Traitor's Son

Raven Duet #2

by Hilari Bell

In Trickster's Girl, when Kesla's journey comes to an end, she pass the pouch and the quest on to someone else. She picks Jason, a native boy she thinks will be able to finish the job. But in fact, a family feud has cut Jason off from his traditional roots, and he is even more doubtful and resistant than Kesla was. But Raven, now a beautiful girl, is quite persuasive and manages to convince Jason this is something not only that he can do, but that he must if he wants to heal his family and the earth.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Mythology, Supernatural, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

As far as writing is concerned, I call myself the poster child for persistence. Songs of Power, the first novel I sold, was the 5th novel I'd written. When it sold I was working on novel #13. The next to sell, Navohar, was #12, and the next, A Matter of Profit, was #9. The Goblin Wood was #6, and the first Sorahb book, Flame (later renamed Farsala: Fall of a Kingdom), will be #15. You get the picture.

My reviews: Mea culpa! I got onto Goodreads years ago, and haven't been reviewing--but I now mean to start! I should add that as writer, I tend to read a bit more critically. Or at least, when I think a book is going off the rails I usually see technical, writer problems with it. In short, any time a book stops working for me, that author becomes an honorary member of my writing critique group--whether they want to or not! So I apologize in advance for any technical critiques my fellow writers may recieve.

Biography: My personal life? I was born in Denver in 1958—you can do the math. I'm single and live with my mother, brother and sister-in-law. I used to be a part time reference librarian for a mid-sized public library, but in the beginning of ’05 I achieved a writer’s dream and quit the day job. Librarian turned writer is a very schizophrenic state—when I try to urge people to buy my books, I have to beat down a lifetime of professional reflexes demanding that I tell them to check them out at the library instead.

I enjoy board gaming and fantasy gaming, both table top and live. But my favorite thing to do is the decadent version of camping my mom and I practice. We have a pop-up trailer with a fridge, a sink, a stove and (if electrical hookups are available) a space heater, heating pads and a toaster. Our motto is "No unnecessary work." We don't cook, we don't wash dishes, we don't...you name it. What we do is spend all day, every day, reading and hiking and reading some more. Camping is the only time I can get in enough reading. Well, I take that back—when it comes to reading, there's no such thing as enough.

Reviews

[Stephanie]

It took us almost three years BUT WE DID IT

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a baffling, delightful book. WHAT IS PLOT? HOW TO SCHEME? WHAT IS HAPPENING EVER IDK BUT I"M A FAN.

Goose Woman was a fantastic moment in our lives.

[Kat Heckenbach · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm really sad to have to write this review. I ADORED Hilari Bell's Goblin Wood series. As in it was one of the best fantasy series I've ever read. So, no matter what I have to say about this book, don't write off this author--go read the Goblin Wood series!

But this...

Jase was a hormone-driven, car-obsessed flat character. The book slogged, with so much explaining about things that could have been summed up really quickly and made room for actual plot. I got SO tired of Jase talking about his car--as did the other characters, since Bell has their eyes glazing over when Jase rambles about it. And the fact that he saw Raven as nothing but a great body...It was if Bell was trying to appeal to guys, but the kind of guys this book would appeal to would never pick up a book anyway.

I never read the book that comes before this ((Trickster's Girl), but that had nothing to do with this review. It was not at all a matter of being lost or feeling like I'd missed part of the story. It was more that there was no real story.

Anyway, I'm bummed. I hope she goes back to writing more books in the vein of Goblin Wood.

[Jess]

A little creeped out by the fact that the hot guy is now apparently a cute girl. Just... wrong.

[Magda · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 5 🌟

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review of an advance copy:

This is the second half of a duet, but those who pick up Traitor's Son without reading Trickster's Girl won't be confused. They'll definitely want to go back and find out what happened in the prior book, but my guess is that many won't want to put Jase's story down long enough to get the background. Best case scenario: read them in order; second best: finish Jase's story, then read Kelsa's - at which point you may want to read Jase's again. :)

At the end of the first book, Kelsa passed the medicine pouch to a Native American boy in a "business suit and shiny black shoes," a boy who "looked like someone who would understand Native American magic far better than she had." In this book, we meet Jase, the recipient of the pouch, Kelsa's hopes, and Raven's quest. Jase was at the border to pick up one of his father's legal clients. Jase is a frequent driver because he loves driving his nearly one-of-a-kind Tesla, his absolute favorite possession.

So we know, of course, that Raven is going to show up as soon as he figures out who has the pouch. What I totally didn't see coming but totally makes sense is Raven's new form. In the previous book, Raven was most frequently a gorgeous Native American boy, although he also appeared as Raven the bird and as Leprechaun. In this book, with a male hero, Raven shows up as a drop-dead gorgeous Native girl. Totally makes sense, and yet I didn't see it coming. (It did occasionally feel a bit odd to have the other characters - Frog People, Bear, Otter Woman - call Raven she in this book rather than he as in the previous book, but with shapeshifters, I guess you go with the flow.) Raven's goal, as in the previous book, is to heal the ley, and she needs Jase to get on board asap before their enemies can stop him.

Although I think both books are fabulous, I liked this one a little better than its predecessor. Some of my favorite things about the book:

*Jase is pretty content with his life. Where Kelsa was angry and grieving and snarky, Jase doesn't feel like he has anything to prove...

*Except one thing. There is a lot of discussion about race in this book, and Jase is the scapegoat. Although Jase looks fully Native, he is only 3/16 Alaska Native, rather than the governmentally-established 1/4 necessary to inherit Native lands, properties, shares, and positions. When Jase was 3, his lawyer father (6/16 Native) sued to change the law. Jase's grandfather still hasn't forgiven his son, and sometimes holds it against Jase as well. A lot of other Alaska Natives (teens and adults) aren't terribly fond of Jase, either, knowing him only as "the infamous three-sixteenths himself." The discussions of race and the tension between various viewpoints made for some fascinating problems that held a lot more interest (for me) than Kelsa's grief.

*And going back to the Alaska Native part, this is a culturally sensitive story - the kind of book that won't end up on Debbie Reese's do-not-read list. I read the first book right after taking an eye-opening multicultural youth literature class. I was pleased with how that book turned out from the cultural perspective, and hoped this one would be just as praiseworthy. And it is! Although Jase is from a nonexistent Native group (Ananut) and living more than 90 years in the future, Ms. Bell doesn't use the fictional setting to invent any strange traditions or unrealistic rites. It is both believable and sensitive.

*Jase's heritage also made him more connected to the universe where Raven and the other shapeshifters came from, and this was awesome.

*Jase's quest ends up being about saving his family. Not about finding closure or releasing anger or even really healing the world, but about healing his family. And it is fabulously done.

Wow, my review was rather too long. But this book had a number of fabulous points I really wanted to hit! :P

Summary: Just get the book and read it. And if you haven't read Trickster's Girl, you may want to procure that one at the same time.

[Lexie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Trickster's Girl one of my main problems with the book was Raven and Kesla. Looking back I would almost venture to say that Kesla was using the 'save the world' hoopla to escape the reality of her father's death and possibly also with a minor death wish of her own. Jason--or Jase as he mostly goes by--is a different story altogether.

Disaffected, indifferent and mostly confused about his place in the world I resonated moreso with Jase then I ever did with Kesla. His awkward attempts to flirt with Raven were as amusing as his attempts to puzzle her out. Which while I'm on the topic of Raven, I like this version of Raven moreso than the attractive boy the trickster was in the first book. It honestly seemed to suit the character more, but some of that may be that Raven was genuinely trying not to make the same mistakes again.

Though that doesn't preclude all new ones from happening.

Whereas Kesla's journey helped her understand her father better and to deal with her grief, Jase's is all about healing a rift in his family that echoes the rift in the world Raven wants him to help fix. Something that like Kesla he wants nothing to do with. Bell captures the youthful conceit that if its not their fault why should they fix it attitude very well. In Jase's case its a bit more complicated as his Native American roots make him a perfect candidate to help Raven, but a fall out between his father and grandfather when he was younger all but makes him indifferent to the whole mysticism of his heritage.

I will say that Bell tries hard to make this accessible to new readers. The first half of the book or so is a recapping of everything we learned about the issues at hand in the first book mixed in with Jase's family troubles. Raven is just as un-forthcoming as she was in book 1 with Kesla, but seems more patient with Jase. And definitely more sympathetic to his family strife.

Bell focuses a lot on race and how one generation's perceptions can be wholly different from the next's. The family rift started because Jase's father wanted a law changed so that Jase could inherit--the law states you have to 1/4 Native American in order to inherit lands, money etc, but Jase is only 3/16ths. The lawsuit put Jase's father in direct contention with his father, the tribe's shaman and the fallout reduced Jase to infamy and difficulties connecting with the tribe.

I thought Bell had handled the cultural aspects very well--she didn't preach or sermonize, nor go into lengthy explanations better suited for a textbook. Everything she discussed or mentioned was important to the overall story of the book and to Jase in particular.

The end is perhaps not what I expected and Raven specifically acted differently. While romance isn't quite the point of things, Raven didn't shy away from using hormonal lust as a leverage to get Jase to do what she wanted (especially in the beginning), but her reaction to her adventures with both Jase and Kesla surprised me.

This was a good conclusion to the duet, though it did leave some questions in the air that were perhaps best left unanswered. I don't think Bell meant this to be a definitive 'end', but an end to a chapter. Raven is after all a God--she'll live for hundreds of more years, possibly face another cataclysm like this again or a new one. However Kesla and Jase's parts were over...but that doesn't mean she won't visit them from time to time.

[Karla Nellenbach · Rating 3 out of 5]

The second book in the Raven Duet brings a bit more than the first. There are still many questions that the reader desperately wants answered, only to be disappointed. I think that's the point of this duo. In the first, Kelsa blindly follows Raven on this dangerous journey to heal the ley line going from Utah up into Alaska. She gets as far as the Canadian/Alaska border before she hands off the pouch to Jase, a native boy she thinks might get the job done.



The first hundred pages or so of TRAITOR'S SON is a lot of recapping, telling the reader what is already known, if he/she had read TRICKSTER'S GIRL, the first book. Also, in those hundred pages, you get to know Jase, his family drama, and the unfortunate "3/16" label he's been saddled with by everyone he comes in contact with. For me, this is the more intriguing part of the story. Maybe it's because Raven, being a Trickster, is not all that forthcoming, and the little bit of info she/he does drop on us is stuff we already learned with Kelsa in TRICKSTER'S GIRL.



(whispered sidenote: I got a weirded out feeling, knowing that Raven had a little sex change from book one to book two. I get that he/she needed to be whatever was needed to get the help he/she need, but it still weirded me out that he was a hot boy in the first book, and then a hot girl in book two.)



By comparison, TRAITOR'S SON had quite a bit more action throughout the book, what with Otter Woman showing up before Raven did. The pacing flows better in this book than the first, and even if you haven't read the TRICKSTER'S GIRL, you could pick up TRAITOR'S SON and follow it reasonably well. That said, there were bits of confusion within this book reminiscent of the first. Many questions continue to go unanswered, but the end ties things up well enough without being cliffhanger-y and still leaving the door open for more in this series if the author should want to go there.



Will I as a reader follow? Maybe. I can't say either book was a fantastic read, but they weren't horrible. Just different, and don't we all like something a little different every now and then? So, if you're looking for a departure from the usual dystopian/fantasy fare littering your bookshelves, take a gander at TRICKSTER'S GIRL and the soon to be released TRAITOR'S SON.

[Aurora Dimitre · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one... wasn't quite as good as the first.

I do know why. Kelsa was a much more sympathetic protagonist, and while it did take her a while to accept what was going on, it did not take her half the book. As well as that, her grief didn't take up as much space as Jase talking about his car did in this book, which is a little bit funny, if you think about it, but still. This boy and his car.

As well as that, I'm not a huge fan of the choice to make Raven turn into a girl to make Jase do things. I understand why it happened, but I'm still not a huge fan of it.

There were good points to this, however! The main character is Native American, and though Bell made up a group of people, I think it was good choice on her part. But either way, I thought that it was well-done, though it could be that I'm just sort of scrounging for scraps because Native American protagonists like never happen. But either way, there was an interesting internal conflict within Jase, and a more external conflict with his grandfather and his father, and I thought it was very interesting.

The book was fast-moving, especially once Jase just sort of accepted it. It did start immediately after the first book ended, and I think that was an interesting (and good) choice on the part of the author. I just couldn't get into it as easily. Kelsa was such a much more inviting character to read from, which is, I suppose, part of what could be called Jase's 'charm'. It definitely was interesting to see him sort of... open his mind to new possibilities even though he felt like he really belonged nowhere. I did learn to like Jase, he was just a hard character to get to know.

As well as that, Raven wasn't as much fun in this book. Maybe it's because she was playing a role that required her to be not so much fun, or maybe it's because she learned from how the whole Kelsa situation was dealt with and now knew how to better interact with humans. But still. Not as much fun.

But overall, this was fun. And now I've got two more Bell books knocked off my list.

[Liviania · Rating 4 out of 5]

TRAITOR'S SON is more satisfying than its predecessor TRICKSTER'S GIRL. A great deal of that has to do with the ending. TRICKSTER'S GIRL ended abruptly in order to set up the change of narrator in TRAITOR'S SON. But the second book is the end of the duology so both the character arc and the quest arc come to a close. (Sadly, we learn nothing about Kelsa aside from the fact that she gets arrested.)

One problem I had with the first book is directly addressed. I thought it was strange that Kelsa's attraction to Raven was so emphasized when clearly no romance would be happening. Jase is also attracted to Raven, who now takes a female form, and confronts her about trying to seduce him in order to convince him to help heal the ley lines. Raven admits to her ploy.

The Raven Duet is about Raven's quest to save humanity. Ley lines in all worlds are becoming polluted due to humans and some powerful beings want to let the human world implode. Kelsa and now Jase's quest is to use human means to heal a single ley line and prove that humans can fix their mistakes. Raven's enemies are not above using deadly force to prevent their success.

Jase is three-sixteenths Native American which is not enough to inherit tribal property. His dad is a prominent lawyer who sued the tribes over the property laws and caused a rift in the Alaskan Native community. It's made Jase something of an outcast whose only comfort is his vintage car. When Raven comes along, drawn by the medicine bag Kelsa passed to him, he thinks she's nuts. But soon he is helping her and trying to reconcile his relationship to his father with his relationship to his grandfather.

This time the magic takes a little more effort. Jase needs a lesson after the first try fails. He's inherited the ability to Spirit Walk, which puts him at extra risk from Raven's enemies. They can easily find and hurt him in his sleep - and he can't touch them.

I think you can read TRAITOR'S SON without reading TRICKSTER'S GIRL first. If you like tales of quests, then this novel will probably entertain you.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

When the girl at the Canadian border tosses Jase the medicine pouch he suspects she is giving him drugs, but little does Jase know that the little pouch he caught while trying to evade gunfire at the border would change is life forever.

When I read Trickster’s Girl last year I really enjoyed the story, but had my doubts when I heard the sequel would feature a new main character. Kelsa was a fun character, I liked her and had a hard time imagining the story without her. Jase surprised me though. Not only could I connect with Jase as a character, I really think I enjoyed his story so much more. Jase’s story is about family and the rift that has torn his family apart. While he resists learning to heal the leys, he also resists healing the rift in his family.

Raven is back, too, for this sequel, but instead of appearing as a handsome young man, he is now appearing as a beautiful Native American girl. I love Raven, the trickster, and it was fun to see what she would do next to try to get Jase on her side.

The conclusion to this series is stunning and one you don’t want to miss. As I neared the end of the book I couldn’t put it down because I was hooked.

Great characters, great story, nonstop action, and adventure, plus a family you could really care about make this a great read. Bell is a fabulous writer. Her writing style pulls in the reader and invests them in the story from the very beginning.

Overall, fans of Trickster’s Girl won’t want to miss this second installment, but if you haven’t read the first, I recommend you go out and read it now, because the second shouldn’t be missed.

Cautions for sensitive readers: Violence and brief nudity—nothing is described.

[Kathy Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this second, and apparently final, book of the Raven Duet the medicine bag and the task of healing the damaged ley line has been passed to Jason Mintok. Jase is much more interested in his Tesla - the vintage car that is his pride and joy - than he is in nature of any kind. When Raven comes to him in the guise of a hot teenage girl, he is very disbelieving. Part of his disbelief comes from a court case that has separated him from his Native roots and caused a major rift between his lawyer father and shaman grandfather. But part of it comes from his own belief that he is just an ordinary guy who can't do what Raven insists he can.

This was completely a case of an ordinary guy rising to extraordinary heights to fight for what he loves. And his enemies are very determined that he not succeed in healing the ley line. They invade his school and his dreams. These aliens have no respect for human life or for individual humans and really want to wipe them out so that they will stop doing damage to the Earth. Raven is on the other side and wants the humans to survive and heal their own world with his/her assistance. The two factions are fighting a battle on Earth with a complex set of rules and neutral parties to enforce them.

I liked the adventure. I liked the relationship between Jase and his family. I especially liked his close relationship with his grandmother. Readers who have read Trickster's Girl will want to read this one for the rest of the story. It can stand alone but is much richer if the reader knows what happened in the first book. I recommend the series to people who like adventure, ecology, and a fascinating paranormal world.

[Vicki (The Wolf's Den) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Firstly, I think I need to present a little background on my experience. I typically like to re-read series before tackling the latest release—it serves as a refresher and helps me zone-in before I start reading the new one. So before picking up Traitor's Son, I revisited and reconnected with Kelsa and Raven in Trickster's Girl . Unfortunately, I think that was a mistake.

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, Traitor's Son was an engaging, imaginative, and inspirational read. I'd recommend this to those interested in Native American culture, coming-of-age tales, or anyone who read Raven's first story. Strong language is non-existent (unless you find offense with "carp") but there is a lot of talk of sex/lust and quite a bit of violence toward the end, so I'd advise this for high-school and up. Even set in a world where futuristic tech blends with ancient magic, Hilari Bell still manages to make the story seem real through her characters, whether it be Kelsa or Jase. So as long as you don't mind becoming attached to a guy who happens to drive a Tesla Roadster, you might want to give Traitor's Son a try.

Approximate Reading Time: 5 hours

[Merrilyn Tucker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set in the near future, this second book in The Raven Duet (sci-fi/fantasy) has Kelsa handing off a medicine bag of life-saving dust to Jason. His mission, for which he was chosen unbeknownst to him, involves his using the dust to heal the magical leys that can protect earth from the deadly pollutants and disastrous course that mankind has spread and set into motion. Jason is 3/16 Alaskan native, but has been cut off from all communication from his traditionalist grandfather and grandmother. When Jason meets Raven he has to tap into his native heritage and that sets off a sequence of events which include learning about the shaman history in his immediate family line. Jason's grandmother goes into a coma--really, she is traveling the spirit world--and Jason is the only person who can negotiate her return. I enjoyed this story most in the beginning as there were many intriguing starts to storylines. In the end, the spirit world journey meanders and could have been edited more tightly. There is no objectionable language (Bell makes up her own swear words) and no sex scenes.

[Darcy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is interesting where the title of this book comes from. You are half way through the book before you really get why it is the perfect title and why it is so perfect for it.

Jase seems to walk that line between a people who are loosing their culture and struggling to keep it. It doesn't help that his dad seems to be at the head of the line to walk away from that culture which has a big effect on Jase, leaving both sides to hate him and what he seems to stand for.

With this struggle, Raven shocks Jase. He doesn't want to believe her even when he has proof that what she says is true. Jase's choices along the way allow him to walk both paths in life. It becomes clear when he finally gives his gramps an answer that question that has been tearing apart the family. I also loved the sacrifice that Jase made, one that he didn't even consider, the pay off was worth much more to him.

I look forward to seeing how Raven goes forward with things.

[Carolina Colleene · Rating 2 out of 5]

Language - PG13 (22 swears, 0 "f"), Sexual Content - PG-13; Violence- PG-13
Jase was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was just minding his business and doing his job when, all of a sudden, he finds himself given what looks like illegal drugs from a girl across the boarder. Now Jase is suffering from hallucinations by day and by night and it seems like the only way to get rid of them is to connect with his ignored Native American heritage. Too bad his grandfather refuses to see him.
I was very disappointed by Traitor's Son because Trickster's Girl was surprisingly good. Unfortunately, this sequel doesn't focus as much on the quest of healing the earth as the prequel did, and Bell does not write a good boy's point of view. Jase was very immature and crude, and the story would have been more enjoyable if she had taken those parts out. Nevertheless, I did still find the Native American magic fascinating to read about.
Reviewed for https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/

[Theophilus (Theo) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Even though this story is a duet, I really wanted it to continue. Maybe? The energy is flowing through the leys again, but the world is not completely healed yet. I could relate to Jas better than I could Kelsa. Maybe it's a gender thing. This second part reminded me of the Sax Roehmer's Fu Manchu series and the Tony Hillerman novels I love. Otter woman is back, as mean as ever and she brings some muscle with her this time. Supernatural football players? Cool. Bear gets involved and the neutrals are beginning to see things Raven's way. Well at least they are not as apathetic as in #1. Fast car, beautiful girl (oh yeah, Raven has a different disguise this time), rough scenery, and big mean villians led by a demonic shape-shifter; all the makings of a classic thriller for all ages.

[Jennavier · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm still not sure how I feel about switching main characters, but Traitor's Son works for me. The world that Jase inhabits is interesting and had more conflict then Kelsa's did. His identity as a native american versus a white made me really think about what it means to be caught between cultures. I loved how he related to the magic used against him, something Kelsa really couldn't do. I feel like things turned out well and I'm satisfied. The one thing that bugged me was the romance. Sure the main character made further emotional inroads on Raven, but it made me feel like a traitor to have rooted for boy Raven with Kelsa and then root for girl Raven with Jase.

[Lilly Keitges · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was from a very different perspective than the first one. Jason is not a nature-y person like Kelsa. He loves his car. Raven, in the form of a girl now, takes several days to try to convince him, finally having to take some rubber from his tires, metal shavings from the inner part of his car, and power from his car battery and add it to the ley healing dust. Jason ends up healing the ley due to the fact that his car won't run if he doesn't heal it. He faces many obstacles along the way. I loved the book and the evolution of Jason's character.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jason is severed from his roots by a feud between his father and his grandfather. But Raven, the trickster, this time appearing as a beautiful teenage girl, has no choice but to convince him to continue Kelsa's quest to restore the Ley lines, and give Earth the chance to be reborn.

I was not as fond of either of these books as I am of ALL Hilari Bell's other books, but, the character's were interesting, and there was enough action, that they were both pretty good reads.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was rather good, even if it did totally weird me out that Raven was a girl in this book (I mean, it made sense, but it was *really* hard to wrap my mind around every time I read "she"). Anyway, at first I was disappointed that Kelsa wasn't in this book at all, but then it turned out that the new character, Jase, was pretty interesting too after a while, so I guess I'm fine with it. Interesting concept for a series, I enjoyed it.

[Sarah Morenon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't imagine why these two books hadn't made it into my consciousness before this. I loved these two books, and read both this weekend. Beautiful mix of sic fi, Native American mythology, ecology issues and optimism. The world needs some more of that, definitely. The characters are very relatable, the scenery astonishing, and the storyline exciting. As usual, very well written. I love Hilari Bell.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

At the end of the first book, when Kelsa throws the medicine bag across the Alaska-Canada border and into the hands of a strange boy, it turns out that her quest also becomes his. Now, Jason is the one who must heal the land, and with his native roots, he seems to be the perfect choice. …Or is he? Full review: http://writingya.blogspot.com/2012/12...

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 - I read it for an HB review, but I feel like I might've gotten around to this one on my own, and i DO plan to go read the preceding book this summer. An interesting mix of slightly futuristic life, Alaskan Native mythos, and the TRICKSTER (my weakness).

[Ellen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't know why, but I could never get into this series. I'm usually a huge fan of Hilari Bell's work, and recommend it all the time @ my library, but this one seemed a bit like fantasy by the numbers.

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a neat series because the two books are so different but both very good. I like to read mythology-meets-reality books, and these were very interesting because they are Native American mythology instead of Western mythology, and, I think, quite well done.

[Britt · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a second in a pair of books it was done well, having the mix of a futuristic world mixed with Native beliefs. Yes read it after the first one 'Trickster's Girl' and keep an open and wondering mind. Things aren't always as they may seem. :)

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ultimately much more satisfying than Trickster's Girl, Traitor's Son features Jase, a refreshingly and fantastically relatable protagonist and an exciting, well-paced story.

**Traitor's Son, rated 14+, rated 4/5 stars.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good conclusion to the duet. Jason is chosen by Kesla to continue Raven's quest to heal the lays. But getting his cooperation is a bit tricky. And his own family baggage adds all kinds of complications.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting. I like the juxtaposition of both a very magical, traditional tribe-based society and a very technologically advanced world. The environmental message was important, but not too heavy handed.