Another reviewer talked about how Pierce is fearless and bold in her love scenes and such and I completely agree. But this isn't one of those extremely descriptive, mushy, overly done romance books. The story is exciting and amazingly written as well and sex isn't an issue to make you stop reading. Beautiful story!
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The Will of the Empress
(2005, Fiction - Fantasy, Written by Tamora Pierce)
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Not age appropriate for kids under 11, age appropriate for kids over 13; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Mages gather to deal with politics and love.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13 and Up
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About The Will of the Empress
Parents need to know that much of this book deals with a custom that allows men to kidnap women and force them to marry, essentially tantamount to rape. It's not described and is strongly disapproved of by the major characters. Also, one teen character has a lesbian affair, which is portrayed as perfectly normal.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about the varying customs around marriage in our world, including arranged marriages, dowries, marriage as a business or political arrangement uniting families, as well as the relatively modern invention of marrying for love. What is the purpose of marriage -- in this book, in our culture, and in others? Another topic could be the reluctance of the major characters to reforge their mental links. Why might older people be less willing to open their minds to others?
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
a major disappointment
I've been reading Tamora Pierce's books since I was 9 years old, and she has not improved as a writer with time. Her first 8 books were short and fast-paced, with lots of action packed into a short novel. But since the "Protector of the Small" series, she's been writing longer and longer books. There is no major objectionable content in this book - the lesbian relationship is very tame - but the major problem is how slow and tedious the book is. Tamora Pierce needs a good editor - the length of this book could have been cut in half without losing any plot. The conflict between the four major characters is entertaining for about 5 minutes before it becomes annoying and contrived. The overly long descriptions (do we really need to know what clothes every character wore in every scene?) slow the pace of the book down to a crawl. There is hardly any magic, just endless backstabbing and gossiping. By 300 pages, I was nearly ready to give up on the book. The only thing that got me through was the four major characters. The rest of the characters are uninteresting. The Will of the Empress won't damage your kids' innocence - but it might bore them to death.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Awesome
AWESOME BOOK BY TAMORA PIERCE
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
yuck. verx weird ideas . badly written. uses the word redhead too much. WEIRD
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
this book rocks
tamora pierce has great book s this is one of her best most importently to me she doesn't protray female always helpless she shows girls as what they really are.in this book four friend once unseperable grow apart and sandry tries to tie them together again but it is comlicateed by her cousin in namorn determined to keep sandry and her friends from leaving
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