The Traitor Queen by Trudi CanavanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I greatly, greatly enjoyed this one. This was definitely a trilogy that got better as it went, starting at "good" and finishing at "where's the next one?!?". Canavan's work is never the most subtly deep of the fantasy I read but her society-building is second to none. This book was a great culmination of the relationships and conflicts set up in the first two books, with some nice character moments throughout. In particular, I love Canavan's willingness to explore the "no right answer" problems when societies clash, as well as questions of how much do good intentions and acts outweigh bad societies and acts. Canavan's use of good people on the bad side of things versus bad people on the good side never devolved to the strawman level and promoted the idea that people are often much more complicated than they seem.
All-in-all, a pleasantly more thought-provoking read than I expected. Recommended to general fantasy fans as well as fans of Canavan's previous work. Reading the Traitor Spy trilogy is definitely helped by reading her prior Black Magician trilogy.
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