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<\/a><\/p>\nGranted, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not how it was when I walked over the canal after my event in town, but I was still shocked to see quite a few people with backpacks and big ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fluffy leg protectors drifting across the ice with a purpose in mind. (I guess they could be called leg warmers? But they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not like the leg warmers I have that are for cycling. They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re these huge things to keep your lower half warm because \u00e2\u20ac\u201c shocker! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the ice is\u00c2\u00a0fucking cold<\/i>. And I love so dearly that I could read the opening scene of\u00c2\u00a0Cold Fire<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0and immediately picture a culture who uses the canals and waterways to commute around town during the winter.<\/p>\n
But visual imagery tends to come easy to me when reading these books because Pierce has such a plain, direct style when it comes to describing anything \u00e2\u20ac\u201c people, places, environments. I can see Daja and Nia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s style of dress clearly; I can imagine them sliding around the ice, Daja gaining confidence as she practices more and more. I can see the looks on the faces of the Namornese citizens when Daja\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shape is melted into the snow. And I can easily picture Daja working dutifully on her repairs while listening to Jory, Nia, and Anyussa speak. Pierce doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just use details to build pictures; she builds moods.<\/p>\n
For me, this is the calm before whatever inevitable storm is to come. This is my introduction to Namorn culture, to these characters, and to Daja\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s state of mind. She seems more immediately comfortable than Briar or Sandry did in their respective locations, so there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no real sense for a conflict. YET, that is. However, there\u00c2\u00a0is<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0a possible hint for who Daja might get paired with as a mentor. And somehow, Pierce came up with a style of magic that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s even more perplexing than dance magic or stone magic.<\/p>\n
Cooking<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0magic???<\/p>\n
Given how the last two books were so dramatic and action packed, I wonder if the hint of Jory\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s power will actually play out as part of the main narrative in\u00c2\u00a0Cold Fire<\/i>. I suppose I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m assuming that this book will follow the same premise as the last two in\u00c2\u00a0The Circle Opens<\/i>, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible that it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. However, Jory fits the pattern. Like Evvy or Pasco, she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not aware of the magic she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s using, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s one of the Discipline characters who notices. So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 maybe? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a possibility? I just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t see how it would be applied to a greater story. (Which is honestly exciting. I like being surprised.) And given that cooking-mages aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t all that rare, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that<\/p>\n
I suspect that the what the second half of the\u00c2\u00a0chapter\u00c2\u00a0addresses \u00e2\u20ac\u201c firefighting in Namorn and Bennat Ladradun \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is actually going to take up a great deal of the book. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thankful that this didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like the scenes in\u00c2\u00a0Daja<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book<\/i>, since we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve already gotten a book about fighting fires. I think the perspective is different here, since it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mostly about Daja learning about what Bennat has brought to Namorn than anything else. Namely, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s helped institute an organized system for putting out fires, one that shocks Daja because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so efficient. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also necessary because Namorn is built almost entirely out of wood. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a giant tinderbox!<\/p>\n
It seems that Daja is in the right place, then. Not just because of the physical logistics of Namorn, but because she can learn a thing or two from someone like Bennat. I still don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite know what else she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing under Frostpine or the Guild aside from busywork, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m interested to learn about what else her day entails, you know? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m also eager to find out how this book is going to ruin my life because\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just been the pattern thus far. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s only fair to expect it again.<\/p>\n
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