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* [[The Empire]]: The Hrum in the Farsla Trilogy
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Something she loves to constantly lampshade in her books.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Sabri; Ahvren lampshades it by remembering an old myth that red-haired Vivitare are the descendants of a volcano god.
* [[Gender Bender]]: Raven, in order to more effectively deal with the shift to a male lead in ''Traitor's Son'', becomes a girl.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Most of her characters are smart enough to take note of what's going on - unless they're being too clever for their and the plot's own good, at which point they become [[Wrong Genre Savvy]].
* [[Going Native]]: ''Farsala'', ''Navohar,'' one of the major points of ''A Matter of Profit.''
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Although Sabri's relationship with her adoptive parents has soured by the time of ''A Matter of Profit'', she and her brother Ahvren remain close.
* [[Humans Are Warriors]]: In ''Songs of Power'', Imina warns {{spoiler|the whales}} that if they plan on destroying humanity they should be ready for one hell of a <s> fight</s> war on their hands. At the very least, it would be a [[Pyrrhic Victory]] for them if they tried.
* [[Humans by Any Other Name]]: The Vivitare in ''A Matter of Profit''.
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: In ''Shielf of Stars'' Weasle expresses his doubt that they'll find a hidden tunnel in the castle, since that only happens in bad 3 book novels. They promplty find a hidden tunnel.
* [[Lord Error-Prone]]: ''A Matter of Profit'', ''Knight & Rogue'', ''The Prophecy''...
* [[Loveable Rogue]]: This has got to be Bell's favorite trope.
* [[Magic Antidote]]: Anomaly 1 in ''Navohar'' which doubles as the [[MacGuffin]].
* [[Our Goblins Are
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: Both subverted and played straight in ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Prophecy]]''.
* [[Proud Warrior Race]]: The Vivitare in ''A Matter of Profit'' and the Deghans in ''The [[Farsala Trilogy]]''
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