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Aly wishes she had a magical Gift instead of a Sight that she possesses, but her Sight allows her to see things in the distance like a built-in looking glass, lets her see in the dark, makes her capable to see gods in disguise and detect magic, and that’s not even all its uses. That’s actually hella amazing – heck, I would’ve traded a magical gift for perfect eyesight alone!

The action doesn’t take place in Tortall, but in the Copper Isles, the country that was barely touched in previous books. While a historical note is not the best way to start a book, it definitely helped to establish the history of the isles and the relationships between raka natives and luarin conquerors. I’m really looking forward to exploring the culture of the isles, as well as themes of racism and colonialism.

Alianna differs from the other Tamora Pierce’s main heroines because we meet her when she is 16, so she is already skilled in many things and we don’t need to follow her training and studying. So Aly already starts out as confident and outgoing girl, and she’s pretty sassy and sharp-tongued, too – it was hilarious to see her bargain with the trickster god himself, not impressed with him in the least.