Melting Stones
Ratings14
Average rating3.3
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Ratings14
Average rating3.3
Residents of the island of Starns send for help from Winding Circle temple, and when prickly green mage Rosethorn and young stone mage trainee Evvy respond, Evvy finds that the problem is with a long-dormant volcano and tries to use her talents to avert the looming destruction.
Residents on one of the islands south of Emelan have sent a call for help to Winding Circle temple: Their plants and trees and the animals that live around them are mysteriously dying.
From Winding Circle come two familiar figures: prickly green mage Rosethorn, whose plant magic will help her decipher what's ailing the plant life, and Briar's former student, the stone mage Evvy. With them comes the eager, nervous Dedicate Initiate Myrrhflower and Luvo, a being best described as a walking, intelligent rock. All are pulled into the island's mystery when Evvy is caught up by the wild spirits loose in an immense bubble of molten rock. Can they evacuate the island in time--or will they try to shift a volcano?
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This book fell flat for me. I didn't hate it but I didn't exactly love it either. It's not a bad book by any means but it's no where the high caliber Tamora has set with her previous work. Thankfully the work that has come after Melting Stones has been stellar.
I am pleased see that I have the same opinion of this book as a lot of other reviewers - clearly not Tamora Pierce's finest work. For such a short book it took me a long time to trudge through it.
Series
3 primary booksThe Circle Reforged is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Tamora Pierce.
Series
10 primary booksEmelan is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Tamora Pierce.
Series
10 primary booksEmelan Chronological Order is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1998 with contributions by Tamora Pierce.
