It saddens me that this lovely series has to come to an end and I do not have the funds to purchase the next series so I can finish the adventures of these fine young people. But I digress.
This book, like all the other books in this phenomenal series, is amazing. I've always had an interest in medicine and infectious diseases. In grade 5 I did a project of veterinarians and 5 of my 20 pages of research was done on heart and tape worms because in all honesty I found them far more interesting than what vets did with their day. Tamora Pierce did an excellent job at capturing the fear and frustration that would have been experienced during period that the books are set in and brings out important points about how the deaths are caused from illnesses that act like small pox and the measles. At one point it says "It's not the pox that kills them, it's the fever" and being sick with one currently I agree. When you have a fever you get dehydrated really easily and if you don't keep drinking then you get weaker and your body can't fight off infection or do anything seeing that your body is roughly 57% water.
The pandemic tries all four of the young mages but especially Briar who gets stuck in quarantine and then helping to find the cure with his plant magic. It gets rather dark around the end but it always works out right?
This book is amazing. I give it a 10 strips of bacon out of 10. This is one series you shouldn't miss out on.
(I could actually find a good picture for this one :D win!)
(I could actually find a good picture for this one :D win!)
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