The meditation thing was a good idea, I just wish it got further. They decided to throw it away to make Riverstar more unconfident and easy to compare with Arc: Arc is chill because he meditates, Riverstar is insecure because he doesn't. With this life, I give you honesty. Lies come from the head but truth comes from the heart. With honesty, you can ensure that every cat who knows you will trust you with their lives.

Mistakes A compiled list of the errors present in Riverstar's Home can be found here. Publication historyAll right that’s about it. Was rather disappointed in this one but it had its moments, and the meditation stuff was really cool. Maybe read if you’re a die hard Warriors fan or are super into RiverClan, but other than that you can give this one a pass. Personality Leopardstar is an independent, prideful and sassy leader. She does not care much for the needs of other Clans, but is fiercely loyal to RiverClan. [29] Relationships Tigerstar More Coming Soon Mistystar and Stonefur Coming Soon Feathertail and Stormfur Coming Soon Whitefang Whitefang was Leopardstar's mentor, but the two created a bond much before Leopardstar's apprentice days. Whitefang first interacts with Leopardstar when the latter is a kit, Leopardkit. Whitefang catches the young kit spying on two warriors, wanting to learn how to hunt. He teaches her about the difference between the scent of live versus the scent of dead prey, and helps her learn the difference of scents between meadow water and river water. Whitefang reports her to Hailstar, and when Leopardkit states that although Mudfur thinks she is too young and too small to become an apprentice, Whitefang doesn't share the same opinion, causing the white warrior to look at his paws. When Leopardkit is apprenticed, becoming Leopardpaw, Whitefang manages to create a path around the obstacle of Leopardpaw being afraid of water, and is extremely impressed when Leopardpaw and Sunpaw bring him the news that Leopardpaw got over her fear. From then on, Whitefang did exclusive water training with her, knowing that he had to catch her up to the other apprentices. After passing her assessment of catching land prey, Leopardpaw earns her warrior name Leopardfur, and Whitefang is very proud of her. [30] More Coming Soon Mudfur Mudfur was Leopardstar's father, and being Brightsky's only surviving kit, Leopardstar was often spoiled by him. [31] Sunfish Coming Soon Whiteclaw Coming Soon Frogleap Coming Soon Crookedstar Coming Soon Silverstream Coming Soon Firestar and Graystripe Coming Soon Kin Members Similarly, when talking with Skystar fails, Riverstar knows they have to fight to defend their land. Both of Riverstar's romances felt forced. Flutter is barely even a character and I think Finch would've been better off as his friend. Though I will give credit where credit is due, Night and RR's friendship is really sweet. And I'm glad they make it completely clear that it's entirely platonic. I'm so used to Warriors and literature in general not just letting a man and a woman just be friends. Firestar • Graystripe • Yellowfang • Cinderpelt • Spottedleaf • Sandstorm • Cloudtail • Bluestar • Tigerstar • Scourge

Ruler Protagonist: The book is about Riverstar forming RiverClan, trying to build a home where cats live peacefully and care about each other, in contrast with the local rogues and warring mountain groups. Rainbowshine shares why they’re excited for Riverstar’s Home. Official cover art by Owen Richardson

Shoutbox

Premature Birth Drama: Star Flower's kitting. In addition to coming at the worst possible time - as they're running form the villain - the kits are very early, which worries everyone. There were a few things I enjoyed about this book, of course: Night and Riverstar's friendship (as opposed to his romantic relationships, which all felt extremely forced and utterly unnecessary) was surprisingly well written, and Drizzle grew a lot on me throughout the story. And yet it's easy to find things you like in a book that's otherwise full of... nothing. With this life, I give you courage. So that you will stand beside your Clanmates against whatever they face and you will fight for them no matter how defeated you feel.

I call upon my warrior ancestors [...] to look down on this apprentice. With no mother to guide her, she has been raised by the Clan, and it is with special pride that we watch her today pass from apprentice to warrior. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior of RiverClan. Leopardpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life? I really wanted to like this book. I really did. River Ripple was one of my favorite characters from the Dawn of the Clans series. But this one just didn’t deliver for me. In Riverstar's Home he is mistakenly called Ripple, even though he did not have that name at the time. [35] Most of the rogues who have joined the forest groups have given themselves two-word names to put their pasts behind them and fit in better with the group. River Ripple's cats Dawn, Moss, Pine, and Kite have chosen the names Dawn Mist, Moss Tail, Pine Needle, and Kite Wing. Parental Substitute: Riverstar explains that he didn't remember his parents and was simply found as a kit near the park entrance, and that Arc had raised him.

Solid four stars, I guess? This book was so weird. I can’t organize my thoughts, honestly. It was simultaneously extremely disappointing and actually really interesting at the same time. It feels like the book spends the entire time saying the clans are bad but also the clans are the best, perfect, ONLY way to live. . . The message, if there was any, about clan life was completely lost in my opinion. It feels like the writers wanted to explore the fact that clan life isn’t perfect in this book, but they ended up losing all the nuance of that argument along the way. To make it worse, River Ripple, or Riverstar, I guess, pretty much stopped being interesting and unique as soon as he got his nine lives. After his nine lives ceremony, his character and everything he’d learned was flung out the window. His relationship with Finch was SO rushed and written poorly, even by Warriors standards. Skystar’s development also completely disappeared at the end of the book, and almost all of the conflict was just conflict for conflict’s sake. . . Which Riverstar recognized until he just didn’t anymore. *sigh* Clear Sky becomes mates with Star Flower after having previously fathered Thunder with another she-cat. (As we see in the other Dawn of the Clans books, Star Flower is actually his third love, after Bright Stream and then Thunder's mother Storm died.) River Ripple feels jealous that Clear Sky gets to start a second family when he never got to have kits with Flutter. This was a Super Edition I was really looking forward to, so it gives me no joy to say I was disappointed.

I'm Quiet Rain. With this life, I give you kindness and humility. Show the compassion you show to your Clanmates to every cat you meet. Remember, you might walk in their paw steps one day and they in yours. The magic and mystery of Riverstar as a unique and slightly eccentric character has been completely wiped away with this book. There's a whole lot more needless love drama I didn't care to read about. A lot of this book (about 50%) is just downright recycled plot elements from Dawn of the Clans but this time from Riverstar's POV. Skystar is still the worst (nothing new there, I suppose). The book feels drawn-out and doesn't really get interesting until past the 50% point when we enter "new" territory with Riverstar going to aid his old parkmates and feeling torn between his homes. With this life, I give you resilience. You must endure when others fall, but you cannot let suffering change you.The Fourth Apprentice • Fading Echoes • Night Whispers • Sign of the Moon • The Forgotten Warrior • The Last Hope Riverstar’s personality is a complex one, at that. He, in my opinion, was more suited to be a medicine cat than a leader. He knew about StarClan, so why not use that as a medicine cat advantage? Well, that’s for another post. So, he knew about the “spirit cats” and helped the other leaders understand them more. He seemed not to be partial or impartial to any of the groups, which I find odd. Action Prologue: The prologue starts with the park getting destroyed by Twoleg monsters; Ripple tries to flee and falls into the river. Reluctant Warrior: River Ripple tries to uphold peace, but once One Eye kills one cat and steals herbs meant for others who may die without them, he knows that the only way to stop him is to kill him, and comes to accept that survival and peace must be fought for. Speaking of the journey to the park, I disliked those scenes in particular. A lot of the travel scenes felt boring and unnecessary, and the way that the cats describe human structures can be charming and quirky, but in this case felt excessive and disorienting. I couldn't picture what they were climbing or why when they were somehow trying to go above a Twoleg tunnel carved in the mountain. Not to mention, the mall and drive-through restaurant (if I understood those descriptions correctly) are out of place for the time period of Dawn of the Clans, which the authors have discussed outside of the books. Turtle Tail was supposedly run over by a Ford Model T, so we should still be in the 1920s. Why did the misadventures involving Twolegs feel so modern in this super edition, decades ahead of their time?