SuitabookShield of Stars (The Shield, Sword, and Crown)
Hilari Bell
- Reading
- Try reading a few chapters together, then check whether the political plotting and journey feel engaging or tense. You can pause to talk through Weasel’s choices as they arise.
- Themes
- Justice and power: A justice plots against the kingdom’s second-in-command and is caught; Weasel seeks help to free him. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Past actions and new choices: Weasel was a pickpocket before becoming the justice’s clerk and setting out to help him. The contrast between Weasel’s past and present gives the story a possible thread about change, but the book’s judgement of his earlier actions is unknown.
- Worth knowing
- The justice is caught after plotting against a powerful figure, and the rescue requires a long journey. The degree of danger or frightening detail is unclear.