Brilliant!! - Rated 
At first i was a bit worried because this was a first person diary style book, which is a completly differnt style for the wonderful Ms Pierce but as usual she delivered. Its the perfect mix of realism found in all her books mixed with the magical fantasy.
The first person works really well the characters are wonderfully developed and the murder mystery aspect combined with the diary writing style makes it a wonderful read.
Overall engrossing and well worth reading for any fans of tamora pierce or any other fantasy style
Another stunning Tamora Pierce novel - Rated
Set thousands of years before the Alanna books, Terrier welcomes its readers into a land where crime is everywhere and the city guards, usually known as Dogs, patrol the streets with unrivalled dedication. Beka is a Puppy, a trainee Dog, and she has been allocated the best Dogs in the city to train with. This means, as well as patrolling the roughest areas, she is one of the first to know when the children of the poorest families start being murdered everywhere. Raised in the same poverty herself, Beka makes it her own personal mission to find out who is behind all of this and take her revenge.
Terrier fulfilled all of my high expectations of a Tamora Pierce book, from the determined young heroine to the fast paced action. All of the characters have many dimensions and the magic seems fascinatingly real. A definite must read for all.
My Opinion on Terrier (Beka Cooper) - Rated
Terrier was a fantastic read, like all of Tamora Pierces other books. Unlike the other books, Terrier was written in the form of a journal-Beka's Journal, for the most part. It takes place in Corus, capital of the realm of Tortall, 200 years before Tamora Pierce's other characters. You will be instantly captivated by this new heroine. With The Court of the Rouge, Dogs, lady knights, and Beka's Magical Gift, Terrier will keep you entertained from beginning to end, and have you dying to read more.
I've only just been able to put it down after solid reading of the entire book! - Rated
I have just finished reading the book and I loved it! It had me gripped right until the last page. It is in the form of a journal written by Beka Cooper, and ancestor of George Cooper. Beka is a girl who is cripplingly shy yet her passion for her work in the Provost Guard forces her to break through this shyness to help the people of the lower city, her people.
Beka is presented as a 'real' girl who makes mistakes and gets mocked for them. She does not stumble across all the answers, she must work them out for herself and she takes us along this route with her: we know everything that Beka knows but no more. We do not get a view point from the criminals which is good, it enables us, the readers, to work out things as Beka does.
Beka does not just show us her struggle to catch the criminals and overcome her shyness, we see her family struggles and relationships, her crushes, her friends and her loyalty to both strangers and her friends amongst the lower city.
No other Dogs (slang term for the Provost Guard, Beka is a trainee Dog known as a Puppy) seems to care about the people that are going missing but Beka wants to protect her people knowing that, but for the Lord Provost's kindness, she and her family may have been the ones to go missing.
This book is a gripping read and i highly recommend it. And, if you have not already, i recommend that you read Tamora Pierce's other series aswell: 'Song of the Lioness', 'The Immortals' and 'Protector of the Small' are all set in Tortall like Terrier but it is not necesary to read them first to understand this book. She has also written 'Circle of Magic', 'The Circle Opens' and 'The Will of the Empress' which are based in a different land and concern 4 children who, unkown to them, have strong magic and are taken under the wing of the Winding Circle temple to be taught to handle their magic. All of these books are highly recommendable and I believe you are mising out if you have not read them.
terrier - Rated
tamora pierce writes fabulous books, and this is no exception. if you haven't read any tamora pierce before then you really should, you don't know what you're missing. i've been collecting her work for years and every new book delights me.
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