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A review by kittycat2302
Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce
4.0
I really loved this book. The only reason it's four stars instead of five stars is because I didn't connect at all with some of the magic used here- there are times of the kids being magically away from their bodies, and that completely takes me out of the experience of the book.
But that is literally my only complaint. Tamora Pierce does yet another fantastic job of writing young heroines realistically and powerfully. Daja Kisubo shines extremely brightly in this book. It continues the story of all of the kids, of course, and strengthens the CIRCLE OF FRIENDSHIP even further, but what stands out for me as different from Tris's Book is that Daja grows here, but only becomes truly more of who she is. Her goodness emanates out of her. Tris had to learn some other lessons for her growth, and was much more flawed than Daja is naturally (and I love Tris for it!).
This book also gives us a big glance into a particular part of Trader culture, and the story within that is my favorite of the Emelan stories so far- which is all I'll say as I don't want to give anything away! I will note that I hope Polyam returns in future books. :-)
But that is literally my only complaint. Tamora Pierce does yet another fantastic job of writing young heroines realistically and powerfully. Daja Kisubo shines extremely brightly in this book. It continues the story of all of the kids, of course, and strengthens the CIRCLE OF FRIENDSHIP even further, but what stands out for me as different from Tris's Book is that Daja grows here, but only becomes truly more of who she is. Her goodness emanates out of her. Tris had to learn some other lessons for her growth, and was much more flawed than Daja is naturally (and I love Tris for it!).
This book also gives us a big glance into a particular part of Trader culture, and the story within that is my favorite of the Emelan stories so far- which is all I'll say as I don't want to give anything away! I will note that I hope Polyam returns in future books. :-)