Forest of Secrets (Warriors #3) By Erin Hunter - Restarting November 24th 2021

[Abi]

Allegiances are shifting among the Clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, former friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want.

Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of brave ThunderClan warrior Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that some believe would be better left hidden.

[Maddie]

I'll start this today :)

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

I'll start either tomorrow or the day after. Sorry a bit busy this week with finals.

[Maddie]

That's fine :) I'll probably start tonight. Had all day today and haven't started :p

[Maddie]

15% through (view spoiler)[It's weird how we only hear about their punishments, like what about the other cats getting punished? It's like they never ever do bad things either.

Keen to see what RiverClan says about Oakheart's death. Really hope they can convince Bluestar that Tigerclaw's bad! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

29% through

(view spoiler)[I KNEW MISTYFOOT, STONEFUR AND GRAYPOOL SEEMED FAMILIAR. I just had no idea why XD And I knew the kits at the start of the book also seemed familiar. Man so glad they revealed that now without me waiting until the end haha. Wonder why Bluestar got so upset about it. To me, it seems like Fireheart doesn't deserve to be in the clan, but she keeps letting him stay. He's constantly breaking the warrior code. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

I've got buddy reads coming up, which I really really want to stay on top of, so I'm trying to actually read now.

[Maddie]

57% (view spoiler)[So frustrating when Fireheart keeps thinking 'oh maybe Tigerclaw is actually good I'll just trust him' and then he's like 'na he's a bad guy'.

Cloudkit is really annoying me, but the most annoying character is definitely Longtail! He's so snarky and just annoying. He riles me up too!

Pleased that Cinderpaw is med cat apprentice :) She's found her purpose now.

Weird how Fireheart keeps seeing Spottedleaf. They didn't even have that much of a connection! She was only alive for like 1.5 books! They definitely didn't love each other. Bleh.

I can't believe Graystripe and Silverstream have already done the deed and that she's having his kits!!

Also frustrating how it's always Graystripe and Fireheart that go to the Gatherings. I swear they've been to every one. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

65% (view spoiler)[I really hope Swiftpaw gets punished for telling ShadowClan apprentices about Brokentail, especially after Bluestar told them not to. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

73% (view spoiler)[SILVERSTREAM!!! I remember all of my friends crying when they reached this point. I didn't cry, but it was still sad. Wonder how she got so bad so soon. Also didn't know why they couldn't just say they found a RiverClan queen kitting there, so then they wouldn't know the kits were Graystripe's. I suppose at least now he gets to grow up with his kits. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

What date did you guys want to read the 4th?

[Maddie]

82% (view spoiler)[WHAT!? Tigerclaw must be their father??? What the actual heck?? How does that just flow over them as if that's normal? Tigerclaw getting with Goldenflower and having kits? That's craziness!!!!! I've never even seen them together!

I already knew that Mistyfoot and Stonefur were Bluestar's, so that didn't come as much of a surprise. (hide spoiler)]

That's the only thing I thought I could comment on in that section :p

[Maddie]

89% (view spoiler)[Oh man Tigerclaw. I'm not surprised at all that this happened. I am surprised that he attacked Bluestar like that though. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Finished. Another really abrupt ending. I'll post my review later.

[Maddie]

Review: I was pretty frustrated at this re-read for quite a while. I mean, the book was amazing, but there was just one niggly thing that I couldn't remember even though the names were really familiar, and that was (view spoiler)[that Mistyfoot and Stonefur are Bluestar's kits. (hide spoiler)] I also couldn't remember if it was this book that (view spoiler)[Silverstream died in, and it was :( That was pretty sad. (hide spoiler)] One thing that I didn't put in this book at all was (view spoiler)[Tigerclaw's betrayal! I could never remember how that happened, so I got such a shock when he tried to murder Bluestar! (hide spoiler)] I hope that (view spoiler)[Graystripe works over in RiverClan :( (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

Maddison you finished before me! I kinda started last week, but i hit a slump. I will try to read more tonight since it looks slow at work (for now)

[Brooke]

6%
(view spoiler)[ Who are this kits and who are their mother!? I really hope she wasn't killed! (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

You'll be real surprised when you find out :D I love knowing what happens, but even before I read it I knew coz these are mainly all re-reads.

[Maddie]

Nicole, you started?

At least it means that it'll be a while before Rising Storm (#4) because I have quite a few books to read. Got 3-4 coming up in the next week.

[Nicole's Book Diaries]

I'm starting today, sorry I just finished finals.

[Maddie]

That's fine :) Hope you like it! Crazy to think I was way behind with the other books, and I'm first finished with this one haha.

[Anna 'Bookbuyer']

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[Autumn]

29%
(view spoiler)[ Fireheart has been making his rounds to figure out how Oakheart died. The kits were totally Bluestar's kits due to her reaction and how she has a similar coat to Graypool. (hide spoiler)]

[Autumn]

65%
(view spoiler)[ Of course Silverstream would be pregnant. And now WindClan and ShadowClan teamed up and are invading ThunderClan! I think they just want Brokentail, but every other clan doesn't seem to have any honor except ThunderClan. :/ (hide spoiler)]

[Autumn]

92%
(view spoiler)[ Tigerclaw is OUT, thank the lord man. Bluestar trusted him until he attacked her. I don't know how she is going to hold up now. (hide spoiler)]

[Autumn]

Finished
(view spoiler)[ I remember Graystripe leaving ThunderClan for RiverClan, but didn't remember why. I think it is good for him to leave to take care of the kits. I knew Fireheart would be deputy. He has done so much for the clan since he arrived. (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Ok, so I totally forgot we were starting this today, oops! I'll start tomorrow though!

[Brinley]

Ok, I finally got the book, so I'm starting now!

[Brinley]

29%
(view spoiler)[ We're just going to ignore the fact that Fire heart had broken like 5 of the warrior codes over the past week, and then admitted to all of them because hes an idiot (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

59%
(view spoiler)[ Fire heart and Graystripe are idiots. They think they can get away with everything, and it's kind of irritating.

I do love Cloudkit and Yellowfang though. Yellowfang is just so adorably grouchy, and Cloudkit I'd so mischievous.

I really want this relationship between Silverstream and Graystripe to end, they're both just making stupid decisions (hide spoiler)]

[Brinley]

Finished
(view spoiler)[It might make me a terrible person, but I am kind of happy that Silverstream's dead. I never got attached to her character, and she was pretty much just there as a reason for Fireheart and Greystripe to make stupid decisions. I am happy that Graystripe went with his kits, but it will definitely cause problems when there's an inevitable battle between Thunderclan adn Riverclan.

Two of my favorite characters got introduced in this one. :) I've always loved Longtail, Brightkit (later Brightheart) and Cloudpaw. Cloudpaw is just so cute, I love that about him. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

Hey Brinley! Would you want to BR the rest of the series?

[Maddie]

I'm dying for a re-read so I can get to all of the new ones I've not read yet!

[Brinley]

Absolutely! And when you say the rest, do you mean all of the side series and the super editions? Im up for it if you are!

[Brinley]

Autumn wrote: "Finished
[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Yah, I had forgotten how little time Firestar spent in the clan before he became deputy, it was quite quick. He has done a lot for the clan, but then again, he's broken so many of the codes, it's kind of funny. The next book will probably feature less battles considering he's more of a talk-first cat. I feel so bad for Bluestar, I had forgotten how much she struggled with Tigerclaw's betrayal (hide spoiler)]

[Autumn]

Brinley wrote: "Finished
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(view spoiler)[ I feel the sammeeee way with Silverstream. I could never get attached to her either, and this is going to complicate things in the future with Graystripe in RiverClan now. (hide spoiler)]

[Autumn]

@Brinley and @Maddie

I don't mind jumping into the next book whenever you guys are!

[Maddie]

Brinley wrote: "Absolutely! And when you say the rest, do you mean all of the side series and the super editions? Im up for it if you are!"

Yup! That's what I mean!

I'm wanting to actually read the next one or two tomorrow! Just during the readathon I'll need some short ones that I know real well to power through when I'm tired. So I'll look for Rising Storm! It's the one book I don't have XD

[Maddie]

Okay perfect I've got Rising Storm from my library! I'll be reading it tomorrow, is there a thread yet? If not I'll get one reset

[Brinley]

I swear, Rising Storm is always the book that my library never has available! If I can get to it, I'll join you guys, but otherwise, I'll just jump back in on the next one

[Maddie]

No worries! I'll reset the thread and post it here!

[Maddie]

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maddie]

You guys can also just read back my old comments to the book too, I re-read it again back 2 years ago XD

[Maddie]

Shit never mind it was 3.5 years ago! :o

[Autumn]

Oh yay! Thank you for resetting the thread. And I’m definitely going to compare your comments from 3.5 years ago to now. ;)

[Maddie]

It'll be the same type of stuff XD Not proper reacts because I know what's happening.

Where have you guys gotten up to before?

[Brinley]

I think I've read through the ones about Twigkit and Violetkit. (If those are even their names) It's been a while though, I'm really only familiar with the first three series

[Autumn]

I’ve personally only read the first set. I would love to continue the series.

[Maddie]

I haven't read those ones yet.

Exciting! Newbie!

[Brinley]

Sooo, funny story guys, I just finished Rising Storm... I might've underestimated my reading speed a little bit