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A review by bahbadook
In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
<strong>Second book better than the first</strong>
Weird love triangle aside (Hmmm, I'll have to think about if it's actually a love triangle... Well, I wouldn't necessarily say it wasn't either a line or a triangle. So I'll accept either/or), can I just say that, even knowing who she ends up with because this is far from my first time reading these books, George just brings me joy and Jonathon makes me smile.
For instance:
Alanna decides to start practicing looking like a girl at some point in this book. So that after she passes her Ordeal and reveals herself as a lady knight, she doesn't have to learn that on the fly as well. And George and Jonathon, who are buds now, walk in as she's finishing getting dressed. And they both have the vibe of guppies gaping. And I laugh every time I read it. It's worth rereading that part several times. I also laugh at the courtship attempts from the two to Alanna. Bless.
Once again, we have a plot that stretches over several years, starting at about fourteen and ending at eighteen. And Alanna has some problems. This is gentle fantasy. This is like...teen's first fantasy. It wasn't mine. But I was a lunatic and we're going to ignore me. But it was one of the two authors I read who settled me into the fantasy genre of sword and sorcery. So that's nice of it. So if you’ve got a thirteen year old or so who would like some nice fantasy and spectacular characters (Alanna also gets a cat in this one), I'd recommend it.
Weird love triangle aside (Hmmm, I'll have to think about if it's actually a love triangle... Well, I wouldn't necessarily say it wasn't either a line or a triangle. So I'll accept either/or), can I just say that, even knowing who she ends up with because this is far from my first time reading these books, George just brings me joy and Jonathon makes me smile.
For instance:
Alanna decides to start practicing looking like a girl at some point in this book. So that after she passes her Ordeal and reveals herself as a lady knight, she doesn't have to learn that on the fly as well. And George and Jonathon, who are buds now, walk in as she's finishing getting dressed. And they both have the vibe of guppies gaping. And I laugh every time I read it. It's worth rereading that part several times. I also laugh at the courtship attempts from the two to Alanna. Bless.
Once again, we have a plot that stretches over several years, starting at about fourteen and ending at eighteen. And Alanna has some problems. This is gentle fantasy. This is like...teen's first fantasy. It wasn't mine. But I was a lunatic and we're going to ignore me. But it was one of the two authors I read who settled me into the fantasy genre of sword and sorcery. So that's nice of it. So if you’ve got a thirteen year old or so who would like some nice fantasy and spectacular characters (Alanna also gets a cat in this one), I'd recommend it.