Demonstrating that a Caller is less a commander and more a intermediary that allows these conversations to happen in the first place. She need to master her abilities, proving that she can indeed become a Caller.Īlot of Raven Flight is anchored in Neryn helping the rebels set up an early system and working relationship with the Good Folk. Neryn has made it to Shadowfell and become a critical part of the rebel’s plan to free the country from the tyrannical King. I would have liked a little more detail on why or how the kingdom has gotten to this point but given that it’s a young adult target that is probably too much to expect. There is enough early set-up for Neryn’s journey and the reasoning for why going to Shadowfell makes sense. A bit of a turn around from the standard trope of the boy who gets injured/sick and is nursed back to health by the girl. Often it’s Flint who manages to find her then do the requisite nursing back to health. There isn’t always a deus ex machina to get her out of the problem she stumbles into. This alone make it unique in the troubles Neryn has in just getting to her destination. No matter how often they have had to forage before.

The journey to the titular Shadowfell feels perilous and honestly is an excellent example that not everyone is a camping/survival expert. There are brief interludes in the form of letters to from another character Flint, that provide extra information for the reader and layer extra world-building so that we as the reader have just a tiny bit of extra information to work with. This remains consistent throughout the series that we work from Neryn’s view. Shadowfell starts off quick, plunging us into the world from Neryn’s PoV. More than that it becomes key to discovering her little ability is more than she ever thought. Once alone and in danger it becomes the only reason she survives. Neryn has always been able to see the Good Folk and in her world this has always been dangerous. Shadowfell series (Shadowfell, Raven Flight, The Caller)

Shadowfell by juliet marillier