An impression you encourage, as I recall, the god reminded her.” (p. “ She always treated me as a feckless child, Kyprioth! Aly retorted silently. One of these shows her Alanna’s reaction to finding out Aly is missing. He allows Aly to have dreams of her family back in Tortall. However, that belief shatters in one of Kyprioth’s dream visions. She internally complains that Alanna wasn’t there during her childhood, that she put the realm above her children. Through the novel, Aly thinks that Alanna doesn’t care about her and her brothers. Aly wants to avoid being changed by Alanna, and Kyprioth interferes. But, as George thinks, “How could someone who liked to win as much as she did lack ambition?” (p. She plays at being disinterested in everything, at wanting to just enjoy life. As we know, Alanna’s drive, passion, and stubbornness lead her into and out of every situation. The entire plot of Trickster’s Choice happens because Alanna and Aly are different people. Pierce doesn’t judge Sarai for initially disliking Winna, or Dove for her skepticism. They both have different opinions on the women in their lives. Sarai never would have tried that jump, not without knowing what lay on the other side.” (p. While talking about Sarai’s skill on horseback, she mentions, “If Mother could ride like Sarai, she’d be alive now. When she talks about her she mentions, “She was light, and color, and fun. The three of them grow closer over the course of the book.īy contrast, at the beginning of the book, Sarai idolizes her mother. She even starts learning archery with Dove herself, which makes Sarai like Winna more. But, after assassins attack at Tanair, Winna relents and allows Sarai to continue her sword lessons. Winna replies, “It will take me days to undo the wildness that your putting weapons in the girls’ hands will stir up.” (p. On the road to Tanair, they prepare for ambush by bandits, and Mequen orders everyone armed. Stories of female raka warriors inspire Sarai, but not for Winnamine. Dove and Winna start out friendly, but Sarai and Winna clash. Because Dove and Sarai’s relationships with their mother and step-mother are anything but the same.
I adore the multiplicity in this chapter of Pierce’s work. Some years later, Mequen remarried Winnamine, his and Sarugani’s friend, and he and Winna have two children Petranne and Elsren.
Sarugani is secretly descended from raka royalty and died in a riding accident a few years after giving birth to Dove. Sarai and Dovasary are the daughters of Duke Mequen and Duchess Sarugani. Mothers and Daughters Sarai, Dove, and their Mothers Duchess Winnamine frees Aly, then Aly decides to put Sarai on the throne rather than leave her wager with Kyprioth. In driving his soldiers off, Bronau kills Duke Mequen, but Aly keeps the rest of the family safe. He then tries to force Sarai to marry him. Bronau attempts to kidnap Dunevon, then flees to the Balitang estates. King Oron dies, and then his heir dies, leaving a four-year-old as king. Aly discovers that Bronau is deep in debt, and Sarai’s father is fourth in the line for the throne. Aly monitors the behavior of Prince Bronau, who flirts outrageously with Sarai. Mixed with uncovering the raka conspiracy, she also foils an assassination attempt. She shortly learns that the Balitang’s high ranking servants (all pure blooded raka) believe it to be Sarai, the eldest daughter of the house. After the luarin conquest, the raka have been waiting for centuries for a luarin and raka blooded queen. Aly learns about a prophecy about a “twice royal queen,” destined to return the Islands to rule. She also befriends the Balitang’s other servants and slaves when the family is banished from the capital by King Oron. He makes a deal with her to keep the children of the family safe for that summer, and he’ll find her spy work.Īly soon finds an ally in Nawat, a crow who shapeshifts into a human. Kyprioth, the Trickster god, arranged it. Eventually, she winds up at House Balitang. Then, pirates kidnap and enslave Aly, taking her to the Copper Islands. Both her parents disapprove, so Aly leaves for a short trip. Aly professes a desire to simply enjoy life, or to spy for her father. Trickster’s Choice starts with Aly and her father debating what she wants to do. Spoilers for Trickster’s Choice and all of Pierce’s other works. The interesting things lies in how Pierce handles those problems. It’s definitely intersectional, but there are problems.
Pierce published the first of two novels about Alanna’s daughter in 2003. Trickster’s Choice covers the life of Alianne, or Aly, of Pirate’s Swoop. The contrast with Kel’s morally upright story make it both more and less progressive. Trickster’s Choice is new territory for Pierce.
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