The Bark of the Bog Owl (Wilderking Trilogy, 1)

Reviews

1. 

   Courtney Spoon – August 10, 2024

   Our favorite audio book of all time – and we’ve listened to a lot!
   We own the paperbacks as well as the audiobook, but I would highly recommend listening to this on audio as a family. The author, who also narrates the recording, adds so much personality and life to the story when he reads it. We’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks on long road trips over the years and never has one captured the hearts of everyone in the family, including my husband. Great writing, adventure, laughs, truth-seeking and honorable main characters and a story that moves at a perfect pace. I really don’t understand why this isn’t at the very top of all kids’ book lists. Do yourself a favor and just listen to it! We’ve listened to it several times and still love it!

2. 

   Booklover – August 10, 2024

   Enjoyable story and well-written
   This is a great adventure story; I am looking forward to reading the sequels. Not many authors (especially modern day authors) live up to my standards, but he can really spin a tale and put a sentence together.Aside from being well written, the story felt very homey. It’s hard to describe, but it has a quality about it – part Bible story, part American frontier, part adventure story. Although technically it qualifies as fantasy, it really doesn’t have the feel. It’s more like an old style story – quieter and more “real” than most fantasy I’ve read.The children got bored at times, but I think that may have just been their age. At 7 and 4 they may need a little time before they can really appreciate it.

3. 

   Sal – August 10, 2024

   delightful!
   Three cheers for Jonathan Rogers and Broadman and Holman.Where to begin my praise for this book?First of all there is a boy who is all boy–rough and tumble and longing for adventure. This is a boy who calls to our innermost beings, urging us to be good and noble and true without being stodgy and stiff and stuck-up. Aidan delights us with his humility, his appetite for fun, his courage, and his steadfast devotion to God and King.Add to the mix a wild feechie boy–I won’t even try to describe him because I can’t do him justice. But you are sorely missing out if you don’t buy this book and get acquainted with Dobro Turtlebane.The pace never stills, the story never lags, and the children never stop begging for “just one more” chapter when you read it aloud.And the children’s plea is mine, also. “More, please, Mr. Rogers.” I want to go back to the swamps and do some fishing and feasting. I want to follow Aidan to the caves as he flees from his king. I look forward to an honorable, deep love between Aidan and the king’s son (I’m thinking Smike and Nicholas Nickleby).I can’t wait to see where this talented writer takes us next. What relationships will be forged, what sacrifices will be made, what honorable service will be rendered, all while we are romping through Aidan’s world and laughing with him and loving him?Not only was the story enthralling and the prose superb, the book came out in hardback with a well-thought-out cover design. Good for Broadman and Holman. The paper quality, the printing, and the pictures were still substandard but those are minor irritations considering the huge leap that this book makes in the Christian publishing industry.If you or someone you know loves fantasy, buy this book. You will not be disappointed. Like Harry Potter, this one is going to be loved by adults as well as children.And, no, I’ve never met the author and I don’t work for Broadman and Holman. I just cannot contain my joy at seeing this kind of quality from Christian publishers. Hurray, hurray, hurray. Or perhaps that should read: Haawwweeee!

4. 

   Sagi Lavanya – August 10, 2024

   This is a great book for children emphasizing values, encouraging one to stand by the virtues ,all wrapped in a fantasy world.

5. 

   Amazon Customer – August 10, 2024

   I was looking for a book collection on the line of the Chronicles of Narnia for my 9yrs. old daughter (she is an avid reader) and this is just perfect. She loved it and has read the whole collection.

6. 

   Tap – August 10, 2024

   This is a great book for kids and families! Our kids are 11 and 13 and they really enjoyed it. Cool to see the similarities with the story of David from the Bible (even though this was a fictional story).We are looking forward to reading the next one in the series.