Starting out, I didn’t exactly have super high expectations about this book. While the first book, Trickster’s Choice was a good read it wasn’t as action packed as I had thought and hoped. Trickster’s Queen was completely different than its prequel drawing me into the story by page one!
Usually when reading a sequel to a book, the reader finds the first one much more enjoyable, but with these two book this is not the case. As Aly’s adventure continues she is faced with new challenges and all kinds of adventures. Between spying on the palace and protecting the future queen Aly has her hands full. Besides the exciting action with the rebellion we are drawn deeper into Aly’s relationships with the other characters and we get to know them and Aly just a little bit better, allowing us to find more things in common with the characters. Some of these people are the spies that she has trained to help her and others are leaders in the rebellion that she has grown fond of and become partners with. While in Trickster’s Choice we didn’t get to see Aly interact a lot with others, in this book we get to see her fight, strategize, and love which shows us a lot more of Aly that we had not seen before.
As Aly grows as a character throughout the book she also learns things about herself and her companions that she thought she never would. While, at times, her confidence is a good thing at some points in the book Aly grows too confident in herself and makes mistakes, making her easy to relate to as a character. When reading if I realize that the character has no flaws and is perfect it ultimately turns my interest level down. I think most readers are like me and enjoy reading about main characters that have flaws and sometimes make mistakes. We like to know that they are human like we are and that even the amazingly brave and wonderful characters we read about in book are not without flaw.
Not to give any part of the story away, but Aly learns that sometimes people need to split up for a little while to figure what they want, and sometimes people need to leave permanently to achieve what they had always wished for, and that the people we put on thrones or on pedestals don’t necessarily want to be there.
In the end, I thought this was a great read! It captured me in and I was able to relate so much more to the characters. I was glad that I was able to finish Aly’s adventure and that I could experience the journey alongside Aly and all the other characters we met along the way.
My rating for Trickster's Queen is 5 out of 5 palm trees
Yay, I love Tamora Pierce's books! Have you read any of her other series? I started by reading her Song of the Lioness series, but her Protector of the Small books are my favourite! I read them years ago, but I recently reread her books and finally picked up these books, along with the Bekah Cooper books. SO GOOD!
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