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Wolverine's Daughter

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Wolverine was a legendary warrior. He was also Kelyn of Keturas father. He had left her mother before she was born. Kelyn cared nothing for the Wolverine or his legends. She wanted nothing to do with him. She grew up in the mountains of Ketura learning to survive, like her father before her as her mother wished. She had to practice much harder than the others of the village due to her occasional bouts of clumsiness. Where others did things gracefully, she was awkward. Where others learned quickly, she had to practice often and thoroughly.

When her mother died, the village witch told her that she must find her father if she wanted to find herself. So she began her journey. Kelyn did not wait for trouble to find her. She followed trouble to find the Wolverine. Once found, a battle of witches, barbarians, and sorcery began! Kelyn also found out WHY she was often clumsy. However, she could not understand why that clumsiness vanished at times of danger and battle. One thing was for certain, the Wolverine could not deny she was his daughter and he had definitely met his match!

**** Excellent! Like watching Xena and Hercules side-by-side! I plan to look up other books by this amazing author! Highly recommended reading here! ****

Excellent story about Kelyn, who was raised by her mother and needs to search for her father - the Wolverine - in order to really find who she is. Since she's pretty handy in the wild as well as with self-defense, this sounds like a cinch...with the exception of a little curse placed by someone close to her... Loved it! Can't wait for the sequel.

This book was about a young women named Kelyn who struggles to live up to her father's legend. Raised by her mother in her father's land she becomes a worrier who lives off the land. She sets out on a journey to discover who she really is and to find her legendary father. I thought that this book was packed full of adventure, emotions, and the struggles of living with mistakes.

I had the best intentions when I brought this book to my office this morning. Surely I could confine myself to just reading a chapter or two when things got quiet, right?

Wrong. I resented every time I had to put it away, and I spent my lunch hour finishing it. Kelyn is a wonderful heroine, and while this character may be clumsy (through no fault of her own!), Doranna Durgin certainly is no clumsy writer. I hope we'll be able to see more of Kelyn's world and more of Kelyn.

Kelyn's father was the legendary Wolverine, but that doesn't mean she wants to be like him. In fact, she wanted nothing to do with him. Growing up in the mountains of Ketura taught her how to survive almost anything--even her clumsiness. She trains herself to be more careful than all the others, better than all the others, stronger than them and quicker, because not to do so would be death in the cold unforgiving mountains of Ketura. As the years pass, she becomes confident in her hunting and tracking abilities, and happy... until her mother dies and reevers try to desecrate her body.

Kelyn is told by someone she trusts that to find herself and her destiny, she must find the father she despises. Wolverine had left before she was born, left her mother to fend for herself. She wants nothing to do with him... and yet, to leave the mountains for adventure in far away lands has a strange appeal.

Kelyn did not wait for trouble to find her, instead she uses a talisman that she took from the dead reevers to go looking for it! She knows from stories of the Wolverine that wherever there is trouble, Wolverine won't be far behind. She finds trouble aplenty, and her father, but he isn't what she expected at all. The Wolverine is a hard battle scarred warrior, just as she had thought he would be, but he is also what she would call a cocker (a foolish male or idiot) When she declares herself his daughter, he doesn't believe her! Then she learns he is fighting for the very people he professes to despise--witches.

Well, Kelyn couldn't leave it there. She had to tell him what a fool he was, but he won't believe anything she says... until she forces him to see the truth and everything changes. Suddenly, her lifelong clumsiness is gone. She learns that far from being a simple matter of clumsiness, she was under a curse--making her father acknowledge her as his daughter has broken its hold on her... or has it?

Mark E. Cooper
Warrior Within (ISBN:0954512200)

I liked the characters in this story, but the book should have gone into more detail about each one. That way they become more real to the reader. Robert Jordon's wheel of time is a good example. The story line was good too, but with more depth and twist it would have been better. You have a good imagination Doranna,now make us fall in love with them. Dennis Mattord

P.S. I've read countless books over the years and the ones I most remember are the long indepth ones.

Wolverine was a legendary warrior. He was also Kelyn of Ketura's father. He had left her mother before she was born. Kelyn cared nothing for the Wolverine or his legends. She wanted nothing to do with him. She grew up in the mountains of Ketura learning to survive, like her father before her as her mother wished. She had to practice much harder than the others of the village due to her occasional bouts of clumsiness. Where others did things gracefully, she was awkward. Where others learned quickly, she had to practice often and thoroughly.

When her mother died, the village witch told her that she must find her father if she wanted to find herself. So she began her journey. Kelyn did not wait for trouble to find her. She followed trouble to find the Wolverine. Once found, a battle of witches, barbarians, and sorcery began! Kelyn also found out WHY she was often clumsy. However, she could not understand why that clumsiness vanished at times of danger and battle. One thing was for certain, the Wolverine could not deny she was his daughter and he had definitely met his match!

*** Excellent! Like watching Xena and Hercules side-by-side! I plan to look up other books by this amazing author! Highly recommended reading here! ***

I was impressed with the other reviews of this book and went out and bought it, not a total mistake; though after finishing the book I feel there was a lot that seemed to be edited out of the finished product. The hardest time that I had with the book were all the lapses of time between each chapter. (i.e. going into battle [end chapter], [next chpter] out of battle and on the road again) This example goes to a little extreme however it is not far off. I felt that there were too many circumstances that were barely brushed over, if not skipped entirely, that would have only added to the overall storyline. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the book, there was just things lacking. I know that this review does not tell anything about the story, there are many other reviews that summerize the story, this is a review about the fluidity of the book. The way that the book was, either edited or written, leads me to think that Doranna Durgin was aiming possibly for a more young adult audience.

I did fully enjoy the elements of fantasy within the novel. The magick, myths, and the fact that Kelyn was human and made (many) mistakes and was not a goddess incapable of error. Ironwood, great use of the magick (or lack thereof).

Thank you, Ms. Durgin, for not following many with the whole series concept. I have been wainting for someone to write one novel and leave it at that. Thanks again.

Overall, try your local library first before running to purchase. If after you have read it, and you still love it, add it to you home library to enjoy over and over. I will certiainly try another book by Doranna.

I was very pleasantly surprized by this book! Its heroine is far from being a super-hero (good!), but her character and cultural traits are what enable her to prevail. She learns along the way, since logically she SHOULD be unable to immediately fit in in a new cultural environment, but she also teaches her new acquaintances. GREAT!

Wolverine's Daughter by Doranna Durgin tells the story of Kelyn of Ketura. A young lady who has had to work extra hard to survive in her harsh mountain environment because she is cursed with clumsiness. When her mother, the only thing keeping her around, passes away she goes out in search of her father. The local wisewoman tells her that this is the only way to remove the curse of her clumsiness.

This is a pretty straightforward example of a sword and sorcery book. The characters aren't exceptionally deep and the plot is driven by the action more than anything. The story flows well and Wolverine was an interesting addition to the story and really helped advance the story of the curse. If you are a fan of action based stories than this should be right up your alley. It has all the elements of a classic fantasy tale: romance, evil wizards, mercenaries, and a main character trying to resolve some kind of personal flaw.