Bravelands #2: Code of Honor audiobook

I thought it would be impossible to outshine the first book but Hunter proved her skill as an,amazing storyteller in the 2nd novel of the bravelands series.I finished this book in 2 days because I literally could not stop thinking about it and how it would end. This was a real page turner and had me enthralled with every chapter. These characters are amazingly well developed and the amount of absolute treachery in this book was astounding!I almost lost,my mind a few times will all the angst going on and how much I wanted Stinger dead, I actually found I hated,him more than even Titan (who I always envisioned as the big bad of bravelands.) what a cliffhanger! I almost recommend not reading this book until the 3rd one is out cause the ending will drive you out of your mind! I will be willing to say that this series is starting out amazingly strong and has the potential to outshine warriors.

Bravelands is an awesome new series that personifies different types of animals who live in Africa. The main characters are a young baboon, lion and elephant. There is terrible evil working against the Great Spirit and Code that rule the Bravelands. There is so much manipulation that the good animals have no clue who to trust. Bad things happen in book 2, including a heartbreaking death. Wow!

Wat een boek joh! Volgepropt met actie, heerlijke beestenbendes en een goed plot.Recensie binnenkort op myperfectbooklife

Book Theme Song: Black Eyes by Radical Face This is going to be a very spoilery review but before I get into that I'll just say to anyone who's apprehensive about continuing the series that it's worth it, but have a box of tissues and a pint of ice cream on hand because this book is depressing. The Bravelands are in turmoil. The weather is more bipolar than springtime in Pennsylvania, and treachery and deceit are spreading. This entire book is about the turmoil that grips Bravelands as the future becomes more and more uncertain. In this desperation, charismatic and brutal tyrants like Titan and Stinger thrive, but the seeds are sown for their downfall. Fearless continues to bide his time to avenge his father's death and take back his pride, but as Titan's atrocities grow he realizes that the time is coming sooner than he thought. His arc hasn't changed much from the first book, except that Stinger has managed to take advantage of him and Fearless begins to distrust Loyal after his mother's dying words. Thorn's arc is the main focus of this book. He is chosen for an elite group of guards (disturbingly similar to the Gestapo and similar groups) called Strongbranches and caught in Stinger's 4D chess game. He too is biding his time, but he is forced to commit atrocities to divert suspicion away from him. Unbeknownst to him, Stinger knows exactly what he is planning, and uses it to his advantage. The ending of this book is one of the most dismal things (in fiction) I've ever read because of that. I'm not a big cryer but I was definitely screaming "NO!" at several points. Quietly, because I live in a dorm room and I share walls with people. A note on the ending: My theory is that Thorn is the new Great Father. I'm pretty sure he's not going to die because he's the only baboon POV character and switching POV characters at this point would be strange. Also, I can't believe Frog and Starleaf died. Speaking of characters whose deaths I'm still in denial of, MOON! Sky's arc was a journey to seek answers from the Great Spirit. Moon tags along, but Titan and his cronies track them down and kill Moon in a display of power. Because killing a freaking baby really makes one look powerful. >.> Sky gains a power-up and can now see the memories of living animals by touching them. The transitions into the memories are confusing but it does make sense that she would have this power since she's the Great Spirit's temporary vessel. We're also introduced to Silverhorn, who is adorable, and Rock, a lone bull elephant who is a great surrogate parental figure for the two of them. I'm looking forward to seeing more of those two in the future, but now I'm paranoid because of the body count of this book. Now I have to wait till October and that's the worst part. The fact that I care so much about these characters is why this book gets 5 stars, that and the plot and pacing are well done. I think this series is written better than the later Warrior Cats books, though those are going up in quality. And I think part of the reason is because this is a new series that hasn't been going on for 10 years and having multiple spinoffs. So I hope the plot stays as neatly written as it is and doesn't get tangled, though I must say a manga series or Super Editions would not be unwelcome. My main priority with stories is the characters, though, and I don't anticipate the character quality dropping anytime soon. I'm glad none of these characters feel like clones of Warriors, Seekers, or Survivors characters (as far as I know). I do see some similarities, such as Sky and Lusa, but they have enough differences to not be the exact same characters. This is quite an accomplishment considering the number of characters the Erins have made must be up in the 100's by now.

Ik vond dit deel leuker dan het eerste deel. Er zat voor mijn gevoel meer spanning in waardoor ik wat meer in het verhaal zat. Het einde was een enorme cliffhanger en ik ben onwijs benieuwd naar hoe het verder zal gaan.

If you thought that the first installment in the Bravelands series was remarkable for ending on such a cliffhanger, you are in for quite the surprise with Code of Honor! In a shocking series of revelations and twists in the plot, the lives of the three protagonists are challenged in a variety of ways once more. While a book for children and written on that level, the themes are dark, the intrigue is complex, and the underlying message about the sway of leaders is powerfully intense! I loved this book because it brought out emotion as I read; Stinger and Titan are the perfect villains and are so detestable it reminds me of the famous Tigerstar of the Warriors series. As many other reviewers have mentioned, the end is a really edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger. I was amazed at the talent that brought the story to this point and look forward to reading more in the next book! The reason why I rated this only 4 stars was because of two deaths in the book; one of which I found to be utterly pointless and the other which I saw as being heart-wrenching in a slow and anticlimactic way. The dangers of a well-spoken, convincing leader are embodied in this book and it carries a haunting tone about governance in an age of "he-said/she-said." Finally, I'm SO excited for the next book to come out. This was an excellent followup to the first Bravelands book and it kept the momentum going!

SO INTENSE

(some animals do die in this book so if that bothers you then I wouldn't recommend reading it) The book Code of Honor by Erin Hunter is about a baboon, lion, and elephant that are all trying to save their home land of Bravelands from being torn apart. I believe that the theme of this book is to keep on going no matter what the world throws at you. The genre of this book is fantasy fiction because all of the animals in Bravelands speak different languages and will meet at a time of peace where predators will talk to prey without attacking. This book takes place in Bravelands which is in Africa. There is a watering hole where all of the animals will come to speak to the great parent, who has the great spirit inside of them. The rest of Bravelands consists of plains, mountains, and valleys, but there is one other important place. The Plain of Our Ancestors, it is where all of the elephants will put the bones of other elephants that have passed away. There are many, many characters in this book, the main protagonists are Thorn the baboon, Fearless the lion, and Sky the elephant. The main antagonists are Titan the lion and Stinger the baboon. Titan took over Fearless’s pride and is now killing all of the animals in Braveland so that he can rule. Stinger killed his way to be Crownleaf of his troop and got a rhino to kill the great mother so that he could become Great Father. I really liked this book and once I started to read it I couldn’t put it down to the point where I finished it in three days. I have read another series of books by Erin Hunter called Warriors and I have liked this one just as much. Sometimes each chapter will end with a cliffhanger then go on to a different animal’s point of view. This has really kept me reading the book. Also, sometimes one of the animal’s point of view will get a little boring but they make up for that because the other storylines are always full of action. All in all I think that Code of Honor by Erin Hunter is a very good book. Anyone over the age of seven would love this book and I could see everyone wanting to read the next book after this one. I started to read books by this author when I was nine and haven’t stopped so I could easily see someone getting hooked into this book before then. This book is very good and I would recommend reading book one of Bravelands before this so that it will make sense, I hope you will try out this book!

This is the first book in the series that I read. I found it to be a good stand alone book where, while it made great references to the first book, it wasn't necessary to read that first book. It is very well written and had a compelling storyline that had me absorbed in reading it. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

4,5

this was a great book and I give it a 5-star review

** spoiler alert ** Bravelands: Code Of Honor is a fictional book based on real life animals in a land called Bravelands. The code of the wild has been broken. The elephant leader known as Great Mother has been murdered. And Bravelands is on the edge of being doomed. Thorn, a baboon who has uncovered an act of treachery, Sky, an elephant uncertain of her fate, and Fearless, a lion poised to strike must unite in their quest to restore the balance of Bravelands before it is destroyed forever.Fearless, Sky, and Thorn are lost in their community. Fearless the lion has to live and deal with the lion that killed his father. Sky the elephant has to now live without her grandmother (The Great Mother) because she also has been murdered. And Thorn the baboon has to live with a ruler that has done many terrible things. None of them now have a role model to follow in their lives. Thorn with his whole community and his beloved friends now against him because of his leader putting false accusations on him. Fearless with his mother now dead. And Sky with her Grandmother now dead. They must try to create new lives, and they must try to grow strong to defeat those who have defeated them. “’Stinger? Fearless asked. ‘Yes Cub of Stars? Said Stinger … I don’t know what to do, I’m lost’” (100). Fearless has other siblings to look up to as well as Thorn and Sky but they get split up lots of times so they can’t really help each other. They must fight to earn their freedom and their livesIn the story the main code of Bravelands that nobody must break is “Only kill to survive”. Now the author of the book really stresses this code throughout the book. This code is a lesson because it should apply to everyone even in this world. Without this code within the book, within Bravelands all of the animals would kill each other for no good reason. In the book the ruler of the lion pride that Fearless lives in is named Titan. He has broken the code many times throughout the book. First he killed Fearless’s father without having a reason to. And now he is killing and not even eating many animals. “In Bravelands we live by one code: Only kill to survive and anyone that breaks it will be driven away from Bravelands forever” (20). This code is very sacred and very important in the world of Bravelands.The most important relationship in this book is not between two animals but between three animals. Sky, Fearless, and Thorn are good friends and now that their live is ruined they must work together and never give up with each other to restore balance to their lives and to all of Bravelands. “’ I need to ask you a favor. Said Thorn … Of course, I would do that for you said Fearless’” (150). These three live long friends must save now only their beloved family and friends from this mess but also Bravelands. They would also never turn against each other. They formed an oath to never harm one another, and an oath can never be broken, ever.

** spoiler alert ** I began and finished this book on days where I watched The Lion King, a movie that has often been compared to the Bravelands series. (I watched it last Sunday, June 17th, because it was Father's Day, and I always watch that movie on Father's Day. Today, June 24th, is the 24th anniversary of its release.)Despite what the cover may imply, Fearless the lion, Thorn the baboon and Sky the elephant still haven't come together as a trio. After the elephant known as Great Mother died at the end of the first book, Bravelands has fallen on hard times. The land had been drenched by torrential rains, which soon gave way to blistering heat. A rhino named Stronghide proclaims himself to be the new Great Father. It's later reveled that Stronghide, with the help of the treacherous baboon, Stinger Crownleaf, plotted Great Mother's death themselves. Then Stronghide dies, and Stings assumes the title of Great Father himself. Another thing Stinger does is create a new ranking for the baboons of Brightforest Troop, the Strongbranches. Thorn becomes one of them, hoping this will bring him close enough to Thorn to uncover his crimes, that he killed the last two Crownleaves. But Thorn gets wrapped up in deceptions, too.Among the lions of Titanpride, Fearless waits for the chance to get revenge for his father, Gallant's death. The evil lion Titan has ambitions for Titanpride to rule all of Bravelands. He plans to accomplish this by taking over other prides. One such pride is ruled by a lion called Dauntless. Titan kills Dauntless. But rather than join Titanpride, Dauntless' son, Keen, takes some of the remaining Dauntlesspride lions to form a new pride of their. There are also quite a few sweet bonding moments between Fearless and Titan's son, Ruthless. And we learn more about Loyal, the prideless lion who took Fearless under his wing. He is an oath-breaker, but the exact nature of the oath he broke is yet to be seen. In a particularly heartbreaking scene, Fearless' mother, Swift, who was blinded by Titan's mate, Artful in the first book, dies.Sky the elephant is on the quest for answers about Great Mother's death. She's joined by her little cousin, Moon. The two of them are soon joined by a young female rhino named Silverhorn, as well as a young bull elephant named Rock. Another heartbreaking scenes is when Moon is killed by the lions of Titanpride. Sky learns that she is the only hope of finding the true new great parent.I really enjoyed this book. I now look forward to reading the third book, Bravelands, Book 3: Blood and Bone.

This felt like it took more risks than the previous Bravelands book, and I'm happy to say that most of them paid off. All three of the main characters kept me well invested this time, as opposed to the previous book where Sky barely felt necessary and Fearless's story felt a tad too familiar. Erin Hunter really ramped up the darkness in this installment too. I was always on the edge of my seat, eager to know what happens next. The ending cliffhanger left me excited for the next book.The best parts of this book were that the plot was constantly moving and the characters grew at a good pace. There was never a dull moment. Thorn got his chance to truly shine in this book. With less emphasis placed on his relationship with Berry, this book allowed him to be a more enjoyable character and his (view spoiler)[ ultimately fruitless, albeit still admirable (hide spoiler)] attempts to expose Stinger made it easy to root for him. I wish I could give this book 5 stars, but two things keep me from doing so. First of all, Berry's characterization continues to bother me to no end. I hate the way she was handled. Like in the last book, she barely has any personality. I was actually relieved when (view spoiler)[ her being horribly injured by the monkeys (which was actually well handled minus her overly fast and convenient recovery near the end) meant that I'd barely have to deal with her. The love triangle with her and Frog was annoying and pointless, not to mention the fact that this love triangle made it abundantly clear exactly how little substance either character had. The second thing that dragged this book down for me was the fact that none of the characters ever seemed to catch a break. To be clear, I actually love this book's dark tone and that it put its characters through some awful stuff. It's just that it became hard to believe any of the three main characters truly had a chance to succeed thanks to how quickly their hopes were crushed every single time they tried to plan anything. This book would have had a much bigger emotional impact on me if the characters had been allowed to experience hope for more than extremely rare and fleeting moments. At least I'm still very excited for the next book. (hide spoiler)]