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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This story had been bugging me for a while - I was remembering bits and trying to figure out how they went together. So I reread it. It's just as good as I remembered. Daja learns - well, several new things, but especially that she needs to rein in her judgment - not assume that someone is nice because she likes them. The setting is interesting, too. And this is the only Circle Opens story where the student(s) are largely irrelevant to the plot - neither of them either are the problem or cause it, they're just a (major) side-issue. I don't know why, but I think this is my favorite of the Circle Opens stories. (  ) jjmcgaffey | Feb 26, 2009 |  This is the most creepy and twisted Pierce book I've read so far. Daja and Frostpine are in the cold, cold north, where most of the houses are built from wood. Daja finds magic in the twin daughters of the family they're staying with and must teach them how to meditate and find teachers for them in town. She also befriends a local, Ben, who is teaching about firefighting in their country. But he's also a twisted, diseased man who is deliberately setting fires to teach his townsfolk the importance of his techniques. Didn't realize Tamora could write like that. Compelling. (  ) chibimajo | Feb 16, 2009 | Daja has been traveling with Frostpine and they are spending the winter in Namorn with his friends. When she discovers the twins in the family have magic, she must find them teachers and teach them meditation herself. Meanwhile, because the city is built of wood, fire is a problem. She meets Bennat Ladradun, a local businessman who lost his family in a fire and is now a firefighter. When someone starts setting fires, they work together to stop them.Excellent book in the series. ( ) hoosgracie | Feb 4, 2008 | Young Daja Kisubo travels with her Master Smith in search of training in the real world. Instead, Daja ends up the one training others. The twins of the host family she is staying with have magical abilities of the most specific kind. One is a cook mage and the other is wood mage. Apart from that, trouble plagues the little town she visits. An Arson is loose and is wreaking havoc. Nobody knows fire well enough except Daja. Working a forge gives her the understanding needed to track a killer and bring him to justice. The story is more grown up than the previous quartet. Here, there is death and gore and the evilness of man. It is no longer s children's book. (  ) maita | Aug 15, 2007 | So great! (  ) guinevereanne | Mar 5, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0590396560, Mass Market Paperback)Readers who have followed the fortunes of Daja and her foster siblings in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic and The Circle Opens sequences will not be disappointed by this continuation of Daja's adventures as a smith-mage. As her foster siblings Sandry and Briar struggle with their reluctant apprentices (Magic Steps, Street Magic), Daja and her teacher, Frostpine, settle into the northern Namorn city of Kugisko for a restful winter break. Not surprisingly, their illusions are promptly shattered, as Daja discovers that the twin daughters of her host have "ambient magic." As the discovering-mage, Daja is obliged to teach the fidgety girls the rudiments of magic. Meanwhile, Kugisko seems to have fallen into the hands of a ruthless arsonist, and Daja is determined to help her new firefighting friend, Bennat Ladradun, get to the bottom of the mystery. As always, Pierce's writing is both personable and thrilling. Kaja, a strapping, dark-skinned 14-year-old, is tremendously genuine; her powers seem to reflect inner strength rather than an arbitrary gift. An excellent, many-layered read. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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