Ah, well done. I enjoyed Alanna's adventures enormously. while not set in a known time and place, there's a strong Arthurian feel to this business of training the pages and squires and knights up to an ideal. There is as well a sort of boarding-school feel to it, given the lessons the boys receive. ...
The writing clearly had some problems but the overall book was enjoyable if some thing are overlooked. There were subtle flaws that distracted me, like the huge character dumps, huge time gaps, suspiciously smooth cover of Alanna's identity. Now that's just to mention a few. Then again, it's particu...
This book was good fun. It doesn't feel like a complete story, which has the benefit of making the reader want to acquire the second book as soon as possible, but is also slightly frustrating. I quite like the history of Tortall and I want to know more about the Old Ones, the Gods, etc. I plan to re...
This was an entertaining enough book. I enjoyed the premise, and I thought that it paid homage to all of the female soldiers in real life who had to disguise themselves as men in order to become soldiers. It contains a strong pro-female message, and it is a story that many girls might find empower...
Alanna of Trebond doesn't want to go to a convent and learn magic, as per her father's wishes, she wants to become a female knight. Her brother Thom has no aptitude for fighting, and is better at magic than her, so when she proposes that she disguise herself as a boy, and they swap places, he has no...
The first quartet written by Tamora Pierce, and while "Protector of the Small" has overtaken it as my favourite series, the two first books of this quartet are definitely my favourite books. I love reading about how Alanna fits into life at the palace - her lessons and the friends she makes. I read ...
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