Rating: 3
Description: Wren is away visiting her aunt when the evil king Andreus attacks her home country of Meldrith. Her friend, the princess Teressa, finds her parents, the king and queen, murdered after waking from a drugged sleep. Prince Connor manages to escape with his trainer and a group of other trainees. And Tyron is at the magic school when it is attacked, all the more senior mages killed in the initial wave. With the adults of the country either dead or occupied in petty power struggles, it is up to the four friends, along with a loyal base of young people, to come together to make sure that Andreus and his army are defeated. This is easier said than done, as the teenagers are up against not only an enemy sorcerer and his army, but the adults of Meldrith who think that Teressa is too young and inexperienced to be their monarch. What's more, the four friends are growing up, and teenage hormones don't care that they're in the midst of a war. Can the four friends put aside their emotions and gather enough allies to overcome the biggest evil Meldrith has ever faced?
Review: "Wren's War" is much better than "Wren's Quest", but falls far short of the first book in the series, "Wren to the Rescue". The plot picked up and went at a better pace than the previous book, but I missed the interactions between the four kids when they all went off to do their own part to aid in the war effort. Also, I kept being thrown off by the semi-incestual relationship between Tess and Connor (Connor is Tess's uncle). This book was much more fulfilling than its prequel, but left me wanting more when it was over. Luckily, I recently learned that Sherwood Smith is writing a new installment. I look forward to reading the next book when it comes out and finding out what ultimately happens with Wren and Connor and Tyron and Teressa.