Search - The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles)

I got the first 3 books of the series for my 9-yr-old daughter, a very advanced reader, not knowing what they were about. I eventually picked up the first one and just started glancing at it, and couldn't stop reading until I had read all three (and I'm 51 years old!). I had to go to the library to get The Shamer's War (the 4th and last book of the series) because I was obsessed. I felt it was an excellent series, unique (but I haven't read a lot of fantasy books other than Harry Potter series in the last several decades), and extremely compelling. I did feel the 4th book was a tiny bit racy, if you want to call it that, so I returned it to the library before my daughter could get her hands on it (she'll read anything within reach).

In real life, people can do bad things, and even if they're punished, they may not feel guilt or shame.

Imagine if part of the punishment was to make them feel shame for what they had done. Imagine if you could ACCIDENTALLY make people feel ashamed for wrong things they had done. Imagine if you couldn't prevent that from happening. Imagine someone so evil, they did not feel shame at all.

This book was well written and thought provoking. It grows richer if you also read the following book. (Imagine if someone evil enslaved you and FORCED you to torture people with guilt and shame over little things, to control them.)