Holy Hell, its been a long couple of weeks. School is tying up for the semester and that always means crunch time. While I wasn't doing a ton of reading, I was listening to a series that I consider to be my absolute favorite. Tamora Pierce, who has already been featured on my blog, creates a world in Emelan that captured my heart maybe three years ago. In the Circle of Magic universe, there are currently ten books. And they were ALL out when I found this series. Easy, quick reads, I blazed through the series, and loved every word of it.
Sandry, Tris, Daja, and Briar...are all brought together by tragic or nearly so circumstances. All of them have been told they don't have magic, and will make nothing of themselves because of their quirky personalities. Well guess what, someone somewhere thinks they have a chance, and gives them their support and they blossom into the most powerful Mages around. Take that world!
Tris, is probably my favorite, being a fellow bibliophile. She is a weather witch, with the major job of controlling herself. I love what these book teach, about the self, and friends. Family is what you make it. Tradition is over rated. Magic is, literally, in everything.
The series starts with quartet of them learning to control themselves and their powers, and then a second quartet where they are on their own adventures, taking on new students. A more recent book sees them coming back together and working on re friending each other while dealing with everything that they had to while separate.
Altogether, Tamora Pierce spins yet another fascinating world, and does it so with amazing skill. Find them...like two minutes ago.
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