More adventures in store for Alanna after the conclusion of the second book in the series. A new phase of her education and a new phase of her growth as a human being, a woman and a knight. The desert setting is nice, but Alanna-turned-teacher was a bit boring after a while. On to the last book. Hig...
Actual rating: 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man is the third book in the Song of the Lioness quartet and finds our heroine Alanna as a young woman, newly knighted and finally off on her own adventures. As it often is with heroes - and knights - it isn't long before Alanna stumbles in...
This is clearly the book about Alanna accepting her magic. Watching Alanna learn who she is throughout the series is half the fun, because she struggles with accepting all the portions of herself and of who she wants to be quite a bit. She needs to learn to be more flexible as she grows up, and th...
This is the third book in the Song of the Lioness quartet, so you certainly should have read the first two before reading this one. Alanna finally became a knight at the end of the second book--but she was also revealed to be a woman. Deciding she needs some time away from the court, she goes out in...
I've read there are 80s publishing reasons for the first two Lioness books being whirlwinds, but this one slows things way down. And I like it better for it, as a grown-up reading now. I read another review that spoke to problems in the way Pierce wrote of the Bazhir, who (both in this book and the ...
3.5 it is beautifully written, and the lessons learned are important. yet, this novel is more of a prepartion book- preparing and setting things to the grand finale. which is why, though written well, it doesn't have too much plot. but still, highly recommended.
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