Green Rider

By: Kristen Britain

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Karigan G’ladheon, running away from school, is traveling through a deep forest when a galloping horse pounds up to her, its rider impaled by two black-shafted arrows. With his dying breath, he tells her he is a Green Rider, one of the magical messengers of the King. Before he dies, he makes Karigan swear to deliver the message he’s carrying, and gives her his green coat, with the symbolic brooch of his office.

Pursued by unknown assassins, following a path only her horse seems to know, Karigan becomes a legendary Green Rider—for when given to the right person, a Rider’s brooch awakens the magic inside.

©2008 Kristen Britain (P)2012 Penguin

an awesome book

I loved it a lot! one of my favorite parts was when she stayed with the berry sisters at the seven chimneys.

This is the 3rd time I bought this book

Yes, this series is that good that I now add audio to print and e-book formats

Great Read!

Great read, excellent narration, captivating story, good character development. Off to download the next in series!

A Favorite of Many Years

I reccomend this, and all other books in the series. Very good narration + detail.

absolutely wonderful, great antagonist.

truly one of the best books I've had the pleasure to experience. I look forward to the other novels in the series

Love the story, hate the narrator

Green Rider is one my favorite books. I’ve read it multiple times. I got this after listening to the sample because I know how much a narrator can bring to a story or take away from it. At first I was okay with her, but after listening to the whole book I was annoyed by her random accents that aren’t consistent for areas/societal station or even the same characters. And her singing voice drives me absolutely batty.

Great story, excellent performance.

I have read and thoroughly enjoyed this series. It’s so much fun to revisit it in the audio book version.

Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar, except WAY better

So, overall I really enjoyed listening to this, much more than I expected. It seems that the concept of the Green Rider was taken from the pages of Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar series, except it presents a much more realistic presentation of the position, social relationships, and politics (it also helps that Britain is a better writer).

Yes, it's probably a fantasy written to appeal to those just getting into the genre, but there's nothing wrong with that. I appreciated that the main character was more in depth and rounded than the angsty teen runaway I was expecting. She was a strong, convincing female character without overdoing it.

While I somewhat agree with some above comments that it never felt like our leading lady was any 'real' danger, she does have an extensive adventure and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Some things could have been better; the pacing was occasionally jumpy, and it felt like there were 3-4 climaxes which *almost* made the story too long, but I'm just nitpicking here.

tldr; great story, great characters, excited to read the next book.

Exciting adventure story for all ages

This is a fun, well written book for adults and young people. It's not geared to children at all but there is no language to overlook and no sex. Now if that sounds a bit boring, don't let it turn you off, because Kristen Britain is a wonderful story teller and Ellen Archer is a fabulous narrator. She does multiple voices, each very different, well acted. This is a first book that has lots of room to grow in the future. The concept of the Green Riders is new and it mixes women and men together so it can be enjoyed by both. It has lots of intrigue, fast paced adventure, and fantasy. I am so glad there are 4 more books to look forward to!

Better than reading it

Where does Green Rider rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the best books that we have listened to so far.

Any additional comments?

I purchased this book to see if my husband (who is blind) would like to listen to the series and he enjoyed it so much that we got the other three.