This was the first book written by Paulo Coelho that I have read. After I got half way through it, someone told me that you're supposed to start with The Alchemist, or none of his other books will make sense, but it was to late to stop and go back to that one as at that point I was nearly finished anyway, so I just carried on reading. Besides I thought I understood it OK. The book is about Paulo and his wife Chris, and their adventure to the desert. They go there because they are trying to find out more about their guardian angels. Although Chris doesn't believe in angels as much as her husband does, in this book she begins to believe in them a little bit ...  Read the complete review

The Valkyries is a true account of Paulo Coelho's quest to see and speak with his guardian angel. It is written through both the eyes of himself and his wife, Chris. I feel that Chris's perception is partly included so that the reader is able to gain more of an insight into the mystic of which Coelho reveals carefully in each of his books. The book is a chronicle of his journey through the Mojave desert inwhich he seeks the Valkyries, an obscure group of spiritual women who travel the desert on motorbikes occassionally aiding people who are worthy to speak with their angels. The book had all the elements of Paulo Coelho: magic , spirituality, self ...  Read the complete review