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Avalon: Web of Magic #3
Cry of the Wolf
When Adriane's beloved animal companion, the wolf Stormbringer, is lured back into the magical world, Adriane follows her friend and meets the mysterious Zach, who aids her in her quest to save her friend.
189 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
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Rachel Roberts
76 books272 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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May 3, 2020A long, long time ago, in a portable classroom in the parking lot of an elementary school, a young girl received a book from those Scholastic catalogs. She actually probably received multiple books, because these were the days when her fifteen-dollar book allowance could actually, you know, purchase something.
Irrelevant.
Anyway, this little girl had ordered the book because it featured a wolf on the cover and in the description and like most other third grade girls she fricking loved wolves, man. Did it matter that she hadn't even heard of the series in which this book was the second sequel? Nay. In these days before the internet and interlibrary loans she took what she could get. She took the book, read it cover to cover, and it blew her mind.
She loved this book. She distinctly remembered wandering through the swamp she lived in, reading the part where a bunch of magical animals died or were injured or something. She read it again and again and again, until finally her dog took matters into his own hands and chewed the covers off.
The girl was devastated. Her parents told her to throw the book away, but there was a half-eaten page in the back with a mail-order form for buying this book and others like it. The girl swore that she would order the book, because it was her favorite book.
Unfortunately the girl had no money, and the book was thrown away.
Years passed. Two decades, actually. The girl vaguely remembered this book but had no idea what it was called, what series it was part of, or even when it was published. But she never forgot.
Later, in the twilight hours of the year 2019, the girl was scrolling through ThriftBooks.com when she realized something amazing: she had slightly more than fifteen dollars to spend on books. She could find this book and own it again.
Now, the girl had only one clue about the identity of this book. She remembered seeing a page in the back referencing a sequel called "All That Glitters." She searched the interwebs high and low for this book, eventually happening upon a series that sounded about right. She ordered the first book and found it vaguely familiar. This could have been just the nature of YA books in the 1990s, but still, she ordered an omnibus collection of the series. Even if it wasn't the book she remembered, 2019 was an absolute disaster of a year and she needed nostalgia desperately.
The omnibus sat on her shelf for several months and finally, when the disaster of 2020 reached its fifth month, she got around to reading the third book. As she read, things began to fall into place. Familiar scenes, references to a deadly poison, setting that sounded vaguely like the middle third of the Land Before Time movie... She had found it. She was a completely different person and realized the book was cheesy as all hell and hit every trope in the genre, but it was magical enough to remind her of how much she had loved it all those years ago, and she thought, "This would absolutely blow that little third grader's mind."
This is that book.
Irrelevant.
Anyway, this little girl had ordered the book because it featured a wolf on the cover and in the description and like most other third grade girls she fricking loved wolves, man. Did it matter that she hadn't even heard of the series in which this book was the second sequel? Nay. In these days before the internet and interlibrary loans she took what she could get. She took the book, read it cover to cover, and it blew her mind.
She loved this book. She distinctly remembered wandering through the swamp she lived in, reading the part where a bunch of magical animals died or were injured or something. She read it again and again and again, until finally her dog took matters into his own hands and chewed the covers off.
The girl was devastated. Her parents told her to throw the book away, but there was a half-eaten page in the back with a mail-order form for buying this book and others like it. The girl swore that she would order the book, because it was her favorite book.
Unfortunately the girl had no money, and the book was thrown away.
Years passed. Two decades, actually. The girl vaguely remembered this book but had no idea what it was called, what series it was part of, or even when it was published. But she never forgot.
Later, in the twilight hours of the year 2019, the girl was scrolling through ThriftBooks.com when she realized something amazing: she had slightly more than fifteen dollars to spend on books. She could find this book and own it again.
Now, the girl had only one clue about the identity of this book. She remembered seeing a page in the back referencing a sequel called "All That Glitters." She searched the interwebs high and low for this book, eventually happening upon a series that sounded about right. She ordered the first book and found it vaguely familiar. This could have been just the nature of YA books in the 1990s, but still, she ordered an omnibus collection of the series. Even if it wasn't the book she remembered, 2019 was an absolute disaster of a year and she needed nostalgia desperately.
The omnibus sat on her shelf for several months and finally, when the disaster of 2020 reached its fifth month, she got around to reading the third book. As she read, things began to fall into place. Familiar scenes, references to a deadly poison, setting that sounded vaguely like the middle third of the Land Before Time movie... She had found it. She was a completely different person and realized the book was cheesy as all hell and hit every trope in the genre, but it was magical enough to remind her of how much she had loved it all those years ago, and she thought, "This would absolutely blow that little third grader's mind."
This is that book.
February 22, 2021
Con't: Revisiting Childhood Book (3 of 12) Series
Alrighty, so this was the book that drew me in from the beginning, even if it was from the cover art, and my very biased love of wolves. (If you know me, then you know how obvious this is.) If you've read my review of the first book, it was my love of wolves and art from this book cover that almost made me start from this third book in the series, rather than from the first book if it had not been for the adult in my life that told me, "Uh, no. Try the first three, and I'll buy you the rest if you like it." After that conversation, and after reading this book--the one book I really wanted to get to--how could I not have wanted to continue the rest of the series?
As mentioned in the second review of this book series (maybe in the review of the first book, too), the voice and the third person limited point of view is something that drew me to these books back in the day--whether I knew it then or not. Probably because of that initial "try the first three" deal, I see the first three books as the introductions of each of the three main characters and their separate journeys that still connect them to one other. This book was different in the way that there was more action and an introduction to world traveling that was not previously capable of being done which opens the plot more.
While reading, I thought to myself, "You know there is a lot of detail here . . . I could've started from this (third) book if I really wanted to. I wouldn't have been lost either!" I am not condoning reading books out of order, but it happens. (Says me, currently reading another series in literal backward order.)
Overall, a really good continuation of the story that is just at the brink of getting better with the character(s) coming in very close contact with the villain leaving readers wondering how the three main characters are going to handle these events next.
Alrighty, so this was the book that drew me in from the beginning, even if it was from the cover art, and my very biased love of wolves. (If you know me, then you know how obvious this is.) If you've read my review of the first book, it was my love of wolves and art from this book cover that almost made me start from this third book in the series, rather than from the first book if it had not been for the adult in my life that told me, "Uh, no. Try the first three, and I'll buy you the rest if you like it." After that conversation, and after reading this book--the one book I really wanted to get to--how could I not have wanted to continue the rest of the series?
As mentioned in the second review of this book series (maybe in the review of the first book, too), the voice and the third person limited point of view is something that drew me to these books back in the day--whether I knew it then or not. Probably because of that initial "try the first three" deal, I see the first three books as the introductions of each of the three main characters and their separate journeys that still connect them to one other. This book was different in the way that there was more action and an introduction to world traveling that was not previously capable of being done which opens the plot more.
While reading, I thought to myself, "You know there is a lot of detail here . . . I could've started from this (third) book if I really wanted to. I wouldn't have been lost either!" I am not condoning reading books out of order, but it happens. (Says me, currently reading another series in literal backward order.)
Overall, a really good continuation of the story that is just at the brink of getting better with the character(s) coming in very close contact with the villain leaving readers wondering how the three main characters are going to handle these events next.
July 24, 2018
"En résumé, un troisième tome que j'ai pris plaisir à découvrir. Je suis vraiment content d'avoir été assez curieuse pour commencer cette nouvelle série, parce que c'est à la fois doux comme un bonbon et prenant comme une belle histoire d'amitié, d'amour et de découverte de soi. Je ne peux que vous la conseiller à votre tour !"
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March 13, 2025
No cause it’s absolutely crazy that this book had so many traumatizing things in it for a 7th grader to be experiencing - when I read this as a kid it didn’t hit at all but now I’m here thinking “holy shit the ptsd is gonna be so bad”
September 16, 2010
It is perfect for girls that love magic, friendship, and fantasy! In this book, Adriane, the warior magic user loses stormbringer who gets taken to return to her kind. Stormbringer ends up in the shadow lands. The shadow lands is where the evil dark sorceress is. Adriane also finds a dragon egg and a human boy, zach, bonds with it. The baby dragon calls adriane its mother. In the dragons egg when it hatches adriane finds a dragon stone and at the end gives it too zach. This book is full of adventure and magic. I love these books. They are amazingly awsome.
September 25, 2015
Wolves, wolves, wolves, and more wolves! This book, while still on the girly style, points more toward Adriane, although everyone is still there. Books 2-4 each point towards one character. This one has a lot of action. This was one of my favorites.
November 7, 2019
This book follows Adrian and her pack mate Storm bringer, the mist wolf. Storm thinks she’s the last of her kind, she’s wrong, a pack of mist wolves shows up at The Ravenswood Wildlife Preserve urging Storm to join the pack and run with the mist wolves like she was born to do. So Storm and her pack go through a portal back to the magical world, Adrian goes through a portal following her pack mate. I didn’t like the bleak landscape of the shadow lands, but I guess you’re not supposed to. Everything is dead and the landscape is literally gray. I really liked the “Rock” that follows Adrian, which turns out to be a magical egg, the little guy has a personality of its own. The egg is very magical and very precious, it turns out that the dragon inside is a red crystal dragon that only hatches once every thousand years, and the dark sorceress is after it. Apparently the dragon imprints on the first person it sees and bonds deeply, so you can understand why the dark sorceress wanted that egg so badly, the temperament and goodness of the dragon would change drastically depending on who it imprints with. So if it had bonded with the dark sorceress it would have eventually become a dangerous force to be reckoned with. It’s just a guess but I’m positive that’s how it would unfold. Luckily it imprints on Adrian, which means the dragon will be good and not evil. The dragon is very cute, like a little puppy dog. And of course Adrian is his mama. In the shadow lands Adrian meets Zach, well technically, Zach saves Adrian on his flying griffin, Windy. Zach and Windy sort of remind me of the never ending story. The boy that rides that big flying dragon, or whatever it was. Adrian eventually ends up in the dark Sorceress’s dungeon, among a bunch of sick animals who have the black fire, a terrible poison that contaminates everything it touches. I really loved the colour descriptions in these books, nothing makes a good book like rich colour descriptions. Velvet red, lavender, lush green grass. That makes a book much more enjoyable to read. Really liked this book and the little “Rock” following Adrian around was too cute and adorable. Very good read, on to book four.
August 3, 2016
Continuing my reread of the rewritten versions of the series.
I remember being really excited for Adriane's books when I was little. She always came at the end of the "trilogies" in the series. And climaxes are always full of fun. But I guess I forgot how much of a letdown they were, too.
I understand that the books originally began as two six-book long plot lines, and that each trilogy didn't really wrap up a plot line. But still... I find it hard to come out of this book thinking that anything really happened.
There are a lot of reasons that the first plot thread in this book - the discovery of a pack of living mistwolves - was done, in my opinion, rather poorly. We had this thread in the first book where Storm tells us that she is the last of her kind. We have no real explanation for why she thinks this. Even if her pack was killed, there's no evidence that she was a member of the LAST pack of mistwolves, from herself or the other magical creatures. So I could have more easily accepted that this new pack of mistwolves is a shock... if Roberts followed up on that. Were the mistwolves notoriously extinct? Are they from a different world than Aldenmoor? Were they involved in a mass genocide? No, not really. They were collected... and that's it. So the arrival - even of a different pack - particularly in such a sudden and unexplained manner, is anti-climactic, at best. Like, oh, she's not the last anymore. Well.
This wouldn't be so silly if it weren't imitated laster in the book with the magic cats. Now I don't LIKE animals being killed into extinction. I don't want these characters to be alone. I care. But... we were also of the impression that LYRA was the last. And well... she's not. Huzzah? Could we get some more excitement here? Maybe certain species aren't as extinct as we thought? Emily was keeping tallies last book. Surely we could do the same system here?
I think Roberts tried for some sort of parallel/subversion in the book by using Zach as a foil for Adriane. He's the stereotyped fantasy hero: mysterious boy of mysterious origin with a magical steed, wields a sword (with some Elvish origin to boot), unafraid of combat, with warrior spirit. Adriane, on the other hand... is female. She doesn't carry weapons around, ready to jump into combat. She talks to people, goes for diplomacy first rather than combat. She makes friends easily. She doesn't reach for her weapons - her magic - whenever possible.
Except... wait. Didn't I just describe Emily? The Adriane we have come to know HAS calmed down a bit. But she was excited, ready to jump into action. And we get some of that Adriane. If anything, this is a book about an Adriane already changed. She's calmer, more open to diplomatic options. Sure, she broke the glass cage in prison, but she attempted to comfort the other animals first, not attack the cell doors or reach out for the guards or attempt to attack the Sorceress from a distance.
The point of the foil is that we're shown how Adriane is not a genderbent version of the stereotyped Campbell male hero. She's her own hero, using narratively stereotypical feminine ways to deal with problems - diplomacy, healing, and friendship, with a complete lack of typical weapons, like sharp things made of metal. And I can appreciate that, and I can appreciate that Adriane isn't at the end of the journey, since there are nine more books to go, but I would have liked to have seen Zach save Adriane a BIT less. Like a lot less. Because while I think that all those things above about Adriane's "attack" style, I think the 'Warrior' should show off a bit more of her 'warrior' side, because otherwise what's the point of the warrior? The ability to move boulders and trees slightly? What was she learning before Kara showed up in book 2? We have yet to really see that spell she showed off be USED for anything. Has she been watching videos on physical combat? Learning survival techniques? Writing something on survival in a magical world like the Ravenswood Preserve?
I'm also STILL confused on how Scorge knocked out and stuck Adriane in a sack and apparently didn't realize she wasn't the drake egg until he got to the palace. I didn't get it when the book first came out - I actually reread the section a few times back when I got the book to see if I'd missed something - and I don't get it now. If he was faking it because he hoped the Sorceress would be satisfied, that's one thing. But he doesn't seem to be. He seems to have legitimately thought that Adriane was the egg. And she obviously wasn't. Which implies that either he or someone else captured Adriane, stuck her in the sack, and she was given over to Scorge to take away. This could mean that SCORGE knocked her out, or the orcs knocked her out and for some reason gave her to Scorge. Which is odd, given that there's no real reason for him to. Unless the orcs didn't communicate properly and just delivered whatever they caught to Scorge and he, for some reason, didn't bother to check inside the sack, even though he should have only expected to see a simple stone. Yeah, it's stereotypically "funny" in that "oh, what a stupid henchmen getting his just desserts" or whatever... but it doesn't make any sense with the information we're given.
This also bothered me. The pictures were again, by and large a pleasant addition. But the book's climax is between the manticore and the manticore's serpent guards and an army of mistwolves, a diverse group of magical animals, two humans and a baby dragon. I respect that this is very difficult to draw, given the amount of detail required, but instead of anything resembling even a small part of this scene, we have a generic picture of the Sorceress swiping her hand out doing something generically magical. She wasn't even IN the scene, physically or telepathically or by giant floating image in the sky. I mean if you're not going to depict the scene, why even add this picture? It's just off-putting, particularly since I kept expecting the Sorceress to show up and she never does.
Overall it was an okay book. Things get a lot more interesting when the girls learn how to use their stones better, so I'll keep going. But a bit of a disappointment, anyway.
I remember being really excited for Adriane's books when I was little. She always came at the end of the "trilogies" in the series. And climaxes are always full of fun. But I guess I forgot how much of a letdown they were, too.
I understand that the books originally began as two six-book long plot lines, and that each trilogy didn't really wrap up a plot line. But still... I find it hard to come out of this book thinking that anything really happened.
There are a lot of reasons that the first plot thread in this book - the discovery of a pack of living mistwolves - was done, in my opinion, rather poorly. We had this thread in the first book where Storm tells us that she is the last of her kind. We have no real explanation for why she thinks this. Even if her pack was killed, there's no evidence that she was a member of the LAST pack of mistwolves, from herself or the other magical creatures. So I could have more easily accepted that this new pack of mistwolves is a shock... if Roberts followed up on that. Were the mistwolves notoriously extinct? Are they from a different world than Aldenmoor? Were they involved in a mass genocide? No, not really. They were collected... and that's it. So the arrival - even of a different pack - particularly in such a sudden and unexplained manner, is anti-climactic, at best. Like, oh, she's not the last anymore. Well.
This wouldn't be so silly if it weren't imitated laster in the book with the magic cats. Now I don't LIKE animals being killed into extinction. I don't want these characters to be alone. I care. But... we were also of the impression that LYRA was the last. And well... she's not. Huzzah? Could we get some more excitement here? Maybe certain species aren't as extinct as we thought? Emily was keeping tallies last book. Surely we could do the same system here?
I think Roberts tried for some sort of parallel/subversion in the book by using Zach as a foil for Adriane. He's the stereotyped fantasy hero: mysterious boy of mysterious origin with a magical steed, wields a sword (with some Elvish origin to boot), unafraid of combat, with warrior spirit. Adriane, on the other hand... is female. She doesn't carry weapons around, ready to jump into combat. She talks to people, goes for diplomacy first rather than combat. She makes friends easily. She doesn't reach for her weapons - her magic - whenever possible.
Except... wait. Didn't I just describe Emily? The Adriane we have come to know HAS calmed down a bit. But she was excited, ready to jump into action. And we get some of that Adriane. If anything, this is a book about an Adriane already changed. She's calmer, more open to diplomatic options. Sure, she broke the glass cage in prison, but she attempted to comfort the other animals first, not attack the cell doors or reach out for the guards or attempt to attack the Sorceress from a distance.
The point of the foil is that we're shown how Adriane is not a genderbent version of the stereotyped Campbell male hero. She's her own hero, using narratively stereotypical feminine ways to deal with problems - diplomacy, healing, and friendship, with a complete lack of typical weapons, like sharp things made of metal. And I can appreciate that, and I can appreciate that Adriane isn't at the end of the journey, since there are nine more books to go, but I would have liked to have seen Zach save Adriane a BIT less. Like a lot less. Because while I think that all those things above about Adriane's "attack" style, I think the 'Warrior' should show off a bit more of her 'warrior' side, because otherwise what's the point of the warrior? The ability to move boulders and trees slightly? What was she learning before Kara showed up in book 2? We have yet to really see that spell she showed off be USED for anything. Has she been watching videos on physical combat? Learning survival techniques? Writing something on survival in a magical world like the Ravenswood Preserve?
I'm also STILL confused on how Scorge knocked out and stuck Adriane in a sack and apparently didn't realize she wasn't the drake egg until he got to the palace. I didn't get it when the book first came out - I actually reread the section a few times back when I got the book to see if I'd missed something - and I don't get it now. If he was faking it because he hoped the Sorceress would be satisfied, that's one thing. But he doesn't seem to be. He seems to have legitimately thought that Adriane was the egg. And she obviously wasn't. Which implies that either he or someone else captured Adriane, stuck her in the sack, and she was given over to Scorge to take away. This could mean that SCORGE knocked her out, or the orcs knocked her out and for some reason gave her to Scorge. Which is odd, given that there's no real reason for him to. Unless the orcs didn't communicate properly and just delivered whatever they caught to Scorge and he, for some reason, didn't bother to check inside the sack, even though he should have only expected to see a simple stone. Yeah, it's stereotypically "funny" in that "oh, what a stupid henchmen getting his just desserts" or whatever... but it doesn't make any sense with the information we're given.
This also bothered me. The pictures were again, by and large a pleasant addition. But the book's climax is between the manticore and the manticore's serpent guards and an army of mistwolves, a diverse group of magical animals, two humans and a baby dragon. I respect that this is very difficult to draw, given the amount of detail required, but instead of anything resembling even a small part of this scene, we have a generic picture of the Sorceress swiping her hand out doing something generically magical. She wasn't even IN the scene, physically or telepathically or by giant floating image in the sky. I mean if you're not going to depict the scene, why even add this picture? It's just off-putting, particularly since I kept expecting the Sorceress to show up and she never does.
Overall it was an okay book. Things get a lot more interesting when the girls learn how to use their stones better, so I'll keep going. But a bit of a disappointment, anyway.
May 7, 2019
Adriane is a strong character, but I felt like her character changed drastically from what she was in the original book. She seemed pretty weak and dependant on others in this book and constantly needed to be saved by Zach, a human boy she meets in Aldenmor. It really irked me to the point where I felt it kind of destroyed the character that was built up in the 1st and 2nd book. It also felt strange that these Farimentals are saying they need 3 human mages and then the Farimentals go to say that Zach is Adriane's hero and her knight, and she needs him. Honestly, I don't know what the heck happened in this book, but I didn't like it very much.
April 14, 2022
When her once missing pack of Mistwolves summon Stormbringer, Adriane isn't sure if she can cope with losing her best friend - but when she ends up trapped in Aldenmor, aided only by a human boy and the fairimentals, can their bond survive in a realm so poisoned by the endless black fire? Roberts brings fans an exciting entry to her beautifully charming fantasy, packed with both suspenseful and heartwarming moments cover to cover. Wil Adriane ever get back home to Ravenswood, or will she be the permanent prisoner of a dying world?
April 5, 2021
I read it out loud to my kids (who typically grumble when I want to read out loud to them). It did not take them long to get sucked into the story! They loved the action, the magic, and the beasts. They laughed at the jokes. They refused to allow me to set the book down at a cliffhanger, even when my voice was growing hoarse.
I should mention that this is #3 in the series. Even though we haven't read the first two, it wasn't difficult to follow the plot. We definitely recommend this book!
I should mention that this is #3 in the series. Even though we haven't read the first two, it wasn't difficult to follow the plot. We definitely recommend this book!
November 2, 2023
I’m sorry, but I don’t like Adriane. I like her better than Kara, but I still don’t like her. When I was a kid, it was because I’d never heard of the name Adriane before on a girl, and because Adriane had no character outside of being a tomboy, liking animals, and being Native American. Now it is because Adriane is a Native American stereotype. Or at least her grandmother is, hitting all the tropes of the wise old Indian shaman. Offensive and boring.
January 17, 2024
This is by far my favorite book in the series as it follows my favorite characters. I read this series when I was young and it’s one that changed my life for the better! This series got me hooked into reading and holds such a special place in my heart. I’m currently re-listening to the audio book version and it’s just as magical and fun as I remembered. This series will always be one that I come back to.
June 3, 2019
Reread. This one was always my favorite when I was younger, and I can see why! Adriane is my favorite character, so a book centered on her pleases me greatly. Plot for the book is a little weak, but it moves the plot for the series on well. Writing isn’t the best. My copy includes manga-style drawing. which is nice, and the cover is beautiful.
January 7, 2022
This was one of my FAVORITE series of my childhood, and this specific novel has always been one I go back to. I related so much to Adriane, and I wanted to be her (well, a male version as it turns out, haha). Childhood me wrote so many long stories based off this series' whole concept. Still a good read as an adult, if you don't mind reading books for younger audiences.
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February 3, 2023As a kid, Adriane was my favorite, and she still is as an adult. She's a cool twelve-year-old, and I loved that her story was an introduction to the greater magic world and to the first love interest of the series (though as an adult I don't know how I feel rooting for twelve-year-old romance anymore?)
August 26, 2017
My favorite part was when Adriane and Stormbringer went back home together. My least favorite part was when Moonshadow took Stormbringer back to the magic place.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 15, 2025
Mimi par contre stop avec vos personnages humains qui hurlent avec les loups nan mais on est où là ???
July 28, 2025
THIS BOOK WAS MY CHILDHOOD!! I remember thinking the main character was so cool and omg I was obsessed with her ❤️ best book of the series imo
January 7, 2026
My favorite so far! Although some parts were a bit repetitive, it all feels appropriate for this YA novel. Excited to keep reading through the series!
November 18, 2016
Adriane and Storm always had a special bond but when the unimaginable happens what will they do? Adraines wolf sone was pulsing with amber as Storm and her were testing how far away from each other they would be to still have a connection. She held up her stone and focused, everything went into a blur, she could hear see and smell everything. She was a wolf. Then with pure instinct she threw back her head and howled. Suddenly the portal to Aldenmor opened, and out came a back wolf. She quickly realized it was a mistwolf. Adriane thought Storm was the last, she said the rest are extinct. The wolf was about to attack then Storm blocks the wolf's way. Storm was shocked, she thought there were no others she cried “ you cannot be real”. The black wolf howled as dozens more came out from the portal, Storm howled with them. She had to go with them now her voice filled Adriane's head. Stay strong warrior. Will Adriane find Storm, or will there be a hole in Adrianes heart forever?
In my opinion Cry of the wolf is amazing. For one, the descriptions by this author are breathtaking. For example, when this was stated in the book “ The desert quickly gave away to tree covered foothills. Ahead, rivers fueled by melting snow flowed through a labyrinth of fjords that divided the upper mountain range”. As I said the author describes everything you need to know about this place, while drawing you in and making you want to read more.Also this story has an impressive storyline because it tells you the power of friendship, such as when Adriane travels through worlds to an unknown place just for the sake of friendship. This book is fantasy because of the magic stones ( which Adriane and Emily use). Also because they travel worlds (Aldenmor) and there are many different creatures ( gargoyles, mist wolves and griffins). This book is aimed for 12-16 year olds because with all the magic it’s not for adults. Although it does have fighting, so little kids wouldn't read it either. Also this book does have over 200 pages so I think that would be a good length for that age group. This book is incredible, it has a great story and exceptional descriptions. It’s for people who enjoy reading about magic, portals and mythical creatures. I Think this book is aimed for ages 12-16. I strongly recommend this book to people who like fantasy and are of this age group.
In my opinion Cry of the wolf is amazing. For one, the descriptions by this author are breathtaking. For example, when this was stated in the book “ The desert quickly gave away to tree covered foothills. Ahead, rivers fueled by melting snow flowed through a labyrinth of fjords that divided the upper mountain range”. As I said the author describes everything you need to know about this place, while drawing you in and making you want to read more.Also this story has an impressive storyline because it tells you the power of friendship, such as when Adriane travels through worlds to an unknown place just for the sake of friendship. This book is fantasy because of the magic stones ( which Adriane and Emily use). Also because they travel worlds (Aldenmor) and there are many different creatures ( gargoyles, mist wolves and griffins). This book is aimed for 12-16 year olds because with all the magic it’s not for adults. Although it does have fighting, so little kids wouldn't read it either. Also this book does have over 200 pages so I think that would be a good length for that age group. This book is incredible, it has a great story and exceptional descriptions. It’s for people who enjoy reading about magic, portals and mythical creatures. I Think this book is aimed for ages 12-16. I strongly recommend this book to people who like fantasy and are of this age group.
January 7, 2012
Selamat datang di dunia baru,
di sini keajaiban itu nyata,
dan persahabatan adalah segalanya.
Alasan membeli buku kedua adalah karena tertarik dengan buku ketiganya.
Pada halaman awal, terlihat sekali perbedaan penyusunan kalimat dari buku-buku sebelumnya. Bahasanya lebih mudah dimengerti dan nyaman untuk dicerna.
Namun...
kian kebelakang kok jadi kian alay yahhh
Mungkin karena buku ini diperuntukan bagi anak usia 8-12 tahun (sadar umur neng...)
Beberapa hal yang terasa sangat aneh:
1. Di buku dua disebutkan mengenai capung, naga dalam ukuran kecil. Tapi dalam buku ini istilah capung diganti menjadi dragonfly. Jadi tidak konsisten.
2. Mulai halaman 109 bahasa menjadi aneh, terlalu alay bagi saya.
"Ia bisa ngendaliin sihir,.." atau "Iya. Kami tadi ngawasin terus sejak kamu masuk lembah."
tapi tak jauh dari kalimat itu ada kalimat resmi, " Tersesat? Memangnya, kamu akan pergi ke arah mana?"
Soal ide cerita cukup oklah.
Adriane dan Stormbringer seekor serigala kabut memiliki ikatan yang unik. Suatu saat Stormbringer terpikat untuk masuk ke Aldenmor karena merasaka menemukan masih ada sekawanan serigala kabut.
Ikatan antara Adriane dan Stormbringer cukup kuat. Jika seekor binatang sihir telah terikat dengan manusia, ikatan itu akan berlangsung selamanya. Terpisah dari pasangannya berarti kematian bagi keduanya. Itu sebabnya Adriane berusaha keras menyusul Stormbringer dan membawanya kembali pulang.
Oh ya, urusan ilustrasi masih ciamik
di sini keajaiban itu nyata,
dan persahabatan adalah segalanya.
Alasan membeli buku kedua adalah karena tertarik dengan buku ketiganya.
Pada halaman awal, terlihat sekali perbedaan penyusunan kalimat dari buku-buku sebelumnya. Bahasanya lebih mudah dimengerti dan nyaman untuk dicerna.
Namun...
kian kebelakang kok jadi kian alay yahhh
Mungkin karena buku ini diperuntukan bagi anak usia 8-12 tahun (sadar umur neng...)
Beberapa hal yang terasa sangat aneh:
1. Di buku dua disebutkan mengenai capung, naga dalam ukuran kecil. Tapi dalam buku ini istilah capung diganti menjadi dragonfly. Jadi tidak konsisten.
2. Mulai halaman 109 bahasa menjadi aneh, terlalu alay bagi saya.
"Ia bisa ngendaliin sihir,.." atau "Iya. Kami tadi ngawasin terus sejak kamu masuk lembah."
tapi tak jauh dari kalimat itu ada kalimat resmi, " Tersesat? Memangnya, kamu akan pergi ke arah mana?"
Soal ide cerita cukup oklah.
Adriane dan Stormbringer seekor serigala kabut memiliki ikatan yang unik. Suatu saat Stormbringer terpikat untuk masuk ke Aldenmor karena merasaka menemukan masih ada sekawanan serigala kabut.
Ikatan antara Adriane dan Stormbringer cukup kuat. Jika seekor binatang sihir telah terikat dengan manusia, ikatan itu akan berlangsung selamanya. Terpisah dari pasangannya berarti kematian bagi keduanya. Itu sebabnya Adriane berusaha keras menyusul Stormbringer dan membawanya kembali pulang.
Oh ya, urusan ilustrasi masih ciamik
December 3, 2012
‘Cry of the Wolf’ is Adriane’s book and I feel it’s the strongest of the Avalon books so far. The relationship between Adriane and Stormbringer is heartfelt and deep. When she follows Stormbringer to the Shadowlands of Aldenmor, she’s willing to do what it takes to bring Stormbringer back home with her – including face an entire mistwolf pack! With help from Zach (the only other human in Aldenmor) and his griffin plus the other girls’ magic Adriane must work hard defeat the forces against her. I am a huge fan of Adriane and her warrior spirit! I was glad to see her being the focus of ‘Cry of the Wolf’. While she is a loner by nature, her relationship with Stormbringer is the deepest she has (aside from her friendship with Emily and Kara). I loved how Ms. Roberts populated the Shadowlands with dragons, mistwolves, manticores, and griffins! Fast-paced, full of action and adventure, ‘Cry of the Wolf’ is my favorite Avalon book so far. I know Ms. Robert’s has more great adventures in store for Adriane, Kara, and Emily!
Avalon: Web of Magic series: Circles in the Stream (1), All That Glitters (2), Cry of the Wolf (3), The Secret of the Unicorn (4), Spellsinger (5), Trial By Fire (6), Song of the Unicorns (7), All's Fairy in Love and War (8), Ghost Wolf (9), The Heart of Avalon (10), Dark Mage (11), Full Circle (12)
Avalon: Web of Magic series: Circles in the Stream (1), All That Glitters (2), Cry of the Wolf (3), The Secret of the Unicorn (4), Spellsinger (5), Trial By Fire (6), Song of the Unicorns (7), All's Fairy in Love and War (8), Ghost Wolf (9), The Heart of Avalon (10), Dark Mage (11), Full Circle (12)
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February 13, 2017Read these when I was a kid and looooveeeed them. :D
Glad I found them again.
Glad I found them again.
September 12, 2012
Ahhhhh, yes. Finally, an Adriane story! What can I say? This one was so much more interesting to me than the last two, not only because Adriane is the best my favorite character, but because it takes place in the magical world of Aldenmor - and it's actually full of fantasy adventure.
Actually, I was a bit surprised with some of the violence in this book. Not that it's overwhelming for a kids book or anything, but it seemed more graphic than the last two. The story on the whole is a bit darker, but I think that it suits the character. She is the "Warrior," after all. ;)
Too bad the next Adriane book is six books away. SIX.
I hope... I REALLY hope Rachel Roberts is still planning on publishing that Shadow Warrior trilogy or whatever it's called. It's time Adriane got the spotlight here!
Actually, I was a bit surprised with some of the violence in this book. Not that it's overwhelming for a kids book or anything, but it seemed more graphic than the last two. The story on the whole is a bit darker, but I think that it suits the character. She is the "Warrior," after all. ;)
Too bad the next Adriane book is six books away. SIX.
I hope... I REALLY hope Rachel Roberts is still planning on publishing that Shadow Warrior trilogy or whatever it's called. It's time Adriane got the spotlight here!
August 12, 2022
best book so far and only because i'm a bit biased towards adriane ;) her power arc is more amazing to me than kara's supposed amplifying powers and allegedly "most powerul mage" among the three and emily's healing abilities. maybe because i find adriane's entire demeanor cool, but the fact that she bonds with a MISTWOLF is more interesting to me than any other mages' abilities. also, this book is set differently than the past 2 books; it's the first time the friends are away from each other in 90% of the book while adriane gets sucked unto this new world where she meets new friends—which, alone, gets more unique. adriane was isolated in her own book, as she journeys around her magic alone (with zach the boy) without the help of her friends, in pursuit of her packmate, stormbringer when she went together with the wolfsong
July 29, 2023
When Adriane’s wolf, Storm, goes through the portal to Avalon to follow the pack of mist wolves she believed to be extinct, Adrianne follows. There she finds a world both terrifying and beautiful. And in danger. With the help of a boy who grew up there she gets one step closer to the home of all magic.
I absolutely loved this book growing up and was especially excited to share this installment of the series with my daughter. As well as to reread it myself. The mist wolves have always been my favorite part of the series and many of my favorite quotes come from Storm or the pack mother.
9 y.o.’s review:
fav part- the whole last chapter.
Fav character Lyra and her sister.
I liked the addition of the new characters, but didn’t like how defensive Zach was at the beginning.
I absolutely loved this book growing up and was especially excited to share this installment of the series with my daughter. As well as to reread it myself. The mist wolves have always been my favorite part of the series and many of my favorite quotes come from Storm or the pack mother.
9 y.o.’s review:
fav part- the whole last chapter.
Fav character Lyra and her sister.
I liked the addition of the new characters, but didn’t like how defensive Zach was at the beginning.
December 28, 2011
There's a certain nostalgia factor in these books that just makes me adore them. Reading them again though I can spot flaws in the writing and some of the dialogue isn't done all that well. One of my thoughts also was that it was extremely predictable, but then I have read it before, so really it could just be that I actually did know what was going to happen. I'm still excited to see where the story goes.
July 31, 2014
Awwww man! This book was my jam back in the day! Re-discovering Pendragon has brought back a bunch of memories from my literary childhood. I don't remember this book as being particularly mind blowing or even all that good. But it was about a girl with magical abilities with a wolf spirit-animal friend. I think there was also some dragons and a cute guy involved. I must have read it about 15 times.
July 27, 2017
Out of the three Avalon girls, I like Adriane best, so I'm delighted that she's the centre of this story. In CRY OF THE WOLF, Adriane gets to travel to Aldenmoor and experiences a thrilling adventure, meeting a cute boy named Zach and becoming the mother of a dragon named Drake. It is also touching to see the strong bond between Adriane and her mistwolf, Stormbringer.
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