Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dova and her younger siblings, despite knowing that her thirteen-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated.
0628perfect: Both of these books have strong female characters. However I think that Aly and Aisha have the same wit and cunning. Aly uses her wit and cunning to be a spy. However Aisha uses her wits to survive to become a Talon. If you enjoyed the spy intrigue of Trickster's Queen then you will enjoy the shadow war tactics of the Talons.… (lisätietoja)
Tamora Pierce is one of my all time favorite authors who could only improve upon her writing skills by turning out her books a bit faster. This book like most of her books has wonderful characterization and story line. The world she creates is intriguing and everyone in it seems real and fascinating. Alanna has always been my favorite character of Tamora Pierce's so I am thrilled that her daughter got her own books. ( )
As I said in the first book's review - it's been far too long since I read this, more than a decade. Love this story. I did remember what happened here, and who ended up being Queen - which meant that I was looking at the person in the background instead of the one I was supposed to be looking at. I have a hard time remembering exactly what happened in which book - the "seam" between them isn't all that solid. Aly is ridiculously competent here - the royal spymaster is no match for her (though she says it's because he's become complacent). The king's guardian is...and that poses the only real challenge in the story, which ends up being dealt with without either of them making a choice - more godly meddling. Nawat is far less visible here...but I suppose I can see why. More or less. In Aly's shadow he didn't have a chance to really develop; out on his own, even though he was working with crows, he did grow. Anyway. Good story, rich characters, and Aly does run into a few things she can't handle (though the only one that's really a problem is a goddess). The scene where she admits who she is is really amusing - the way everyone takes it in stride, much to her bewilderment. The scan of her, their, future in the last chapter or two is...well, it would be another book or two to cover that stuff in detail, but it really doesn't say much. There is another story, somewhere, with her and Nawat and their child(ren?) - I want to find that. ( )
This was a fantastic conclusion to the series. I would have liked if the epilogue wasn't so rushed so we could know more about those characters, but the battle and spy work were well done. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
To Bruce Coville, divinely tricky, magically inspiring --
one of the best men I've ever known,
and
To Mary Lou Pierce,
the best Ma in the world
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
In the winter of 462-463 H.E., the brown-skinned raka people and their many allies, part-bloods and white-skinned luarin, prepared for revolution against the luarin ruling house, the Rittevons.
Sitaatit
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
It was her experience that even the best of men had to indulge themselves with fits of moroseness. (p.111, Chapter 5, "The Demands of Rebellion")
Stop that, Aly told herself. You'll have a quiet bit of fun yourself tonight. It won't be as enjoyable as watching bad things burn, but life is imperfect that way. (p.199, Chapter 10, "Eclipse")
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Aly fails to foresee the dangers that await as she uses her magic to safeguard Dova and her younger siblings, despite knowing that her thirteen-year-old charge might be queen of the Copper Isles when the colonial rulers are defeated.
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