Lost Stars: Warriors: The Broken Code, Book 1

I have so thoroughly enjoyed reading these books and hope more are on the horizon. As an adult and an animal lover, as well as one who appreciates a well-written book, these have all been great. My adult self can appreciate the good modeling for younger readers and my young self can get lost in the great characters and story lines. Highly recommend to all readers.

The first thing I want to say is that I enjoyed this book very much! However there are mistakes, and some other things I would like to mention including Leafpool, Shadowpaw, and some other smalls things. ~WARNING, SPOILERS~First, Leafpools death was...underwhelming. I do know that she had to die some time, but maybe the Erins could put a little more effort into her death. Before this book came out I imagined that Leafpool's death would be action full and tear-jerking, but she ended up dying between a series. In fact the book did not even tell that she died because of a rock slide until page 172. There was no detail about it except for this quote, "Every cat knew that not many moons had passed since Squirrelflight and Leafpool had been gravely injured in a rockslide. Leafpool had died, and Squirrelflight had nearly died, her spirit walking in StarClan as her body healed." However maybe more detail will come be revealed when the next Super Edition (Squirrelflight's Hope) comes out. But maybe they should have came out with Squirrelflight's Hope before this book so Leafpool's death would be more of a surprise. Although this is just a prediction.Next, is the other Clan's lack of belief towards Shadowpaw- especially ThunderClan. In the book it was very clear that while the Clan's isolation from StarClan, nobody believed Shadowpaw because of the fact that "He is only an apprentice" and "He's in ShadowClan, why should we believe him?" But the Power of three AND Omen of the stars were basically about apprentices, so why should Shadowpaw be distrusted, when the past few prophicies were true and about apprentices. Which is why I come to wonder, "Maybe it is because of ShadowClan." ShadowClan has always been considered the "Evil Clan" I don't like that, and I think it should be considered the same as the other Clans.Some other things I would like to mention: Beetlewhisker is STILL listed as a RiverClan Warrior, despite dying in the Last Hope, which makes me confused, because the ENTIRE series of Vision of Shadows, Beetlewhisker is listed. Can't any of the Erins change that? (I know this has no relation to the plot, but it was something I noticed.) Another thing is that the new warriors in the Clans are never properly introduced.Some good things about the book:-It was well written-Wanted to make me read more- Full of action, and conflict between characters-The cliff- hanger was a good bit- really wanting me to see what happens next book-The characters had very unique personalitiesOverall I am NOT saying you should not buy this book, because it was really good and I highly recommend it. I just wanted to share my opinion, because these things bothered me. This book was awesome and good for all ages!

I have been reading Warriors since kindergarten (I'm in highschool now), and I've practically grown up with these cats. However, I found that this book definitely left much to be desired.***WARNING: RANTS AND SPOILERS AHEAD. PROCEED WITH CAUTION*** The changing perspectives between clans were a bit hard to follow, though it was nice to see protagonists that were growing up in camps other than ThunderClan. I'm hoping for a RiverClan protagonist soon, as we haven't had one since Mistystar's Omen. Speaking of Mistystar, she still hasn't died yet. She was great and all, but it's time to move on already! Aaaand speaking of killing off old cats, Leafpool!! What the heck happened?! We may never know (until Squirrelflight's Hope anyway). Also- xXSPOILERSXx Forced romance! Zero character given to Bristle's love interest! Zero character given to anyone! The protagonists are literally stupid children! Except Shadowpaw, of course, for he's the Incredibly Gifted Chosen One Who Just Wants to Be Normal. :0 wow so original, never heard that before, Erins, this is true genius!!!1!1! In all seriousness, this book didn't really read like a professional Warriors book. If anything, it felt like I was reading fanfiction. May as well call it what it is. This was the first arc of Warriors to have zero influence from Vicky Holmes, the original Erin Hunter, and boy, is it obvious! The whole story seemed like an alternate universe (au) an enthusiastic fan wrote. The plot is ablout how "codebreakers," cats who have gone against the warrior code in some way, must be punished before the clans can achieve peace. But the writing alone breaks so many worldbuilding rules of the original arc: StarClan abandons the clans (again). Which, y'know, they promised multiple times they would never do. One cat has all the prophecies. Are these prophecies even fron StarClan? Who knows?? The concept of ghost cats. It only kinda goes against every rule of Starclan (more for AVoS than this series, but that last page tho) Possesion??? Hello??? (Theory Time: I actually think that Hollyleaf, or at least Ye Olde Hollyleaf the Code Guardian from before her return from the tunnels would have fit this role very well. But since it couldn't be her, my money's on a cat who died recently and has reason to hate the clans yet love the code. Therefore, not Darktail. Perhaps a powerful entity [eg: Rock] who can control prophecies. Ok Theory Time over). I'm probably just being really nitpicky, but I truly do love Warriors. I could never give any book from this series less than 3 stars. It wasn't god-awful, it just didnt have that spark that most of the older Warriors books did. I'll probably read as many books as the Erins write (lmao I'm such a sychophant), but I do notice the deteriorating quality.

My 10-year-old daughter has kept Amazon in business, single-handedly by buying every Warrior Book known to mankind. She's addicted. This was another one. She was happy with it.. as she has been with all the others. So much so it's inspired her to write her own book

A hooking book with 3 different characters :Thunderclans Bristlepaw/frost warriorSkyclans Rootpaw/spring warriorShadowclans Shadowpaw/sight medicine catAwesome suspense and i love it totally 5*

Daughter has flown through all the previous books and loves the dynamics of the cat relationships. She recommends them to any eager readers.

This book is amazing! I loved all the emotion of Bristlefrost,Shadowpaw,Rootpaw! Great author, definite great read! Would suggest it for all years!

I love the book so far! Only on page 19. I thought it would be cancelled but it could come home earlier instead of waiting for 13 hours.