Dear Ms. Bishop,
I have two confessions to make. First, I haven’t read the first novel in your Horsemistress trilogy. This is one of the major criticisms of the fantasy genre. Most books are part of a trilogy or series, and many times you can’t read them out of order without becoming hopelessly confused. Sometimes I think that’s why urban fantasy has more crossover appeal than other types of fantasy. Because while you can read Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake series out of order, you can’t do that with George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. So I knew I was taking a risk by jumping into the middle of a trilogy. That said, I’m pleased to say that while it’s obvious there’s a book that preceded this and a book to follow, it stood very well on its own.
Confession #2: I’m a longtime fantasy reader. I’ve been reading them since I was a teen. And one of the types I enjoyed reading back then falls into the category known as animal companion fantasy. Probably the best known example of this kind of fantasy is Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. I, on …
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