Yup I'm done with this series now. This was enough.
My nostalgia was pretty strong for the first three or four books.. then it just got so bad. But this is another level of sad. She couldn't just let the series go..

This was a change of pace from the original story but still very much related and enjoyable. Even though this book is geared towards the younger readers, I can say that I am enjoying the series as an adult reader as well. Give this series a read if you like things like the Redwall series and Watership Down.

OK, I can't really summarize this very well without having a spoiler, so there.

CORYN'S MOM IS A HAGSFIEND????? I guess it makes sense since Nyra is such a jerk, but wow. This begs the question of whether or not being a hagsfiend is a physical thing or just depends on what type of magic you use.

Whoo!

Now it’s getting good! This is the style I really like with the author. We get to know where the wolves came from and why they guard the ember of hool. It’s great to be able to see a writers development. While the rest of the series is good and improves with each new book, I found I enjoyed the wolves beyond series more than the owls one.
Reading them back to back, it becomes a little annoying that each owls skill was repeated every single book. Why barn owls are so good at hearing, or how owls navigating, air pressure, etc.
That slowly went away as the series progressed, but it disappeared completely last book and was not brought up in this book.

Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Collier (Guardians of Ga'Hoole Book 9) Summary: THE LEGENDS. An ancient malevolence that will threaten the very existence of the Great Tree has been loosened from the past. With his dying breath, Ezylryb tells Soren and Coryn to read the legends of Ga'Hoole hidden in his private library. There, they find a world of treachery and magic in which a young king and queen struggle to keep peace while Grank, their most loyal friend and supporter, studies embers and flames in a distant land. Then a desperate plea comes from the king and Grank rushes to the aid of his noble friends.

Rating: 3 1/2 stars

Opening Line: "On a branch outside a hollow of the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, three owls hunched against the first blasts of an early winter gale."

Quote: "Will you kindly shut your big fat beak and listen to your elder? I should have kicked you out of here days ago!"

This one was so good! It mostly told Grank's story. Grank is the first collier. A collier is a coal carrier. At the begining Grank goes to Beyond the Beyond. After that he gets the Ember of Hoole. Next he got hypnotised with power, so he put the ember back. Then he went back to where he was born and the king was dead so he saved the king. Grank saved the queen's egg and took care of it. Then the book ends.

This is about the legends, so don't get confused with who these people (Owls) are.

My favorite part was when Grank took Siv's egg somewhere safe to raise the chick so that the hasfiends didn't get to it. My least favorite part was when Ezylryb died, because he has been in all the books so far, since the second one where the owls met him at the great tree. I really liked the polar bear Svenka. She was strangley nice to Siv, even when they had just met, and eventually they became friends.

I personably am not a fan of books that are in first person, but Kathryn Lasky actually has done a better job at storytelling in first person that what she has done in third. The story seemed to glide more efficiently through my minds eye compared to all the other books that were in third person.
Throughout this book, there are times when the owls smell certain scents, and again I have to put down that owls cannot smell odours. Because of this, I give this book a 4/5.

This book made me realise how very similar the Hoole ember is compared the ring to rule them all in ‘The Lord Of The Rings.’
If either of these things are put into the hands of someone not strong enough to deal with its powers, it could be disastrous for that individual. The more you use the ember or the ring, the more it takes a hold of you until all you care about is that powerful object.

Great, going back in time

Ok, I guess. This book is... interesting. That's all I have to say. I don't really see why this had anything to do with Soren and the rest of his Chaw (read the series, I don't want explain)

Overall Rating : C+

"Read them and know where we came from...and what we must guard against."