Trickster series

My love affair with Tamora Pierce’s writing continues. This series was actually the one that got me started on her writing. I read it as one book (rather than spilt into the two as a series) and just fell in love. It is actually the more recent of the books of Tortall (the fictional land where this series, Lioness and Wild Mage is set) and the way that histories, events and people from the previous series are interwoven is truly spectacular. When you first read it you don’t notice but when you read it after reading the other two series there are multitudes of ‘ah ha’ or ‘awww’ moments when you associate back to the other series.

This is the story of Ally, a young girl who is captured as a slave and sent to work for an upper class family. However the family, the Balitangs, and their household are not all they seem. They are the main conspirators in a plot to overthrow twisted dictatorship under which they live and install a rightful queen on the throne. It falls to Ally (with the help of the Gods) to use her considerable talents to help achieve their goals.

Although most of Tamora Pierce’s books are geared towards teenagers they are truly engaging and great reads, even for adults. Definitely some of my favourite books!