of all the Redwall series, this is by far my favorite. it follows the story of a courageous female otter that struggles to meet her destiny. Jacques is an eloquent writer and his descriptive style has the characters and the locations practically jumping off the page. for anyone that has even read just one of the books, they will know that the author takes great care when each character is speaking by giving each species, (for the most part,) its own unique dialect. this can make speed reading tricky, but for those of us that read each word, it is special and charming. I must say that I enjoy these books over and over again on audiobooks, for just this reason. although a YA series, I did not really discover these books until a sibling left his elementary-days, ex-library editions behind after a move when we were both adults. so I would highly recommend not only this book, but the whole series for all ages.

This is almost a five star Redwall book. It’s epic and borderline mythic, what with a maid from an ancient royal bloodline fulfilling a prophecy to set slaves free from their tyrannical enemy. The intrigue between the warlord and his family is excellent, and the angst as the otters try to fight back without endangering their families is amped up nicely. In fact, the main issues are the parts at Redwall; they were a little clunky and contrived, and felt like filler as the creatures try to solve a silly riddle. It seemed like it took forever for Tiria to finally get going and answer destiny’s call.

Am I the only person who noticed these five things?

1. Why were the cat guards unable to get an simple axe and break down the door to get Leatho at the end? It seems like I remember a similar scene in The Bellmaker, where the vermin did exactly that in order to pursue those hidden within.
2. By looking at the map, I see no reason why all the characters needed to climb up on the lip of the crater in order to reach the summer holt. Why didn't they just go around that awful place?
3. Did Tiria's father say a single goodbye before hurrying back for dinner at Redwall? That seemed like a lost opportunity for a little emotion. Also, why didn't he want to go with her? I would think that a caring otter father would be difficult to leave behind.
4. Why on earth were cats ever sailing on the ocean in the first place? I seem to remember the queen in the Mossflower book being driven insane simply by the dripping of water in the basement.
5. If one were capturing otters, I would think that the very last place to tie them up would be under a pier by water where "outlaw" otters could obviously steal them back!

This is the first Redwall book that I've found myself questioning the events in Jacques' world, though I will be the first to admit that I might be mistaken about a few of these questions.

Other than these things (which I am perhaps being too picky about), I enjoyed this book just as much as all the other later Redwall books. It wasn't as good as the original five books, but I still had a lot of fun. It started out a little slow to me, but the story greatly improved about halfway through. There were definitely a few surprises toward the end.

One of my favorites in the series when I was younger (definitely had a preference for the otters lol)!

A brilliantly woven story full of action tragedy and excitement. One of my all time favorites. In my opinion this is the best book in the Redwall trilogy. I would definitely recommend this book.

Otters? Yes please. That's all i have to say. Otters are my absolute favorite Redwall animal and I was so happy when I started this book about found out it was all about otters.

The book first start out wtih an outline of a place called Green Isle; a place that once was ruled by otter clans and currently dominated by cats who rule with an iron paw. An otter soon learns that she has the blood of a Queen: High Rhulain and sought to seek the place and eventaully learn of her role: to end the rule of a wildcat and bring the rule back to the otterclan. In the end, she learned to enjoy herself and learned the role of a warrrior as any living beast.

Its kind of getting boring, but there is still some interesting things about it. One of it is that the character is a female one of the few in Redwall representing anyone could be a hero.

I love Jacques books! They are cute and funny and really evoke a sense of hope in a person. This one is one of my favorites. The main character is one of my favorites of his series.

I am glad that I am almost done with the series. This one seemed a little disjointed. I guess it was cool that we now have an otter stronghold. The wildcats are back. But they are still the same as any other baddie in the stories...

I really like this book, it hardly ever got boring. The only thing I find boring about it was the songs. I skimmed or skipped them. One thing that had me wondering was how Tiria was going to get her coronet because it was at the Redwall Abby while she was at Salamandastron, then at sea, then on Green Isle and she still didn't have it. I was surprised when Jacques had the goose fly non-stop across the ocean to get the coronet to Tiria. I like how Jacques has 3 or 4 scenes in the book and how he eventually combines them together. Another thing I like is how I feel happy when something good happens and sad when something bad happens. Like when Tiria's good friend Brinty was killed. I had to do a double take just to make sure, I was sad and a bit surprised when he died because it was very a sudden event, even the creatures in the book were shocked. Lastly, because I have read so many of Jacques's books I can tell what animal it talking by how it talks. Like if he or she says "chap", "lad", "laddy", or "wot wot" the character is a hare and if the words are harder to read than normal and look funny then it's most likely a mole that's talking. I like his books and this is a series that I will most likely re-read again.

What I loved most about this particular book in the series is the brave and spunky heroine, who was determined to find her fate in life as a leader despite her gender. Perhaps it would have been a little more inspiring had she been able to change some of the customs of her original clan, but overall it was still a great and inspiring read.

on a brief break from my audiobook austen venture (only northanger abbey and mansfield park left!!) and in the meantime i've been taking it back to my childhood by listening to some of my favorite redwall books on audiobook. each one is narrated by brian jacques and a full cast, and let me tell you, they are an absolute DELIGHT to experience!! my only disappointment is that i can't seem to find the audio recording of marlfox anywhere (it seems to only have survived in select physical copies at various libraries, but none near me, unfortunately). however, high rhulain was nevertheless an excellent one to have in the background during work, chores, and hours of playing tears of the kingdom. despite being written for kids, it's well-written and gripping enough to hook readers of any age who enjoy a good epic fantasy. there's heroes, there's villains, there's horrific acts of war, there's feasts and songs (played and sung in-book), there's prophetic dreams, there's a map in the beginning...this is pure fantasy goodness at it's best. i would also highly recommend searching up the in-book illustrations for the characters, because oh my god they have so much personality. i love it. a solid story, and definitely up there in my personal ranking of the series! (although it's beaten by my favorites: Marlfox, Outcast of Redwall, Pearls of Lutra, and Triss.)