Book Blog #52: Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce

Title: Trickster's Queen
Author: Tamora Pierce
# of Pages: 469 (hardback)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Magic
Rating: ★☆☆☆☆
Synopsis: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 impossibly as they stop into new roles to change the future?

Review:I have a confession to make. I didn't actually finish the book.

I spent weeks trying to get through it, but I just couldn't. There was a lot of politics and observing...I suppose it was just a bunch of build up for something big in the end. Unfortunately, it didn't build UP, it built down.

I'll be frank; it was boring.

There was too many details on unimportant things, making me fall asleep after reading a paragraph. And it doesn't help that the cover looks like crap. Sorry...that might have been a little harsh.

Just don't read this series. Ever. I won't be continuing with it

Book Blog #43: Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

Title: Trickster's Choice
Author: Tamora Pierce
# of Pages: 403 (hardcover)
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Synopsis: Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the Lioness of Tortall. Aly is bold and brave like her mother, but she has no wish to become a knight. Instead she longs to follow in her father's footsteps as a spy, an ambition her parents vehemently oppose.

After a furious argument Aly runs away, with disastrous consequences. Captured and sold as a slave in the Copper Isles, she discovers that this whole nightmare has not come about by chance - the Trickster God, Kyprioth, has plans for her...

Review: I was really excited to read another series by Tamora Pierce! The Alanna series had been decent, and her Beka Cooper trilogy much more enjoyable, so I was curious of how this one would turn out.

The cover is kind of weird. The covers for the Alanna series weren't the greatest, and there is minimal improvement for this one. It's dark and dreary, and the title isn't big enough. And I don't like how she seems to be watching my every move. Freaky.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Now, let me be frank; the story bored me. It lacked he drama and suspense that I love to read. I think the best part had to be the ending after the duke died, but that wasn't even the big finale I was expecting.

Pierce's writing style in the book has definitely improved since Alanna: The First Adventure. It still takes place in the Tortall world, but with Aly as the main character. My favorite character has to be Nawat. I mean, how can you not like a crow-human?

SPOILERS END!!!

So it was decent. Not something I'd read again, but not something I'd burn at the stake.