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A review by leabookjoy
Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce
5.0
A second and final book ABSOLUTELY AWESOME !!
Back in the good favours of the regents, Aly and her companions returned to the capital of Rajmuat and begin to actively prepare the revolution to overthrow the Rittevon and put Sarai on the throne. But amid the intrigues of the court, paranoia and murders, Aly will have to use all her talents as a spy to keep unharmed the Balitang family and help the returning of Kyprioth and of a raka queen on the throne ...
LOVED this conclusion !! The author's style is still pleasant (full of humor, sarcasm and also scenes which broke your heart and other really harsh that make us aware of the hardness of the choices sometimes ...), the universe is still amazing (I loved the darkings !! I sooo want one too ><) and the plot and subplots (to a background of racism and political intrigues) are AMAZING here and gain a level of complexity really exciting : I am a HUGE fan of court intrigues and espionage so there I was in heaven =D (I admit I cried at the scene of the "shipwreck", I kind of expected a miracle and my heart broke ... But I totally expected the change of situation with Sarai, it's been several chapters since I thought she would make a very bad queen (too irresponsible) so I was pretty pleased with the turnaround ><)
The characters are still fascinating and although many die in this book (hey it's not a cakewalk, it's war !!), it's well done =)
I'm still a HUGE fan of Aly who remains my favorite character in the series with her life as a spy, her Machiavellian mind, her charming side, her sassy replies while remaining human with feelings and weaknesses =) Her relationship with Nawat evolves considerably (WOW WOW !! I must admit that I was afraid of finding myself with a mushy couple of teenagers kissing and everything and finally, nOT AT ALL !! Nawat is not a pushover and he TOTALLY knows how to take the lead when necessary =) (Yes, there is a sex scene but it's very well written and rather soft =))
Other secondary characters are just as interesting as before in this book, including the Balitang family that has strong female members like Winna (she evolves a lot and proves to be a true leading lady) and Dove (who is one of my favorite characters, a discreet girl, not extraordinary beautiful but nice, intelligent, very mature and a perfect queen). I loved to see more gods although Kyprioth remains my favorite (in that book, he's a much more believable god : funny, clever but ultimately inhumane to the point of being sometimes cruel ...)
Special mention for Taybur Sibigat, the captain of the guard too insightful that I totally loved and that I would have liked to see more ><
The ending is perfect with Aly who has finally found her way as spymaster in the Copper Isles (even if the thing with heroine who becomes pregnant and all ... Well, I'm not so fond of it but it's personal =)) I'd like to see how Aly is doing as spymaster (especially if she had to deal with her father' spies ><) and would have liked to know more about the thief that Kyprioth had found =)
Ahhh and of course I would have liked more books ><
Nevertheless, a perfect ending to conclude a great MUST-READ series !! I think I will try in a near future the series about the mother of Aly (Aly although looks much more my style of heroin ><)
Back in the good favours of the regents, Aly and her companions returned to the capital of Rajmuat and begin to actively prepare the revolution to overthrow the Rittevon and put Sarai on the throne. But amid the intrigues of the court, paranoia and murders, Aly will have to use all her talents as a spy to keep unharmed the Balitang family and help the returning of Kyprioth and of a raka queen on the throne ...
LOVED this conclusion !! The author's style is still pleasant (full of humor, sarcasm and also scenes which broke your heart and other really harsh that make us aware of the hardness of the choices sometimes ...), the universe is still amazing (I loved the darkings !! I sooo want one too ><) and the plot and subplots (to a background of racism and political intrigues) are AMAZING here and gain a level of complexity really exciting : I am a HUGE fan of court intrigues and espionage so there I was in heaven =D (I admit I cried at the scene of the "shipwreck", I kind of expected a miracle and my heart broke ... But I totally expected the change of situation with Sarai, it's been several chapters since I thought she would make a very bad queen (too irresponsible) so I was pretty pleased with the turnaround ><)
The characters are still fascinating and although many die in this book (hey it's not a cakewalk, it's war !!), it's well done =)
I'm still a HUGE fan of Aly who remains my favorite character in the series with her life as a spy, her Machiavellian mind, her charming side, her sassy replies while remaining human with feelings and weaknesses =) Her relationship with Nawat evolves considerably (WOW WOW !! I must admit that I was afraid of finding myself with a mushy couple of teenagers kissing and everything and finally, nOT AT ALL !! Nawat is not a pushover and he TOTALLY knows how to take the lead when necessary =) (Yes, there is a sex scene but it's very well written and rather soft =))
Other secondary characters are just as interesting as before in this book, including the Balitang family that has strong female members like Winna (she evolves a lot and proves to be a true leading lady) and Dove (who is one of my favorite characters, a discreet girl, not extraordinary beautiful but nice, intelligent, very mature and a perfect queen). I loved to see more gods although Kyprioth remains my favorite (in that book, he's a much more believable god : funny, clever but ultimately inhumane to the point of being sometimes cruel ...)
Special mention for Taybur Sibigat, the captain of the guard too insightful that I totally loved and that I would have liked to see more ><
The ending is perfect with Aly who has finally found her way as spymaster in the Copper Isles (even if the thing with heroine who becomes pregnant and all ... Well, I'm not so fond of it but it's personal =)) I'd like to see how Aly is doing as spymaster (especially if she had to deal with her father' spies ><) and would have liked to know more about the thief that Kyprioth had found =)
Ahhh and of course I would have liked more books ><
Nevertheless, a perfect ending to conclude a great MUST-READ series !! I think I will try in a near future the series about the mother of Aly (Aly although looks much more my style of heroin ><)