false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172253173m/153783.jpg 153783 9 For years the Empress of Namorn has pressed her young cousin, Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, to visit her vast lands within the Empire's borders. Sandry has avoided the invitation for as long as it was possible. Now Sandry has agreed to pay that overdue visit. Sandry's uncle promises guards to accompany her. But they're hardly a group of warriors! They're her old friends from Winding Circle: Daja, Tris, and Briar. Sandry hardly knows them now. They've grown up and grown apart. Sandry isn't sure they'll ever find their old connection again -- or if she even wants them to. 1060295 2005 The Will of the Empress (Circle Reforged, #1) total:1952|5:764|4:617|3:394|2:125|1:52| 1952 7772 2649 106 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 16:45:36 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 16:50:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 03:27:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 03:30:25 -0800 2008 1
I really enjoyed all these characters meeting again, and like another reader was half in love with Briar by the end too (pity he's too young for me... now if he was 5-10 y...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 22:47:57 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 22:47:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 18:40:17 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 18:40:17 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Sat Apr 04 09:02:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 09:36:43 -0700 2009 After a few years, Daja, Briar, Tris and Sandry are reunited and they are venturing to visit Sandry's distant cousin the Empress Bernene of Namorn. But Bernene doesn't want them to ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 04:50:49 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 04:56:24 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jul 03 05:57:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 01:35:21 -0700 2009 2
- the characters were fighting each other all the time. Their very actions were unlikeable, and I found myself wondering: where did the old characters go? I hated the very plot of this book. It was pointless and unengaging.

- huge retcon involved in making *a ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 08:09:41 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 21:25:22 -0700 2008 1 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jul 02 13:34:09 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 05:10:16 -0700 2008 1 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 16:05:22 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 16:05:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 15:43:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 16:17:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false true Sun Jul 27 18:12:10 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 18:15:53 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 18:17:35 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 14:24:22 -0700 2009 4 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 11:27:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 11:35:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 17:20:21 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 07:54:56 -0700 2009 I have really enjoyed how the characters have evolved, changed and grown.
I especially enjoy how Tamora has flushed out given substance to Sandry and Tris' characters. Tris' especially, went from a hard to like\know character to one as endearing ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 20 13:38:32 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 13:54:42 -0700 2008
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Tammy Pierce is one of my "comfort authors" -- the books I turn to time and again when I'm tired, stressed, have nothing else to read. I've read every book of hers to tatters.

I know I'm in the minority her...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 19 10:36:37 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 11 08:15:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 15 16:53:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:01:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 14:45:51 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 22:40:25 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:36:51 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:44:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=153783