The Bear House

Bear House, Book 1

De: Meaghan Mcisaac

Narrado por: Liz Pearce

In a gritty medieval world where the ruling houses are based on the constellations, betrayal, intrigue, and a king's murder force the royal sisters of the Bear House on the run!

Moody Aster and her spoiled sister, Ursula, are the daughters of Jasper Lourdes, Major of Bears and lord of all the realm. Rivals, both girls dream of becoming the Bear queen someday, although neither really deserve to, having no particular talent in...well, anything.

But when their uncle Bram murders their father in a bid for the crown, the girls are forced onto the run, along with lowly Dev the Bearkeeper and the Lourdes's half-grown grizzly Alcor, symbol of their house. As a bitter struggle for the throne consumes the kingdom in civil war, the sisters must rely on Dev, the bear cub, and each other to survive - and find wells of courage, cunning, and skill they never knew they had.

©2021 Meaghan McIsaac (P)2021 Recorded Books

Fun, engaging and well thought out.

I was really surprised how much I like this book. It's fun! the characters are fully developed and the narration is good.

A captivating fantasy for teens

The summary’s label promising a “gritty medieval” fantasy had me expecting more of a YA to adult story, however this was more along the lines of Percy Jackson or the movie Stardust. Once I recalibrated, I loved this tale of kingdoms bound by starlight, whose rulers are chosen by fantastic, magical beasts.

The summary was very accurate in describing 13 year olds Astra and Ursula as moody and spoiled.
I found them to be unbearably snobbish and judgmental, whereas the fledgling Keeper Dev was unfailingly the voice of reason.

Nonetheless, the addition of prince Quentin and his wyvern, and Loch and his hound, and of course grizzly Alcor gave me as good of a crew of young heroes as I could hope for. This was family friendly, with only TV level violence. Finally, the narrator was stellar. I will definitely move onto book 2.