The Lambshank Redemption

A really good read, a gentle start, a story that brings its characters to life and charges the imagination. A story to be enjoyed by adults as well as children. The narrative carry's you along enjoying Minty's journey and adventures, with well thought out characters and places, drawing you into another world as you get to know the character. As you get towards the end of the book, it is in stark contrast to the beginning, and leaves you wanting to start book 2 Please!

I actually chuckled when I saw the title of this book and just had to give it a try. The story starts off on a farm and revolves around a young, naive lamb called Minty who, after being told by Ginger the farmcat, that the farmer's wife wants to kill and cook her, she leaves the farm to find a 'magic meadow', and her adventures begin. Along the way she makes friends and enemies and generally finds trouble of one sort or another around every corner. 'The Lambshank Redemption: A Leprechaun's Curse' is a fun romp through a land filled with fairies, werewolves, gnomes and more, and I'm sure any child (and any child-at-heart) will root for Minty at every step of her adventure. I referred to this as a story, but it would be more realistic to call it a poem, and although I liked the overall premise i found some of the rhymes a little forced. More than once I found myself reading and re-reading some of the lines trying to make them fit, and more often than not gave up. That's not to say this was hard to read - once I got into the swing of it, it was an enjoyable amble through a new fantasy world. I was a little disappointed to see 'to be continued' at the end - and having not read the sequel yet - I felt a longer book with a full conclusion of the story would have been more effective. I will be reading any further volumes released in the future and will ensure reviews are posted accordingly. Overall, a fun, adventurous story that doesn't take itself too seriously.