I thought this was such a fun read. This was the first book, I read the physical copy for the first time in this series. I really loved Daja's world. I have always been fasciainted by her past and her being viewed as unlucky. I found this to be a super fast pace read. I really loved how he relationships between all the children grow in this novel. I also loved how their magic was changed in this series and super excited to see how his imapcts the future book in this series. I am super excited for briar book and I really want to read it soon! ( )

I thought this was such a fun read. This was the first book, I read the physical copy for the first time in this series. I really loved Daja's world. I have always been fasciainted by her past and her being viewed as unlucky. I found this to be a super fast pace read. I really loved how he relationships between all the children grow in this novel. I also loved how their magic was changed in this series and super excited to see how his imapcts the future book in this series. I am super excited for briar book and I really want to read it soon! ( )

Unlike the first two books, this book actually did focus heavily on the titular character, which was refreshing. The other three were also present and heavily involved in the plot, but at the heart of it, this story was Daja's.

I wished this hadn't been a children's book because there seemed to have been some absolutely fascinating political behind-the-scenes stuff going on with the Duke that was only touched on.

I liked this book better than the first two. For one, the characters have truly formed into a unit and there was less bickering and more actual working together. For another, I liked seeing part of Emelan that wasn't Winding Circle. And lastly, I just really liked Daja's story and her having to interact with Traders again. ( )

I love any book by Tamora Pierce. This series (Circle of Magic) is good and if it was by any other author I would call it great. However, since I have such high expectations for Tamora Pierce I cannot call it truly wonderful. The characters are where it falls a bit flat for me as the story line I quite like. ( )

Just delightful, once again--I think this might be my favorite of the series so far. It manages to build a broader world and take the consequences of the last two books very seriously, while also give the children agency in how they approach the problems. Daja's arc here is so compelling and interesting and it's (I think) a pretty beautiful conclusion to the narrative (though obviously her story continues!) I found the ending kind of predictable, but for me that didn't hamper the story at all, and in fact made it more satisfying than anything else. ( )