Kimi's Book Review of Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice starts off with Fireheart and Graystripe finishing up their vigil. The vigil was all night because they had just become warriors, which is a big honor because they are no longer apprentices. Shortly after they go to a gathering, which is where all of the clans meet once a month on the night of the full moon, they learn that one of the four clans of the forest has been driven out by Shadowclan. Their leader Bluestar gives the new warriors the task of bringing Windclan back to the forest, for she believes that there should be four clans in the forest, not three. Fireheart and Graystripe go to find Windclan, and eventually they convince them to return to their territory. After getting an ominous message from Windclan’s medicine cat that there would be an unnecessary death that day, they set off to go home. Fireheart, Graystripe, and some members of Windclan went through Riverclan territory and get caught by a patrol; in the end of the fight, a Riverclan apprentice gets killed, and the evil cat Tigerclaw watches as Fireheart almost gets killed. Shortly after, Fireheart and Graystripe get apprentices. They Thunderclan gets plagued by green cough, which Bluestar gets. Bluestar’s green cough turns into white cough, and she ends up loosing a life from it. While she was sick, Cinderpaw goes to deliver a message to Tigerclaw that Bluestar was sick and gets hits by a monster, also known as a car, on Thunder Path, also known as a road. Due to this, she loses all ability to be a warrior, since her back paw is injured beyond repair. Fireheart ends up getting his nephew from his sister Princess, and takes him back to the clan. Cloudkit gets accepted into the clan after long enough.

The biggest and best literary element in Warriors: Fire and Ice is the plot. If not for plot, this book would be nothing. The plot of the entire series is beginning to unravel in this book, and characterization is strong due to the plot. Imagery is also strong, mainly appearing to the sense of smell and taste with how good a rat tastes and how wonderful it smells. This book is very well written, and I would suggest it to any cat lover who wants to see a well read wonderful cat soap-opera. The theme is probably to consult your wise, almighty clan leader before making a stupid decision, which will lead everyone to wanting to slice one’s eyeballs out and feed them to their prey.

Kimi, Literally Talented Teen Writer

Kimi's book review also appears in February's newsletter. Literally Talented Teens meets at the Library every other Thursday at 4 pm to share creative writing.