amazing as alwaus. each book she comes out with is a breathtaking story with characters that win over your heart. everytime ideas her stories I remember why I fell in love with her as an author years ago after I was giving the lioness rampage quartet as a gift for Christmas. I truly hope she writ...
First in the Beka Cooper fantasy series and revolving around an ancestress of George Cooper's (from the Song of the Lioness series within the overall Tortall series). The focus is on Beka Cooper who has wanted to be a Dog since she was eight years old. The story is set in Corus, the capital city ...
Cover Blurb: Yes or No? I've never been a big fan of the these covers, because they have character impersonators on them. This may be my least favorite. Is the character impersonator supposed to have jaundice? She doesn't look well at all. The horse is pretty, at least.Characters: My opinion of A...
I've been doing some thinking and have come to a conclusion that, I suppose, should have been obvious a long time ago: I connect to Tamora Pierce's characters better than I connect to pretty much any other characters. They get under my skin, in my blood, into my heart; I see through their eyes s...
Fourth and last in the Immortals fantasy adventure series for children revolving around Daine, a wielder of the wild magic.If you like to read an author's series in order, start with Alanna: The First Adventure in the Song of the Lioness series. My Take Oh, I do adore Tamora Pierce's stories! G...
Actual Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsIn the Hand of the Goddess is the sequel to Alanna: The First Adventure, one of my new favorite classic fantasies from this year. Naturally, I was anxious to keep going with this series and see what adventures Alanna would get up to this time around. I listened to...
Having reached the end of the Alanna books, I'm really sad to be done with the series. Not just because Alanna is a fantastic heroine - seriously, I'm currently drafting legislation to make these books required reading for sixth grade girls everywhere - but also because this is one of those rare ...
Great for those who love books about talking animals and bratty ten-year oldsDaine and her master, Numair, head out to meet up with Daine's old pack of wolves. Apparently, there is some disturbance to the hunting grounds, and the wolves want the two-leggers to stop mining and farming and such so...
:/ I was hoping that I would enjoy this series better than Tamora Pierce's other Tortall books, which, while entertaining, didn't enamor me, mostly because they felt like they weren't original fantasy, and because Pierce seemed ham-handed with her messages. I put that off to the fact that many o...
The first time I read this book, I was in elementary school. Once I had finished, I begged my mother to buy me the next book because I had absolutely loved it. I was afraid that I wouldn't enjoy it as much again because I was no longer in the target audience, as with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, b...
This is the sequel to Trickster's Choice, beginning six months or so after the events in that novel. Alianne Cooper, daughter of Alanna the Lioness and George (Tortallan spymaster) has won her wager with the god Kyprioth and kept Sarai and Dove (the two elder daughters of the Balitangs) alive, bu...
Some things remain constant in life. It happens to me occasionally and my dislike for this series is one such occasion. May contain spoilers! Read at your own risk! Wait a minute, I don't think this review even has spoilers, because there is NOTHING TO SPOIL!When it comes to the Circle of Magic ...
Second in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and revolving around the four young mages we met in Sandry's Circle, 1. It's also the second in the overall Emelan series.It's been two months since Sandry's Circle.My TakeTrisana learns more about her magic: why she he...
Fourth in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and revolving around four very supportive friends. It's also fourth in the overall Emelan series.Visit KD Did It Takes on Books for a chronological listing of the books in the Circle of Magic series.My TakeIt's a fun comb...
Third in the Circle of Magic fantasy series for young middle-grade readers and revolving around four young friends tied together by magic.Daja's Book was nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature in 2000.Visit KD Did It Takes on Books for a chronological listing of the ...
I was filled with glee when I got my advance readers copy of Bloodhound. I tore my way through Terrier as quickly as possible (and I’m glad I did), before I started on Bloodhound as soon as I was able.Whilst waiting for Bloodhound to come out (and it has been a long wait) I would eagerly read all...
I really enjoyed this book and it is a book that is on a higher maturity level than the original Circle of Magic books. Among the themes at play here are Sandry's devotion to her uncle and her desire to care for him out of selfless love as opposed to the selfishness of Duke Vestry's third son an...
Okay, maybe not everything, but just about everything. Tris is my absolute favourite, as hard as it is to pick a favourite main character. She is sharp and kind, and so crackling with power that she has to be a damn adult all the time and DOES IT WITH FLARE. There are some lines of hers that just...
I had to really think about what rating to give this. On one hand the book is very flawed but on the other, I didn't want to put it down.Just as a bit of a disclaimer, I do know that this particular series by Tamora Pierce is not geared towards my age group, and that's likely part of the problem....
Second in the Protector of the Small fantasy series for children revolving around Kel of Mindelan, only the second girl to want to become a knight of Tortall.My TakeWe get all the rest of the years Kel spends as a page in this one story. She matures and has all the complications which that entail...