clothes and a VERY vain outlook on life. She jumps at the chance to have a gem like Emily and Adriane just because it would be super unique and super special. She wants what she wants and doesn't seem to care, at first, what that does to anyone/everyone else.
I must admit that Kara was really hard to like. Her constant obsession about fashion really grated on me. Then again, I'm in my 30s, so. I wanted fluff reading and I got it. Just Kara with her . I admit I had to force myself to finish this one, though I did like Kara okay toward the end of the book.
Then we have Book Three: Cry of the Wolf, centered on Adriane. Moody Adriane. Black-wearing Adriane. Anti-social-by-choice Adriane. She was also really hard to relate to. I was never that deep in my own misery, but you know. Everyone is different.
Here Adriane gets to go on her own quest. She winds up in Aldenmoor when things happen and it's sad. I mean Kara was ambushed by the Sorceress, so now it's Adriane's turn! And her wolf, who was the last Mistwolf, . Then stuff happens, and they find
I remember liking these books a lot more a long time ago when I read them. I couldn't really get into any of the characters but Emily. Though I liked the boy from book 3 okay. Just Kara and Adriane are such stereotypes that I couldn't wait to get back to Emily.
I do recommend this series. It's fun and light and pure fluff, and that's what I wanted. I am on to book 4 after I finish up some other reads, though.
If you like magical animals, long quests, italics-for-mind speak, then I suggest you read this series. It really is a lot of fun.
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May 30, 2016I just really don't like middle grade books. I know some people love them even as adults, but I just can't. The writing is always so condescending and overly simplistic and it makes my eyes roll back into my head.
This came highly recommended as "powerful female friendships having adventures" and actually might have been a response to my asking where all the "manly bonds of friendship on a quest" sam-and-frodo-esque stories were at for ladies. But uh. It's still extremely little-kid-ish and... no.
This came highly recommended as "powerful female friendships having adventures" and actually might have been a response to my asking where all the "manly bonds of friendship on a quest" sam-and-frodo-esque stories were at for ladies. But uh. It's still extremely little-kid-ish and... no.
January 15, 2014
This book was beyond amazing when I first started reading this series I only had the first two and I was sad when I finished them, so my grandmother found this book and the next at a garage sale and immediately gave them to me! It is a great read for younger children and by far my 2nd favorite series!
December 3, 2012
Avalon Web Of Magic is about three girls who had magic. Sure, the creatures are definitely not real, but they have funny sides.
August 24, 2023
So freaking cute. I think I would have LOVED these books when I was a kid.
January 23, 2013
Very cute bunch of stories, well writen.
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