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A review by secretmagic
Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
5.0
I'm so sad this is the end of Beka's story. An amazing book, I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed 'Mastiff'. Being back in Beka's head made me miss all the Tortall characters I know and love, and I was so happy to at least have a few of them in this one: Beka, Pounce, Sabine, Tunstall and Achoo.
Beka's on the biggest Hunt she could have ever imagined, dealing with the slave trade and a missing royal. A lot rests on her shoulders and there is literally danger around every corner. The amount of fighting, tracking and magic involved in continuing the Hunt was just insane, but it kept the characters on their toes and meant you were swept up in every little movement. It was hard not to feel like part of the team.
I loved the new edition to the team, Master Farmer Cape. He sort of reminded me of Numair in terms of his amazing magic skills, but he went beyond that. He was a good friend, a powerful mage and I really liked that that power didn't go to his head. He did rely on his magic a lot, but he tried not to underestimate his (or others') power.
I was shocked at the end of the book. It's an emotional ending and I just couldn't believe something like that could happen. Extremely cryptic, but necessary that way. Just be warned, there's a twist that I never imagined happening; still trying to process it.
I was sad that some of the regular Corus friends weren't really in this one. Goodwin is only mentioned a few times; Kora, Aniki and the other Rogues feature at the beginning and then are not seen again. And the hardest one to deal with was Rosto; who I adore and wanted to see more of. But I LOVED the George Cooper Epilogue. It was definitely needed and makes me want a lot more George than we have. Looks like I'll be rereading Song of the Lioness again in the near future.
So much fun being back in the Tortall world.
5/5 stars
Beka's on the biggest Hunt she could have ever imagined, dealing with the slave trade and a missing royal. A lot rests on her shoulders and there is literally danger around every corner. The amount of fighting, tracking and magic involved in continuing the Hunt was just insane, but it kept the characters on their toes and meant you were swept up in every little movement. It was hard not to feel like part of the team.
I loved the new edition to the team, Master Farmer Cape. He sort of reminded me of Numair in terms of his amazing magic skills, but he went beyond that. He was a good friend, a powerful mage and I really liked that that power didn't go to his head. He did rely on his magic a lot, but he tried not to underestimate his (or others') power.
I was shocked at the end of the book. It's an emotional ending and I just couldn't believe something like that could happen. Extremely cryptic, but necessary that way. Just be warned, there's a twist that I never imagined happening; still trying to process it.
I was sad that some of the regular Corus friends weren't really in this one. Goodwin is only mentioned a few times; Kora, Aniki and the other Rogues feature at the beginning and then are not seen again. And the hardest one to deal with was Rosto; who I adore and wanted to see more of. But I LOVED the George Cooper Epilogue. It was definitely needed and makes me want a lot more George than we have. Looks like I'll be rereading Song of the Lioness again in the near future.
So much fun being back in the Tortall world.
5/5 stars