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abrielleruth's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
bookaddictlt's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
sgreen2307's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing! ALanna goes on a quest in this final installment of her story. She in the end becomes a legend which you knew would happen from the beginning. And she finally chooses which man she wants to spend her life with and I think she chose well.
jms26050's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ckreads28's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love Alanna being open to love at any opportunity, and not being ashamed of it. Although the age gaps are a little hard to read at times, you do have to take it in the context of the setting of medieval fantasy.
This is also a book where she is learning to balance being a knight along with being a woman. The fact that she is learning it is okay with liking pretty things along with being strong. That they don't have to negate each other. Her also wanting to learn other ways of fighting with Liam and not letting him take no for an answer in learning.
I also loved her and Jonathan growing and learning to let go and understanding where their love needs to be and how it can evolve. Although you may not be with someone in a relationship with someone doesn't mean that the love can't change and evolve. Nor does that mean you don't want the other person to be happy or them to get what they need in a relationship.
The travel and adventure of this book along with the plot twists, being so long since I've read it last it was interesting to see them again almost new eyes.
I want to keep reading throughout Tortall and rereading and leaving reviews on things younger me may not have.
This is also a book where she is learning to balance being a knight along with being a woman. The fact that she is learning it is okay with liking pretty things along with being strong. That they don't have to negate each other. Her also wanting to learn other ways of fighting with Liam and not letting him take no for an answer in learning.
The travel and adventure of this book along with the plot twists, being so long since I've read it last it was interesting to see them again almost new eyes.
I want to keep reading throughout Tortall and rereading and leaving reviews on things younger me may not have.
rai's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
reading_to_neverland's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mavisbird's review against another edition
5.0
It was a joy getting to reread these books. They still were loved for the reasons I loved them as a kid, but also now as an adult, its nice to have a different perspective and love them for other reasons too. The series is just incredible and such a lovely blend of female empowerment without taking away her choice to also enjoy feminine things with the masculine. I love them so much.
mkhare's review
2.0
Pierce sure does ask her readers to suspend a LOT of disbelief in this one. The story leaps about wildly, characters drop in and out in the most inelegant of fashions, and I hate how every major thing that occurs in this book is met with little to no reaction from the people it should be concerning the most.
Alanna's relationship with Thom was also quite hard to understand. They hardly ever seemed to interact with each other and Thom obviously did some things that WILDLY went against everyone's best wishes (including Alanna's), but yet Pierce always seemed to be insisting that the twins truly cared for each other when it almost would've made more sense (and perhaps been more interesting) if they didn't. I'll admit that I did start skim-reading a bit towards the end, so perhaps I missed some subtleties?
Overall, it was hard to keep reminding myself that this was Pierce's first book series as it really did become quite a struggle to get through, but it was also good to remind myself of how her writing improved since this series' release. There are always important, thought-provoking ideas/interactions in Pierce's books, so perhaps for those alone would I recommend this series, but in general I would advise starting any new foray into Pierce's writing somewhere else (perhaps with my favourite of Pierce's main characters, Kel). 2.5 stars.
Alanna's relationship with Thom was also quite hard to understand. They hardly ever seemed to interact with each other and Thom obviously did some things that WILDLY went against everyone's best wishes (including Alanna's), but yet Pierce always seemed to be insisting that the twins truly cared for each other when it almost would've made more sense (and perhaps been more interesting) if they didn't. I'll admit that I did start skim-reading a bit towards the end, so perhaps I missed some subtleties?
Overall, it was hard to keep reminding myself that this was Pierce's first book series as it really did become quite a struggle to get through, but it was also good to remind myself of how her writing improved since this series' release. There are always important, thought-provoking ideas/interactions in Pierce's books, so perhaps for those alone would I recommend this series, but in general I would advise starting any new foray into Pierce's writing somewhere else (perhaps with my favourite of Pierce's main characters, Kel). 2.5 stars.