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Getting to the heart of main plot arc, Daine and company head to Carthak in a last attempt to make peace. My issues with this series still remain unfortunately. Daine is too powerful and things come to her too easily to make her a very sympathetic character. Unlike the Alanna and PotS series, each book in the Immortals series takes place in a few days, even though there is about a year "time span" between each book. You never get the sense of the character aging and struggling with her talent.

Again, it's a quick read, so if you've already read the first two, you should definitely continue.

tabithar's review against another edition

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4.0

3.7 I like getting backstory on Dane's character but this is just not my favorite series by Ms. Pierce. I find the characters interesting but they lack the connection to the reader that you have with Alanna and Kel.

Note: This audio book version was much more enjoyable than the first in this series. I'm glad they stopped/decreased the weird echo microphone portions. I also liked knowing that the author was the narrator. I'd have been content with her reading the whole book but I'm sure that is time consuming.

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

tatabontz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

art_books_chemistry's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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4.0

This had a slightly rocky beginning, but overall I enjoyed it a lot. Though Tamora Pierce's fantasy worlds have many familiar trappings -- kings, mages, orientalism -- they also have so many aspects that are very weird in a delightful way. I love the inclusion of dinosaurs, and the rapid explanation of evolution via mage, within a world that contains basilisks, dragons, and other mythical monsters. I also like how Pierce doesn't discriminate between animals -- a bat or a hyena is just as much a good friend as a more traditionally likeable animal, such as a horse. I was also delighted by Zek, Daine's marmoset friend. These books are tremendously fun and full of the best escapism, as well as creating a lovely portrait of animals as individuals, with ideas, rights and opinions of their own.

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