Tempests and Slaughter

1: Tempests and Slaughter ★★★★★
#2: The Exile's Gift ???

(This review can also be found on my blog.)

I have been a Tamora Pierce fan for as long as I can remember. My first read by her was Wild Magic and I've adored just about everything I've read by her since (for some reason I can't get into the Circle of Magic series, but I guess that's a personal problem). When I saw that Tempests and Slaughter, the first in a series detailing the youth of Arram Draper (later known as Numair), I almost died of excitement.

I was lucky enough to win an ARC through a Goodreads giveaway, which I practically inhaled. It was wonderful to get to see a different side of Numair and to see his beginnings. I loved finding the characters who I knew would continue to play a role in his future, and who I recognized from the other Tamora Pierce books I've read.

In my opinion, this does lean a little more towards MG than YA, mainly due to Arram's age at the outset of the book (around 11, if I remember correctly). While I'm not usually a MG reader, I love the world and characters that Tamora Pierce constructs and didn't have much of an issue with it. In fact, when I finished it, I pined over the fact that I would have to wait for a sequel and almost immediately picked up Wild Magic to reread.

Tamora Pierce fans will love dipping back into the world they've already grown to love, and I recommend Tempests and Slaughter wholeheartedly.

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