Dun Ladys Jess

Cross world journey complicated by shape changing and magic. What more could you ask for in a rousing story that keeps you turning the pages?

Loved this book. Have already read half of Book Two and plan to buy Book 3. I am not normally a fantasy book reader but I always notice horses being a lifelong lover of and owner of horses most of my life. Just quirky enough to really be interesting to me. Am so glad Ms. Durgin was able to regain control of Book One.

This was a gorgeous book. So good. The characters were really great, especially Jess and Jamie. Dun Lady’s Jess is a horse who works for Carey, a courier for a wizard in a world where magic is real. The wizard has just discovered a spell that allows for travel between worlds and sends Carey and Lady with the spell to another wizard to get a checkspell created for it. Unfortunately, they are attacked by agents of yet another wizard who wants to steal the spell for herself. In the attack, they all fall off a cliff and wind up in the modern world we know. And in the process, Lady turns into a human and is separated from Carey. She has a difficult time understanding what has happened to her. Learning to move like a human is difficult, never mind trying to figure out how to talk. Fortunately, they apparently speak English, or some language as near to it as makes no difference, in the world she is from. But still, trying to understand the people who find her, and to make them understand that she is really a horse and that she wants to find Carey, who is nowhere to be found in this new world, is next to impossible. Dayna, the woman who first finds her, has issues of her own, is convinced that Jess (as they call her when she has finally made them understand her name) is mental and needs to be in an institution. But Eric, Dayna’s boyfriend, convinces her that they should at least take Jess to see Jamie, a woman who trains and understands horses before they take such a drastic step. Jamie is more sympathetic and offers Jess at least temporary shelter and a job doing something she can understand. They eventually become friends. And then the man who wounded Carey shows up, looking for his equipment, and they start to get a clue where Carey might be. And things begin to get really strange. And dangerous. Eventually, the spell returns them – all of them – to Jess and Carey’s world. Jess is once more a horse. And they must still get the spell to Sherra for the checkspell.

I liked the story line. I have read of werecats, werebears,werewolves, were others. All from the human side of the story & some from the animal side. Most all were intriguing to me. The horse was a different challenge to the mind set. Especially as the changing back and forth seemed to bring a lot of confusion to the character. I am looking for the rest of the books now. Thanks...

Wow! I got this book as a freebie on Amazon, attracted to its cover and the description. Within a few pages, I was hooked. The true nature of a horse, even in human form, is so very well written. Add to that the twists of plot and tension throughout, and youve got an all together awesome story. Im now a Durgin fan for life.

Unexpected fun well developed.

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Very entertaining and fun book, good characters and quite a interesting storyline to read to me it was a good attempt at giving the reader a real look at the way a horse might think

Wash t sure Id like this book but I loved it. When I read the summary I thought it was pretty far fetched but I sure glad I bought it. Cant wait to read the rest in the series!

Nice story. Well written and fun to read.