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Despite being a direct sequel to The Princess and the Bear, this is a pretty standalone book, and can be read without having read its predecessors, though some parts wouldn’t have the same emotional impact without the background.
Liva is the daughter of the bear and the hound, and has the ability to turn into any animal she wants. Jens is a boy with no magic in a country where everyone either has the accepted ability to communicate with animals, or the illegal ability to turn into an animal. Harrison resolves the hatred of animal magic from the first two books without bogging down the plot too much with remnants, and tells a pretty strong story of Liva and Jens finding their places in the world at the same time. I didn’t like this as much as The Princess and the Bear, but more than The Princess and the Hound.
Liva is the daughter of the bear and the hound, and has the ability to turn into any animal she wants. Jens is a boy with no magic in a country where everyone either has the accepted ability to communicate with animals, or the illegal ability to turn into an animal. Harrison resolves the hatred of animal magic from the first two books without bogging down the plot too much with remnants, and tells a pretty strong story of Liva and Jens finding their places in the world at the same time. I didn’t like this as much as The Princess and the Bear, but more than The Princess and the Hound.