If you’re interested in the series, I do recommend starting with the first book rather than with Ember Falls.Ĭharacters are rabbits, wolves, and birds of prey. I found it hard to get a sense of what had happened in the first book versus what was true backstory, so I’m not really sure.
The green ember characters series#
Reading the first book in the series first might have cleared up some of my confusion. He longs to rescue them, but the mission would place the survival of the rest of the rabbit army, and its prince, in jeopardy. Pick struggles through the story with the knowledge that his family has been enslaved by Morbin Blackhawk and the birds of prey. I liked the themes of sacrifice and honor. I kept wondering if they twitched their ears when they were nervous or had heightened hearing because, well, rabbit ears. Their movements and expressions don’t relate to rabbit movements or expressions. Without the illustrations to clue me in, I wouldn’t have known the characters were rabbits until the second chapter. I think the thing I found most difficult, though, was the lack of character descriptions. They added a lot of detail to the story as well. Pen and ink drawings show various characters and scenes throughout Ember Falls. The huge vocabulary of story-specific terms made the story feel like it had a definite place, but often terms were introduced quickly or one on top of each other and I never felt like I had a good sense of their significance or meaning. Other times characters would be introduced by name without any indication of who they were or why their name might matter, if that makes sense. I sometimes got Pick and Perk confused because of their similar names. I struggled with the sheer number of named characters in the story, though, and found it really difficult to keep track of who everyone was. I enjoyed the strong fantasy-esque voice throughout Ember Falls and found Pick and his sister Heather to be cool characters. Can Heather and Picket help rescue the cause from a certain, sudden defeat? The fragile alliance forged around the young heir seems certain to fail. Heather and Picket are two young rabbits improbably thrust into pivotal roles. Morbin Blackhawk, slaver and tyrant, threatens to destroy the rabbit resistance forever.
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