There's plenty of suspense, as well as a social commentary simmering beneath the surface of the story (the human rights of the lower classes are being ignored by the city in an effort to maintain its beautiful facade). She has an unbreakable will to protect those most vulnerable who cannot protect themselves.“In lively prose laced with wry humor, Pierce creates realistic, dimensional characters-Tris is spunky, independent, and thoroughly likable-and places them in exotic, imaginatively detailed locales. Despite a tart exterior, Tris has a kind heart. We didn’t learn a lot about her past in this book, but we did learn much more about her character. She is definitely more self aware than I was at her age, but she and I are similar in almost every other way. She learns for the fun of learning, she has no problem spending inordinate amounts of time with her nose in a book, and she takes a no nonsense approach to dealing with people. I think that Tris will always be my favorite of the young Winding Circle mages.
Pierce strikes an interesting balance between the two opposing ideas.įinally, there’s Tris. At the same time, he is duty bound to his class. He rails against the caste system in order to protect people and is met with opposition from the citizens of Tharios at almost every turn. He is frustratingly restricted by the regulations and traditions in Tharios regarding death and class. But his commitment to hard work and to protecting the community that took him in when he came to Tharios caused me to cheer him on on every page.Īnd then there’s Dema, the First Class police officer tasked with capturing the Ghost. He struggles to come to terms with a mage-teacher in her teens and the fact that he basically has to start his glass blowing journey all over again in order to wrangle in his magic. A departure from the other books in The Circle Opens series, Tris’ student Keth is an adult. Instead we get to spend time with characters that we actually like and cheer for.
We don’t find out who the murderer is until the end. The mystery of this book was much improved upon from the previous three. Together, Tris, Keth, and the police work together to capture the Ghost, the person responsible who killing the city’s entertainers. Because lightning magic is so rare and because Tris was the mage who discovered him, she takes him on as his teacher. In Tharios, Niko attends a conference on vision magic, and Tris stumbles upon an immigrant glass blower, Keth, who isn’t in control of his glass and lightning magic. Tharios is a Greek/Mediterranean inspired town with a horrible and dehumanizing caste system added on. They make their way to the South to a Tharios. Tris Chandler and her teacher Niko Goldeye are travelling just like the rest of the young yet extraordinarily powerful mages from Winding Circle. So concludes The Circle Opens Series, and a what a way to finish the series!
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