I want to begin by saying it felt so good to have a Tamora Pierce book in my hands again, as she is my absolute favorite young adult novelist. I read a lot of YA and I'm breaking into adult fiction, so there are competing authors for my favorite author over all, but she does out rank most. I mean Borders is going out of business and I bought 10 books and 9 of them were Tamora Pierce.
This book is the third in a quartet where a girl is gifted with "wild magics" as opposed to the "Gift" that is more common and more academic. I think one of the reasons I love her books so much is that she has many series but they all take place in one of two worlds. This one takes place in the Tortall Universe, which includes Allana, Numair, and many other of her lovable characters.
In this book they venture to their neighboring country of Carthak, to start peace talks after subtle attack over the past couple of years. The talks start very nicely with everyone being a little more then cordial to everyone. However things take a turn for the worst when the Emperor Mage decides that the talks are over.
The characters were slightly weak for me, most I already knew but they had no development...the book went very fast and the only character I saw development in were Daine and Kit the Dragon. I like the characters that exist and I know that Tamora is good at characterization, but this book seemed more like a vacation away from people. Which goes with the entire theme of the series I suppose.
Lots of amazing displays of magic, and a good bit of mysticism. If you like good soft high fantasy this is a series for you. All I want to say is DINO RAMPAGE FTW!!!
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