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Trickster's Queen (Daughter of the Lioness #2)
By : by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
ratings : 52,996
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Original Title : Trickster's Queen
ISBN : 0375828788 (ISBN13: 9780375828782)
Edition Language : English
Series : Daughter of the Lioness #2, Tortall, Tortall (chronological order) #20 , more
Paperback, First Trade Paperback Edition, 469 pages
Published October 11th 2005 by Random House (first published September 28th 2004)
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Description : The stage is set for revolution...Aly: no longer just a master spy, but a master of spies. Can she balance her passion for justice and her compassion for others, and at what cost?Sarai: beautiful, dramatic, and rash - will she fulfill the role chosen for her by destiny?Dove: she has always stood in Sarai's shadow. Can she prove to the world that she herself is a force to The stage is set for revolution...Aly: no longer just a master spy, but a master of spies. Can she balance her passion for justice and her compassion for others, and at what cost?Sarai: beautiful, dramatic, and rash - will she fulfill the role chosen for her by destiny?Dove: she has always stood in Sarai's shadow. Can she prove to the world that she herself is a force to be reckoned with?Nawat: half crow, half man. He wants Aly for his life mate, but will the revolution make that impossible as they step into new roles to change the future?
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REVIEWS :$1.99 Kindle sale, November 2017. This is the second half of an excellent YA fantasy duology set in the world of Tortall, featuring Aly, the daughter of Alanna (the main character in Tamora Pierce's SONG OF THE LIONESS quartet of books). Aly has managed to keep, well, most of Duke Mequen's family alive while she was their slave. Now she's freed by the family, but still serving them as they leave the remote island where they had been exiled and head back to the main island of the Copper Islands, 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, but she has elected to stay in the Copper Isles and see the half-blood Queen crowned.We begin the novel with the Balitang family arriving back in the city of Rajmuat, plunging themselves into political The first half of the book is considerably slower than book one and seemed much more political, but I loved the inclusion of the Darkings (FUN!) and once things finally picked up, they didn't stop until the end. I have to say the entire story arc of this duology is one of my favorites of the Tortallverse -- seriously, a realm where power is passed down through the women? HECK YES. Gimme that all day long. Dove is probably in my top 5 favorite characters to ever come out of the Tortall world; I Well, that was disappointing. I had hoped that the story would evolve from the stage that Pierce had set up in the first book, that the rather non-existant stakes that Aly had faced would become something more substantial once the Balitangs returned to Rajmuat. Somehow things managed to come even easier to Aly than before and while I admired the old-school spy games of the first book they now seem to require little effort, relying on magic and gods' whims to do all the work. All the villains are Tamora Pierce was part of my literary diet when I was growing up. The combination of Western fantasy with Western science fiction means that even now I picture the fantasy city with wide boulevards, low-gabled houses, and amber sunlight dappling the warm streets.Malheureusement, growing up one comes to perceive the limitations of such a treatment of the genre.Trickster’s Queen, then, is a painful reread because I approach it this time with a new clarity of vision. It is a story, essentially, I have to say I did not like this one as well as the first. My reasons for thus are as follow: 1. the plot wasn't as structured as the first. 2. The villains are so incompetent Aly glides through the plot easily. 3. Things that 'go wrong' are actually helpful for the heroes. 4. Aly's relationship with Nawat feels off. Still a book worth reading but not as good as the first. First my beef with the plot. The story begins with Aly and the Balitangs returning to the capital from their place in the Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznVm... In Trickster's Queen, Aly's role has slowly turned into Spy Master. Yes, she's… what, 18 at this point? And she's working with raka people who have been planing this for generations. But, she has the talent and the skills to be an amazing spy master, and the raka aren't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Unfortunately for us as a reader, this means Aly spend a lot of time reading reports and attending meetings. But Pierce doesn't make this dull or boring. While Aly might not be directly I would have read this book right after finishing Trickster's Choice but I'm always afraid there'll be too much rehashing of previous events etc., which gets really annoying. Instead, there's very very little, and what there is is slipped in there naturally. I was rather surprised at the things I'd forgotten, like about Duke Mequen! That was pretty significant, I'm surprised I'd forgotten that.The Balitang family return to the capital of Rajmuat where the formidable matriarch of the family, Aunt Grades: 7 to 10 Genre: FantasyNo longer a slave, Aly’s life is still far from simple as she has become part of the plot to place a Raka queen on the throne of the Copper Isles. Over the winter she has become a master of spies for the rebellion. Another complication in her life is her relationship with the half man, half crow Nawat. He wants to solidify their relationship and can’t understand Aly’s hesitation. The family Aly serves is moving back to the city to become part of the court there. Aly is one of my all-time favorite heroines to hail from Tortall. That she uses her intelligence and quick wit to accomplish everything that she does in astonishing. I love getting lost in the dark and twisty place that is the spy world of the Copper Isles. I've read these books so many times and will continue to do so - I just can't get enough. Highly recommended to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Random thing: they audio narrator pronounced Aly more like "Ali" and it threw me off It could be because I listen at 2x speed but it was weird lmao. I loved this book even more than the first one! I swear this book broke my heart even more, but managed to put the pieces back together in the end. Aly is in her prime with this installation. She acts like a true spymaster and I absolutely fucking loved it. It was so great!! I loved her tricks, plotting and how she schemed to take down the regents. My main problem with the book was the main character- Aly. I thought she'd improve from the first book, but if anything, she got worse.Aly is arrogant, annoying, patronizing- the list goes on and on. Everything she does is right, everything she thinks turns out to be true, and absolutely nothing catches her off-guard. No matter what happens, she knows what to do (a teenager with no field experience) and she's not at all upset. I won't give spoilers with specific examples, but it is incredibly I tripped and fell down a Tamora Pierce rabbit hole this weekend.Here's the thing: Aly was never a compelling character for me. The first book of this duology was weak because it felt purely like setup. This book was weak because everything was so easy. That said, I always liked the final confrontation and I still found it exciting on this reread.Here's what stood out to me this particular time around.1. Man, Aly's parents and godparents are stupid. Why would you teach a really bright young.
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