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Pierce absolutely sticks the landing

Shatterglass by Tamora Pierce

December 18, 2021 by Mobius_Walker 8 Comments

So concludes The Circle Opens Series, and a what a way to finish the series! Tris Chandler and her teacher Niko Goldeye are travelling just like the rest of the young yet extraordinarily powerful mages from Winding Circle. They make their way to the South to a Tharios. Tharios is a Greek/Mediterranean inspired town with a horrible and dehumanizing caste system added on. In Tharios, Niko attends a conference on vision magic, and Tris stumbles upon an immigrant glass blower, Keth, who isn’t in control […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: caste system, magic, tamora pierce, the circle of magic, the circle opens, YA

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:74 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: caste system, magic, tamora pierce, the circle of magic, the circle opens, YA ·
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Another uneven entry to The Circle Opens

Cold Fire by Tamora Pierce

December 1, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Daja and her instructor Frostpine leave their home at Winding Circle, so Daja might be exposed to other smiths and metalworkers in the world, both magical and mundane. They find themselves the guests of one of Frostpine’s friends and his family, the Bancanours. Frostpine assists the local police mage on tracking down the person responsible for creating forgeries of the local currency and Daja stumbles upon the innate magic of the two Bancanour twin girls, Nia and Jory. As was set up in previous books, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: fire, tamora pierce, the circle opens

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:71 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: fire, tamora pierce, the circle opens ·
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Alanna

Wished I’d read this back when I first put it on my TBR!

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

October 30, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 1 Comment

CBR13Bingo: White Whale For CBR’s white whale challenge, I’m going way back in the time machine to a book that’s been on my TBR (eventually) list since I was in middle school. Tamora Pierce’s work, especially her Alanna books, were often recommended as a read-alike to Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword, which was a hugely formative book for me a kid, mainly I guess because both were books by women starring heroines with swords. For whatever reason, my local library didn’t carry it so I gorged myself […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, tamora pierce, Young Adult

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:117 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, cbr13bingo, tamora pierce, Young Adult ·
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With set-up all taken care of, Pierce shines again

Street Magic by Tamora Pierce

October 26, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Cityscape Briar Moss and his teacher Rosethorn have travelled to Chammur in order to expose Briar to the greater world and help farmers with their crops. While in Chammur, Briar gets to know the local street kids. He was a former street kid himself, so he feels an automatic kinship with these ganged up kiddos. One child, Evvy, stands out to Briar and not only because she’s the only street kid who isn’t in a gang. She has ambient magic that presents itself […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Series, tamora pierce, the circle opens

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:63 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr13bingo, Series, tamora pierce, the circle opens ·
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A boring introduction to a series with a lot of potential

Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce

October 22, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – OLD SERIES (originally published in 2000) Sandry has been living with her uncle, the Duke of Emelan, ever since he had a heart attack a few months ago. Her teacher is still at Winding Circle, and all of her friends are travelling around the world with their teachers. For the first time since joining Discipline Cottage at Winding Circle Temple, Sandry is without her chosen family. But she has plenty to keep her busy like helping her uncle run the Kingdom in his weakened […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Series, tamora pierce, the circle opens

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:62 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr13bingo, Series, tamora pierce, the circle opens ·
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What a fantastic ending to a phenomenal series!

Briar's Book by Tamora Pierce

October 21, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – Pandemic (I know this category is a catch-all, read-what-you-want category, but this book is also about a pandemic) SUMMARY – Oh boy, what a book to read during a pandemic. Briar Moss and his teacher Rosethorn head to the city in order to provide healing services to the sick there. Briar, a former street kid, can’t help but give special attention to all the homeless, poor children while there. While attending to the street kids in the Mire, the poorest part of the […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, circle of magic, Series, tamora pierce

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:60 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, circle of magic, Series, tamora pierce ·
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