Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Tempests and Slaughter
Three students bound by fate and fated for trouble, as their dreams come into conflict with the friendship of a powerful mage, an ambitious prince, and an overlooked power.
Author: Tamora Pierce
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Battle Magic
Mages Briar, Rosethorn, and Evvy are invited to visit the emperor where they discover plans to invade, threatening the home temple of their religion.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Melting Stones
The angry Evvy is on a punishment voyage with her mentor, prickly green mage Rosethorn, who must determine why the plants and animals are dying.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s The Will of the Empress
The Empress of Namorn extorts her young cousin, Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, to visit, & Sandry finally gives in, as long as her special “guards” come along.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Shatterglass
A gifted glassmaker, Kethlun Warder was shattered in a freak accident. Now his magic is mixed with lightning, and Tris must teach him to control it.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Cold Fire
Daja and her mentor, Frostpine, settle in for winter when Daja discovers the twin daughters of her host have magic and Kugisko is struck by arson.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Street Magic
While traveling, young plant mage Briar Moss comes across a street girl using powerful magic to polish stones for a merchant. A gang wants and he and Rosethorne are her only protection.
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Magic Steps
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Magic Stepsby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition on March 1, 2000 and has 264 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Briar’s Book, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFirst in the The Circle Opens fantasy subseries (fifth in the Emelan overall series) for young middle grade readers and revolving around Lady Sandry. If you’re interested, there is a chronological listing of The Circle Opens books on my website. My Take I do love Tamora Pierce’s stories. She has the greatest characters and the coziest scenes — she weaves a story you fall […]
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Briar’s Book
Source: the library Briar’s Bookby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Hardcover edition on April 1, 1999 and has 272 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Tris’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterFourth 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 Take It’s a fun combination of magic, science, and medicine. Pierce has blended this so well, that it feels perfectly normal. I like how Pierce uses the concept of birthdays to provide this back history about Briar, the former Roach, a street rat who got […]
Book Review: Tamora Pierce’s Tris’s Book
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Tris’s Bookby Tamora PierceIt is part of the , series and is a fantasy in Paperback edition on June 24, 2006 and has 251 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Alanna: The First Adventure, In the Hand of the Goddess, Woman Who Rides Like a Man, Lioness Rampant, Wild Magic, Trickster’s Choice, Trickster’s Queen, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, Realms of the Gods, First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight, Terrier, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Daja’s Book, Sandry’s Book, Briar’s Book, Magic Steps, Street Magic, Cold Fire, Shatterglass, The Will of the Empress, Melting Stones, Battle Magic, Tempests and SlaughterSecond 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 Take Trisana learns more about her magic: why she hears voices. Mmm, I’m uncomfortable with the comment Frostpine makes about black people. […]