The Oracle's Queen

, #3

557 pages

English language

Published Sept. 21, 2006 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-58345-8
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OCLC Number:
70170145

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5 stars (8 reviews)

Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer's prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated.

Now a mystical fire has burned away the male body known as Prince Tobin, revealing Princess Tamír, a girl on the verge of womanhood-and a queen ready to claim her birthright after a life in disguise under the protection of wizards and witches. But will her people, her army-and the friends she was forced to deceive-accept her? Worse, will the crown's rival heir, friend to Tobin, turn foe to Tamír, igniting civil war in a fierce battle for Skala?

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5 stars

Still awkward perspective changes and dialogues that have me asking "who said what". Anyways the story picks up momentum in the last installment of the triad.

Sometimes I am glad to read books that are not ASoIaF, stories where the good people do not all die where things work out. Still the Tamir Triad could have done with a little more loss and conflict. That is really why I gave only 4 stars to the previous 2 books. Things are just a little too easy for the heroes in my opinion.

But I enjoyed that very much :) Not all books need to have the reader suffering. In the end I really missed the world of Tamir when I finished the series so 5 stars for the finale: go read it, it's a good story!

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4 stars

I was slightly disappointed in this book. First, it had been a long while since I had read the first two books. I did not own them to reread them, and I have so little reading time that I'd rather spend it reading new books than rereading others at this time. Anyway, there were nuances that if I had the other books to check, I know I would have gotten or remembered.

A good friend of Ms. Flewelling's died during the writing of this novel. The publication was put off by quite some time as a direct result of the death. I think the story itself suffered as well. At times, I kept reading because I wanted to know what eventually happened, not because I was enjoying the writing. That is to say, I became detached from the novel, which is a bad sign.

Overall it was an interesting read, …

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Subjects

  • Princesses -- Fiction.
  • Magic -- Fiction.