04 Circle of Magic Briar - Tamora Pierce - 4 stars

An epidemic takes over Winding Circle.  The four kids and their mentors have to figure out who started it and how to stop it.



The best thing about the book is the four are not all together all the time.  They have to work through not being together and still solve the problem.



Unfortunately, this book seemed rushed at the ending.  The book was slow going until the end when it turned into a rush.



01 Sandry - 4 stars

02 Tris - 4 stars

03 Daja - 4 stars

03 Circle of Magic Daja - Tamora Pierce - 4 stars

The four kids and their mentors travel to Gold Ridge Mountains.  The area is suffering through a drought and Sandry's uncle is looking into aiding them.  Daja creates a living art piece while Sandry tries to figure out how enmeshed the four of their magics are.

Daja learning more about how her magic works a good part of this book.  She also has to learn to stand up for herself.  This one was a bit slow as they spent more time talking about things rather than doing them.


01 Sandry - 4 stars
02 Tris - 4 stars

02 Circle of Magic Tris - Tamora Pierce - 4 stars

Continuing from book one, the four kids are working with their magic and their teachers when their home Winding Circle is attacked by pirates.  The pirates are using new and unusual magics to raid Winding Circle.

As the story of these four continues, the growing friendship between the kids is delightful.
Unfortunately the ending seemed rushed.  It seemed like she had a slow build up and reached a point where she had to rush to conclude.

01 Sandry - 4 stars

01 Circle of Magic Sandry's book - Tamora Pierce - 4 stars

 Four kids with four different powers are brought together to be taught how to be mages.  Sandry is a noble woman with a gift of weaving.  Briar is a thief with the gift of plants.  Daja is a cursed traveler with the gift of metal working.  Tris is a gifted weather mage.

The interaction between the four kids is wonderful.  At the beginning they were very distrustful of each other but by the end of the book were they all come together and trust each other.

The only bad thing about this book - it was a slow start and jumped around a lot.  This led to some confusion over the timeline.

Ultimately, I enjoyed the book.