A review by morgob
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

First of all, the one thing I didn't like so much was that the main character is SO pretentious. She is THE privileged white girl. Besides that, I ate this book up! If I had found this book when I was a teen, I would have made it my whole personality. I have to read the sequel because I need to know what happens next. On that note, I sort of thought that more would happen before the end of this book, but I do think it's a good first book in a duology. There aren't many good duologies in the world, so this is a nice little (and not so long) commitment. It was kind of slow and off-putting to start. I think the story was going too fast for the first bit, then it was way too slow for a while, but after the first 100 pages, I couldn't put it down. I love the raka people (hitting us over the head a little bit with the colonization parallels, but it probably wouldn't seem that way to teens). My favorite character by far was Nawat. I would die for Nawat. He couldn't be more perfect. For a YA book, this was relatively heavy content, but it was really well-written. Thanks to my friend, Mikaela, for recommending it to me!