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Book Review By Myazaki
Emperor Mage - The Immortals 3 by Tamora Pierce

Daine is a young woman traveling with companions of the Tortallan king to an unfriendly new country. She can talk to animals and shape-shift as well. Her king wants her to go and heal the Emperor Mage's precious birds. When political matters go wrong, Daine get special powers from Carthak's main goddess, The Graveyard Hag, so she can turn heal dead animals.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Descript. of chases or violence - 30 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 %
Animal Story Yes
Kind of animal - "Dr. Doolittle" expert who talks to animals

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - can talk to animals - healing

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - fire/thunder/weather cntrl - can cast all sorts of spells - Invisibility - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius (really!)

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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