{"id":4661,"date":"2015-06-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4661"},"modified":"2015-06-03T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T17:17:15","slug":"centaurs-daughter-by-ellen-jensen-abbott-book-review-fighting-evil-one-arrow-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=4661","title":{"rendered":"Centaur’s Daughter, by Ellen Jensen Abbott (book review) – fighting evil, one arrow at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"book<\/a>Uberwolf<\/a> ambush,
\nhumans good and bad,
\ncan Watersmeet remain a safe haven?<\/p>\n

Fairies<\/a> are only interested in what benefits them, but if they ally with militant followers of the evil White Worm, what hope is there for those who wish to live in harmony?<\/p>\n

The story begun in Watersmeet<\/em>\u00a0 (my no-spoiler recommendation here<\/a>) rumbles across the plains and threatens the fragile peace forged by dwarves, fauns, centaurs, and humans.<\/p>\n

Read the first chapter here<\/a> courtesy of the author, then ask for The Centaur’s Daughter<\/em> at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> (if it’s not in stock, they will order it! Support local businesses!)<\/p>\n

**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Centaur’s Daughter (Watersmeet, book 2) \/ Ellen Jensen Abbott. Skyscape, 2011 (paperback, 2014). [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy from the author; cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Chosen to follow her long-lost father as Keeper of peaceful Watersmeet settlement, Abisina may have to lead its creatures to save the humans who cast her out so that both groups may be free from ultimate evil.<\/p>\n

Humans had despised Abisina in their village merely because of her hair color – will they accept her leadership to fight against the evil one when they discover she is a centaur-human shapeshifter?<\/p>\n

Centaurs and humans have been enemies for generations, earth-deep dwarves have stayed clear of both groups forever, fauns and hamadryads need the forest’s protection – can they band together to cross plains and mountains to keep the White Worm’s unholy allies from destroying their lands?<\/p>\n

As told in Abisina’s journey to Watersmeet<\/em> in book one, the prophecy about The Centaur’s Daughter<\/em> must be supported by creatures and humans alike, if there ever is to be a safe place for those who wish to live in peace with The Keeper<\/em> (book 3).\u00a0 (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uberwolf ambush, humans good and bad, can Watersmeet remain a safe haven? Fairies are only interested in what benefits them, but if they ally with militant followers of the evil White Worm, what hope is there for those who wish to live in harmony? The story begun in Watersmeet\u00a0 (my no-spoiler recommendation here) rumbles across […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,77,19,41],"tags":[10,90,22,7,4,20,5,37,16,18,40,44,49,12,15,21,66,35,33,3,6,8,28,59],"class_list":["post-4661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fantasy","category-fiction","category-paranormal","tag-a2z","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-death","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-friendship","tag-memories","tag-refugees","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-series","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-travel","tag-us-author","tag-villains","tag-war"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4661"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6061,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4661\/revisions\/6061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}