Trickster’s Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, Book 1) Not Enough – Angela Gustafson – Midpines, California
We just can’t get enough of Tamora Pierce. Thank you for sending the book so quickly. I would definitely use your services again. Thanks.
Hard to put down! – Pamela A. Lach – Michigan, USA
I’m an adult, but love Tamora Pierce’s stories. I’ve read four of her other series, and just discovered this two book set. (Trickster’s Queen follows this book). it was hard to put down–and as an avid life-time reader that’s not something I say often. Whatever your age, it’s a great read!
Second Only To “Protector of the Small” – diego777 – Mid-Atlantic USA!!!
This series is breathtaking, intriguing, and involved. You first meet Aly when she is sixteen, not eleven or twelve like the others before her, but once you start reading you feel just as attatched to Aly as to Alanna, Daine, or Kel. Aly is not a warrior, like her mother Alanna, but an accomplished spy with a wicked sense of humor like her father. You get to know a new and rich cast of characters in this book, along with a new country (this series takes Aly, as a kidnapped slave, into the heart of a conspiracy to overthrow the tyrants ruling the Copper Isles), but you get glimpses of Jon and Thayet, Numair and Daine, Alanna and George, Raoul, Buri, Kel, Neal, Tkaa, and Myles throughout the story.
I’m not going to lie: this book and its sequel (which I am reading now) are dense, which is why I suspect Pierce only wrote two. But they immerse you into an incredibly detailed world of conspiracy, murder, alliances and betrayal, and rebellion. And of course, like all the Pierce heroines, winds up with a love interest, a crow who turned himself into a man named Nawat.
Wow – Cydius Maximus – Soon to be FL
I’m not much of a “fantasy” reader, but I really really liked this book. It was very well written. Easy to read and understand. I liked that the main character was smart. A lot of authors tell you repeatedly how intellegent the main character is, but can’t back it up. Tamora Pierce doesn’t even have to tell you. Her character was two steps ahead from the first page to the last.
The story was unique, as well. I thought it was a little weird with the trickster god making a deal with a young girl, but it really came together nicely. Every character introduced help move the story forward, instead of just weighing it down. The sneaking around and spying and plotting was cool.
I actually liked this book more than the Harry Potter series because it wasn’t just a bunch of magic and nonsense.
I am in college to become a librarian for young adults. This book, and all of Tamora’s books are the first thing I recomend to anyone who even might enjoy fantasy fiction.
This book, and all of Tamora’s books, are entirely suitable for any age group. Not only is the content suitable for children but the story is written with crystal clarity in language that enable an 8 year old to understand and a mature adult to hang on every word. She has a way of infering detail and imagery that dosn’t clutter up the text.
The finest thing about these books is the characters leap off the page. I read fantasy fiction as fast as I can get my hands on a new book, but I have never found better, more realistic, or characters that can be better related to than any of her main characters. The character featured in Trickster’s Choice and Trickster’s Queen has my fondness as well.
I have yet to be disappointed in any book she has written and I urge everyone to read them, especially young girls. She not only tells a great story, but her characters are excellent rolemodels. As soon as I get my Kindle ebook reader, these books will be the first thing put on it. And as soon as I get to meet Tamora, I’m going to have her sign the back of my Kindle too! : Tamora Pierce brings readers another Tortall adventure! Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however, delighting in the art of spying. When she is captured and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Islands, it is this skill that makes a difference in a world filled with political intrigue, murderous conspiracy, and warring gods. This is the first of two books featuring Alianne.
From the Hardcover edition. To the great joy of her many fans, Tamora Pierce with this book begins a new saga of Tortall to add to The Song of the Lioness Quartet, the Immortals Quartet, and The Protector of the Small tetralogy. At the center of each of these books is always a strong and resourceful young woman who masters the arts of swordplay and knightly warfare in the magical medieval country of Tortall. Alianne, or Aly, daughter of the warrior queen Alanna the Lioness, has all these skills, but also a delicious sense of humor, which serves her well when she is chosen by the trickster god Kyprioth to serve as his secret agent and a slave for a year in the embattled Copper Isles. There the dark-skinned natives, or raka, have been conquered and crushed by the laurin, light-skinned people from the mainland. The burning raka resentment is fueled by prophecies of a twice royal queen who will free them, aided by the “wise one, the cunning one, the strong one, the warrior, and the crows.” Just how each of the colorful characters and Aly herself fit into this prophecy and Kyprioth’s tricky plan keeps readers guessing. Aly plots to show her skill at spying as she flirts with the god and is courted by Nawat, a crow transformed into a handsome young man, who is puzzled when she rejects his attempts to mate-feed her with grubs and ants.
The pages of this long but fast-paced adventure zip by, enlivened by intrigue, skirmishes, comedy, romance, and lots of dramatic clothes. (Ages 10 to 14) –Patty Campbell Trickster’s Choice (Daughter of the Lioness, Book 1)
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Women on the Case Very disappointing – Karen J. Eller Baker – North East, PA USA
