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Emperor Mage
by Tamora Pierce
Review Taken From The Pewter Wolf Reads
***eProof given by UK Publisher, HarperVoyager, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review/write-up, even though I borrowed and listened to audiobook from local library via BorrowBox***
I was meant to read/audiobook this last year after I blitz a few other Tamora Pierce books ([b:Wild Magic|40096284|Wild Magic (The Immortals, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530391142l/40096284._SY75_.jpg|1171314], [b:First Test|52756713|First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567065502l/52756713._SX50_SY75_.jpg|1375705] and [b:Wolf-Speaker|39857741|Wolf-Speaker (The Immortals, #2)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539639588l/39857741._SY75_.jpg|1090193] - in this order.), and I did start this. But I put it down round the 30% mark and didn't go back till earlier this week and I thought it would be a good idea to continue from where I left off... yeah, that wasn't my best idea...
The third book in the Immortals Quartet, Daine's wild magic with animals is growing and under the magical care of her teacher, Numair. So when they go to help the Emperor Mage of neighbouring kingdom, Carthak, it's in the hope that they can help smooth international relationships by helping the emperor's ailing birds.
But Carthak's emperor, Ozorne, is charming but treacherous and ruthless and the kingdom is built on the suffering of slaves. And Daine's finds herself a pawn in the game of the mysterious Graveyard Hag...
I keep saying this when I read/audiobook Tamora Pierce that I wished I discovered her when I was much younger. Say in the early teens rather than in my mid-30s, as I think I would have devoured these and treasured all of Tamora Pierce's books. She is very much an author who knows how to write fantasy in a way that feels grounded and have the characters feel real without writing a mammoth of a book. There's something simple yet it sucks you in.
I also think that, as a thirty-something, the writing's a tad simple for me now, hence why I think younger me would have LOVED this!
I think, out of the books in the Immortals Quartet, I liked this a lot more than the second in the series, Wolf Speaker, but less than the first, Wild Magic. I'm in two minds over if I want to read the fourth and final in this series, [b:The Realms of the Gods|40096281|The Realms of the Gods (The Immortals, #4)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627486297l/40096281._SY75_.jpg|1112038], as I have heard very mixed things about it. VERY MIXED. However, I do have the first in a prequel series, [b:Tempests and Slaughter|39355203|Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1526804829l/39355203._SY75_.jpg|23976276], and I am hoping to read that in the next few months.
I do like this book, but I wish I discovered this series when I was much younger...
***eProof given by UK Publisher, HarperVoyager, via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review/write-up, even though I borrowed and listened to audiobook from local library via BorrowBox***
I was meant to read/audiobook this last year after I blitz a few other Tamora Pierce books ([b:Wild Magic|40096284|Wild Magic (The Immortals, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530391142l/40096284._SY75_.jpg|1171314], [b:First Test|52756713|First Test (Protector of the Small, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1567065502l/52756713._SX50_SY75_.jpg|1375705] and [b:Wolf-Speaker|39857741|Wolf-Speaker (The Immortals, #2)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1539639588l/39857741._SY75_.jpg|1090193] - in this order.), and I did start this. But I put it down round the 30% mark and didn't go back till earlier this week and I thought it would be a good idea to continue from where I left off... yeah, that wasn't my best idea...
The third book in the Immortals Quartet, Daine's wild magic with animals is growing and under the magical care of her teacher, Numair. So when they go to help the Emperor Mage of neighbouring kingdom, Carthak, it's in the hope that they can help smooth international relationships by helping the emperor's ailing birds.
But Carthak's emperor, Ozorne, is charming but treacherous and ruthless and the kingdom is built on the suffering of slaves. And Daine's finds herself a pawn in the game of the mysterious Graveyard Hag...
I keep saying this when I read/audiobook Tamora Pierce that I wished I discovered her when I was much younger. Say in the early teens rather than in my mid-30s, as I think I would have devoured these and treasured all of Tamora Pierce's books. She is very much an author who knows how to write fantasy in a way that feels grounded and have the characters feel real without writing a mammoth of a book. There's something simple yet it sucks you in.
I also think that, as a thirty-something, the writing's a tad simple for me now, hence why I think younger me would have LOVED this!
I think, out of the books in the Immortals Quartet, I liked this a lot more than the second in the series, Wolf Speaker, but less than the first, Wild Magic. I'm in two minds over if I want to read the fourth and final in this series, [b:The Realms of the Gods|40096281|The Realms of the Gods (The Immortals, #4)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1627486297l/40096281._SY75_.jpg|1112038], as I have heard very mixed things about it. VERY MIXED. However, I do have the first in a prequel series, [b:Tempests and Slaughter|39355203|Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles, #1)|Tamora Pierce|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1526804829l/39355203._SY75_.jpg|23976276], and I am hoping to read that in the next few months.
I do like this book, but I wish I discovered this series when I was much younger...