The Oracle's Queen (Tamír Triad #3) by Lynn Flewelling

Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer's prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated.

Now a mystical fire has burned away the male body known as Prince Tobin, revealing Princess Tamír, a girl on the verge of womanhood—and a queen ready to claim her birthright after a life in disguise under the protection of wizards and witches. But will her people, her army—and the friends she was forced to deceive—accept her? Worse, will the crown's rival heir, friend to Tobin, turn foe to Tamír, igniting civil war in a fierce battle for Skala?

The third book in the trilogy has a few slow spots as Tamir tries to discover her true self as a girl and where she fits into the future of Skala. But I thought it odd that Tamir is left to discover her girlhood without any girls around. The few female characters in the book don’t have large parts, are more just stock figures, especially when it came to Tamir working out her feelings for Ki. Does Tamir not want to bond with other females?

Because of that, II felt that there was a bit too much focus on the Tamir/Ki relationship, to the detriment of some of the other characters. When the other characters are allowed some time in the spotlight, things pick up and becomes more exciting. It definitely lifts the book.

So, it was an interesting book, and most of the plot points were nicely tied up. Brother’s fate was rather anticlimactic, but the novel was still highly readable, and brings the trilogy to a respectable close.




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66. The Killing Star by Charles Pellegrino, George Zebrowski
67. The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour by Andrei Cherny
68. The Oracle's Queen (Tamír Triad #3) by Lynn Flewelling