Shatterglass

Hey guys. Remember when I told you I had favorite authors and that I was going to play favorites? Well this is one of them. Tamora Pierce is without a doubt one of the most amazing people in the world. Her books are the bane of my existance. No lie. [well, maybe a little lie, but she is the best!] I started reading her books in the sixth grade, because a friend of mine, [thank you to the forces-that-be] forced me to read the Alanna series. As Otulissa would say, "oh my glaux." [You have to be a GoGH nerd to get that] It was the BEST thing since SLICED BREAD! No lie. [And this time, I mean no lie.]

So anyway, onto the book. Shatterglass is the final installment of 'The Circle Opens Quartet' and blows my mind each and every time I read it, [about maybe eight or nine times to date] For those of you who don't know, the Circle opens follows each of the four amazing people, Briar Moss, Trisana Chandler, Sandrilene fa Toren, and Daja Kisubo [I spelled Sandry's first name and Daja's last name wrong the first time, I had to wiki. You'd think I'd know this by now.] as they get students and further study their magic and the magic of others. READ THE FIRST QUARTET and THEN this quartet, otherwise you won't get it, and you will leave confused and unfullfilled. Trust me I know. I actually had Street Magic way before I know who Tamora Pierce was, and the genius I was dealing with, and I read it and I was so confused. [See how big my library was, even as a child?] I only realized I had already read the book several years later, when I decided to give it a chance.

ANYWAY, [I am so off track here, ;D] This is about Tris as she explores Tharios, an extremely well developed city where a conclave of mages come together, and Tris tags along with her teacher Niklaren Goldeye [another wiki for me] as he attends. She takes an interest in the famed glassmakers there, and meets Kethlun Warder.

Tammy once again stunns with her well developed city, populace, and still manages to tie in important parallels to today. [I don't always see them because I read for pleasure, and delve no deeper,] She mentions the city's intolerance for uncleanliness, has several very good witicisims, that apply to everyday life, and even though the novel touches some serious topics, she still manages to make me laugh now and again. I'm sure there is a word for the way the Prathmuni, [amazon this time] the 'untouchables and unseeables' are treated, and it's not good.

So I just googled it, [search engines are my friend] and apparantly it draws parallels to slavery in India. [Don't look at me for not catching that, I'm shallow, remember]

In conclusion, this is an excellently awesomely perfect book. One of my favorites. GO BUY IT NAO! Oh, and just some incentive, [don't worry, this doesn't contain spoilers. Just excellence]

The next lightening bolt hit Tris squarely.

She held up her arms; she laughed as the

bolt clung to her without vanishing, a

white hot ladder to the clouds. The braids

she had taken down exploded from their

ties, the hair in them twining around the

lightning that secured her to the sky.

[It's in the very front page of the book, the little peek they give you at the begining of the book of the middle of it]

Cheers!