Kristen Britain
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- 1965-10-18
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- Maine, USA
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- Ithaca College (Film Production,1987)
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- Kristen Britain grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, where she started her first novel - an undersea fantasy featuring herself and her friends - at the age of nine. She published her first book, a cartoon collection called Horses and Horsepeople, at the age of thirteen. After completing her degree in film production at Ithaca College in 1987 she made the logical (?!) leap from cinema to the National Park Service. Her many years as a park ranger enabled her to work in a variety of natural and historical settings, from 300 feet below the surface of the Earth to 13,000 feet above sea level on the Continental Divide; and from the textile mills of the American Industrial Revolution to the homes of Americans who changed the course of history.
Currently she lives in a log cabin in Maine where she writes full time and pursues interests reading, guitar playing, and cartoon illustration, supervised by a cat and a dog. She enjoys exploring the magical places around her and can often be found paddling a canoe in stillwater, ambling through the woods to mountain summits, or sitting along the rocky shore listening, watching, and daydreaming. This is her fantasy, at least.
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The Green Rider novels have always been exciting for me because of the story telling. Even though there are fantasy tropes plainly written in several of the novels, I have consistently felt that the writing of Kristen Britain made up for any shortcomings with the exception of book 5 which was tragic. In book 6, the writing style was still captivating for the most part.
However, with Winterlight, I started to fall out of love with the story even though I wanted to keep loving the characters. It feels as though we have reached a climax in the story and instead of pursuing it, we are running after side quests in perpetuity. The best example of this is the failure of this book to significantly advance the plot of major villains (Morhavon and/or Amberhill). In prior reviews I have discussed my own disinterest in the Amberhill plot line and the viewpoint changes to accompany it and that stance has not changed. However, since it's already been written circa book 5, it would be nice to keep it moving.
Instead, much of Winterlight focuses on the Darrow Raiders. We know about them because they were mentioned in passing in previous novels. It's not entirely unexpected that they would make an appearance now, but it is strange how disconnected from the main plot they seem to be. Spoilers - In the book, several riders are kidnapped by the raiders and they eventually lure out and kidnap Colonel Mapstone (their old enemy) whom they sell to a random (plot necessitated) foreign prince effectively removing her from the story for now. The raiders are slowly defeated through the remaining actions and developments.
For Karigan's part, she escapes the confinement and makes it to the army and Zachery who are prepared for their confrontation with the Second Empire. Karigan has always been a loveable protagonist for me until this book when I started to become bored with her. This occurred for two main reasons. The first is the continuation of her inability to cope with past trauma - I don't personally need this level of realism in my escapist fantasy. I can appreciate it, but I don't want it to consume the protagonists every action for an extended duration. The second reason is that she apparently lost her spine somewhere between novels. In Colonel Mapstone's absence, Captain Connly is in charge of the green riders stationed with the army. He repeatedly treats Karigan like hot garbage stuck to the bottom of his shoe. The character Karigan that was introduced in books 1-6 would have put him in his place. The Karigan of this book did nothing. In fact, it didn't seem as though she had any feelings about her treatment which is pretty strange.
Perhaps a third reason that Karigan is no longer appealing as a character is the way in which her romance with Zachery continues in this book. I don't think she needs him to be likeable and relatable. Obviously, I don't know where the author hopes the two characters will end up but she has positioned them in such a way in this novel that I would not expect both of them to survive the coming conflict. Hopefully I'm wrong.
The remaining plot was sufficient and entertaining to read.… (meer)