The Tower of Ravens - OMG this book is fab.

I'm currently ploughing my way through 'The Tower of Raven's by Kate Forsyth. It is obviously a book written for girls who dreamt of finding a unicorn in the forest or piggy backing a wandering pegasus when there were ickle. The attention given to the horses in what I have read so far would leave most self respecting males either baffled or placing the book firmly back down on the coffee table in disgust. It is the sort of book that I probably usually wouldn't freely admit I was reading except for the fact that it has a fantastic saving grace; if you get over the obvious horse focus, this is actually a pretty gritty book. There is a section within the first chapter that left me somewhat stunned with the graphic nature of it. Death, Sex, bodily fluids are freely talked about in a very matter of fact fashion which is really refreshing. The characters are well fleshed out, and as a fantasy novel, it has what seems to be a unique world of magic that you can truly get lost in.

It is a book that I've been struggling to put down, which is always a great feeling, and have even found myself looking forward to an early night with a hot cup of milk n' honey and a hot water bottle. I'm sure I sound very PG movie but sometimes it feels good to be a stereotypical girly girl when it comes to reading books. All that is missing are the cookies.

I will most certainly talk more about this book when I have actually finished it but I've been enjoying it so much that I had to give it a quick mention now. Just goes to show that a trip to your local library is not a waste of time, even if the only Volume 1 book you can find seems to look like a real stinker when you look at the cover. I'm sure there is some saying about that......